Patrick Jane quotes from The Mentalist

You risked a lot for me.

Jane

Well, not for you entirely.

I understand. Still, thank you for getting me out of that building and back to my family.

Jane

And thank you for not shooting me in the face. No one can know about this. This has to stay between you and me.

Jane, you should at least tell Lisbon what's going on—

Jane

Nobody. He's too smart that way. He'll sense a trap. You're better off alone.

Nobody is better off alone.

Are you the CBI agents?

Jane

Yes. She does the detecting and I do the insulting.

Lisbon

Consulting.

Jane

That too.

Jane

This impact label was marking his shots. And in this particular case the 'X' doesn't mark the spot. His shots were are more to the front of the club.

Lisbon

What does that mean?

Jane

Well it means he was...

Cho

Victim's ID badge was in his briefcase. He's a doctor over at Blessed Sacrament.

Jane

[having correctly predicted the victim was a doctor] Oh! You may touch the hem of my garment.

Lisbon

Dr. Steiner.

Agent Lisbon. It's not as bad as it looks.

Lisbon

Go get yourself checked out and then come talk to us.

Jane, was this you? Another trick?

Lisbon

Jane had nothing to do with this. Nothing at all. You didn't, did you?

Jane

Of course not.

Lisbon

You swear on your life?

Jane

On your life, even.

Lisbon

[kicks the couch] Wake up. Newsome Kirk posted bail. He's going to be gone in an hour.

Jane

Just in time for the 6:10 to Alpha Centauri.

Lisbon

He was right about Harley's psychiatrist. She did propose a book, but she withdrew it, so she had motive.

Jane

Kind of.

Lisbon

Who do you think did it?

Jane

Jabba the Hutt.

Lisbon

Seriously.

Jane

Ming the Merciless.

Lisbon

Okay.

Jane

ALF?

Lisbon

When the aliens do come, I hope they eat you.

What do you want from your life?

Jane

I want my life to be free.

Erica

Free how? To love? To be loved?

Jane

Free from my past.

Jane

I'm looking for someone who, uh -- someone I can trust. Someone strong. Someone at peace with themselves. Someone better than me. Someone who knows the worst side of me and still loves me.

Erica

Sounds like an amazing woman.

Jane

She was.

Jane

I get it. I've been down. Snitches get stitches.

See now, that's a popular misconception. The stitches are for live people.

Jane

Got it.

Lisbon

What do we know about the victim?

Rigsby

He's a prison guard from Carson, just outside of town.

Jane

You sure?

Rigsby

Yeah.

Jane

Hmm... Oh, okay! It's in his hands. Yeah. Bitten nails, not too calloused, blue-collar job, high stress but no heavy lifting, prison guard. Thought I was losing my touch there for a second.

Lisbon

God forbid.

Jane

[holds out a flower] For you.

Lisbon

Does it squirt water?

Jane

No. It's no trick. Maybe just a little trick to catch the killer.

Lisbon

With a hydrangea?

Jane

Yeah.

Lisbon

How?

Jane

Well wouldn't that be spoiling the fun?

Lisbon

For you. Spoiling the fun for you.

Jane

That's the fun that matters.

Jane

[walks into Lisbon's office to see her trying on a bridesmaid dress] Hey, Lisbon. Any word on that list yet?

Lisbon

Geez, Jane! Do you mind knocking?

Jane

Whoa. My, my.

Lisbon

Van Pelt must die.

Jane

No, no, no. You look good. This is beautiful, like a princess. An angry little princess. Someone stole your tiara.

Lisbon

She caught me by surprise when she asked me, otherwise I never would have agreed to be a bridesmaid. Any why would she even ask me to do this? She knows I hate this crap!

Jane

I told her to ask you. I told her that you secretly wanted to be a bridesmaid.

Lisbon

Really. Why would you do that?

Jane

Oh, for the fun, and because deep down you secretly really do want to be a bridesmaid. Go ahead. Confess.

Jane

Why are you telling me all of this?

Well, I think we have a connection that needs to be honored. I want to say goodbye. I want to apologize for any pain I might have caused you, and I want to release you from this curse you're been under.

Jane

I'm not under a curse.

Doomed to an endless angry search for vengeance you will never have? I would call that a curse, don't you?

Jane

I look at it as more of a hobby, and I will have that vengeance.

Vengeance? On what? Look at me. I'm just a regular guy. You thought I'd have horns, huh? Right? I'm not a monster. I'm not the devil. I'm just another human being with flaws, and vices and problems just like anybody else. Forget about me. I'm not worth ruining your life.

Jane

Wherever you go, you delusional freak, I will find you and I will kill you, and then, then I will forget about you.

Jane

When I was held captive by Red John... I told you that he didn't say anything to me. That was a lie. He recited a poem. "Tyger, Tyger, burning bright/In the forests of the night/What immortal hand or eye/Could frame thy fearful symmetry?"

Cho

[reciting the poem with Jane] "In what distant deeps or skies/Burnt the fire of thine eyes?" That's William Blake.

Rigsby

What does it mean?

Cho

God made the lamb, but he also made the tiger. You can't have light without darkness. Life without death.

Jane

So how was your week? [smiles as he watches Lisbon laugh] You should be in the hospital. What are you doing here?

Lisbon

I'm okay. You, on the other hand.

Jane

I'm okay too.

Lisbon

You killed an unarmed man in front of five hundred witnesses. You're not okay.

Jane

He had a gun. Someone must have taken it and switched the cell phone. It's the only possible explanation.

Lisbon

That or you went nuts for a moment.

Jane

Lisbon, look at me. I didn't go nuts.

Lisbon

I believe you.