Hi everyone,
Here is my theory:
Red John is a corrupt cop killer (which would explain the death of lots of cops in the show).
The Tigers (that's how i'll call them) identified by the famous code "tiger tiger" would be present in the FBI but also in the police, justice or political circles.
This group of corrupted people hide their dirty work to fight Red John.
The tigers can't trace Red John, so they decide to manipulate Patrick Jane by killing his family and by a tiger psy who condition him and leads him to pursue Red John.
The advantages of this theory:
- That perfectly explains the devotion and the sacrifice of the partisans of Red John who know the true face of RJ and the nobility of his quest.
- That explains why NSA is watching Patrick Jane since 9 years.
- That explains as well the fact that RJ saves PJ and whispers the song poem containing "Tiger Tiger".
- That explains the murder of Partridge belonging to Tigers, and why Lisbon has been spared.
- That also explains the behavior of Lorelei and informations she has provided to Patrick.
Ultimately there would be three major stakeholders in the show :
- Patrick Jane and his team
- The brotherhood of corrupted tigers.
- Red John and his partisans
Patrick Jane, who is usually the manipulator will realize that he has been manipulated.
Trace all the episodes and you will find that this assumption does not suffer from inconsistency and even explains a lot of dark sides.
This allows a dramatic denouement and leaves even consider a possible sequel.
Several reasons can drive RJ not to reveal to Jane:
- If he does now, he has no proof of his innocence because the blow is perfectly mounted and Jane really wants to kill him.
- Red John wants Jane as an ally and has to protect him by hiding the trickery.
- This is a game where everyone is counting on Jane to destroy the other.
- Allow it to come progressively and in a controlled way is a reliable manner to initiate Jane to the truth.
The most interesting about this theory is that it necessarily implies that Lisbon is the sect of Tigers or friend with Red John, I still look at the second solution to the extent that Red John seems to have helped a lot of desperate people and gives them life goals & Lisbon is a person who has suffered by his past and fits perfectly in this position.
If someone wants to confirm or disprove this theory, I'm ready to hear any proposal constructed!
