When Lisbon and Patrick take him into the house, there are signs of a struggle. Patrick calls him on his phone and he admits his brother, Marcus (J R Cacia) and his wife, Pella (Brooke Langton) have been kidnapped. Patrick noses around and Isaac locks himself away wanting his lawyer. Patrick plays classical music really loudly on the expensive sound system and again a record on the record player, but there's country music in one of the other music systems. Thus he deduces the kidnapper took the wrong couple. Also he notices the dog is missing and finds him outside. Don't know about you but hiding Van Pelt (Amanda Righetti) constantly behind large cases made me laugh and was quite off putting, no cos it's so obvious why they're doing that and excuse me, what about hiding her upper body? It's confirmed the wrong couple were kidnapped when the Goodwins walk in the door.
Lorelei has been missing 19 days and with any other missing person this wouldn't have been significant, so quite a lot has happened in that time. Patrick leaves to interview the police driver, Munn (Michael Shamus Wiles) he shows him Lorelei's picture and he gets defensive by folding his arms, well duh, Patrick suspects and notices everything and if that wasn't a big giveaway he's hiding something, he tells Patrick he drives a lot of prisoners and walks out.
A lot of the time is spent at the couple's house until they work out Gary (Michael Petrone) and Sloan (Anne Dudek) his wife, are missing. Then it's back to the office and more cases for Van Pelt to conceal herself with. Cho (Tim Kang) and Rigsby (Owain Yeoman) not having much to do this episode. The kidnapper calls and demands $5 million. Patrick takes charge and tells him he took the wrong couple but he already knows that. Patrick demands one hostage released within the hour, or they will get nothing. Seems like he's already deduced who is behind it, as did I, it was obvious, sorry, as I've said they need to give us more twists and turns, cos finding 'whodunnit' is too easy! So it looks like the accomplice will be released. Patrick doesn't tell Lisbon how it went with the Munn and she realizes he knows something.
Note: a lot goes on outside the lift! Just as in last episode, Red Dawn, Patrick was trying to obtain info on Red John. Lorelei in the lift with the FBI being taken away, Patrick getting punched in the nose, etc. Lisbon wants in on what he knows but he thanks her, not just for letting the lift door go, but also for not wanting her involved. especially as we see he breaks into Munn's house. Just as he did the same with having Culpepper break into La Roche's house, here he does the breaking in. Also Lisbon and Patrick's life scene was like the season 4 finale, Red Rover, Red Rover, where she offers to help but he doesn't accept.
Patrick also finds Isaac doesn't have the money to pay for the ransom, he has $1 million of his own money but he doesn't want to part with it. Marcus agrees to return it. Lisbon wants proof of life and the drop point is arranged at a mall. With Sloan bringing the ransom money. Funny part wasn't only Patrick re-negotiating a lower amount for the ransom but defending Lisbon when the kidnapper is rude to her. Pushing down the laptop cover to end the transmission. Well he's being forceful and to the point, cos he hasn't got time to mess around and neither does Gary, he's got Lorelei on the mind.
Like breaking into Munn's house and looking for incriminating evidence and questioning Munn and tells him about the illicit porn and what he's thinking about, his wife leaving him and that he raped a prisoner. Thus the FBI has leverage over him and he would be the only logical choice to take Lorelei away for them. He reluctantly relents and mentions "Agent Nemo" took her, Patrick replying, "Nemo is Latin for nobody." If he's not arrested was Munn's condition but knowing Patrick he would do exactly that even if he hasn't been a stickler for upholding the law in the past. He's not going to let him get away with rape.
Brenda (Brenda Wisocky) is back and wants Lisbon to tread carefully as Marcus Goodwin is Pentagon connected, shown by the arrival of the press. Lisbon refuses to back down and Brenda threatens to call Director Betram, he's mentioned again. So Brenda is back, there were theories propounded out there in The Mentalist fandom about Brenda being in cahoots with Red John. Also Patrick calls Isaac, "arrogant, insensitive..." earlier on, words that can also be applied to Patty himself.
Patrick has sussed Sloan is behind the kidnapping and Rigsby escorts her home telling her she has to deliver the ransom. She immediately calls her partner in crime,Vince (Wes Chatham) and tells him about the drop and she wants Gary dead. He gave her ten years of nothing, well she can't divorce him cos she won't really get anything in return, thus the money. Before the drop, Cho wires her and tells her there'll only be the team there. Meanwhile, Patrick masterfully directs Lisbon and Rigsby into fooling Sloan. Lisbon radios she's spotted the kidnapper and Rigsby gives chase. Shots are fired and Cho leaves her alone with the money. Finally Sloan makes off with the money. Van Pelt watches her on the CCTV but she knows the blindspots and leaves the mall in disguise, leaving behind her clothes.
There's quite a lot of mistakes made by Sloan in the amateur commission of this crime, firstly she didn't have to reveal herself to Gary, or at all, then she didn't realize if she was wired, so would the money have some sort of a receiver and she's up against Patrick and she's no match for him. As well as leaving the phone behind, allowing Van Pelt to trace the signal to the mall and her accomplice. Who tells them where Gary is. Was it really worth it? When Rigsby and Cho trace up the lead on the white stolen van with no number plates, and the woman who sold it and reported it stolen after the kidnapping cos it was still registered to her, identified the kidnapper, it looked a bit like Isaac I thought. Seems like Gary knew who his real friends are. Though Gary turns out to be more of a family to Marcus than his own brother.
Speaking of Betram earlier on, there was a photo of him with Munn in Munn's apartment, so they know each other, that's a little too close for comfort especially since we know Betram has been put forward as a possiblility of being in league with Red John or as being the old devil RJ himself... Brenda refuses to let Lisbon speak at the press conference, she was looking for Patrick to be there!
The title a reference to Patrick 'cherry picking' the officer from his list and crossing off other names. Patrick listens to "La Donna et mobile" from Verdi's Rigelleto, (which is what Doctor Who sang in the shower in season 5's The Lodger episode. The song is all about how deceptive women can be. The song is sung whilst his beloved is plotting to kill with her accomplice.
Though there wasn't much inway made into Red John, at least Patrick now has an address for her and we're left to wonder if he will tell Lisbon or go after her himself. he's done that before, "gone rogue" so to speak where Lorelei was concerned when he feigned his breakdown last season and that didn't work out.
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