Where is rigsbys wife on mentalist

In The Redshirt about him and interrogated Sarah Harrigan been said that Steve Rigsby is a specialist in motorcycle gangs and that he is punished. In " Blood Feud " it is stated by Rigsby that they are not together anymore. The Mentalist Wiki Explore. Virgil Minelli Madeleine Hightower J. Current events Community portal. Explore Wikis Community Central. Warning, spoilers ahead! Watch out and find out.

Though it looked rocky for a moment, Rigsby and Van Pelt both made it out of the hour alive After his stellar work on the case and a recovery, of course , Rigsby was offered a full-time position with the FBI, but he turned it down as the couple decided to leave the law enforcement life behind.

Don't you love it when your favorite TV characters actually get a happy ending?! Soon after that, Hightower called Rigsby, Van Pelt, and Lisbon to her office and laid down the law: she orders Rigsby and Van Pelt to either end their relationship or one of them would have to leave the CBI or transfer to another office. Rigsby elected to put in for a transfer to the San Francisco office while Van Pelt stayed in her job at the main office in Sacramento.

Grace, however, broke up with Rigsby because she didn't want him to leave the unit. She also reasoned that if he had taken the transfer to preserve their relationship, he would have ended up resenting her and the relationship would have ended anyway.

Rigsby pleads with her to talk it through but she says she knows herself and walks away, leaving him heartbroken. She is later seen walking into the elevator at the office, crying and sobbing. He still has some feelings for her, but they have been able to re-establish a professional working relationship. Grace and O'laughlin get engaged in episode 14 " Blood for Blood " which upsets Rigsby greatly. He is shown to be angry with O'laughlin for being a coward and not saving Grace.

Steve is shown to be manipulative and abusive towards Rigsby, who makes it clear he wants nothing to do with him. The episode ends with them physically fighting, a fight in which Rigsby wins, gettting his father to the ground. Before he can do any lasting damage, he offers him a hand up. He states he still loves her and cannot watch her marry another man, giving her a loving kiss on the forehead. However, he helps them get the area they want for their wedding.

In episode 12, " My Bloody Valentine ," Sarah reveals that she is pregnant. In episode 15, " War of the Roses ", Rigsby and Sarah start preparing for their impending parenthood. They attend their first Lamaze childbirth class, and Rigsby gets a little queasy and awkward after watching videos of childbirth. He later proposes to Sarah in one of the CBI conference rooms, but she says she doesn't want him to propose to her just because she is pregnant. She also says that Rigsby would be a great father, but they were not ready for marriage yet.

In episode 20, Something's Rotten in Redmund , Sarah gives birth to a baby boy named Benjamin off-screen. His death is broadcasted on the news, and Rigsby was unable to tell Sarah what was going on as it happened too quickly and would be too dangerous.

Rigsby comments on how mad Sarah is going to be at him. In Season Five , it is unclear whether Rigsby is still with Sarah. At the beginning of episode 4, Blood Feud , Rigsby is at his apartment with Ben when officers come to arrest him. La Roche reappears and tells him that if he feels Rigsby is lying to him he could go down for murder.

Rigsby's father was found to have been in the vehicle with a murder victim and was hit. Even after surgery there was still a bullet pellet lodged close to his heart and he would have to give up his vices drinking, smoking, strenuous activity in order to live.

Instead, his father leaves against medical advice and goes to a bar to have a drink. Rigsby goes to join him and they have a conversation where he shows him a picture of Ben and then reveals that he and Sarah have broken up due to the events that happened in the season 4 finale.

This is shown to be the last conversation that Rigsby has with his father, as when his father stands up, he collapses and dies in his arms. When Rigsby returns to work Grace gives him a hug, and Cho and Jane tell him not to go after the person responsible for his father's death as Ben should not have to have a father in prison like he did. Ultimately, Rigsby does get to kill the man responsible. At the end of the episode, LaRoche finishes his report.

He tells Jane and Lisbon that the report will say that Rigsby acted appropriately and is cleared. But he knows that Jane arranged an act of legal revenge for Rigsby; it just can't be proven. LaRoche tells Lisbon that she was wrong to call Rigsby, but Jane takes the responsibility.

The episode ends with Rigsby at home, cradling his son while in tears. Throughout the season the audience becomes aware that his feelings for Van Pelt are still there. Throughout her leave, Rigsby is shown to still have very strong feelings for her.

Cho, however, comments that she is very much over him and has been for years. Cho encourages him to go on dating sites. In episode 15, " Red Lacquer Nail Polish ", Rigsby is trying to get over Grace and so he is spending a lot of time on the dating websites. Cho tells him that he needs to pay some attention to work.

Cho points out at an arrest warrant that is lying on the desk, unnoticed by Rigsby. Later on, Cho approaches him and tells him there are multiple complaints of a man on a dating website claiming to be a CBI agent and then never showing up to the dates. Rigsby goes to talk to the women, of which there are five, and we see that they all resemble Grace.

Lisbon, Jane, and Cho all comment on him buying it for her, guessing it without him saying anything. Rigsby tells Cho the ball is now in her court. At the end of the episode, Rigsby is about to tell her how he feels when someone she met at the conference shows up to take her out on a date. In episode 20, " Red Velvet Cupcakes ", Rigsby admits to feeling weird since she's been back and that he thought about her while she was gone.

During the episode, she and Rigsby pose as a couple with relationship issues for a radio show. On the show, they actually talk about their real issues and she admits that she likes who he is now and that he is a dad. And he admits that he feels the same way about her that he's always felt since the day he met her. At the end of the episode, Grace shows up at his place and starts kissing him.

Their relationship has continued since.