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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It's me again, I found out another thing.
In season 2 episode 8, Bosco and his team were killed by the secretary Rebecca. Van Pelt and Rigsby were looking at the video records, and they saw Rebecca entering the building followed by a mysterious man. He wears a hat so we can't see him in the face.
Initially, we all thought it was him who killed Bosco and his team. Later we discovered that actually Rebecca did this for his true love, Red John.

I was looking at that man entering the building, and he reminded me of someone...

I'll show you two screencaps
http://i.imgur.com/xXxEwkD.jpg


We know later someone (Red John) poisoned Rebecca.

The fact is that, assuming that Partridge is Red John, there are some little things during all the seasons which actually fit him (and probably we'll discover plenty more after episode 8). I can't say the same for the other suspects,who apparently became suspicious after 5-6 seasons. This is why he's the man for me.

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One of my favourite scenes of The Mentalist! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3ssfgsw5bw @ 3:20 

'No.. but I know you.' 

Oh man.. love it! I hope Corrigan gets at least some screen time next episode, even if it's a flashback, love seeing him act, oh and it would be wonderful if Robert/Michael Kirkland some how ends up being Red John, but I see that it's very unlikely now, which is a shame really :( 

By the way. did anyone found it odd when Rigsby asked Cho and Van Pelt if they were really okay to kill the boss? 

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Kira Tinsley paints a tattoo vertically

Ray Haffner barely pulls his sleeve down.

The patch of skin removed from Partridge or whoever's body, is longer vertically than it is horizontally.

 
If Patrick wanted to kill Haffner, he would have done so at his house. I suspect there's a bigger plan to lure out Partridge going on.

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Theory #13478 • By NatBrasil
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OMG! New video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U_DYEfgJJo

I can't stand anymore.
Red Jonh: "Look at me, i'm just a regular guy."



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- gale bertram is not red john. patrick wants RJ for himslef, he would
never give his true identity to the press. it was just a distraction,
part of a plan really.

- what's the story behind that gunshot
before the explosion? why it wasn't explained? i think it's essential
for closing in on RJ, and Patrick must remember it and know something,
but why he didn't share it with Lisbon and others?

- sheriff must
have survived the blast. if patrick, gale and reede survived, who all
were at the same side of the room (same as sheriff), away from other 2,
then sheriff would have survived it as well. So the bomb must have been
planted somewhere around haffner and stiles. i think it was hidden
inside sheriff's hat (there's no other way to bring the bomb really) and
he left the hat on the couch. But, does that make him RJ?

- in
promo for Red John episode we see a lot of scenes with a character that
looks like sheriff, but would they really give red john that easily? in a
promo? even though i like sheriff as a red john, i wasn't expecting
they would reveal rj to us in a promo. it's too easy which makes me now
kinda doubt it is him.

- this episode ended in church (i think
there's a reason patrick went there) and from promo we see the next ep
continues in church with a possibly sheriff (rj?) walking in and saying
something like ''game over''. I don't believe we will know who is red
john already in beginning of next episode, somewhere in middle yes, but
not at the beginning. What if that really was sheriff in church and he
was holding the phone which from real RJ was talking through?

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brett partridge. there's a huge mystery with him atm. why did RJ kill
him? it is still not answered! if that was really his body at the
morgue, why is his skin from shoulder removed and who did that? did he
even have a tattoo? if he was in TT, why would RJ (who's also part of
TT, according to Reede) killed him then? at that point no1 even knew
about TT, so he wasn't danger to the organization or RJ and wasn't
needed to be killed.

- when it was found out reede and gale are
in TT collective, why only reede was ordered to get killed and not gale
too? is gale their leader then? reede said it's called the blake
association, because some1 is a big fan of blake and we saw back in
season 3 gale recited some other blake's poem. it appears to me gale is
leader and what is rj to them then, just a member or?

who can be rj then?
1.
sheriff - i like him the most of all 7 suspects and i want it to be
him. but, if he's rj and he is the one in promo we see, i'd be
disappointed i found it out in a promo and not in a episode. THAT WOULD
SUCK HARD. but since he's alive he's top option.
2. brett partridge -
there are too many questions around him and his apparent death and so
far we didn't get any answer to that. just because we didn't learn
anything about it i gotta give him some chance, but would he need cbi
credentials to enter cbi building to kill rebecca? hmm...but look at
this, if he is RJ, and faked his death and would want his identification
to remain secret, wouldn't you as well remove some1's skin from
shoulder from your fake body so nobody would ever know were you in TT
organization or not.
3. ??? who else? I believe hafffner and stiles
are really dead dead, there had to be some casualties at that bomb
explosion, no question about it. and bob kirkland's evil twin brother is
biggest shit i read here, i give more chance to reede.


10x for reading

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I had to get this out before the weekend because I just have to. It's not bitterness because honestly I've posted mostly theories that ride the fence where I can see writers leaving gaps for anything to happen BUT

I'll be most disappointed if its Partridge. Nothing against the character or guy but the let down for me is that the writers keep telling us that they want to play this one straight. They said that RJ is no dork and that he is a strong man. I've heard sneak peaks saying that RJ isn't an exciting guy, its how he got there that is cool. I've seen 1000 theories. But the "coming back from the dead, creepy forensics guy, etc, etc" has been so played out. Seriously, it's a lazy way to write a plot and it's a lame way to add "surprise" to a show. I also keep seeing that people want it to be Partridge. I know no one in my inner circle that wants that. 

So don't take it as an afront on your theory, your spoiler, the actor, the role, etc. I just think its a weak ending to a great story and one that has been played a million other times. I'd rather have no tricks and an a back story on Bertram or Hafner. 

I have a feeling I'm going to be disappointed but still hope not.

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Theory #13473 • By sisie
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I am a media bloke also

S6E8
it was blinding

will I tell you?

nope

i really am a press guy

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