The Mentalist (TV Series)
Red Listed (2013)
Kevin Corrigan: Bob Kirkland
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Patrick Jane : Funny thing about the list. I... I'd rather not share it with you.
Bob Kirkland : I get it. It's been your pet project for a long time. Mine, too. But you will share it with me.
Patrick Jane : What if I just give you one name to start? Robert Kirkland.
Bob Kirkland : Interesting. Makes sense, actually. But it doesn't really help me with my cause, though, does it?
Patrick Jane : No, I suppose not. I was wrong about you. You're not Red John; you're hunting him, same as me.
Bob Kirkland : Not exactly the same. I'm wiling to kill seven people to get the job done.
Patrick Jane : Touché.
Bob Kirkland : Why aren't you?
Patrick Jane : 'Cause that would make me a murderer.
Bob Kirkland : You're planning on murdering Red John. That doesn't make any sense.
Patrick Jane : Okay, so we... we... we both have different approaches, but the important thing here is that we share a common goal. We can help each other if we work together.
Bob Kirkland : I'm not interested in working together, and I doubt you are, either. We both want our revenge, and only one of us is going to get it.
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Bob Kirkland : Do you have siblings, Jane?
Patrick Jane : No.
Bob Kirkland : I had a twin brother, Michael. We were very close growing up.
Patrick Jane : I hear that's a strong bond.
Bob Kirkland : Our father was a sadistic drunk. Beat the crap out of us, and our mother. Beat her until she couldn't take it anymore.
Patrick Jane : She left?
Bob Kirkland : Yeah, with a razor blade. After that, it was just me and Michael. I was all he had.
Patrick Jane : You were the stronger one.
Bob Kirkland : Yeah. I grew up, I got away, but Michael couldn't do it. He stayed at home and watched our father drink himself to death.
Patrick Jane : The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
Bob Kirkland : You're right. Michael turned to the bottle. Drank like his life depended on it. I paid for treatments, I took him to meetings; nothing worked.
Patrick Jane : Until?
Bob Kirkland : Until one day he met someone. A man who could help him.
Patrick Jane : More than a man. A savior.
Bob Kirkland : Yeah. Red John. He only asked for a few simple things in return.
Patrick Jane : Devotion and sacrifice.
Bob Kirkland : Michael drifted further and further away, 'till one day he was gone. I never saw him again.
Patrick Jane : You think Red John killed your brother.
Bob Kirkland : Yes. I never found him, but in my heart, I know.
[heavy sigh]
Bob Kirkland : Look at me blab. I... you're not my therapist. I didn't bring you here to talk. Please tell me who the suspects are.
Patrick Jane : No.
Bob Kirkland : Have it your way.
[picking up a pair of gardening shears and advancing on Jane]
Bob Kirkland : You understand I'm gonna have to torture you?