TV Guide: Mental

Video: Bad Moon Rising

Amazon Video on Demand — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:47:18 -0500

When factory worker Brian Jennings is admitted to Wharton Memorial with a few chopped off fingers, Arturo and Chloe believe they can be re-attached. However, after he refuses any type of surgery, his boss claims that Brian has purposely cut off his fingers to collect disability payments for the rest of his life. The doctors are soon left questioning the true motives for his dismemberment when an even darker secret is discovered at Brian's apartment. Meanwhile, when Nora assigns Veronica to Becky's case, Jack argues with his colleagues and his parents, who have power of attorney over Becky's affairs, about the course of her treatment. When Becky tells Jack she's moving to Florida to a facility near their parents, he struggles with the decision to keep his sister close or to let her go. And when a patient named Ellis Kahane tries to check himself into the psych ward at Wharton Memorial claiming to be a werewolf that will transform at the next full moon, Carl turns him away believing him

Video: Life & Limb

Amazon Video on Demand — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:47:18 -0500

Video: Lines in the Sand

Amazon Video on Demand — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 10:36:36 -0500

After four years of trying to track her down, Jack is reunited with his estranged schizophrenic sister, Becky, and quickly makes her treatment his No. 1 priority. Things prove to be more difficult than expected when another family member arrives and offers unsolicited advice. As Jack tries to help his sister, Veronica enlists his help with Clay, an Iraq War veteran who was committed after he shot himself in the hand in front of his wife and son. As Clay continues to suffer from both amnesia and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Jack struggles to help him remember the details of the wartime attack that left him traumatized. Meanwhile, Jack's own family ties provide unexpected insight into Clay's situation as well as his own life.

Video: Do Over

Amazon Video on Demand — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 10:31:27 -0500

Jack and Carl take on the case of Billy Bauer, a construction worker suffering from physiological and psychological symptoms following an on-the-job accident. As Jack investigates the circumstances surrounding Billy's accident, he discovers Billy's memory of the event and reality of the event are completely different, though his symptoms resonate with a more severe incident that occurred on the same site over 100 years prior. As Jack and Carl spar over Billy's diagnosis, Veronica and Rylan's relationship is jeopardized when Rylan makes a questionable decision on the job. Meanwhile, Jack continues to search for his missing sister and the lines between dreams and reality are blurred.

Video: Coda

Amazon Video on Demand — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 10:38:21 -0500

After a drug dealer is shot and killed in his own apartment, the only witness to the murder is the dealer's autistic teenage daughter, Leeza Wilson (guest star Holliston Coleman). While the detectives struggle to obtain any helpful evidence from Leeza, Jack uses his unconventional methods to uncover new clues from Leeza's statements. However, when the detectives bring forth a subpoena to move Leeza out of Wharton Memorial, Jack is forced to race against time to solve the murder mystery. Meanwhile, Arturo deals with a visit from his eccentric, know-it-all father (guest star Steven Bauer), who is convinced his experiences playing a doctor on a soap opera will help him solve a real medical case.

Video: House of Mirrors

Amazon Video on Demand — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:38:23 -0500

When 16-year-old Heather Masters (guest star Allison Scagliotti) attempts to commit suicide by lighting herself on fire, Jack and the team must work to get to the bottom of her suicidal tendencies. However, when further testing and discussions with her father and psychiatrist reveal a dark secret that has been hidden from Heather since her birth, Jack is faced with a difficult ethical dilemma. Meanwhile, the relationship between Jack and Dr. Zan Avidan (guest star Jaime Ray Newman) grows, and Jack continues his search for his schizophrenic twin sister, Becky.

Photo: Mental - Season 1 - "House of Mirrors" - Allison Scagliotti, Chris Vance

courtesy Jeff Neira/FOX — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Mental, Allison Scagliotti, Chris Vance

Photo: Mental - Season 1 - "House of Mirrors" - Jaime Ray Newman, Chris Vance

courtesy Jeff Neira/FOX — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Mental, Jaime Ray Newman, Chris Vance

Photo: Mental - Season 1 - "House of Mirrors" - Marisa Ramirez, Allison Scagliotti, Chris Vance

courtesy Jeff Neira/FOX — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Mental, Marisa Ramirez, Allison Scagliotti, Chris Vance

Video: Obsessively Yours

Amazon Video on Demand — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:33:15 -0500

When Veronica's former patient Craig (guest star Rob LaBelle) returns to Wharton Memorial, Veronica finds his Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Tourette's syndrome have advanced and become worse than ever. When Craig's wife, Mimi (guest star Nina Siemaszko), pushes for an invasive, unproven brain surgery to treat his condition rather than have him undergo therapy in the mental ward again, Jack and Veronica become skeptical of her wishes. As they attempt to dissuade Mimi from moving forward with Craig's operation, the team discovers Mimi may have some serious issues of her own. Meanwhile, Jack becomes infatuated with a neurosurgeon named Zan (guest star Jaime Ray Newman), and the rest of the team questions their own love lives.

Photo: Mental - Season 1 - "Obsessively Yours" - Jaime Ray Newman, Nina Siemaszko, Chris Vance