Minelli quotes from The Mentalist

You abused a corpse to get a confession.

Jane

Used. Used a corpse. There's no "ab".

Your finger print is on the magazine of the murder weapon. Tell me why I souldn't be throwing up in the bathroom right now?

Lisbon

It's a lab error. It must be. They're overworked and underfunded. This happened last year with the L.A.P.D. Just have them retest it. Come on! You don't think I did this?

What I think is, I'm up to my asterisk in political quicksand.

[talking about Lisbon] You're worried about her. You think she might do something stupid?

Jane

Suicide? No. If she did, she wouldn't blame the bureau.

That's not my concern at all!

We came in hot because we thought the kidnap victim was there.

Mia...somebody?

Mia Westlake. Marin County heiress. She was taken a day and half ago. Witness gave us a partial plate on the kidnapper's car. We dug up an outstanding parking ticket to a car in Oakland. Checked the address. Found there were people inside a house that was supposed to be empty.

And he found you there because?

Lisbon

Ah, we got a call from the coroner's bureau. There was a report of a corpse in a house, but they were short handed. Budget cuts. So they asked us to go and check it out. My team went in the house, the corpse was there but the coroner wasn't. So we waited.

And everyone almost died in a hail of bullets.

[about the attack against CBI agents[ Special Agent Minelli, our condolences. Would you describe your feelings at this terrible time?

Wow, Meredith. That's-you media guys, that's just... You know, for eight years I've put up with the idiotic questions of the media and I've never said squat. But today, I must tell you, Meredith, you've really set a new standard in horse-assery. You people have no concept of what we do. We go into dark, horrible places. Alone and afraid. And we do it with no money, broken-down vehicles, with computers that have more viruses than a $10 whore. How? Good people, and I've lost three good people today and a fourth who is in critical condition, and you ask me how I'm feeling. I'm feeling sad, you moron. Any other questions?

Listen, ahh, I'd, ahh, I'd like to convey my gratitude--

Jane

Easy, cowboy. You just met her.

Yes.

Virgil Minelli?

Yes, who's this?

Alexa Schultz, FBI. We met at the forensics conference in Roanoke.

Director Schultz. What a pleasure to hear from you.

I understand the CBI has hired a new consultant, a man named Patrick Jane?

Yes. I'm surprised you know, I didn't realise you followed our hiring that closely.

Mister Jane is connected to a case we're interested in. The serial killer known as Red John. I'm, ehm, calling to ask a favour.

What's that?

I would appreciate updates on the Red John case. That way when my boss asks me what's going on, I have something to tell him.

To put it bluntly Alexa, why would I do that? What's in it for me?

Well it's useful to have a friend in the FBI, isn't it? And I'm a good friend.

Well, I'm a great believer in interagencies cooperation. I don't see why we couldn't engage in some.

I look forward to it, Virgil. Oh, by the way, one thing we might wanna know about Patrick Jane. You know how he's been out of sight in the past year? You know where he's been?

No.

In an insane asylum. Good luck... Done.

Thank you.