The thing with Patrick Jane is that even in the episodes you think that you get a glimpse on his true self, you never know for sure how much is an act. Ie one episode in which he forgets what happened to his wife and becomes his "old self" again. Was he really such an a-hole, or does he pretent to be one in order to con Lisbon insto showing him what she is keeping from him, thus enabling him to get his memory back?
Maybe PJ wouldn't go back to be "that" kind of conman - but Neal basically never was. Yes, he was con man, but the kind of cons Jane did, which rely heavily on using the feelings, the insucurities, the grief of people against them were never Neal's forte. He relied heavily on his charms, on his abilities, and he targeted rich people or institutions. He always had some sort of moral code he followed - a screwed up one, but a moral code. I'm not sure if Patrick Jane has something similiar. Even when he helps people it seems to be based on his own desire to control the world around him.
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Date: 2012-03-28 10:42 pm (UTC)From:Maybe PJ wouldn't go back to be "that" kind of conman - but Neal basically never was. Yes, he was con man, but the kind of cons Jane did, which rely heavily on using the feelings, the insucurities, the grief of people against them were never Neal's forte. He relied heavily on his charms, on his abilities, and he targeted rich people or institutions. He always had some sort of moral code he followed - a screwed up one, but a moral code. I'm not sure if Patrick Jane has something similiar. Even when he helps people it seems to be based on his own desire to control the world around him.