**SPOILERS – EPISODE 8 PROMO**
My Theory based on the Episode 8 Promo.
You can look at the clues and read into the
interviews with cast members and Heller himself, but let’s face it; we’re not
going to know for sure who Red John is until the next episode. But it’s still
fun to have theories.
A lot off people are currently speculating
after watching the new promo trailer for the next episode that Red John is
Sheriff McAllister. I wanted to analysis the trailer in a little more detail
and see what thoughts others have. If you’ve happened to watch this episode 8
trailer there are quite a few interesting scenes and could point to Red John or
that could be fooling us. About half way through the clip we can see a man
jumping through a glass window with a gunshot wound in his right lower abdomen
area. This man does indeed look like the Sheriff but this doesn’t mean its Red
John. From what I’ve gathered the next episode will pick up from the church
seen, PJ will come face to face with RJ in their, a bird will fly down and
district RJ while PJ manages to get off one shot witch only injures RJ. PJ then
chases RJ through the graveyard and whom we think is RJ jumps through a glass
window in hopes off escaping Jane’s pursuit.
We also see PJ say to Lisbon in the trailer
‘You knew this day was coming, it’s here’. So my guess is that the next episode
will pick up from before PJ arrived at the church.
One crucial piece off evidence that most
people seem to overlook is RJ’s voice. You can put voices ‘On’ but not to the
extent RJ has, even a voice changer wouldn’t produce his soft high-pitched
voice. The Voice from the EP 8 promo sounds like Bob Kirkland; since he’s dead
it could well be his twin brother Michael. Michael may have grey hair too as
his brother Bob was defiantly going grey or died his hair as Bob had grey hair
on the side off his head. However in saying this Bruno Heller said that the
cast member was thrilled and surprised when they found out they would be RJ, so
if they didn’t know they where going to be RJ, who did the RJ voice? And can
the voice even be a clue now?
Also on the extended look at ep 8 we see
what looks to be PJ standing over RJ and PJ saying ‘You want mercy after
everything you’ve done’. This to me says he’s speaking to RJ. I remember PJ
saying he wanted to cut RJ open and let me bleed out just like RJ did you his
wife and daughter, the gun shot wound we see on this man is in the gut witch usually
kills people from blood loss. Was this on purpose though? Is PJ that good off a
shot.
Brett Partridge has been in The Mentalist
right from the very first episode and it seems like all the fans want him to be
RJ. It makes the most sense to me if that where to be, however I do like
surprises.
My Top 3 suspects are:
1.
Brett Partridge
2.
Michael Kirkland
3.
Sheriff McAllister
