Who is Red John?

Theory #1336 • by estatica

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My current #1 theory is Red John is Detective Marco Francis.

He is played by the talented actor Brad Rowe, who incidentally, is the same age as Simon baker.

- He is very attractive, and resembles Simon Baker physically, has short straight hair and is about the same height as well.

- We've only seen him in a scene in the beginning of the episode 1x07 "Seeing Red". The original script, however, includes one more scene near the end of the episode where he tries to flirt with Lisbon (unsure why that was cut off from the episode).

- He lived in the same town as Kristina Frye, so that could explain a possible previous connection between the two.

- Being a detective, he is likely to be connected with other law enforcement officers both in the CBI and FBI.

- He is "Mar..."

- According to episode 5x13, even though Jane extended the age frame to 30s, I imagine Red John to be actually "kid", a teenager at the time he started killing, much like Rae Haffner, probably a disciple of Brett Stiles and Brad Rowe certainly fits that time range.

- I find it a bit strange that this particular actor only has a few lines in one scene in such a pivotal episode. Brad Rowe is usually more prominent as a guest star in other tv shows, and from what I've seen of his work, he is really good at playing innocent / evil guy. From a casting perspective, it's kinda odd that he played such an insignificant part and was never seen again. I can't help feeling Bruno Heller is hiding this guy as much as possible because once he makes another appearance, it will be evident he was Red John all along.

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