The Mentalist (TV Series)

The Whites of His Eyes (2015)

Mary Kay Place: Mrs. Bittacker

Quotes 

• Patrick Jane : Mrs. Bittaker, you are a fabulous liar.

  Mrs. Bittacker : Sir, please don't mock me. My oldest boy is in jail for a crime he didn't do, and Ethan here has terrible health problems. Honey, you know I love you. And we're just making it hand to mouth until this whole mess is cleared up. And... and I have no idea what you're talking about.

  Kimball Cho : Really? Because these Ferraris and Phantoms don't say "hand to mouth" to me.

  Patrick Jane : It's like a master class in dishonesty.

• Patrick Jane : Pleasure meeting you, Mrs. Bittaker. You have a wonderful family. You must be very proud.

  Mrs. Bittacker : You can sneer at me all you like.

  Patrick Jane : I will, thank you. Hey, lay off the antidepressants. They're making you slow. And you're still not happy, are you?

• Mrs. Bittacker : [Cho and Abbott arrest her son Ethan]  He has to be on dialysis in less than an hour.

  Dennis Abbott : Oh. Well, that is a problem. Oh, how's this: we'll take his IV pole with us. Well, just while we hold you. Now, I can't say what's gonna happen when he goes back to the 'pen.

  Mrs. Bittacker : What's going on? Care to illuminate me, Agent?

  Dennis Abbott : Supervising Agent Dennis Abbott.

  Mrs. Bittacker : [sarcastic admiration]  My.

  Dennis Abbott : I'm gonna lay this out in words that are designed to resonate. You're gonna call off the hit on Lily Stoppard. You *will* call it off. And you will deliver us Lydon. Or I won't be able to answer to your son's well-being.

  Mrs. Bittacker : I have no idea what you're talking about. I'm truly lost in this conversation.

  Dennis Abbott : You want to call my bluff? Well, do it. Please. Because while Ethan suffers, or whatever happens to him, it'll be on you. He's nothing to me.

  Mrs. Bittacker : But he's not, is he? He's not nothing to you. You're a lawman. A supervising agent, and he is a citizen. Sure, you may make unhappy or uncomfortable, but you're not gonna let him die. You're too damn ethical for that.

  Dennis Abbott : They don't know me, do they, Cho?

  Kimball Cho : No.

  Mrs. Bittacker : I think I do. And I'm gonna bet my son on it.