Kimball Cho quotes from The Mentalist

Rigsby

[referring to the floor safe] That's a high-end sensor lock. That's going to be tough to bust into.

Cho

I'll call tech services, tell them we need a locksmith.

Lisbon

[looking under the bed] Don't bother. I found the key.

Rigsby

This type of safe doesn't use a key.

Lisbon

[holds up severed index finger] Oh yes it does.

Cho

Face the wall. Put your hands on your head.

Who are you guys?

Rigsby

Remember the badge? C.B.I.

What the hell is that?

Cho

California Bureau of Investigation.

What the hell is that?

Rigsby

We're like the F.B.I., only more conveniently located.

[under tears] Why am I being punished? I'm a good person.

Cho

Yes, Ma'am.

Stop calling me Ma'am. I'm not your grandmother. How old do you think I am anyway?

Cho

[shrugs] 48, 49.

Cho

[looking over a ransacked motel room] Someone was looking for something.

Rigsby

Thank you, captain obvious.

Cho

Three hours of brooding silence and then sarcasm. It's like we're married.

Rigsby

It's our lucky day, buddy. See that taco truck just as we got off the freeway?

Cho

That taco truck's always there.

Rigsby

Ohh yeah. A little carne asada after we check out the warehouse? Muy bien!

Cho

No.

Rigsby

Why not?

Cho

I don't wanna cross Hobo Alley to order lunch from a truck that's near the sewage ditch under the freeway.

Rigsby

But there's tacos there!

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.

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.

Cho

This is my fault. I'm the one he conned. I should know better.

Lisbon

So should I. I'm the one who got him out of the hospital. We were all marks today.

Van Pelt

Not me. What? He didn't con me.

Rigsby

Only because he wants to have a date with you.

Van Pelt

[smiles] Really?

Cho

Don't take this the wrong way, but the death of Jane's family made him a better person.

Lisbon

That person was always inside of him. The murder just brought it out.

Rigsby

Ah well done.

Cho

Good job, when do we get her back?

Jane

The judge said we can pick her up from County Jail tomorrow.

Rigsby

Did Mancini really throw a bottle at you?

Jane

Yes he did. And then he procedeed to chase me through the State House. But failed to catch me.

Lisbon

Congratulations, another mortal enemy made. You shoul be very proud.

Jane

I think this puzzle box is the key. Whatever is in here was important enough to hide, but not valuable enough to put in that safe.

Cho

What do you think it is?

Jane

I don't know yet, it's a puzzle.

Lisbon

Cho, crack it open.

Jane

Oh, no no no no. It's my puzzle. All mine.

Jane

Hey Cho, you're freaking out the guests. Just relax with the copness.

Cho

I'm relaxed.

I'm looking for Agent Lisbon.

Cho

Boss.

Lisbon

What are you doing here?

Such hostility. And here I thought we were mending fences.

Lisbon

Answer the question.

I came to ask you to drop this ridiculous investigation. I hate to see an officer of the law humiliated like this.

Lisbon

Cho, will you show Mr. Volker out of here?

Cho

Gladly.

I'm only looking out for your best interests.

Jane

No, you're not. You want us to think that you're gloating, but you're not. You're afraid.

Afraid?

Jane

Yeah.

Well, this certainly is a strange way of showing it.

Jane

I can see right through you. We were close, searching your offices like that. Too close. You want us to think that you're in control, that you're untouchable. But you're not. You're afraid of us. And you should be.

Rigsby

So what did I do last night? Come on. I'm dying here.

Cho

You got up on the table and sang Bohemian Rhapsody.

Rigsby

Oh. I do a pretty good Freddie Mercury. That's not so embarrassing.

Cho

Maybe not for you.

Rigsby

How can you like Triceratops more than [in a deep voice] T. Rex?

Cho

T. Rex are losers. Little arms. It's a big chicken with teeth.

Rigsby

Yeah, and Triceratops is basically a pig with horns.

Cho

And a shield on its head. Beats a giant chicken any day of the week.

Rigsby

Ha ha, in your dreams. What did Jane want?

Cho

He wants us back at the museum.

Rigsby

What are we gonna do?

Cho

Museum heist.

Rigsby

Why?

Cho

I stopped asking questions a long time ago. Come on.

Rigsby

...And some scientists think the T. Rex could run up to 45 miles an hour. That's apex predator. You know what that means?

Cho

Yes.

Rigsby

That means they're top of the food chain. They eat everything.

Cho

So?

Rigsby

So... T. Rex beats Triceratops. I win.

Cho

You went home last night and Googled dinosaurs, didn't you?

Rigsby

Yeah, I did.

Cho

You have no life. I win.