SEASON ONE -- CLUES TO RED JOHN'S IDENTITY


I re-watched Season One looking for repeating THEMES. Here are the things I found that made me wonder [this is only Season One]:



1.  A TATTOO -- of a grim reaper with red hair is zoomed in on immediately into SEASON ONE PILOT.  We now know THIS IS A CLUE -- as RJ has an important, identifying tattoo.  [SEASON SIX "The Red Tattoo"] 



2.  CLOWNS -- Jane is repeatedly referred to throughout SEASONS ONE as "a clown."  Besides Jane's carnie upbringing, RJ paints a smiley face in victim's blood that I think is actually is a SAD CLOWN.  THIS IS A CLUE -- as RJ painted Lisbon's face as a "sad clown" [SEASON SIX "Desert Rose"]


3.  TWINS and/or DOUBLE PERSONA -- in SEASON ONE the repeated use of names that mean TWIN, like THOMAS and TOMMY, as well as TAMZIN [also TWIN] -- as well as the SEASON ONE FINALE of RJ kidnapping TWINS, and killing one - made it clear that TWINS IS A CLUE -- RJ suspect KIRKLAND has a TWIN, MICHAEL [SEASON SIX "Red Listed"]
       
         
                The name THOMAS also turns up in DOUBLE PERSONA characters -- like Tommy Olds [and later Tommy Volker] .  THOMAS MCALLISTER has a DOUBLE PERSONA [ true identity seems questionable ]
         
               

4.  CORRUPT LAW ENFORCEMENT WHO ARE KILLERS -- In Season One:
 1) We meet Sheriff Thomas McAllister              2) a Cop kills and kidnapps two women  3)  another Cop pays off a secret daughter; tries to get his son, a rookie cop, off a murder charge 4) Lawyer whose childhood and father were ruined by Jane's advice seeks revenge 5) Sheriff Hardy -- DuMAR Tanner THIS IS A CLUE -- we now know that TIGER TIGER exists and there are many corrupt law officials [SEASON SIX, "Red Listed" again]

5.  REDHEADS -- Season One episodes are filled with redheads but mostly -- REDHEADED WOMEN, and I think THIS IS A CLUE that is yet to be revealed.  We've been led to think RJ is a redheaded man -- but I don't think so.  He's either 1) a SHE -- a redheaded woman, or, more importantly, I think 2) RJ is someone who really likes redheaded women [like Rosalind Harker, Kristina Frye and even Brenda Shettrick, all of which he spared.  In fact, I can't think of a redhead that RJ has killed?  Even Lisbon has an AUBURN tint in her hair a lot.


6.  ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN [kept a secret] -- only two episodes focus on this but it seemed worth noting


7.  PINEAPPLE --  I know this seems random but I wrote down ANYTHING that repeated: and PINEAPPLE was in 3 episodes of Season One, so go figure?!  Twice it was debated as a pizza topping [Cho hates it; Grace likes it] and the 3rd time -- a killer has a pineapple air freshener, and it's a clue in finding him].  SO, either this is an INSIDE JOKE or there will be another mention of pineapple for reasons I can't fathom yet.


8.  GOLF -- 1) in the PILOT, a GOLFER is accused of killing his wife  2) a REDHEAD man killed is GOLF buddy of attorney general and the Killer rides around on a GOLF CART and 3) Jane meets a mobster on a GOLF COURSE 
               Also, in the Pilot -- a family named "Tolliver" -- which means the same as "Tagliaferro" or "iron cutter."  This could be golfing term as an iron is a golf club and "cutting" is actually a golf maneuver -- where you have to send the ball the opposite way of where you want it to go.  THESE ARE CLUES.


9.  PSYCHICS -- in Season one, we find out Jane was "fake" psychic; we meet Kristina Frye; we're told of Grace's Aunt Yolanda and we meet good citizen "psychic" Ellis Mars.  And It is believed that RJ has a strong opinion about psychics.  THIS IS A CLUE that has yet to be fully revealed in SEASON SIX yet but I'm expecting something to tie it up.


10.  HYNPOSIS -- repeatedly done throughout Season One, Lisbon yells at Jane more than once for using hypnosis, telling him it's illegal -- and also one episode centers around a female killer who uses hypnosis to put her henchmen in a trance to do her dirty work for her, thereby implicating themselves in crimes, even including Rigsby.  THIS IS A CLUE that will likely be revisited in remaining episodes of SEASON SIX.  
 


11.  NAMES THAT MEAN RED:  too many to mention, of particular interest: names with MAR or MOR in them [both have DOUBLE meanings:  RED/WAR/SEA.  [From Season One: MORgan Tolliver, Dave MARtin, DuMAR Tanner, RoseMARy Tennant, Carlotta MORo, Ellis MARs, Scarlett MARquesa, Santa MARta, REDwoods, Verde MAR…and many others.]  Also  "HE IS MAR."  THESE ARE ALL CLUES…yet to be revealed.


12.  FOOTBALL -- Jane tells Van Pelt he knows her father was a football coach.  Also, a football star is killed in a Season One episode, killed by his father.  In another episode, Kristina Frye says, "roll tide" [a football mantra].


13.  WATER THEMES/BOATS/MARINAS -- 
Moby Dick symbolism [catching the big elusive fish and the dangers of revenge] "There she blows.."   "Your boat's on fire.."  ALSO, Jane catches killer at casino taking on "WHALES" [big gamblers] and in another episode, a guy named Tommy Olds pretends his slow [but Jane figures him out when he sees he has a copy of Moby Dick on shelf]

               1)  Man named SANDS plans to leave town on his BOAT docked in MARINA on the OCEAN; he has a picture of a BOAT on the OCEAN on his wall that holds a clue  2)  Man pretends to be slow [to hide he's a killer over a fortune made from WATER]  3) Kidnapped woman escapes, Jane hypnotizes her to reveal she was held captive in a place by the sound of running WATER -- by a RIVER  4) Man is dead tied to the anchor of his BOAT in a MARINA on the OCEAN  5) Deranged couple, the BOATwrights, kidnap and kill women  6) Teenage girl is DROWNED in trough; dumped in the OCEAN 7) Jared Renfrew and prostitute killed in a BATHTUB.


REPEATED STORYLINES:  

1) A MAN KILLED BY HIS WIFE -- theme featured Five times in Season One

2) SIBLING AGAINST SIBLING -- several examples, like brother against brother in Pilot

3) INCEST: father w/ daughter; brother w/sister 

4) RAPE: first THREE episodes feature this storyline



Question: do any of these themes relate to Grace or Grace's sister -- and/or Red John's past - since we know the least about these two characters

ALSO FEATURED and might be important clues:
FARMS [RJ seems to have repeated connection to FARMS]  
Selling DRUGS
ABUSIVE FATHERS,
TROUBLED YOUTH [bullying]
POKER/CASINOS  [with expressions such as "catching a whale" used [meaning big spender] [WATER theme too]


What do these clues mean, if anything?   
RJ has an identifying tattoo
RJ grew up around clowns or in a carnival
RJ is a redheaded woman or a man who likes redheaded women [none of victims are redheads]
RJ knows hypnosis and is passing himself off as a psychic or hates them
RJ has a TWIN and/or a DOUBLE PERSONA 
RJ is a corrupt law enforcement official/or has connections that are [Sheriff Hardy, for one]
RJ grew up or has lived on farms
RJ probably had abusive father
RJ's involved in golfing
RJ really likes or hates pineapple? [LOL] 
RJ's connection to water/boats/marinas?  I think RJ's fear is water [never learned to swim perhaps] [ALSO with POKER -- could be a "whale" - a big gambler -- or have a Vegas connection