A gallery owner, John Hennigan (Trevor St John) is robbed by a group of masked men and when they try to steal a portrait which is close to his heart and his wife Sylvia's (Samantha Smith) he is brutally shot. The FBI Art agents are trying to apprehend the gang for a number of years and Patrick(Simon Baker) stops by knowing he can help them out. He offers some advice to Sylvia, telling her that John's not really dead but lives on inside of her. Something he knows all about since he's been through the same and mourned the loss of his wife and daughter for many years. Even took him a number of years to catch the killer, as we know. Ah for the days of red John. But he reassures her they will get the killer. Also Patty doing some analysis of the agent who arched his shoulders showing they're in need of his help.
Abbott (Rockmond Dunbar) agrees to Patrick helping out since the gang has alluded them and tells Fisher (Emily Swallow) they'll go along with him. During their briefing, they ID one of the men. Lisbon (Robin Tunney) walks in and catches the eye of Agent Marcus Pike (Pedro Pascal). Patrick has a plan and Lisbon is surprised he already has one, don't know why though, since she's been working with him a long time too and knows how he operates, at least how his mind works.
Patrick is out shopping and Wylie (Joe Adler) walks in with shopping bags and instructions which he had to write down on a notepad. He gives Abbott a jacket as he's going to rope in Seth (Aaron Pulaski) as he knows about boxing, which Abbott says is true but he didn't tell Patrick. No need, he knows everything! Ha. Lisbon is handed a white dress cos she's going to be the 'inside man, er woman' and play Patty's girlfriend! He must be thinking, if only, Patty that is, and so are we. He can't stop acting so blase and so cool about this for very long, cos it'll get too old too soon. Though most of us weren't expecting anything romantic between Lisbon and Patrick, think it's about time that changed. Oh come on, we know Patty has deeper feelings for her than this. He really can't fool us any longer!
Cho (Tim Kang) is going to be the muscle so he can find his own clothes too and Fisher will make goo goo eyes at Seth and reel him into the bedroom. Adler of course will be watching their every move since they've installed cameras in the bar and the 'party house.' Which Marcus tells Wylie they found in an operation. So Patrick's plan goes according to clockwork and Abbott makes his move in the bar talking about boxing. Thus naturally he fools Seth into a false sense of security and befriends him, gaining his trust. Wylie telling Marcus that the mark will trust Abbott and open up to him when he removes his hand from the bar since it means he's opened up to him. Patty told him that.
Cho pretends to lose his shot in his pool game and accuses Seth of putting him off by his annoying laugh. There's a fight and Cho pulls out a gun, prompting Abbott and Seth to run. Abbott gives him a lift in his flashy car to his boss's house. Said boss being Patty, cue scarf round his neck, so very arty! Wonder where he went shopping for that. Mind you that's the only piece of wardrobe he adds to his usual clothes. Yep still wearing the socks Lisbon gave him! They're very treasured by now. Lisbon feels self conscious in her low cut number as she looks at her cleavage. Patrick invites Seth to the party and he meets Fisher. They talk dirty and she leads him upstairs, just in time for Patrick to arrive and get them out of his bedroom. And time for him to notice the artwork on the walls, which Patrick tells him are fakes. Of course they're all stolen property recovered by the FBI.
Wylie watches on camera and Seth calls another man, their 'leader' and the shooter to the house. When the guest leave Patrick finds him in his bedroom again and he tells Patrick the paintings are real. He realizes he's about to steal something, but warns him this is his town and he should head for Miami instead. Patrick deals him in otherwise they'll have bad things happen to them. He drives them to the museum cos Patrick wants to steal Manet's Violets. Notice the subtle way in which Patrick describes the painting as being an homage to forbidden love, painted by Manet for his brother-in-law's wife. Almost a reference to Patty and Lisbon. Marcus asks Wylie about Patrick and Lisbon but they're not an item. Seems even Wylie suspected they were together, but aren't.
Lisbon covers Patrick with a throw as he sleeps on the sofa and calls Marcus. She's hungry and there's no food so he mentions pancakes, waffles. But she can't go get any. Next day whilst they're at the museum, Seth comes back but the paintings are gone. He searches to find a hidden safe for which they'll need the combination. Returning to the house Patrick and Lisbon are held at gunpoint until Patrick opens the safe. McKay (Charles Mesure) as Wylie IDed him as, finds the tracker on the painting and Lisbon pulls a gun on the man guarding her. When McKay and Seth leave, they're arrested but McKay manages to escape. Cho gives chase and he runs into an alley and then approaches the band that Patty wanted, playing Yellow Rose of Texas. McKay takes a taxi and leads them right to his lair!
He refuses to talk and asks for a lawyer. Abbott tells him he doesn't need to say anything and Patrick asks him what the band was playing, mentioning Yellow Rose. Them lets him know he used the "illusion of control" to let him think McKay was the one making all the moves. He'll be charged with John's murder and Sylvia gets her painting back, telling Patrick he was right. He lives on in her heart. Cho brings back the tradition of pizza after a bust and Lisbon and Seth head out for pancakes. Patrick asks where they're going, but lets them go alone. Huh, Lisbon didn't even ask him if he wanted to come. No, after Marcus told her he likes her, that was it! Patty sits on his couch and what sulks, regrets. He didn't even have any funny comebacks or one liners to throw at him, which was so unlike him.
Am hating where they're taking this, giving Lisbon a love interest, fine she had to have one eventually. Patrick did leave her alone for two years, but that was out of necessity. He did keep in touch though, but have to wonder and ask where this storyline is heading. This was an enjoyable episode of late and finally Lisbon and Patrick go to work together and it was almost like an old episode. It managed to get everyone out of the office and even Fisher was good in it, which came as a shock to me! Ha. Maybe cos it was more Lisbon/Patrick orientated. With Cho having another chase scene which we're so accustomed to seeing him in from past eps.
If the remaining eps are as good as this, surely we should get a season 7, even if that's the last one, it'll give us time to prepare to say a find farewell. Oh and did anyone miss Van Pelt and Rigsy, not being horrible and just asking, but this ep didn't make me think about them at all. Was I wrong to think that way?
Hey look it was Mom from Supernatural, i.e. Samantha Smith, now we know what she did after leaving, posing for nude paintings! Ha. What would Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) think?! Ha.
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