The Mentalist (TV Series)

Red Listed (2013)

Drew Powell: Reede Smith

Quotes 

• Teresa Lisbon : How can we be of help, Agent Smith?

  Reede Smith : We caught a body. I thought it might interest you.

  Patrick Jane : And why would you say that?

  Reede Smith : You tell me.

  Patrick Jane : [studying the body, he notices a distinctive cuff link]  This is Benjamin Marx.

  Reede Smith : The guy you buried alive.

  Patrick Jane : Excuse me, the *killer* I buried alive. And I did let him out, eventually.

  Reede Smith : Not bad. That's a tough ID, considering most of his face is burned off. What do you think happened to him?

  Patrick Jane : You're the FBI. I'm sure you have the answers already.

  Reede Smith : Okay. Tell me what I've come up with.

  Patrick Jane : Well, the first thing you'd notice is that he was tortured, with fire and whatever it is people use to cut someone's thumbs off.

  Reede Smith : And what do I think he was tortured for?

  Patrick Jane : Well, your guess would be sadistic pleasure, but you'd be wrong. More likely he was tortured for information. Information that he didn't have.

  Reede Smith : How do you know he didn't have it?

  Patrick Jane : Because if he had it, the killer would only have had to burn off half his face.

• Teresa Lisbon : Why are we here, Agent Smith?

  Reede Smith : Marx was out on bail while he stood trial. Things were looking for him, too. I mean, you tortured him into a confession, so a little good lawyering, a little luck, and he could walk. I bet that really chapped your hide, huh, Jane?

  Patrick Jane : Not at all.

  Teresa Lisbon : That's the best theory the FBI can come up with? That Jane killed Benjamin Marx and burned his face off?

  Reede Smith : We're exploring every angle. He's an angle.

  Patrick Jane : Listen, if I wanted to kill Benjamin Marx, I would have done it the first time. He was a sociopath that stole from widows and orphans, and he got what he deserved, but I didn't do it.

  Reede Smith : We'll see.

  Patrick Jane : Yes, we will.

• [last lines] 

  Reede Smith : [after killing Kirkland]  Agent Kirkland tried to escape. You had no choice but to use deadly force. Do you understand?

  Van Driver : Tiger, tiger.

  Reede Smith : Tiger, tiger.