Guys, guys, guys...
It can't be so simple... It shouldn't be! I mean after all these seasons and careful hintings, the show writers can't just come up with a single guy being behind all this operation. I'm still thinking that the creators will have to satisfy the needs of the bigger crowd who expect to have one of the obvious characters to be RJ BUT also, they will have to make a hit. And that hit must come from an angle which most did not consider. Otherwise, there's no point in doing such a mental cobweb full of mind games and complicated connections.
So my money is on a team of 2 forming Red John concept. First they will give us the obvious one (one of the 7) and satisfy (!) the needs of the most, and then as we start suspecting it's not over yet, they will give us the real deal (the unexpected hit). After this point, there is NO OTHER WAY OF MAKING THIS SHOW a legend in its range. And yes, Red John is connected with Patrick way before his family's murder. Either directly or indirectly. And yes, his father will play a great role at the end (probably will turn up being a foster and the true RJ himself) because there's no other explanation on why he is not even mentioned except for that small flashback. When Jane had to confront with the carnival people for some certain investigations, they didn't even ask or tell anything about his father. Can you imagine that? The only person who can be linked to you is your father (based on your relationship with those people) and you do your chattering about weather and old stuff but nobody even asks "are you hearing from your dad?" or anything like that.
Wake up people!!!
