The Mentalist (TV Series)
The Great Red Dragon (2013)
Drew Powell: Reede Smith
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Quotes
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Reede Smith : Five years ago, I hurt my back. I was helping my cousin move a stupid couch. Doctor gave me some pain pills; turns out I liked 'em. I got hooked before I even knew what was happening.
Patrick Jane : So?
Reede Smith : So... I'm chasing a gangbanger down an alley in Carson Springs, and I'm out of it. I mean *way* out of it. I thought... I thought I was being followed. I shot a little girl. A twelve year old girl. Local cops took my blood, they had witnesses; they had me cold. And then this detective, he reaches out to me and he says they can make it all go away. And they did.
Teresa Lisbon : The blood tests? The witnesses? All of it?
Reede Smith : Hell, when they got done fixing it, the FBI gave me a medal.
Teresa Lisbon : And exactly who are "they"?
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Reede Smith : We call ourselves the Blake Association.
Teresa Lisbon : Why?
Patrick Jane : Tiger, tiger.
Reede Smith : "Tiger, tiger, burning bright." From a poem by Blake. Someone's a big fan of his, I guess.
Teresa Lisbon : Well, who else is in the association?
Reede Smith : Cops, judges, FBI agents. Anyone in law enforcement that needs a secret covered up.
Teresa Lisbon : Like your drug habit.
Reede Smith : You need a favor, you ask for it. You get asked to do something, you do it.
Teresa Lisbon : Tiger, tiger.
Reede Smith : Yup.
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Teresa Lisbon : Is there somebody who's in charge?
Reede Smith : Must be. I don't know who. Just know my little group. That's it. But I'm guessing must be hundreds of us. Maybe thousands.
Teresa Lisbon : And nobody knows about it?
Patrick Jane : Bob Kirkland knew about it, didn't he? Go ahead, just say it. Unburden yourself.
Reede Smith : Yeah. He knew too much. So I killed him.
Patrick Jane : Do you know that Red John's a member of the Blake Association?
[Smith groans, rubs his eyes, and nods]
Teresa Lisbon : Are you sure?
Reede Smith : Red John had a follower, Rebecca Anderson. Killed some of your guys about four years ago.
Teresa Lisbon : Yeah, Sam Bosco and his team.
Reede Smith : Them. Someone asked me to get FBI credentials so that they could access CBI.
Teresa Lisbon : Red John, or someone who worked for him, snuck into the CBI and poisoned Rebecca. And you helped them?
Reede Smith : I mean... that's when I knew I'd... I'd done a... favor for a serial killer.
Teresa Lisbon : Who asked you to get the credentials?
Reede Smith : I dunno. It was a phone call. That's the way the Association works. You never know.
[alarmed as someone passes by outside whistling]
Reede Smith : You... you're gonna be able to keep me safe, right?
Patrick Jane : That depends.
[looking Smith in the eyes]
Patrick Jane : Did you murder my wife and daughter?
Reede Smith : I did not murder your wife and daughter. I swear on my mother.