The Mentalist (TV Series)

The Redshirt (2011)

Craig Bierko: Doc Dugan

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Quotes 

• Patrick Jane : The truth hurts, I know. It's biologically based actually. Our brains process sound faster than they do light, but light moves faster than sound. So the brain is constantly shifting reality so the world syncs up.

  Doc Dugan : What does that have to do with anything?

  Patrick Jane : This: only when someone is standing 30 yards away do we see and hear the world exactly as it is. That's when your brain, sound and light are all in perfect harmony.

  Doc Dugan : So?

  Patrick Jane : The rest of the time we are living in a world of lies. Lies are what make the world make sense. Ergo, the truth hurts.

• Doc Dugan : Your own funeral, that's when you hear the truth, what people really think of you. Woman worships me. Would you like to find out why?

  Grace Van Pelt : No, thanks.

  Doc Dugan : You sure?

  Grace Van Pelt : Tempting, really, but... I shot and killed my last boyfriend. I'm not ready for a relationship yet.

  Doc Dugan : Okay. Rain check.

• Teresa Lisbon : [Patrick Jane has just hung up after telling a reporter that Doc Dugan is dead]  What was that?

  Doc Dugan : I'm not dead

  Patrick Jane : [to Doc]  Yes you are.

  [to the 4 in the room] 

  Patrick Jane : Think about it: the people in this room are the only ones who know that Doc Dugan is Not dead. We've never had a live murder victim before