Wayne Rigsby quotes from The Mentalist

Rigsby

So, uh, guys. I have something to say.

Grace

We have something to say.

Rigsby

Uh, life's too short for dishonest. Van P... Grace and I are... lovers.

Lisbon

No you're not.

Grace

Um, yes we are.

Jane

Well, it's a big secret, well kept.

Rigsby

Maybe you knew, but nobody else did.

Cho

I knew. Half the building knows.

Rigsby

They do not!

Cho

Yes they do.

Jane

The only person who didn't know is glaring at you right now.

Lisbon

And now I have to do something about it.

Cho

What are you gonna do?

Jane

Yeah, what are you gonna do?

Lisbon

Thinking.

Lisbon

Hey, Van Pelt. I need you to do background checks on Cliff Edmunds, Lilith Nash, Griffin Lattimer Welks, Julian Eric Tripp. I'm sending you their details now.

Rigsby

Anything we should be looking out for in particular?

Lisbon

Oh. One of them released a lethal super-virus that could kill half the state of California, so I guess we're looking for someone with a prior background of an evil supervillian.

Cho

Okay.

Lisbon

That last part was a joke.

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.

Van Pelt

I lied this morning. I do care that you're seeing someone else. It hurts a little. I mean, it's no biggie. I'll get over it. I want us to be friends. We can get to that point, right? Can't we be just friends?

Rigsby

Yeah, sure we can.

Van Pelt

Good. I'd like that.

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!

Rigsby

Wait, there's one more thing: I'm sorry, but I'm not going to be at your wedding.

Van Pelt

Oh? [she sighs] That's too bad. You have something else planned for that day?

Rigsby

No, you see the problem is: I'm still in love with you.

Van Pelt

You can't --

Rigsby

Hold on. I'm not trying to win you back. You're marrying a good man. That's not gonna change. But neither am I. This whole thing where we pretend we're just friends, it doesn't work. I don't know what will work. But I know one thing: I can't watch you marry another man. You have a good day and a good life.

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

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.

I already told you I'm not getting involved.

Rigsby

We're not asking you to, ma'am. We just need you to cooperate.

It doesn't matter what you need! I don't trust you and I'm not going to help!

Van Pelt

If you quit now you're going to miss the best part: payback.

What are you talking about?

Van Pelt

A few months ago I had a fiance. He tried to kill me.

You're lying.

Van Pelt

Look, everybody thought he was the greatest guy, including me. Then he pulled a gun on me.

What did you do?

Van Pelt

I shot him.

Rigsby

Dead.

Rigsby

Listen, about before at the office with Sarah. I just --

Van Pelt

Oh, yeah. Congratulations. She seems nice.

Rigsby

Yeah. I just don't want it to be awkward between --

Van Pelt

[laughs] With me? That's the least of your problems.

Rigsby

What does that mean?

Van Pelt

Well, she's a public defender. I mean, good luck, but be careful.

Van Pelt

Lisbon's niece; sharp girl.

Rigsby

I guess.

Van Pelt

Good questions.

Rigsby

Yeah.

Van Pelt

Do you love her?

Rigsby

Annabell?

Van Pelt

Your girlfriend Sarah.

Rigsby

Oh, right.

Van Pelt

So?

Rigsby

I guess I don't see why it matters if I love her or not.

Van Pelt

Uh oh.

Rigsby

Look, we have a good time together. We enjoy each other's company. I look forward to seeing her. Isn't that enough? Why worry about it?

Van Pelt

Trust me, she's worrying about it.

Rigsby

I just think if you start talking like that you're going to get hurt. I'm not sure I even know what that means? I love you? I mean, what does that say, really?

Van Pelt

I don't know, Wayne. My last relationship didn't exactly end well. I'm probably not the best person to ask right now.

Rigsby

Fair enough.

Rigsby

Okay, who has Chinese food for breakfast?

Chinese people and me. Okay, interrogation time. Agent Rigsby, do you consider yourself an expert on motorcycle gangs?

Rigsby

Yes.

No, don't say yes. Say yes. You want to project confidence and the jury's going to believe you.

Rigsby

Yes, ma'am. [leans in and gives Sarah a kiss]

Stop trying to distract me, and does this expertise, in fact, come from years of close contact with a criminal element in your own family?

Rigsby

Hey.

Don't say hey, just answer the question.

Rigsby

No, it doesn't.

Isn't it true your father, Steven Rigsby, was a member of the Iron Gods motorcycle gang and a convicted felon?

Rigsby

Yes.

So wouldn't it be fair to say that everything you learned you know from your father the felon? Babe, I know it's touchy, but if you wait too long to answer --

Rigsby

Okay. That's enough. Thanks for your help. Gotta get to court.

Wayne.

Rigsby

Seriously, that was a big help. Thank you. [walks away]