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AN: Thanks to those who read and reviewed. This season was difficult to contain with only one haiku per episode, so I just wrote more. Haha. Hope you are entertained with this trip down memory lane.
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Red Sky at Night 3.01
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I SMELL A RAT
Remember you should
never put your hand on Jane.
Bertram's flunky schooled.
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SHE LEARNED FROM THE BEST
Boss manipulates
Jane into working the case.
Played him like a fish.
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HABIT FORMING
Push Lisbon away.
Closeness could be dangerous.
Fear deeply planted.
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Cackle-Bladder Blood 3.02
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PARALLAX
Persnickety Pete
pegs police partner. Pepper
ponders pachyderm.
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OH DANNY BOY
Accusations of
Angela's brother hit hard.
"It's your fault she's dead."
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GUILT IS FOR MARKS
Danny Ruskin drives
vintage Mercury Bobcat
into the sunset.
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Blood on His Hands 3.03
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TEAM PLAYERS
Cho is Visualise
drone's worst nightmare. Van Pelt meets
second psycho beau.
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ISOLATE THE TARGET
Red John takes away
everyone Jane cares about.
First date is snuffed out.
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Red Carpet Treatment 3.04
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HEAD FIRST
Ever wonder why
Jane knew effective technique
for jumping to death?
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SUSPENDED IN TIME
Frozen in midair
Jane pities flying machines.
He knows how they feel.
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WHITE ARTS
From Art to Cocaine.
A natural transition.
Cho sees the logic.
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BROMANCE
Three hours of brooding
silence and sarcasm. Bros.
It's like they're married.
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MAN IN THE MIRROR
Brothers in vengeance.
Jane understands widower.
Sees his own future.
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Red Ponies 3.05
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HOT TO TROT
Combine Patrick Jane
And horses. Plot is rendered
Unnecessary.
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Pink Chanel Suit 3.06
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FUN AT A FUNERAL
Security guard
to mess with. Lots of free food!
A coffin for two.
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AD LIB
My version of Jane
and Lisbon in a closet
Went way differently.
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Red Hot 3.07
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RUG BURN
Loved locks solve case. Jane
teases. Bullets fly. Dirty
Harriet gets laid.
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Ball of Fire 3.08
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APPLE OF HER EYE
Lisbon sports big smile.
Sits on couch with creaky Jane.
Comfort bickering.
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DADDY'S GIRL
Even loony tunes
daughter knows Jane loves Lisbon.
Freaking obvious.
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Red Moon 3.09
PREVIEW
You have to be hard.
Dishonest. Devious. Cold.
To get your revenge.
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ON THE ROAD AGAIN
Intimate car talk.
Lisbon's idealism
Versus Jane's vengeance.
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CLUELESS
Always wanted Mars
to be Red John. He is Mar…
Red Barn's "Ellis"ton.
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Jolly Red Elf 3.10
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ADDICTION
Fake undercover.
Jane's vulnerable moment.
Stabbed me in the feels.
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COUP de GRACE
Tipsy Jane takes shots
To avoid navel assault,
must call cavalry.
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QUEST
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Jane seeks LaRoche list.
Visits drunken fish killer,
And plays matchmaker.
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Bloodsport 3.11
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OH BROTHER
Looking for killer
LaRoche investigates Wayne
Cho lies for Rigsby.
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BACK TO THE FUTURE
"Aren't you romantic?"
Lisbon says to Jane. Someday
She's find out how much.
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Blood Hound 3.12
BY THE NUMBERS
Decision science
consultant amuses Jane.
But he keeps her gift.
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SNOOP "T" RAPS
Dead times two, couch new.
Doctor who? Jane fakes a clue.
What's boss gonna do?
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Red Alert 3.13
BY THE COMIC BOOK
ConsultantMan! nabs
DirtyCopMan!, helps husband.
That's just the ticket.
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Blood for Blood 3.14
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DEMISE
Girl kills dad with gun.
Van Pelt kills Rigsby with ring.
Lisbon's dogma dies.
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Red Gold 3.15
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SUPERDYNAMIC
Gold rush. Wet Lisbon.
He'd like to hold her nuggets.
Enjoyed jealousy.
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BADASS BOSS
Hightower learns that
Jane and Lisbon have her back.
She gets the job done.
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Red Queen 3.16
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IN RUINS
Framed Hightower saved
by Jane. Wise words: Nobody's
better off alone.
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Bloodstream 3.17
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NO LITTLE YELLOW HOUSE
Cho in charge. Lisbon
sans responsibility.
Is power worth it?
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Red Mile 3.18
AGENT C
Abduction guru
thinks that aliens took Cho.
He's a Man in Black.
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THANK YOU TOM SZENTGYORGYI
"It's there and then it's
gone." Most powerful moment
of the whole series.
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Every Rose Has Its Thorn 3.19
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NOT YET
Unspoken hopes are
first validated, then dashed
in two words. She was.
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Redacted 3.20
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DUDE
Desired thing is right
in front of you. Really ties
your room together.
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BODILY HARM
Teresa's fist hits
butthole Culpepper's jaw so
she can save Jane's ass.
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Like a Redheaded StepChild 3.21
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INVITATIONS
Rigsby takes Grace home
to meet the parent while she
plans the wrong wedding.
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FOREWARNED
Jane describes a high
security prison as
"pond with giant Pike."
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Rhapsody in Red 3.22
THE BELL TOLLS
Kid steals Cho's car and
heart. Jane lost in the music.
Sub par episode.
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Strawberries and Cream 3.23
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SO FEMININE
Jane got Grace to ask
Lisbon to be bridesmaid so
he'd see her in dress.
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SEASON 6
I will find you and
I will kill you and then I'll
forget about you.
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DELETED SCENE
Grace and Craig in bed:
"What do those dot tattoos mean?"
Much more to story.
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PERFECTION
After this, any
other Red John was bound to
be disappointing.
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Thanks for reading – this was such a great season. It may be two weeks before I get season 4 done - I'm expecting a herd over Thanksgiving here in the states.