The Mentalist (TV Series)

The Great Red Dragon (2013)

Rockmond Dunbar: Dennis Abbott

Quotes 

• Dennis Abbott : May I have your attention, please? Put down your phones and step away for your desk. Now.

  [nobody moves] 

  Teresa Lisbon : I'm Special Agent in Charge Teresa Lisbon. Who the hell are you?

  Dennis Abbott : FBI Supervisory Agent Dennis Abbott. Now, I repeat, stand up and stand away from your desk. Please.

  Teresa Lisbon : We're in the middle of a manhunt for a dangerous fugitive. Now, if you would like to assist...

  Dennis Abbott : The head of this alleged law enforcement organization is a murderer. And a member of a massive criminal conspiracy.

  Teresa Lisbon : Which included FBI agents.

  Dennis Abbott : Yes, and that's why the Bureau sent me here from the Austin, Texas office to clean up the mess.

  [taking a sheet of paper out of his jacket pocket] 

  Dennis Abbott : I am holding in my hand a writ from a federal judge. The FBI is closing down your organization right now. All of you are relieved from your active duties as of this moment.

  Grace Van Pelt : You can't do that.

  Dennis Abbott : I'm here to collect evidence. Don't get in my way.

  [to his agents] 

  Dennis Abbott : Let's go to work, fellas!

• Dennis Abbott : Dennis Abbott, FBI. You must be Patrick Jane.

  Teresa Lisbon : They've shut us down.

  Dennis Abbott : We're gonna need to interview you at some point, but it can wait. We're gonna be here for some time. Just don't leave town.

  Patrick Jane : We have a killer to catch.

  Dennis Abbott : Oh, well, that's our problem now. You had your chance to catch him and you blew it. If you were really trying.

  [a passing FBI agent bumps into Jane; his teacup falls from its saucer and breaks on the floor] 

  Patrick Jane : That was my favorite cup.