Oooh, exciting episode. I thought the scene where Patrick confronted Hightower was fantastic. Deep-down inside I've never really believed that Patrick would be capable of doing what he says he'll do to Red John. After seeing this scene, I've now changed my mind.

I'm still thinking about the Gale Bertram implications - the clue was a bit obvious so I think they may be playing with us.

I don't think Hightower has gone for good, I think she'll be back.

Funny scene with Rigsby reminded me a bit of a 2 Ronnies sketch.

I think we saw less Patrick in this episode and practically no Patrick humour. That didn't particularly worry me at the time, but it probably means I won't be re-watching it as often as the Patrick heavy eps.

I loved the look on Cho's face when Jane asked everyone to lower their weapons and Cho looked at LaRoche to see what to do.

I wondered was how Patrick got Hightower into LaRoche's boot - but I'll let that slide.

I also think it was quite a neat trick for Jane to crash the car, get out and open the rear door (with gun still
stuck to his neck), and then get back in again and place his head and gun back - presumably without anybody seeing!!

Who will be in charge now?

Could be interesting.

Laroche with his pup was so cute at the end and showed his soft side, and that he is not all in your face. Again somehow i think he is sincere in catching the bad guys but likes to play games to catch you out which is right. But i am eager to find out what happens in his last episode and if he will return in some capacity.

This is truly an incredible season and one of the best so far.

I loved this one from start to finish and thought it was very well written. Cho & Lisbon were great, and Patrick was irresistibly charming. Can't wait to watch it again today.

I reckon Cho could take over in a heartbeat if needed - I thought that Lisbon took her temporary demotion a bit too calmly, I suppose she knew what LaRoche was up to and didn't want to give him the satisfaction of annoying her - another so-so episode for me.

My favourite scenes were Patrick with the nurses, they were completely taken in by his charm. And also the doctor's meeting - the kangaroo court etc. I thought the scream advice to Enid (think that's her name) was great - if the staff wanted a quiet life they had to give her the operation.

I thought Lisbon was very supportive towards Cho, and I think that's the main reason she didn't make a fuss - she didn't want to make things difficult for him. And she actually seemed to be enjoying having a bit of break from the responsibility. I particularly liked the running scene with Grace "I am fast!".

I also noticed that when Patrick wrote the message on the bloke's body, the guy's nipple was the bottom of the exclamation mark - I thought that, and the scissors with the dotted line, were hilarious.

I know we were warned but..............

Why is there no episode tonight, grump, grump, grump.

I'm going to watch The Wedding Singer to try and cheer myself up.

Grump.

The alien abduction story was, er, different.

The ending was very touching - I have one criticism though. Is it really believable that Dr Steiner would
go from quite hostile feelings towards Jane to asking for such an intimate favour - in the space of one
episode? It's not as though they don't have enough airtime to run a storyline for a few episodes.

Simon's acting was, of course, spot on.

I did particularly enjoy Patrick setting off the fire alarm, and of course Patrick dozing on his couch. But I think the most interesting thing for me was the way Patrick helped Steiner by distracting him and giving him some fun. I think this reflects Patrick's philosophy for his own life, having fun is the way he copes with his own inner sadness. So I don't feel that it was just in that wonderful closing scene that we saw Patrick's humanity, but throughout the episode once he realised that Steiner was ill. I think Steiner recognised that and as a result saw Patrick with fresh eyes.

I'm starting to think like Patrick. As soon as Lisbon was talking about knocking on doors I knew that he would get everyone outside.

Bother Bother Bother

The thunderstorm knocked my DVR out, so it didn't record. I watched the ep live, but haven't been able to watch it again yet.

I'm feeling so impatient because I thought it was fabulous, and that the Simon / Morena Baccarin scenes were brilliant - they need to be savoured again and again.