i have avoided this one for a long time, but i really do think it warrants a deep thought.  i've seen a lot of tv/movies, and EVERY time that we as an audience are specifically told that someone is ASSUMED to be dead, but not PROVEN to be dead, that person ALWAYS turns out to be alive.


So if we are directly told to ASSUME that Micheal Kirkland is dead, then we must really ASSUME he is alive.  Is he RJ, possibly, or maybe an accomplice, or if RJ really did die, maybe his replacement.


Does he fit the profile of RJ???? 
Well his mama committed suicide and daddy was an abusive alcholic.  So mommy/daddy issues are there.  It is in his blood to torture as we witnessed his twin removing digits from suspects that wouldn't talk.  Could easily be a demented serial killer psychopath based on profiling.  Physical description and age seem to match the suggested details of the blind lady and shrink.


Are there significant clues pointing to him being RJ????
His brother was torturing people who he thought could lead him to RJ but he killed the one person that could lead him to RJ without even so much as removing a pinkie?  It would make a lot more sense for him to kill Lennon if he was Michael.  Bob would have questioned Lennon.
He, or Bob, was there from the beginning (meeting with Minelli in Red Dawn), even if via flashback episode.
The actor, Kevin Corrigan, was creepy as hell in the role of Bob so it would be great to see him back.
Michael could easily have used his borther's identity to get access to law enforcement stuff.


I am not completely sold, but this would go a ton further in making sense than Mcallister and the whole BA mess.  Even if they held firm with McAllister, this could bring back the angle and give him a legit sidekick to chase.  I just have to think this would be better than a season of poop and pacifier cases.