The Mentalist (TV Series)

Little Red Book (2011)

Michael Gaston: Gale Bertram

Quotes 

• Gale Bertram : Now I have a problem because uh, our urgent need for your skills are precisely balanced by my desire to fire you - before you destroy the bureau or my career - or both.

  Patrick Jane : I understand... You're in a tight spot. You know who's always been a healthy moderating influence on me?

  Gale Bertram : [Chuckling]  Yeah, of course, Lisbon. I'm sorry, not possible.

  Patrick Jane : Well, then. You will continue to have a problem.

• Patrick Jane : You're rehiring me, and you're firing Lisbon? That's a little preverse, don't you think?

  Gale Bertram : You close cases. Agent Lisbon led a covert operation that led to the deaths of two police officers and one FBI Agent. There just had to be some accountability there.

  Patrick Jane : My operation. It was *my* operation.

  Gale Bertram : Well, that's exactly the problem. We expect better supervision from our senior agents. Which is why Lisbon is being investigated and her team reassigned to other posts.