I am not actually accusing anyone, but what do you think Bruno Heller meant by "we'll be disappointed when we know who Red John is"?
Disappointed because it was way to obvious (like Kirkland)?
Disappointed because it was a totally underdeveloped character (like Smith)?
Disappointed because the character was not part of the show from season 1 (like Haffner)?
Or disappointed because it is not the character that the majority of users wants to be (Partridge)?
