- A former high school student and his wife are killed before his high school reunion, and Jane is forced to get Rigsby's help to perform an elaborate ruse to find the killer.
- In small town Rancho Rosa, local spouses Selby and Jana Vickers are found stabbed in their car. It's their 1995 high school class' reunion, which they never attended. Selby was a social leper since he had confessed to a cruel prank at Derek Logan's expense 15 years ago and was also involved in blackmail. Patrick works out the past and abuses Rigsby's own secret to force him to help set a trap.—KGF Vissers
- When a couple is found murdered in a car in Rancho Rosa, Lisbon and her team are summoned to assume the investigation. They identify the victims as Selby and Jana Vickers, and soon Patrick Jane finds evidence that the couple was heading to a high school reunion. They head to the party and learn from the principal Joseph DeSouza that Selby was a good student that was expelled from the school after playing a prank on his outcast schoolmate Derek Logan fifteen years ago. The CBI further investigation shows that Derek Logan had died years ago. Patrick interviews some schoolmates and forces Rigsby to help him to set a trap to catch the killer.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Rigsby goes undercover as an alum at a 15th high school reunion when Patrick Jane and the team investigate a double homicide that may be linked to an old prank.—CBS Publicity
- Late at night in the office, Rigsby sneaks up on Van Pelt for some nuzzling. Then Lisbon calls them out for a double homicide. Off to Rancho Rosa.
The victims are Selby and Jana Vickers, each was shot in the chest. They're parked in a lover's lane and the $800 price tag is still on Jana's dress. Jane thinks they were going somewhere fancy and wanted to make an impression. Not a wedding or birthday since there's no gift, and people they haven't seen in a while since they're worried about appearances.
Off to the local high school reunion. A drunk guy mistakes Lisbon for a classmate and kisses her on the way in the door, saying she's always been "the one."
A super perky high school girl named Tess welcomes them and Jane is impressed by her diplomacy when he says they're too old to be class of '95.
The reunion of Rancho Rosa High is in full swing.
Turns out Selby was an alum.
The organizer, Willow Brock, tells them they were surprised Selby was even coming since he got expelled for a mean prank. It involved Derrick Logan, a "socially challenged boy," who Selby dragged into the girl's locker room, stripped and took photos of, which he then posted around the school. The former jock talks about his glory days and Willow mentions she's doing a twice daily regional TV show in Chicago that's about to go national.
They're joined by Gabe Nyland, DA for San Diego county and a candidate for Lt. Gov., also an alum.
Gabe says Derrick Logan moved away and killed himself. A former jock says he thought Derrick was a blackjack dealer.
Cho and Van Pelt check out the Vickers' apartment. Rigsby calls VP from the office with next of kin info and keeps her on the phone, feeling left out.
Cho plays a message from a guy angry about getting his money.
At the reunion, nobody can remember seeing Selby. Jane manages to accuse one guy's date of being a prostitute because he's irritated about a room full of people lying to each other about having changed.
Jane wants Cho to look into Derrick Logan on the theory he's still mad.
Jane wants to stick around since he never went to high school and finds it all fascinating. Lisbon warns him not to cause trouble.
Cho talks to Selby's mom, who says his whole life was spoiled by the prank he pulled, until Jana came along. She doesn't know of any family Jana had. She moved here from Poland and they just met a few months ago and married.
Cho plays Selby's mom the money message, but she doesn't recognize the voice. It was from a phone booth in Galleton, which his mom says is where Jana was from.
Back at the reunion, Jane watches grown up drunk jocks apologizing yet mocking a former band geek. When the geek goes for a drink, Jane buys it for him. He urges the geek to tell the jock off, even if it wouldn't help, he might feel better.
Off goes Phil the geek, but instead of chatting he socks the jock. And then another jock goes down and some women get hit and they start pulling each other's hair and suddenly Jane knows he's going to have some explaining to do to Lisbon.
Back in the office, Jane throws a pen at Jane for the brawl. He contends it was a "cathartic brawl."
Cho has found a connection from Jana to a dude in Galleton named Terrence.
Rigsby has the Derrick Logan update. He moved to Virginia, became a heroin addict and died of an OD at 23. Jane's disappointed, he thought Derrick might be the killer.
Cho and VP visit Terrence, who left the threatening money message on Jana's machine. As they're talking, Terrence whacks Cho and takes off running. He's made Cho angry and pays for it. Cho knocks him on his can.
Back at CBI, Terrence says Jana was his mail order fiancee, but she left him for Selby. He threatened to turn her into the INS. He says he just wanted the money he put up to bring her over, $25,000. He says she said they'd pay it. They said they'd get it from an old friend and promised it to him Monday.
Lisbon checks the attendees list and sees that Gabe Nyland flew in the day before, with contradicts his stuck-in-traffic on the 101 story.
Jane and Lisbon visit him in his hotel. He says he came up for a fundraiser and lied because he didn't want his classmate thinking he was shilling.
Jane asks to see the bedroom. When Gabe refuses, Jane busts in anyway and finds Tess, the high school blonde who was working the front desk.
Gabe contends they were talking about campaigning. When he acts overly protective of her, Jane connects the dots and realizes Gabe's her dad.
He calls Selby a "super nice guy," who he ran into at a gas station a year ago. He says Selby just wanted to be liked and only pulled the prank on Logan because he wanted to be popular.
Jane heads to the reunion carnival. Willow and former jock are there and not happy to see him.
Jane helps himself to a burger and joins an older looking man who's siting wearily and holding his head. It's Vice Principle De Souza, who hates the reunions. He says Selby was a good kid until the thing with Logan.
De Souza shows Jane to the locker room where it happened and says Derrick was "off" even before it happened. He says Selby never gave a reason why he did it.
De Souza says Derrick was blind folded but recognized his attacker's voice and when he confronted Selby, he confessed readily like the helpful, honest boy he always was.
Back at the office, Jane tries to get Rigsby to memorize all the information about the 67 reunion attendees by building a memory palace. Risby smells "some dubious scheme Lisbon doesn't know about" and so Jane busts out the "I'll tells Lisbon about you and Van Pelt." He tries to deny it, but Jane won't give up. And so Rigsby gets to build a memory palace.
Back at the reunion they're dancing to the Macarena. Lisbon is nervous, telling Jane whatever they're trying better work.
Rigsby rolls into the reunion (to Here comes the Highstepper by Ini Kamoze) in a slick suit, gelled hair and tons of confidence. He puts on Derrick Logan's name tag. Jane's ready for the fireworks.
Risbgy struts around, remembering every detail about every person there, including the jock's stats. He puts on super happy cheesy for everyone.
He stops for some punch near Jane and confesses he's hating every minute. Jane reminds him, no big deal, if he blows it he'll only tell Lisbon.
And then it's time for the achievement awards. Rigsby takes the stage from Willow and wants to say a few words.
He reminds them how bad it felt the last time he was there. The jock puts down his glass and heads out the back. Lisbon follows, but sees he was only leaving to puke. "Derrick" tells the class that someone told Selby to do what he did to him. Van Pelt listens to Phil the geek make a call, but it's just to his wife. Rigsby says he knows who pulled the prank and babbles until Jane gives him the kill sign.
Jane and Lisbon use a key card to get into Willow's room. She's packing for Chicago. Lisbon think she arranged a meeting with Selby to give him the money so his story wouldn't ruin her chance of her show going national.
Jane takes her back to high school, when she was queen of the school. He thinks she manipulated Selby because Derrick crossed her somehow. He finds a photo on her bed stand of her smiling next to a naked and tied up Derrick Logan. Selby's proof.
Jane says she killed him because she didn't want to risk being blackmailed again.
She says Derrick told everyone she let him touch her.
She says things would have stayed perfect if Selby hadn't met the Polish girl and grown a spine.
Later, as she's being taken away, Jane chocks the photo up to a trophy to remind her of how great she was in high school.
Lisbon asks Jane how he got Rigsby to play the part of Derrick Logan. Jane says he told Rigsby she said he could have Monday off. And then Extreme's "More than Words" starts playing and Lisbon and Jane share a dance, high school all over again.
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