Teresa Lisbon quotes from The Mentalist

Lisbon

Any word on Skelling?

Rigsby

Couple potential sightings in the Mount Whitney area. Locals and park services are all over it. We'll get him

Jane

I doubt it. Skelling's in his element up there. His survivalist fantasy come true. He's gone aground like a grizzly bear.

Lisbon

There is an explosive device of some kind under your bed.

Oh my god. [He starts to get up from his bed]

Lisbon

Wait.

Wait?

Lisbon

Just let me get a better look. [Looks under the bed] No, I don't think there's a pressure trigger. You can get up now.

You don't think?

Lisbon

I'm sure it doesn't. Timer's set to go off in 10 minutes, so we have plenty of time. If you'll just get out of the bed slowly. We don't wanna jar the device in anyway.

Jane

Boom!

Lisbon

For God's sakes!

Jane

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

Jane

Talk to me.

Lisbon

Do I have to?

Jane

No, I can just fall asleep and we can drift into oncoming traffic. Your call.

Lisbon

[She opens her eyes and sighs] Have you seen any good movies lately?

Jane

No. You?

Lisbon

No.

Jane

Interesting.

Lisbon

You threw a cat, all right. What valuable insight did you glean as a result?

Jane

Nothing. It's a little disappointing.

Lisbon

Well, maybe, just maybe, this case is exactly what it looks like. Bitter unsubs with a grudge against the fat cats.

Jane

Nice drive though.

Lisbon

Nice three hour drive.

Jane

We should talk to the Carnelian executives again. Throw a cat among the pigeons.

Lisbon

You think? Why?

Jane

What if this is not what it looks like it's about. What if it's something else entirely.

Lisbon

Like?

Jane

I don't know.

Lisbon

So you're suggesting we throw a blind cat among the pigeons?

Jane

Yeah.

Lisbon

No.

Lisbon

Jessie Skelling?

Jessie Skelling

No, I'm Cindy Crawford. Jessie's on vacation in Mexico.

Jane

Wait. I think we should wait.

Lisbon

What for? What could possibly happen?

Jane

I have no idea, but it's a pleasant spot, and I have sandwiches.

Jane

Where is it?

Lisbon

Mojave Desert. Middle of nowhere. Quarter of a mile from the highway.

Jane

Interesting.

Lisbon

Boring. Three hours away.

Jane

Desert's beautiful this time of year. Let's all go. We can bring a picnic lunch.

Lisbon

Someone has to stay and answer the phones.

Jane

Look what I found.

Lisbon

What is it?

Jane

It's a worm, fossilized worm.

Lisbon

I'm happy for you.

Cho

Alright, this is it. This is the spot.

Rigsby

11:04 and change. Right on time.

Lisbon

For what?

Cho

There's still 15 seconds to go.

Jane

You know, when this worm was alive, this whole desert was the floor of a great sea. There were dinosaurs swimming above us.

Rigsby

That is kind of awesome.

Jane

Yeah.

Jane

Sharks the size of buses, brilliantly colored sea monsters. Those mountains, they would have been volcanoes.

Cho

This is a goat turd about six months old.

Jane

Really, you don't trust me?

Lisbon

Of course not. How many times have you lied to me, misled me, tricked me? Is that trust? No.

Jane

Well, we have to remedy this. Let's do a trust fall.

Lisbon

A trust fall?

Jane

Yeah. I'm sure you did one on your CBI retreat. It's when you turn around and fall backward, and I catch you.

Lisbon

Oh, yes, we did do that.

Jane

Mm-hmmm.

Lisbon

No.

Jane

You won't?

Lisbon

We have a long drive still.

Jane

Ah. Here we have two co-workers recognizing the boundaries of their professional relationship. See, you want to trust me, but there's something holding you back.

Lisbon

Yes. You're untrustworthy. It's my job not to trust you.

Jane

Lisbon, I want you to know that you can trust me. No matter what happens, I will be there for you. I will. I need you to know that.

Lisbon

What's in the bag?

Jane

Oh. A picnic lunch.

Lisbon

What's in the bag?

Jane

A bomb.

Lisbon

Ha ha ha. What's in the bag? Seriously.

Jane

Seriously. A bomb.

Cho

Yeah, you took down a 100-pound woman. Put in that context, you did good.

Rigsby

What do you mean, in that context?

Lisbon

In the context of someone letting himself get hypnotized, nearly throwing his colleague off a building and then finally being able to overpower a small, crazy woman to retrieve the situation, you did good.

Lisbon

We better go pick up Daniel.

Jane

If we walk, you can burn some case-closed pizza calories.

Lisbon

Ha, ha. Cute.

Lisbon

Carl is still our prime suspect in this. We can't use him a bait.

Jane

Well, as long as we don't lose him or break him, then what's the problem?

Lisbon

This case is closed. You're just seeing suggestion everywhere, Jane. You're too suggestible.

Jane

Hmm.

Lisbon

Oh, right. Too much of a control freak for that?

Rigsby

Pot, meet kettle. Kettle, pot. [Lisbon gives him a look]