Who is Red John?

Theories of thekylerules (1)

Regarding the aftermath, something big must happen if CBI crumbles. From what i've seen on the Mentalist Wikia page (which is normally pretty good for future plot points), the 2 new characters being introduced are FBI agents, which to me suggests that Jane, Lisbon and Cho must join the FBI, and the CBI completely folds in on itself. For that to happen though, something major must happen, and the only thing that could cause that is Red John. Either Gale Bertram is RJ, or he, Van Pelt, Rigsby AND Ron are accomplices, that would equal corruption on every level, and would be the only serious enough problem. 

Problem is, i don't see Bertram as RJ. I've always seen him as a red herring, with Haffner being my pick. Bertram has shown he doesn't care about Lisbon, he was willing to fire her in Season 4, whereas RJ has refused to kill her for some reason. Plus we know that RJ is a damaged narcissist, Narcissists have feelings, so it can't be Kirkland or Bertram, as they have major sociopathic tendencies. Smith is too fat, The sheriff and Stiles are too old, leaving us with 1 man, a man who has shown to have emotions, has been on the recieving end of PJ and not handled it well.

And i posted a theory earlier asking what RJ was up to in the 10 year gap, having done some thinking, i surmise that he was either:

A) In Prison
B) Busy with Visualize
C) In the military
D) Training to be an FBI agent.

Still doesn't explain what changed his personality so much though. The first murders were definitely out of spite over working conditions, otherwise he would have massacred the whole farm. Maybe he cracked under the pressure of being an FBI agent?

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