It's strange how Mcallister never actually said he IS Red John. Watching the episode again, how could the writers not get Mcallister to say he's Red John? There was no reason to beat around the bush!!! And now Heller says "Red John is dead. We're past that," yet how are we 100% sure Mcallister was even Red John? Of course, yes, people will say that it was implied but how can you be so sure?
Apparently it is 'delusional' to continue similar theories like this, so I'll change it up a bit. Heller says "Red John is dead," now I'm not going to agree with that mealymouthed writer regularly, but for the sake of this theory, let's speculate he's is speaking truth.
So Red John is dead; what if Mcallister wasn't Red John and actually just the leader of the empire he talked about - Blake Association. Who is the last person to die by Patrick Jane in a similar way, as in PJ believed he was Red John - Timothy Carter. And, reading this now, you've no doubt seen that honestly great episode 'Strawberries and Cream'. I really liked that episode, very good. What if Timothy Carter was actually the Red John, and ever since, Red John murders that have happened were conducted by Red John associates, BA members and corrupt cops? This way, not only has PJ killed the real RJ (Timothy Carter, in a good ending) but he has dismantled BA by killing their leader. Sure, Heller probably didn't do this, but just imagine.
Then in this way, we can agree the ending of Red John was actually a good episode, because indeed, Strawberries and Cream was a very good episode. Love the last scene, done perfectly. By the way this makes me think how Heller could write something so good like Strawberries and Cream, yet write such a disappointing rap-up like Mcallisters end. I mean there must of been other ways to make it epic like Timothy Carters death? Oh well.
Besides, its sort of, in a weird and strange way, makes sense. Either the show has really bad continuity with clues (for example like every clue in the last 5 seasons didn't mean shit in the final RJ episode), or maybe the clues were all not real RJ clues, maybe just because they were done by BA members and aren't related.
I somehow speculate in the next few episodes, the writers would have to tie in Timothy Carter and Mcallister, which overall would be quite unlikely. However, just an interesting thing I thought of the other day and in the end, I really hope there is flashbacks in the next few episodes, maybe link together the past to make things more clear. And I hope Brett Partridge isn't dead... although thats another debate in itself.
I remember some theories on here about how Stiles isn't dead, and how he knows more than Red John ever did (from an episode in S3 or S4?). Interesting how Visualize meant so much to the story yet now is like completely irrelevant.
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