From this episode we learned:
Gale Bertram is NOT Red John.
Brett Partridge is NOT Red John
Reede Smith is NOT Red John
And we also knew:
Bob Kirkland is NOT Red John.
That leaves us the Sheriff, Ray haffner and Bret Stiles.
Is not the Sheriff.
Is between Ray and Bret. But I think that none of them is Red John and we are going to be surprised!
I feel that if some serious magic isn't pulled of in the next episode, and i mean serious magic, then the mentalist is the worst tv series i've seen till now. No explanations of so many things, no surprise element, suspects dying left and right randomly in an explosion, clues contradicting each other, holes in the plot everywhere. At least some sort of consolation will be when RJ is revealed to not be Bertram, but still.
I believe Red John pulled a "Patridge" and faked his death during the explosion.
Something feels off about todays reveal, unlike most people here i will wait for the explanation for why and how Betram is Red John but Patricks attitude to it it all made me think that he didn't quite think it all fit together in his mind either.
Unlike Patridges death, where we saw his dead body the other 3 suspects are believed to be killed in the explosion as dna evidence is found but the key part here is that cho said the bodies couldnt be identified cause they were burned to a crisp.
Another note is the storage locker which Bertram took the items from belong to Thomas McAllister as the attendant there referred to him as such after seeing his storage access card.
We also saw that a thumb drive was in the storage and that it 'probably' contains a list of all corrupt law enforcement officers and officials.
The question in my mind is why would McAllister be the one with the list of corrupt Agents if only Red John would have access to it as he is the leader of the group.
I think that Bertram was told by McAllister to collect the items from the storage to help aid his escape (incriminating Bertram in the process) and that he also left the swat outfit for bertram in his house so that all the attention would be on Bertram escaping and being the only available Red John suspect.
I have screengrabbed Gale Bertrams USB list.
Have fun with decoding it:
http://www.ezekiel-rage.com/images/images/menta-list.jpg
I'm beginning to believe its not bertram. But hey one thing to mention the LIST the encrypted list? What is it why is it there? Is it the list of janes and that's just evidence he is red john or is it the REAL LIST. Bertram seems high up in the ranks of TT why is he. Why didn't they ask Reede About Bertram and his ranking? Why he wasn't killed. Imagine if they pulled a stunt and it was Reede all along? Somehow he escaped.
Maybe it is bertram. Maybe he was going to get out but then changed his mind. I can't believe I am saying this but I actually want partridge as Red John. I think he is dead but at this point I will take the twist. And why are we told there is no twist but then we get spoiled that there is.
My heads spinning I need to rewatch to see what happened.
I think PJ remembered this when his cup broke :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5-H9QGov4Y
I think he is now sure that it is the twin brother of Bob : Micheal
no way on earth it is Bertram.
Does anybody have a link to watch the promo for next week's episode? If so, can you post it in a comment?
Thanks.