Who is Red John?

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Thomas McAllister
Thomas McAllister Reede Smith
Reede Smith Ray Haffner
Ray Haffner Gale Bertram
Gale Bertram Brett Partridge
Brett Partridge Bret Stiles
Bret Stiles Bob Kirkland
Bob Kirkland

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Here is my theory...

First of all , Sheriff Thomas Mccalister is someone fits descriptions , more than that ,
He seems to be the most clever from the suspects ( You can check out S06E03 ,he analyzes the dead body exactly alike Jane). 
He has the fear of Pidgeons , i think it's clue , almost in each episode on season 6 , we see pidgeons,  Just Thoughts...

Now , we move forward for the Clue...

Moments before the explosion , three suspects was in a side of the house , jane in the middle and the two others in the other side , Haffner , stiles got killed by the bomb , Jane got injured, smith and Bertram had very low injures , but Mccalister why is concidered dead!!!

The Only solution, if he hadn't got shooted by Jane, is he fakes his death. He moves somewhere and when he will know that Jane told medias that Gale bertram is Red John , he will appear and try to meet Jane to show him that He is the real Red john, and that he hates copycats.

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Sorry to say, the guy in the church in the ep8 promo sounds just like him.  Don't know what that means, just thought I'd bring it to attention.

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Theory #12865 • By Steppewolf
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There have been yes/no polls about some suspects: Partrigde (a dozen of them), Bertram, McAllister - who is all of a sudden getting real popular based on a 30 sec promo.

Now, I would like to do one for Haffner, who I believe to be the one and only Red John. (I assume there didn't occur a poll for him yet, my bad if there was one before!)

Could be interesting to look back at after the final reveal ;)


GREEN: Haffner it is

RED: someone else

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Theory #9511 • by Totally engaged =)
Posted 1 week ago

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So, no more guessing. Since the writers have proven they will no bring dead back to life, now more than ever I am 100% convinced who Red John is.
First I must admit my first theory had a mixed result where I thought Stiles was involved (as Red John "the mind") Now I am sure he was involved through Visualize, the same way Smith was involved through the tyger-tyger reach out call (for FBI clearance at CBI headquarters)
Who is Red John? Kirkland´s description of their childhood is a pretty damn good start for me. Mom suicides with a razor blade. Dad a saddistic drunk who beat the crap out of them. Michael had a troubled childhood, became an alcoholic as his father, until he met someone, more than a man, a saviour. Someone who only wanted simple things in return, devotion and sacrifice. (Robert Kirkland tells Patrick Red John is that someone. This tipped me off to believe Stiles was Red John "the mind" on my theory 9511) What it does happen is that Michael does meet Stiles and start working at the visualize farm. He learns the Visualize ways to manipulate others souls. Red John is born, his first victim Michael Kirkland. So his body was never found. Red John does his first jobs at the barn and prints his signature for the first time. Then he starts with his seral killings until one day Patrick Jane comes to a TV show and describes him as an ugly tormented little man, a lonely soul, sad very sad. In return Red John kills his wife and daughter. So the nemesis relation starts right after Patrick is released from the insane asylum, where he starts digging for Red John. First he reaches Sac PD where detective Elliot tells him Agent Lisbon from CBI has taken over the investigation. By now Robert Kirkland is already at Homeland. Here is were Red John´s master mind games starts. He starts gathering information about him, using every possible mean. First he uses his brothers Homeland access. At the same time Red John figures out about the blake organization and infiltrates himself. By now he gathers information from Visualize, Homeland and Law Enforcement agencies through the tyger-tyger call. Red John´s master mind game uses all of them to be always ahead of Patrick, playing him, playing with him, he is always ahead. Even now, where we all have been fooled played believing each of those 7 seven suspects is Red John. While he is watching, smiling at us. =)

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I HAVE DECIDED TO READ THROUGH THE COMMENTS AND POST HER SPOILERS SO EVERYONE CAN READ THEM HERE EASILY. PLEASE DON'T READ IF YOU DON'T WANT SPOILERS BUT HERE YA GO. SHE IS UPDATING THE SPOILERS DURING THE WEEK



SPOILERS BELOW:

And here are some teasers for you to help with the waiting:

- Someone using a phrase "your boyfriend" is gonna make a lot of fans happy.
- Some calls are worth so much more than 300 $.
- At least two people turn out to be much smarter than it seems.
- Some people just need an appreciation.
- Remember the clues? You should.
- "Hi" 
- Someone gets to feel like Al Capone.
- It's always good to have Cho on your side.
- Some people are VERY determined to do their job.

Sebastian Kovar −Please tell me if this time (S6EP08-'Red John') it is 100% the real Red John we will find out IN THE END. Or if there still is any doubt about it after completely watching it. And pleeeeaase :) could you describe the moment of the final confrontation just a little for a huuuge PJ-RJ-chemistry fan :)Thank you so much for this article!! 

I have no doubts this time. And without any details, the confrontation is absolutely brilliant and the actors work just SO well together!
And you're welcome!

Tr1n1ty86- Thanks for your nice preview! I'm so intrigued now. Just a question, if you may reply it. Is Red John really someone one of 7 suspects? 

I think it was confirmed along time ago.

Not asking you about RJ's identity, but could you say if they explain his motivation for the killings he's done? Why he's become a serial killer or what drives him? For me it's probably more important than who he is and I'm afraid the show might not deliver.

Well, there is a great moment in the episode when Jane pretty much describes RJ and in a way, his motivation, by himself. And since he's Jane, well, it fits quite perfectly. I can't really say if there's anything more than that.


DebraFan "Jane is calm, waiting for things to happen"I believe, that by naming Gail Bertram as Red John, Jane has successfully baited Red John into coming out of hiding. Red John doesn't like copycats (remember S2 finale) and murderers who claim that they are better than Red John (remember that old guy killer in S 4/5? who belittled Red John in an interview.) Simply put, he is too egotistical to bear someone else getting credit.

Naming Gail Bertram as Red John definitely sets A LOT of things in motion. 
For better or worse.
But I liked Jane approaching things calmly with a kind of...hmm, confidence, I guess.


PL-Do you think we'll all be happy with who turns out to be Red John? 

 I'm sure there's gonna be someone who won't, but in general, considering how well it's all done, I think most of people will be satisfied with this story.



Does the character who ends up being RJ do a good job of changing his voice to match the old RJ voice we've heard?1 •

At one point the voice is changed and I can't say for sure (cause of the quality and sound changes in the rough cut), but I think it was pretty similar to what we've heard before.


jayroth  CarlosDash -couldn't agree more. Does the episode explain why the Lisbon/Patridge scene (towards end of S06E01) is so important? And if there's a reason to show so many scenes of pigeons in the first few episodes of the season1  ?

There's a reference to at least one of these things. That's all I can say.


Whome-Does the episode explain what happened at PJ's house with the explosion?

Oh yes! ;

Sebastian Kovar  J−Please tell me if this time (S6EP08-'Red John') it is 100% the real Red John we will find out IN THE END. Or if there still is any doubt about it after completely watching it. And pleeeeaase :) could you describe the moment of the final confrontation just a little for a huuuge PJ-RJ-chemistry fan :)Thank you so much for this article!! 

I have no doubts this time. And without any details, the confrontation is absolutely brilliant and the actors work just SO well together!
And you're welcome!


Linda • 11 hours ago−I know that you won't probably answer it :D Will Jisbon fans appreciate this episode as well?

  Hmm.. yeah, I think so, some great moments between the two. As long as the fans will remember that it's not the episode focused on them.


Anestis- What i want to ask is a little out of the main issue.Do we know what happened with cristina fraye or whatever's her name?Maybe my question is silly cause i havent watched much episodes but i reeeeally liked her so i need to know :) 

I agree, Cristina was a really interesting character and I liked her, but we pretty much know that her story ended back in Season 3.


jayroth  −did they show or explain how RJ figure out the list of 7 suspects before Jane himself? This one has been torturing me all summer... 
and when did Jane figure out who RJ really is? Is it during the episode? in this season? or way earlier? 

The answer to one of these questions is one of my favorite parts, so let's leave it at that! ;)1  •Reply•Share › 

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i still hope it is mashburn. not only a hope, he would fit in the profile that we have created from the info we got.

i still think it is mcallister. he fits very well.

but let´s go back to the name of judge manchester. since the promo he is my short list of suspects. maybe he is not the big fish but strongly related to red john hehe.

by the way, for you non european folks. manchester is a city in gb! they have a very famous football club - manchaster united. their color is red. and they are also called the red devils!!! so would fit right hehe

until we reveal the real red john. let´s play a game. feel free 2 join, many already did!

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