Continuing on from last ep we get to see the call again between Rigsby (Owain Yeoman) and Van Pelt (Amanda Righetti) before she's abducted. Hey she was wearing her socks on the bed, but when she woke up in the basement, she had her boots on, of course she needed those for when she escaped. So Rigsby, Cho (Tim Kang) and Patrick (Simon Baker) have a few beers with Rigsby telling Patty he and Van Pelt always thought Patrick and Lisbon (Robin Tunney) would get together, which Patrick just laughs off. But seriously under that demeanour, he has got a soft spot for her, only we don't know if he would really own up to his feelings and admit them and whether Lisbon would too. Hey we can cold read Patty too you know! Ha.
Rigsby and Cho grab some dinner and Cho tells Rigsby they should join the FBI. Abbott (Rockmond Dunbar) wanted him to ask them and Rigsby really thinks they could do that until later on. Cho notices the hotel room door open and they find Van Pelt is missing. Abbott wants a search for Haibach (William Mapother) and Wylie (Joe Adler) tries to tell him that he's already here, which we knew. Patrick finds he's got a plan and had one all along before turning himself in on the basis of being stalked by the police and having a warrant on his head. But Patty can see through the facade. Rigsby comes in and blows his top, like that'll make him spill. Haibach's alibi is checked and pans out but only cos he's got an accomplice.
We see her when Van Pelt manages to escape her prison to find herself in the snow. Asking the first car that came along for help, which happened to be an SVU and a grey one at that, just like what the FBI saw on some camera footage. She didn't think that it could be her kidnapper and the person who was really after them. She takes her back to the cabin feigning Van Pelt can use the phone, until Van Pelt notices there's no electricity, so no phone. Rigsby really wants Patrick to help him and Patrick tells Rigsby she's still alive, even though Fischer (Emily Swallow) tells Abbott she's already dead by now. Yeah she'd know. Wouldn't want to have her on my team or the case either. So untactful too cos Rigsby heard her and that's the last thing he wants to hear.
Patrick storms into the interrogating room and threatens Haibach, that he will answer to him and he's got nothing to lose, which he hasn't as we know and he's not just full of idle threats either. Abbott reprimands him but Patrick wants him out of his comfort zone and his plan to be foiled. His lawyer, Laura (Penny Peyser) arrives and his alibi checks out so he has to leave. Knew that was Patty behind the wheel of their car cos of his plan. Fischer even tried to have a talk with Laura as if she'd help. Though Lisbon would have had a better shot, even if Fischer tells her she already tried.
They drop Laura off on the road and they take him further. Rigsby threatens him and throws him out of the car, as we know this is Patrick's plan and Rigsby even pours gas over him and lights a flare, throwing his gun down beside him, cos it wasn't loaded. Haibach gets the better of them which is what they wanted and he leads them to the building but Van Pelt is gone. He then takes them to the cabin. Wylie figures out where Haibach would be since he's bought clothes for snow and his sister, Hazel (Lisa Darr) is the logical accomplice helping him out. He's at Sante Fe at the bottom of the mountains. Van Pelt tries to talk to her but she doesn't want to hear anything. She feels guilty about not being there for him when their father did things to him. I don't know why Van Pelt didn't undo the duct tape from her mouth since her hands were taped in front of her.
Patrick and Rigsby arrive and he heads straight for Van Pelt not seeing Hazel's behind him. She shoots him and then Haibach shoots Rigsby again. Felt sure those bullets would have been fake too, but alas no. Patrick and Van Pelt are taken outside and Patrick is about to have his fingers chopped off one by one. Oh the look on Patty's face since we know his aversion to pain. But Rigsby helps them by getting to Hazel and then the helicopter arrives, a little too late though.
Rigsby and Van Pelt don't want to join the FBI but that's the last time we'll see them as one big happy family. That's why the bonding moment with Cho for the last time and asking Patrick for help one last time too. Though it really seemed slow and like Patrick wasn't his usual self when he was working the case. He was sitting there reading the file,something he didn't do as much and wouldn't really need to in the past. You can still feel that something is missing here. Then it was good to see Patrick and Lisbon share some screen time together.
Also some reminiscing on the part of the boys when Cho recalls that pony Patrick gave Lisbon and he wonders what happened to it. That's right, buy her a pet and then forget about it, ha. Patrick mentioning also the title of an ep, A Price Above Rubies. A good ep to mention since Patrick finds out Rigsby and Van Pelt have a thing for each other, as well as Patrick posing as Lisbon's husband for a moment at the psych hospital. Hey it was good continuity to mention it here, though he didn't mean as a past ep, since Rigsby says they thought about Patty and Lisbon being a couple. Besides the episode also guested Callard Harris, so that's a bonus!
Almost like the good old days! Yes even with their dialogue at the end:
Lisbon: "I was really angry at you for doing what you did, but then I thought better of it. It was a stupid idea, but hey it worked.
Patrick: "Stupid...not necessarily stupid, simple, not stupid.
Lisbon: "I am still angry at you for not telling me what you were going to do. I thought you'd gone nuts."
Patrick: "It's not like I haven't abducted people before."
Lisbon was afraid for Patrick but not for Van Pelt or Rigsby.
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