Nice guys finish last

"Okay," he said. "So, let's pretend to be in a relationship. Get him jealous, force him to say something." Lisbon was blown away by the simple brilliance of his plan. In these first heady moments she could even believe that the two of them would be able to pull it off. They were going to trick a trickster; they were going to pull a con on Patrick Jane. (warning: this is in canon)