The Mentalist (TV Series)

The Whites of His Eyes (2015)

Tim Kang: Kimball Cho

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• Dennis Abbott : The young woman, Lily Stoppard, is scheduled to testify in two days' time. With a hitman of this caliber, we've been asked to come and join the investigation.

  Kimball Cho : Three perfect shots from close to a thousand yards. Not many snipers can can make hits from that distance with that kind of accuracy.

  Michelle Vega : That should narrow it down, right?

  Ken Spackman : I wish. Truth is the shooter could have been anybody. And these Bittakers, they can choose any number of their contacts to call in a hit. Shooter could be any nationality, he can be any age.

  Patrick Jane : Nah, he's a regional guy.

  Ken Spackman : And here we go.

  Patrick Jane : Yeah. Local boy with a sweet tooth for powdered sugar beignets. See? And they... they shook hands, obviously.

  Ken Spackman : How do we know that the, uh, victim wasn't holding the beignet, Jane?

  Patrick Jane : No, he's trim. He's spruced. He's on the job. He's not a pastry buff.

  Ken Spackman : Doesn't mean that the shooter's regional. A lot of people like beignets.

  Patrick Jane : Oh, I would argue that a lot of people don't even know what beignets are, Spackman. But I will concede you that point.

  Ken Spackman : [sarcastic]  Ah, thank you.

  Patrick Jane : And I will focus on who hired him and what Kelvin did to that boy from San Diego. I'm guessing the Bittakers have very little tolerqnce for outsiders.

  Teresa Lisbon : So if they ordered the hit, it would have been somebody they were comfortable with.

• Patrick Jane : Mrs. Bittaker, you are a fabulous liar.

  Mrs. Bittacker : Sir, please don't mock me. My oldest boy is in jail for a crime he didn't do, and Ethan here has terrible health problems. Honey, you know I love you. And we're just making it hand to mouth until this whole mess is cleared up. And... and I have no idea what you're talking about.

  Kimball Cho : Really? Because these Ferraris and Phantoms don't say "hand to mouth" to me.

  Patrick Jane : It's like a master class in dishonesty.

• Kimball Cho : You wanted to see me, boss?

  Dennis Abbott : The arrogance of it all.

  Kimball Cho : Normally is.

  Dennis Abbott : Witnesses, our people, and now this Peg Bailey. Jane figures they communicate with her through video games and just like that, she's dead. God, I want to crush these people.

  Kimball Cho : Yeah? Me, too.

  Dennis Abbott : Ethan Bittaker has kidney dialysis four times a day. I'm thinking he might be a tad fragile with his health issues and all. And he has thirty-eight months left on his parole.

  Kimball Cho : You want me to lean on him?

  Dennis Abbott : Let's both go lean on him.

• Mrs. Bittacker : [Cho and Abbott arrest her son Ethan]  He has to be on dialysis in less than an hour.

  Dennis Abbott : Oh. Well, that is a problem. Oh, how's this: we'll take his IV pole with us. Well, just while we hold you. Now, I can't say what's gonna happen when he goes back to the 'pen.

  Mrs. Bittacker : What's going on? Care to illuminate me, Agent?

  Dennis Abbott : Supervising Agent Dennis Abbott.

  Mrs. Bittacker : [sarcastic admiration]  My.

  Dennis Abbott : I'm gonna lay this out in words that are designed to resonate. You're gonna call off the hit on Lily Stoppard. You *will* call it off. And you will deliver us Lydon. Or I won't be able to answer to your son's well-being.

  Mrs. Bittacker : I have no idea what you're talking about. I'm truly lost in this conversation.

  Dennis Abbott : You want to call my bluff? Well, do it. Please. Because while Ethan suffers, or whatever happens to him, it'll be on you. He's nothing to me.

  Mrs. Bittacker : But he's not, is he? He's not nothing to you. You're a lawman. A supervising agent, and he is a citizen. Sure, you may make unhappy or uncomfortable, but you're not gonna let him die. You're too damn ethical for that.

  Dennis Abbott : They don't know me, do they, Cho?

  Kimball Cho : No.

  Mrs. Bittacker : I think I do. And I'm gonna bet my son on it.