Austin, Texas Lisbon (Robin Tunney) and Patrick and their ice creams, ahh, how sweet doing coupley stuff, though it appears Lisbon has calmed down from last ep. He tells her no harm was done when he sent her off on a goose chase since they managed to foil the assassin, but it's just not about that. It's also about her doing her job. Patrick is called by Wylie (Joe Adler) as he told him to keep tabs on Peterson and he tells him Peterson is in Mexico, yet his office told him Peterson was meant to be at a conference. He checked his credit card and phone records and shows he's in Rio Bravo, he also called Senator Blatt and may be trying to prevent Abbot's wife, Lena (Christine Adams) from being appointed for the Commerce job. They return to the office and Wylie wonders what they can do about it, which Abbot hears. He asks do about what.
Patrick tells him about Peterson having the evidence showing he shot the man in Mexico and Wylie volunteered to help cos Patrick just told him Petersen was making trouble. He was glad to help. Peterson could subpoena Abbot's gun and he'll be in real trouble then as the bullet would match. He's not about to go away. Lisbon asks Patrick what they can do about in in four days and he lies down on his sofa and thinks of a plan. Abbot tells Lena about Peterson and apologizes for getting in her way of being appointed. Patrick interrupts them and tells him they're both deciding on who should jump on their sword, but Peterson won't give up. They need to take him out and if Abbot trusts him, then Patrick knows he can get him, but he can't tell Abbot the plan, so he can deny everything.
Lena telling him how Abbot's told her Patty's got a tricky and devious mind and Patrick enjoys the flattery, though it's not the right time, he'd like to hear more and Abbot trusts him. Cho (Tim Kang) asks how he can help and Wylie admits he's not good at keeping secrets. Lisbon tells him they'll be stepping outside the boundaries, but he's used to that, reminding her how Patrick had him pretend he killed a man once. Wylie finds Peterson is divorced, no children, collects wine and he's also a member of a tennis club. the only way he can get to do these things is with money and not on a government salary. Vega (Josie Loren) tries to see what's happening but Cho won't let her in.
Patrick sees an old friend of his, Barsocky (MC Gainey) who he's had flown in and is paying for his expensive motel room. Patrick tells him about Lisbon and he tells him not to let her get away. Always telling him, maybe it's time he took his ring off an dmoved on cos Angela would want him to. Patrick changing the subject there abruptly. Barsocky's happy to help him cos it sounds like fun. Patrick forces into the tennis club and tells Peterson he knows of his trip to Rio Bravo and won't let him destroy Abbot. He's more interested in going after Lena. Patrick takes his phone. Wylie checks his phone and falls asleep at the desk.
He didn't find anything showing Peterson's links to the cartel and Lisbon and Cho didn't find any money. Wylie adding he accompanies DEA agents on low level busts but an agent of his seniority wouldn't do that. They think he's skimming from the busts and no one will know how much money there was since a senior agent logs it. Drug dealers will be ignored when they complain. Wylie also mentions his complicated security system at his house and that's where he'd stash the money. Patrick looks at the schematics and Vega can't resist staying out of it. Cho finally relents after saying he doesn't want her career to be over before it starts but she's ready. He tells her to keep tabs on Peterson. Abbot wants Patrick to stop his plan and he'll take his chances but he refuses, once Peterson is bigger than this, he will always make trouble for them and he'll be promoted to running the DEA, with Abbot in jail and Patrick doesn't want to see that happen
Blatt's aid calls Peterson to make an appointment with her. Wylie had put an app onto his phone so if he checks inside he won't see them inside his house. Once they're inside he can only keep it running for at least 90 minutes. Patrick bets them he can disable the alarm within 90 seconds. Lisbon tells him she saw him looking at the code on the computer and Wylie text it to his phone. Patrick telling Cho to get rid of the cat but he's not going anywhere near it, cos cats just jump him. They search for the money and Patrick sits on the couch. They don't find any money, but Cho finds some guns. Patrick says that Peterson wouldn't be into candles and one of the candlesticks looks funny. He moves it and it opens a safe in the fireplace, but they need Petersen's biometrics to access it.
Patrick decides they'll need their own money and he tells Wylie he'll need at least $2 million from the evidence which Wylie's not authorized to do. So he has to ask Abbot for help. Wylie has to drive to San Antonio and tells Vega to stall Petersen when he leaves. She crashes into Peterson's car and he finally recognizes her as working for Abbot. Wylie arrives in time and they manage to leave just as he arrives. I would've thought he'd notice that the sun was at a different angle in his photos than to where it really was now, but guess he's not that good! Ha.
Abbot sees Lena in DC and she wonders why he's there. Abbott speaks with Peterson and shows him photos of the money in his house, with his cat sitting on top of it. He takes him into a hearing room and he wants to know if he's wired. Abbot tells him they both have secrets, but he's handed the bullet into Blatt's aid. He tells Abbot he'll give him half the stash which is $800,000, but no more. Vega appears and shows him her phone and she's been recording him. Patrick shows up with a woman who he introduces as Missy Brammar (Cheryl Lynn Bowers) the real aid. Petersen is confused cos she's not the same woman he met in San Antonio.
In a flashback Barsocky enters Blatt's office and tells them they're pest control. The office is emptied and they remove their overalls and sit at the desk. Peterson comes in and hands an envelope to Samantha Barsocky (Tangie Ambrose). Which she hands over to Patrick, it's got the bullet in there, which he just casually disregards into the bin. Barsocky and Samantha wish him well and not to blow it with Lisbon. Vega arrests Petersen once more and this time for real. As I said before the bullet storyline was just like Gibbs' one in NCIS with the Reynosa Cartel.
They have a party and Abbot and Lena are grateful. Wylie and Vega dance even though he's awful and Abbot tells Cho he'll be leaving to work in the DC office. He can have his job and the team is his now. Cho is grateful and Lisbon congratulates him. He heads off for another taco as Lisbon tells Patrick that this is her job and she loves doing it. There's no guarantees what may happen tomorrow, so they have to live for now, which is pretty good. She loves him. She asks him to dance and then adds two dances. I also think Patrick wear his ring cos he takes his vows and commitments seriously and the only way he'll get that ring off his finger is if and when he's ready to take the next step in his relationship with Lisbon and marry her.
So that's Abbot's storyline done and dusted, leaving four eps to go. In one of those Patty will have to take off his ring eventually. But I have to say finally we did get an ep of The Mentalist which went back to the past and doing what they used to do in past seasons, using Patrick's plans and ideas to get the bad guy. It was funny how Peterson kept a cat. Also good that Cho finally got some recognition for his work being promoted. Don't think Abbot would've given it to Lisbon anyway even of she had been the logical choice to be his successor, cos she needs to figure things out with Patrick and she'd be too busy otherwise to make ago of it and do the job. I don't mean that in a sexist way, but Cho was still the agent who joined the FBI first and also kept on the job, when Lisbon left to become sheriff of that small town. I also think somehow Patty would've preferred it if she had got the office job, putting her in less danger.
Pete Barsocky and his wife Samantha know Patrick from the Carnie and we first saw them in Cackle, Bladder Blood and in Red John's Rules and they both knew his wife and daughter.
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