If there's a group hug coming, I am so outta here.
S3 E17Bloodstream
S3 E18The Red Mile
Dr. Steiner.
SDr. Steiner
Agent Lisbon. It's not as bad as it looks.
Go get yourself checked out and then come talk to us.
SDr. Steiner
Jane, was this you? Another trick?
Jane had nothing to do with this. Nothing at all. You didn't, did you?
Of course not.
You swear on your life?
On your life, even.
[kicks the couch] Wake up. Newsome Kirk posted bail. He's going to be gone in an hour.
Just in time for the 6:10 to Alpha Centauri.
He was right about Harley's psychiatrist. She did propose a book, but she withdrew it, so she had motive.
Kind of.
Who do you think did it?
Jabba the Hutt.
Seriously.
Ming the Merciless.
Okay.
ALF?
When the aliens do come, I hope they eat you.
S3 E19Every Rose Has Its Thorn
EFErica Flynn
What do you want from your life?
I want my life to be free.
Free how? To love? To be loved?
Free from my past.
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.
Sounds like an amazing woman.
She was.
S3 E20Redacted
Open it up.
GOOfficer Gary O'Donnell
He's in there with his lawyer.
Perfect.
[Lisbon and Jane enter the room where Culpepper is being held]
DCDonny Culpepper
A lady cop? Okay. I can get behind that. A dumb cop who's pretty is better than a dumb cop who ain't—
[Lisbon punches Culpepper in the face, knocking him off his chair]
SLShyster lawyer
What do you think you're doing? You—You can't do that!
Oh?
LLawyer
That's a violation of due process! You just got this case dismissed!
S3 E21Like A Redheaded Stepchild
Memory is unreliable because the untrained brain has a crappy filing system. It takes everything that happens to you and throws it all whilly-nilly into a big, dark closet. When you go in there looking for something all you can find are the big obvious things, like when your mom died or stuff you don't really need. Stuff that you're not looking for, like the words to Copacabana. You can't find what you need, but don't panic because it is still there.
I get it. I've been down. Snitches get stitches.
NMNick Monaco
See now, that's a popular misconception. The stitches are for live people.
Got it.
Wait, there's one more thing: I'm sorry, but I'm not going to be at your wedding.
Oh? [she sighs] That's too bad. You have something else planned for that day?
No, you see the problem is: I'm still in love with you.
You can't --
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.
What do we know about the victim?
He's a prison guard from Carson, just outside of town.
You sure?
Yeah.
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.
God forbid.
S3 E22Rhapsody In Red
[holds out a flower] For you.
Does it squirt water?
No. It's no trick. Maybe just a little trick to catch the killer.
With a hydrangea?
Yeah.
How?
Well wouldn't that be spoiling the fun?
For you. Spoiling the fun for you.
That's the fun that matters.
S3 E23Strawberries & Cream Part I
[walks into Lisbon's office to see her trying on a bridesmaid dress] Hey, Lisbon. Any word on that list yet?
Geez, Jane! Do you mind knocking?
Whoa. My, my.
Van Pelt must die.
No, no, no. You look good. This is beautiful, like a princess. An angry little princess. Someone stole your tiara.
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!
I told her to ask you. I told her that you secretly wanted to be a bridesmaid.
Really. Why would you do that?
Oh, for the fun, and because deep down you secretly really do want to be a bridesmaid. Go ahead. Confess.
S3 E24Strawberries & Cream Part II
You're a fascinating man, Patrick. Who knows what you might have achieved in this world, were you not quite so damaged.
Why are you telling me all of this?
TCTimothy Carter
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.
I'm not under a curse.
CCarter
Doomed to an endless angry search for vengeance you will never have? I would call that a curse, don't you?
I look at it as more of a hobby, and I will have that vengeance.
CCarter
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.
Wherever you go, you delusional freak, I will find you and I will kill you, and then, then I will forget about you.
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?"
[reciting the poem with Jane] "In what distant deeps or skies/Burnt the fire of thine eyes?" That's William Blake.
What does it mean?
God made the lamb, but he also made the tiger. You can't have light without darkness. Life without death.
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