Who is Red John?

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Thomas McAllister
Thomas McAllister
Reede Smith
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Ray Haffner
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Gale Bertram
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Brett Partridge
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Bret Stiles
Bret Stiles
Bob Kirkland
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After having nightmares all night about the shittiest episode on earth, I was walking down the street and a bird actually pooped on me.
Nice...I got f..... by a pigeon TWICE in 24h...

It's all I have to say.

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Come on my friends, remember the flash drive they found in
Bertrams’safe. Jane was supposed to decode it. In the leaked episode, there is
no explanation of what it is. Do you really think that the writers would come
to write that scene if there was no point in it ?



That let me think that the leaked episode is fake and here
is my theory :



Bruno heller wanted to get revenge from the media since the
name of Red John was leaked in IMDB (Walter Mashburn). After all, they had time
to do a fake episode in a rush (since the show was delayed because of football),
and indeed, the leaked episode gave the impression that it was done in a rush.
And I’m not talking about the sound, or rough cut or anything like that, but I’m
talking about the writing.



My only question is where did they find money to do an extra
episode.

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So this person did this review http://www.spoilertv.com/2013/11/the-mentalist-episode-608-red-john_171.html on the same leaked episode that some of us saw and qualified it as "brilliant. Stunning, sad, satisfying and just as it should be. Awesome."
She also mentions the incredible performance of the actor portraying RJ (during the pigeon scene?!)
What the heck? She even says it outdoes the season 3 finale..
Please tell me she is the only one with that opinion?!

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 The great red dragon symbolizes a lie. The episode #7 was also a "fake" one. It was just Patrick's dream in the hospital...

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+++ BREAKING NEWS +++

Bruno Heller is going to announce next week that the show formerly known as The Mentalist will get a new name and will be called "The Red Herring" from episode 9 on.

The show will go on with just presenting a bunch of red herrings completely unrelated to anything which will happen in the finale. "We won't give any explanations in the future either - and nothing we show will be related to the story, if there even is a story", says Heller, "that's what the fans are used to and what they expect to see from us".

Everyone in the team is thrilled to start working on more red herrings than ever before, nothing of which will have any relation to the great finale in season 12.

CBS is also going proudly reveal that "The Pigeon" will join the cast as a new main character in the next episodes. But it of course won't have anything to do with a story either. The pigeon will be there in case we need it for the great finale after another 6 seasons, when Jane will face the evil Red Herring for a minute before he goes on killing him. "We can already say that the Red Herring is the most evil character ever, he will even instantly cry when he faces Jane", a spokesman of the network adds.

"Killing the Red Herring before he could even say a word in the end will be Jane's third murder and make him a serial killer too", says actor Simon Baker, who is already thrilled about playing the new antagonist after season 12 then.

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Why is there no mention of the leaked episode anywhere other than on this site and one other forum? Weird!! I would think it would be a bigger deal..

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To really appreciate the absurdity and irony of the fake episode, you really need to watch it about 4 times. On each viewing, you will find more and more nonsensical stuff to laugh at and you will appreciate what they are doing here. I bet the actors had a great time making this thing. There are several times in the fake where you can tell they are trying not to laugh out loud. 

There are a million reasons why this thing is fake and many of them have been mentioned, but go watch from the 32 minute mark on. Pure comedy gold. The facial expressions, the sound, lack of plot, terrible camera angles. Classic!!!

Kudos to The Mentalist for doing this. They duped a lot of people. If you don't realize that the episode AND the promos were a fake, you are kidding yourself. The only question I have is if the media is in on the gag as well or if the Mentalist fed them the fakes to look at as well? I am guessing the media is in on this gag since it should be a little bit bigger story and I literally haven't seen one story about it anywhere. 

So i'm excited for the super secretive episode that is going to be awesome tomorrow night. Seriously though, if you sit back and examine the evidence, it won't take you long to realize that nothing about this "leak" was real. Nothing!

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