The Mentalist

Previously on "The Mentalist"...

Lisbon... I just want you to know I'm okay.

And I'm gonna miss you.

Patrick. Kim.

Thank you for this. I needed the company.

I'm here to make you an offer.

The Bureau is willing to drop all of the charges against you

if you come and work for us.

You are on U.S. soil now.

This... is the deal.

Take it or leave it. I leave it.

They conceded to all your demands.

Every single one. How did you do it?

Well, remember that thumb drive

we found in Bertram's wine cellar?

The encrypted database.

It's a list of Blake Association members.

I used it as leverage. But we never broke the encryption.

Yeah, F.B.I. doesn't know that.

Got a desk ready for you.

You can work right back here.

Eh, I don't need a desk.

Really? You work standing up?

Lying down.

I need a couch.

Really? Really.

Opens the mind. That's why shrinks have you lie down.

I wouldn't know. You can't have a sofa here.

You've never been to a shrink?

No. Interesting.

That's a lie. We'll come back to that.

Wh-why can't I have a couch?

Only grade 3 employees and above can have sofas.

Sofas, couches...

Potatoes, po-tah-toes.

Uh, what grade am I?

You're a consultant.

You're not in the grading system.

What grade are you? 4.

You can apply for an ergonomic chair if you have back issues,

but you'll have to get a doctor's note.

No. I asked for a couch, and Abbott--your boss--

said I could have a couch.

You can have a sofa. You just can't have it here.

No couch, no me.

Okay, you don't understand the deal here.

You don't get to make the rules.

Yes, I do, and you've already seen that I do.

Why do you say that you've never been to a shrink?

What are you ashamed of?

I'm sorry that I deceived you, Patrick. Truly.

But you didn't deceive me. Good.

I'm glad you feel that way.

I didn't intend to get so involved.

I was meant to confirm your identity

and keep tabs on you.

And then we started talking, and I...

Whatever.

I'm sorry.

And I will attempt to make it up to you

by being as honest as possible in the future.

Do you always mask your guilt with anger?

There's nothing in my life that I'm ashamed of.

But it is my life,

and whether I have been to a shrink or I haven't,

that's not your business.

Uh, this is the conference room, obviously.

The break room is through here.

What did you see a shrink about?

Okay.

I will get you a couch.

Hmm. Good.

I like the club style, but obviously bigger.

Worn leather, something I can really snuggle into, you know?

Just like the one I had at the CBI.

Fischer. Saddle up.

We're going to Corpus Christi.

Five D.E.A. agents were murdered.

Five?

Five. Let's go.

There's three different caliber casings,

so there were three shooters, maybe more.

These people never knew what hit 'em.

Well, they found the security camera.

It was hidden in the clock.

Got another one here hidden in a lamp.

They knew what they were looking for.

One of the agents survived the initial shooting.

See the streaks of blood?

He was trying to crawl to safety when he was killed.

Clean job--

no witnesses, no footage.

Why is there a mirror in this room,

and why is it set so high on the wall?

An other camara.

Et voilà .

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Listen. I know who did this. I know it.

What agent Higgins means is the D.E.A. has strong reason

to believe a Corpus Christi narcotics organization

is behind the murders-- the Gulf Coast Ring.

Why would they want to do this?

Retaliation.

Last month, we took 100 kilos off the ring

and shot and killed one of their lieutenants.

We've been hearing they want payback.

I.A. investigated. It was a clean shooting.

We first caught wind of the ring two years ago.

They're disciplined, they're organized,

and highly secretive.

The bust we made a few weeks ago

was the first dent we made in their operations.

But they still control

virtually all drug flow into Corpus Christi.

Where were you when the shootings occurred?

I was home.

I was on surveillance late the night before.

Who runs the Gulf Coast Ring?

We don't know.

But we do have a profile.

We think this Mr. X is an intelligent

and disciplined businessman,

mostly likely using a legitimate front as cover.

Hiding in plain sight. That's right.

Look, most of these guys--

they want you to know who they are.

It drives them.

But this one--it's like he doesn't have an ego.

Well, that's odd, isn't it?

What's that?

Well, you said that Mr. X is disciplined.

Uh, I would think that...

shooting five D.E.A. agents is anything but disciplined.

Who do you have in mind?

There's a few possibilities.

Hector Ruiz.

A real estate developer based in Corpus Christi.

But he has dealings throughout Texas.

Francisco Perez, a.k.a. Paco,

a Colombian national with ties to a drug cartel.

Now we know he's in the city now,

but we're still not sure why.

He's only been in the states a few months.

Michael Ellis.

He runs a financial group. It's mostly private equity,

but some international business.

He's been investigated for tax fraud,

S.E.C. violations... But nothing's stuck.

Um, wh-who's this? It's Richie Vargas.

He's the ring member who got killed in the bust.

Yeah, no, the woman.

Oh.

It's Krystal Markham, Vargas' girlfriend.

Hmm. You know where we can find her?

Uh, we've questioned her in the past.

Few times. She wasn't much help.

Do you know where we can find her?

Wylie, you get anything

from the D.E.A. footage we sent you?

As a matter of fact, yes. I.D.s on all three gunmen.

That was fast.

Once I pulled clean photos from the footage,

it was just a matter of running a facial recognition program.

All three were in the federal database.

Well, who are they? According to Corpus Christi P.D.,

they're local street criminals.

Nothing to do with the Gulf Coast Ring.

Well, maybe the D.E.A. was wrong.

Or maybe the ring freelanced out the shooting.

Addresses are current, but they're not gonna help.

Local police checked them out. Gunmen are long gone.

So we have to wait for a hit on the B.O.L.O.

I hate that.

You want to take a drive down to Corpus Christi?

Yeah, let's go.

Did you listen to the audio

on the D.E.A. surveillance video?

Yeah. Why?

Well, you couldn't see the gunmen's car,

but you could hear its engine.

So?

So maybe we can use that.

That's a fantastic idea.

Every engine model has its own unique audio signature.

If we can analyze the gunmen's

and compare it to known engine signatures,

we might just have a match.

Great. Call me if you get something. You got it.

He can do it? Yeah.

- F.B.I. - Yeah.

Krystal Markham?

Yes?

Agent Fischer with the F.B.I. this is Patrick Jane.

We'd like to ask you a few questions

about recent shooting at a D.E.A. office.

I don't know anything about it.

Five D.E.A. agents lost their lives, ma'am.

Oh, yes. I remember now.

It was on the news. Terrible.

What about it?