"The Mentalist" Season 7 premiere date is earlier than actor Tim Kang has predicted. Episode 1 airs Nov. 30, according to a report, which also said the series finale airs on Feb. 18. Alicia Florrick of "The Good Wife" takes a break end of this month for Patrick Jane.

Spoiler alert: This update contains The Mentalist Season 7 spoilers. Read at your own risk.

Citing a CBS announcement, Entertainment Weekly reported The Good Wife is going on hiatus for five weeks, during which the first five episodes of The Mentalist Season 7 will run on Sunday primetime. Alicia Florrick returns Jan. 4, after which Patrick Jane takes on a Wednesday night slot.

Tim Kang, who plays the man-of-few-words Kimball Cho on The Mentalist, has earlier predicted Season 7 will premiere in January 2015.

The Feb. 18 series finale is a 2-hour farewell, according to the same EW report. Shippers are calling for a Jane-Lisbon aka Jisbon wedding, but there has been no confirmation from series creator Bruno Heller. The Mentalist Season 7 is airing 13 episodes.

Robin Tunney's Teresa Lisbon and Simon Baker's Patrick Jane gave shippers a romantic treat in the finale of Season 6. According to The Mentalist Season 7 spoiler reports, Jane will meet all of Lisbon's brothers in the final season.

Rockmond Dunbar, a series regular since 2013, is returning as FBI Special Agent Dennis Abbott. Newly promoted to series regular Joe Adler is also coming back as Jason Wylie. Emily Swallow has reportedly left in favour of a new TV series. Josie Loren is joining Team Jane as FBI rookie Michelle Vega in The Mentalist Season 7.

Tim Kang has told fans on Twitter that he would be documenting the final season of The Mentalist. He also expressed his wish to work with Amanda Righetti and Owain Yeoman again as the series concludes. Production will reportedly be filming its final episode in December.

For his part, Heller has called The Mentalist Season 7 as "an encore." When the final season airs Nov. 30, many fans of the series are expected to hang on to every "last" moment. It remains to be seen whether there would be an "encore" for Red John, too.

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