Who is Red John?

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List of seven

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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For those who believe your suspect could still be Red John: Someone as careful and calculating as RJ could have
planned/planted DNA or faked evidence if tyger tyger is really as deep
as they make it sound. Confirmation of the deaths
from the blast is brought to light and accepted as fact during the show before
mistrust in other law enforcement is placed. Forensics and all 'facts' that are not in front of us are up for debate. I do, however think that Partidge is dead. It makes no sense that CBI agent Cho would somehow not recognize a former colleague or look at his face to be absolutely certain it's him. Especially when there is so much mistrust going around. I give the writers more credit than that. That being said, the "DNA evidence" is not anything concrete that we can trust. This leaves Mcallister, Haffner and Stiles all available to possibly be alive. It is a fair guess assume that Patrick Jane isn't convinced that RJ is Bertram. Bertram is an evil man so PJ doesn't care about the pressures or situation Bertram is in now with the finger pointed at him, but he isn't RJ. Patrick wants RJ all to himself. That being said, I have no idea who RJ is but my hat is off to the creator for making such an interesting finale and finally bring this wonderful mystery to a satisfying close. Right until the very end.

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Here is a weird thing I noticed and I would like to share with you.In episode 5x13 "The Red Barn" we learn that back in 1988 Red John was in Eliston farm and he painted a big smiley face on the Barn. Inside the barn they where 3 victims, 2 of them should be Red John's even if we can't be sure for that.
Weird thing is that when Patrick asked the preacher what the smiley face meant and he said "You know I asked Talbot what it meant and he told me it means anything".

TALBOT?! Talbot was one the 2 victims that Red John probably killed, but he saw the smiley face.So the problem is that Red John's first smiley face was painted before his first victims!

I was trying to figure out what that means and the best thing it popped out to my head is that Red John painted the smiley face there not for a human victim but for animals. Red John is a hunter, he started with animals and then started to kill people.The only hunter we know is Thomas McAllister but yet we are not sure if there is someone else in the list that is a hunter aswell.


Please comment below if you can think something better than I did about his first smiley face.

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I guess it is Partridge.

A Clue (teasers) from a journo who has watched the episode. Amongst others this one:

'Hi'

Back to the scene I guess where Brett's crime scene photographer said, 'I've always wanted to work one of the famous killers'

Partridge under his breath, "Hi".

I can live with Partridge. Should it be he of course.




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This is the bottom line.....





I JUST CAN'T WAIT UNTIL NEXT SUNDAY WHEN WE FINALLY FIND OUT WHO RED JOHN REALLY IS!!!!!!!!!

I LOVE all of the questioning, the wondering, the guessing, the pondering, and the waiting....but soon, WE WILL KNOW! I CAN'T WAIIIITTTT!!!!!!

No matter who it is, I hear that this episode is going to be EPIC and AMAZING and SO WORTH THE WAIT!!!

Thank you The Mentalist for the most enthralling plot in television history!!!

Heller is a genius and Patrick is going to be a bad ass and FINALLY get his revenge.


Side note...I hate the fact that "Blue Heaven" is going to be two years in the future. What the hell!?!

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If Partridge is not dead, then two (three including Jane) main characters of The Mentalist would completely suck at their job. Kimball Cho stood in front of Partridge´s dead body, even took a picture of his shoulder. Teresa Lisbon was next to Partridge whe he passed away. She could not tell the wounds were real? Partridge´s blood was all over her face. (Patrick Jane was too at the crime scene. So he was fooled too?)

Thinking about this scene, Van Pelt bugged all their phones. Lisbon checked on the tablet screen that Partridge was the only suspect there. Who else is on the list? Whose phone is not bugged? Michael Kirkland´s! =)

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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford will be revealed as Red John ....

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Since all the Partridge speculation has started up again - and getting stronger, I decided to go and take a look at the 1st Jane/Partridge scene once again. Series 1 - The Pilot episode.

We all know how the episode turned out. In order for this theory to 'work', Linus Wagner has to have played a role/been involved with RJ somehow (which wouldn't be out of order, considering Wagner was seen wearing the RJ 'suit' before anyone had a description of what it was RJ's wears until quite some time after the Pilot episode - maybe RJ was a Wagner patient and friend - mentor/son etc. ) But something caught my eye big time.

Patrick makes a huge show of stating that the smiley face is on the wrong wall, because it's not the 1st thing you see. Look on the wall behind the bed. A mirror - a rather large mirror. Reflecting everything that is on the opposite wall - but very carefully shot in terms of camera angles, because you don't see the 'smiley face's' reflection - but you DO see all the picture frames - so logic dictates that the 'smiley face' would also be reflected.

This negates Jane's theory (or PLANNED misdirect) that the smiley face was on the wrong wall, because it wouldn't be the first thing you see. If you walked in, that 'smiley face' would be reflecting and dominating the mirror as a reflection.

You would still see it first, before looking down. Just in it's reflected form.

Probably my imagination, and the mirror was a prop error - but then again.

It could have been Jane starting to play his game and Patridge/Wagner theirs?


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