Who is Red John?

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"..Patrick Jane is responsible for the death of Ray Haffner and Brett Stiles. 

He brought four people, none of whom he knew for certain were guilty of anything, in the vicinity of a serial killer, knowing fully well that the situation could potentially get explosive

Yeah, he didn't detonate the bomb. But he might as well have. Little did Ray Haffner know what fate had in store for him at Jane's house. He probably had plans for the day. Maybe he was going to spend some time with, I don't know, his wife and daughter? As for Stiles, some of you might argue he wasn't a saint, but really, what did he really do that made him deserving of being blown to smithereens? I don't remember anything, except that he swindled a lot of people. 

So yeah, I hold him responsible for the death of two innocent people. Thoughts?"
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I'm glad you brought this up. I thought I was the only one who hated Jane for doing that. 

If I have to be brutally honest, I'll be and say this - Jane is a disgusting human being. He's a hypocrite, a selfish man with no respect for anyone who breaks his own set of rules and morals, and he never ever considers anyone better than him. He was even worse before RJ killed his family, because he was a thief, and he preyed on poor, broken widows and people who lost their loved ones. I don't care if that was all his jerk father's fault, he made his own choices. 

I can't even imagine that kind of person finding a person to fully love, especially such a pure, beautiful person like his wife. He's an egotistical jerk with delusions of grandeur no less than RJ. 

So, we have this truly evil person (RJ) who has no redemptive qualities, and he did deserve to die BUT Jane was not the one to talk. At this point, jane disgusts me even more. 

And what pisses me off even more, is that the writers never acknowledge how bad Jane truly is. Sure, they portrait him like a not-so-good guy, but they still seem to justify everything he does because he has the right to. 

No, Jane, you're not the only one whose families and loved ones got killed by RJ and you're not the only one with the right to kill him, but you still thought so. So, F you, you selfish prick!"

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[Stiles and Haffner] aren't the only people he has gotten killed in his pursuit for vengeance. The list is very long. Frankly, he doesn't seem to even care.

Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1196946/board/thread/222562519?p=1


Don't get me wrong. I love Patrick Jane, but we the viewers are so sympathetic to his cause that we have disregarded the lives that he has indirectly taken.

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SPOILERS

First and foremost, we need to understand that next week's episode is only 40 mins, so not everything will be resolved. I doubt that most of our burning questions will be resolved. Also, according to one of the reviewers who has watched the Red John episode, Red John is definitely one of the seven suspects.

Link: http://www.spoilertv.com/2013/11/the-mentalist-episode-608-red-john_171.html#comment-1129589591



Although, my pick for Red John was originally Haffner, there is a good chance that Sheriff McAllister is our man. I chose the latter not because of my iningenuity or logical thinking; I arrived at this conclusion after watching the extended promo for next week's episode and putting together lots of teasers posted by folks who have watched the episode.

Notice that CBS has set the extended promo video, on YouTube, to private. I will be royally and biblically pissed if McAllister turns out to be Red John. Don't get me wrong; I have nothing against McAllister as Red John; but to reveal Red John, albeit accidentally, in a promo is nothing short of amateurism. The folks at the helm of the Mentalist universe should have known that we---Mentalistas---are obsessive and have a keen eye for detail. Nothing eludes us! In fact, there are geniuses on this site who can cook up a believable theory that proclaims Jane's wife to be Red John. Trust me!

Notice that Jane doesn't believe Rosalind's description of Red John, for if he had, McAllister, Smith, Betram, and Stiles wouldn't be on the list of suspects. I believe that she purposefully misled the authorities. I see no reason why she would have been honest.

Finally, I would like to officially give up on this Red John theories. Applying too much logic or reading too much into everything is slowly driving me insane.

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