S7·E2 The Greybar Hotel

Episode recap

Topic: The Mentalist S7E2 ("The Greybar Hotel").
Goal: Write a grounded 280-380 word episode recap.
Constraints:
Use ONLY verifiable facts from the provided SYNOPSIS and SOURCES.
No invented titles, names, dates, counts, awards, ratings, box-office, or plot points.
No guessing or inventing details.
Write original, neutral, encyclopedic prose in plain text.
No markdown, no asterisks, no headings, no bullet points.
Word count: 280-380 words.
TMDB Synopsis: Lisbon goes undercover as a prison inmate to get a convict to turn on her boyfriend, who is the leader of a high-end car theft ring.
Source [1]: Show title: The Mentalist (2008). Genre: Crime, Drama, and Mystery. Patrick Jane is a former celebrity psychic medium.
Source [2]: Patrick Jane is a mentalist (highly developed sense of observation).
Source [3]: Directed by Chris Long. Starring: Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Joe Adler. Patrick Jane uses observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.
Source [4]: Jane and Lisbon are together in the final season premiere. Lisbon goes undercover in prison to bust a car theft ring.
Source [5]: Cast includes Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman.
Episode Title: The Greybar Hotel (from prompt).
Series: The Mentalist.
Season/Episode: S7E2.
Main Characters: Patrick Jane (played by Simon Baker), Lisbon (played by Robin Tunney).
Plot: Lisbon goes undercover as a prison inmate. The goal is to get a convict to turn on her boyfriend. The boyfriend is the leader of a high-end car theft ring.
Context: The series follows Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium and mentalist who uses observation and reading people to solve crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.
Drafting attempt 1:
In the second episode of the seventh season of The Mentalist, titled The Greybar Hotel, Lisbon goes undercover as a prison inmate. This undercover operation is conducted in order to get a convict to turn on her boyfriend. The boyfriend in question is identified as the leader of a high-end car theft ring. The series features Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium and mentalist, who uses his skills of observation and expertise at reading people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation. Jane and Lisbon are together in the final season premiere. The cast of the series includes Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Joe Adler, and