Guys up to this point I felt all the theories of a fake episode were wishful thinking (including mine).

BUT

I remember watching the promo, and having the distinct feeling that PJ was talking to RJ in the church scene. A detail that made me feel that was cathing a glimpse of RJ's ring. The scene is on the extended promo only, and is up only for a split second, but enough for the eye to pick up and leave an impression. At mark 0:19-0:20, RJ makes a dismissing motion with his left hand. It is worth noting that no such scene exists in the leaked episode. But it goes further than that.

I checked again, and I could see it clearly. Determined that I was only seeing what I wanted to see and not what was there, I asked a family member who has no idea of the show to check that scene for me and describe to me the hand they see on that video part. I did not ask them directly, cause I didn't want them to be suggested and just see something that wasn't there. After showing them the scene twice, they said: "I dunno, he has a ring?"

That was enough for me to go on and get a few different stills from the extended promo video, just to make sure it wasn't a strange light angle or a nail.

And here's the final result:

http://postimg.org/image/p837399bb/

P.S. I had to include the pigeon, given that no matter what Sunday brings us, that little guy will always be one of the most memorable characters in the show.

This episode was so banal, the revelation of Red John as well. He was not reveled by PJ, he actually revealed himself. Nothing was explained, what his motivation in killing? He had a powerful secret organization in his hands, why start killing random people? The profile does not fit somehow, there's something wrong. I do not believe the writers did a brilliant job for five seasons and threw everything in the trash, nothing fits. The profile of Rj we know from past seasons is a cold person, seductive, he could recruit disciples who were idolized him and that they were willing to die for it, not this orgainização police recruits. He is also a very arrogant man, and could not bear anyone to talk about him (he killed several people just by commenting their crimes pejoratively).

If this is indeed the actual episode so I quit watching.

I was just informed that tomorrow we will not see the episode 'Red John', the episode will be skipped over a week for Bruno Heller has time to remake this horrible end he did.

I'm actually okay with the main guts of the leaked 6.8 episode, the confrontation between Jane and Red John / Sheriff McAllister in the church, pigeon tricks aside. But I do wish they would rewrite/refilm every other part of the episode. The rest is so forgettable that they might as well have had 40 minutes of commercials instead.