- Spoilers Ahead - The clue that Bruno heller was referring to is 666 the number of the beast which red john possibly uses to hypnotize his accomplices thus making them unable to reveal his name now considering that the sea beast is red john read this " And that no man might buy or sell save that he had the mark or the name of the beast ( his real name ) or the number of the beast " meaning that his accomplices can't reveal his name unless they had his mark or his name or his number which still sounds confusing it's also still interesting that heller chose the last suspects as 7 ( now 6 ) which is the number of the sea beast heads this supports the theory that red john is not one person but a group of people but it's unlikely considering what's been revealed so far personally I believe that brett partridge is not dead and to further support that read this " and I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death and his deadly wound was all healed and all the world wondered after the beast " and maybe one of the seven heads is red john while the others are his accomplices which he cannot operate without them as to how red john knew about jane's happy memory it's because of jane's therapist which will be murdered next episode this could also explain the carnival theme in Lorelei death scene and painting a clown face on Lisbon maybe she told red john that clowns ( or maybe a particular one ) were a bad memory of Patrick as to Bertram and Kirkland suspicious conversation last season it's probably related to something other than red john Bruno heller said that Bertram could be either a good or bad guy with agenda so he is somehow deeply involved in a cbi corruption case which would make up the remainder of season 6 after red john saga ends . To cut it short red john name is related to the number 666 and to be more precise it is also also mentioned in revelations his number is his name so maybe it's related to the alphabetical order in which the sixth letter is f and the only suspect who has the letter f in his name is Haffner this is of course pure speculation but I think red john is the one of the last suspects to be investigated by Patrick which excludes Bertram reede smith mccallister partridge ( two of which will make an appearance next episode ) which leaves brett stiles ( definitely related somehow to red John ) Bob Kirkland ( could either be red John , chasing him , or a close accomplice or even involved in the cbi corruption ) and Raymond haffner - I'm 100 percent sure of what I wrote next there is no other explanation - in addition it is also mentioned in revelations that there are two beasts the sea beast and the one who speaks like a dragon the sea beast is red john while the dragon is his right hand ( possibly one of the remaining suspects other than red john himself ) the dragon can act as the sea beast when he's absent and it is his responsibility to ensure that everyone has the mark of the sea beast on his right hand or his forehead ( the red glass bead ?? ) this would make sense if the dragon is red john right hand and there's an episode ( episode 7 I think ) is named after him and the episode after it is named red John so his right hand will be revealed in episode 7 and red john will be revealed in episode 8 to support that further it is directly mentioned in revelations that the dragon gave the beast his seat and his power and great authority meaning that the dragon is the one who provides red john with everything he needs and the most plausible suspect here is Brett stiles (he will feature in the episode before red great dragon along with Jason cooper whom Jane will investigate and reveal stiles true role in the next episode ) who in my opinion is the most powerful character in terms of authority and it is his responsibility to ensure that all visualise members have red John mark so my final guess is red john " powerful " friend is definitely Brett stiles and Ray Haffner is red john while partridge at this point could be either alive or dead thanks for reading and I apologise if most of what I wrote is contradictory
