Teresa Lisbon is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama The Mentalist, portrayed by Robin Tunney. Lisbon is a senior agent and leader of the "Serious Crime Unit" for the California Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
In the episode "Red Badge", it is revealed, whilst talking with her psychiatrist, that Lisbon's mother was killed by a drunk driver when she was 12 and in the episode "Red Tide" it was implied that Teresa then had to take over her m...
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Teresa Lisbon is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama The Mentalist, portrayed by Robin Tunney. Lisbon is a senior agent and leader of the "Serious Crime Unit" for the California Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
In the episode "Red Badge", it is revealed, whilst talking with her psychiatrist, that Lisbon's mother was killed by a drunk driver when she was 12 and in the episode "Red Tide" it was implied that Teresa then had to take over her mother’s role and care for the family.
In the episode "Red Badge", Teresa accidentally admits that after her mother’s death her father was sometimes abusive towards her and her three younger brothers, and that he would suffer blackouts from his alcoholism, he became a drunk and ended up killing himself.
In the episode "Code Red", one brother is named Tommy and in the episode "Red Hot", it is revealed that another brother is named James. In the same episode, her mother is said to have been a nurse and her father was a fireman. In the episode ...
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