Thinking about how Patrick Jane is, first and foremost, a showman.
Thinking about how over and over, we're told "you're either with the show, or you're not".
Thinking about how Sam & Pete are the only ones who still seem fond of Patrick Jane, even years later. And how Danny Ruskin, despite their contentious relationship, very much considers Patrick Jane to still be with the show; he's not an outsider. But on the flip side of that, Sean Barlow only speaks to Patrick Jane for the murder investigation of his own daughter because of family history.
Thinking about how Angela Ruskin-Jane was willing to leave it all behind; she didn't want anything to do with the life anymore.
And thinking about how Patrick Jane just traded fairgrounds for the rest of the world.
He couldn't leave the act alone. It was stimulating and engaging, and he loved it. It was fun. It's the same reason he uses his skills for helping the CBI.
And I'm thinking that Patrick and Angela fought about it a lot. It was the only thing that they fought about.
Because Angela didn't want Charlotte raised in the life. And Patrick couldn't let it go.