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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There will be an episode in which Brett Partridge is revealed to be Red John this Saturday. Once you look past the same 5 people posting "Goodbye + Heller sucks" comments every few minutes, you'll realise a lot of fans didn't fall for Heller's con.


So, just wait it out. There is going to be an episode this Saturday in which Brett Partridge is revealed as Red John. Good luck surviving the week though Heller, there are 5 nasty people who are probably looking for you while they're not spamming hate posts.

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- "So Patrick, how did you catch RJ?"

- "Well, I got lucky.. The FBI sent only one car to chase me and luckily a trunk drove right in front of them allowing me to distance them and have the car stolen by some delinquents. That way I reached the cemetery easily"

- "Why the cemetery?"

- "Because i had planted a gun. Thus i offered the cemetery as a meeting point, and RJ went there thinking i hadn't planed anything"

- "But he might have tried to make sure you were unarmed ?"

- "Yes, one of the BA members frisked me, he found a non-moving thing gun but didn't feel the moving bird i had hidden in the back.. I told you i got lucky"

- "A bird? Why?"

- "Because RJ is afraid of birds. So at some point i asked RJ if I could show him something and he naively said yes and got closer to me, thinking i wanted to show him my new super cool watch".

That is basically what we had as a final showdown. Without mentioning that 5 minutes of the episode are dedicated to showing the FBI trying to guess where Patrick went and to seeing Patrick running after a marathonien RJ running with a bullet in the stomach.

Those who found that ending satisfying, you are quite gullible.

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I looked for the promo of 6x09 just now. Is that fucking serious? It cannot be serious. What the fuck. I thought last episode was ok ONLY because i imagined something else would happen. But for the looks of it, that REALLY was the end. WHAT THE FUCK.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szZtHriqkY0

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Interesting side note to that abortion of an episode last night. It turns out PJ actually is Red John after all :) 

TV Guide Magazine: Any chance of a Jane-Lisbon romance? A lot of fans are dying to see that happen!
Baker: You will see that he really misses Lisbon and is a sad, floundering shadow of a man. He's afraid and just going around and around in circles. He's completely lost his mojo and he's asking himself, "Is this what you want to be? Is this the way you see the rest of your life?" He's offered a chance to go back to work for the F.B.I. and declines because he's trying to move on from that life. The episode has an interesting kind of noir-ish feel to it. Jane had been filled with this deep desire for revenge, which is generated out of self-loathing, right? Take that revenge out of the equation and he's just this guy who is empty. But the episode is also really romantic in a way, because you see how much Jane longs for companionship. You want to know something I've never talked about?
TV Guide Magazine: Hell, yeah!
Baker: All those times we heard the voice of Red John? That was me.
TV Guide Magazine: Seriously?
Baker: Yes! In the Season 2 finale, when Jane was captured and Red John did that "Tyger, Tyger" thing with the mask on? That was me. I played both characters in that scene.
TV Guide Magazine: Wow. That's especially trippy considering there was a major theory going around that Jane was Red John. So in a way that turned out to be true!
Baker: That was the reason I did that. There was a point where Bruno was saying, "We don't know who we're going to cast to play [the masked Red John]." I said, "Don't cast anyone! I'll do it." Bruno was, like, "I love it! I love it!" So I put on a mask and did that funny, wispy little voice. And for seasons after, whenever Red John spoke, I had to go record the voice.

http://www.tvguide.com/News/Mentalist-Simon-Baker-Red-John-1073837.aspx

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I fell like I have to write that down somewhere, to get it off my mind- so why not share it with you ;-)

To me, it seems like the first episodes of this season are so rushed, that I still can not get a grip on everything that happened... Not that it is too difficult, but over the years we have been fed clues and "this-might-be-importand-moments" very rarely and now they kick out at least one of the suspects every week?
Come on, S06E10 would have been just as fine as S06E08... Why not add two episodes in which PJ goes over some clues (not necessarily all of them), remembers certain moments from earlier and seemingly important episodes etc etc? I even like the idea of PJ disappearing and the audience not knowing where he went and Teresa muling this over and coming to her own conclusion- right or not...
I can imagine adding this within two episodes in between the other ones without dragging the storyline too much...

I understand the point that PJ doesn't ask RJ for details, letting him brag about his murders would give him attention and a kind of appreciation Jane doesn't want to give him. But why wouldn't the authors/the whole production team want to wrap this up and finish once and for all? Now these many unanswered questions are hanging in the air and many of the viewers (me included) are disappointed... 
Not because of WHO RJ is- I can even make my peace with the begging and the pigeon- but because of the fact that I can not let the topic rest without a little more information... And I doubt we will be given these kind of information in the next episodes...

Okay, maybe this is another pathetic approach, but I can't keep this big WHY? out of my head, as in WHY did it have to end this way? Let me know what you're thinking..

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Here is the thing people.  Oh and by the way, hello from Canada.

1.  It was a little dissapointing that thomas ended up being red john but we all knew that we would be dissapointed anyways.  Each suspect had their pros and their cons and no one would have been truly satisfied regardless of the outcome.

2.  It is a shame that the episode got leaked, how that happened, who knows, but obviously it was enough of a draw for millions of people if they were so hell bent on getting in there.  And if CBS leaked it, well, they leaked it.

3.  So, I have read the theories here for months now, and on facebook as I am an avid fan, although blacklist is my mentalist 2.0.  Here is what I took from last night.  Remember that episode where Jane was to deliver Lisbon's head?  Remember the last scene where he and she were embracing each other and that cop car drove by.  Remember that the faceless cop had a sheriffs hat on?  That was tip off enough really.

4.  Now to the future of this show for the remaining 14 some odd episodes.  I thought after seeing last nites show that we kinda had a timothy carter thing happen again with thomas.  Clearly to me, he was not red john either but a pawn.  It just reaked of the same scenerio again.  And i am going to give Bruno the benefit of the doubt that we will be shocked as this progresses, two years into the future or not.  That is why there were so many un answered questions.  Just like Timothy, Thomas had some correct information but not everything.  I think that Michael Kirkland or Walter is the larger Red John here and controlled Thomas too.  The woman that tried to kill Patrick kinda indicated this.  Why?  Cause "a" she was a woman, "b" Thomas had no idea or inclination that she was there to prtect him, "c" thomas was clearly trying to make Patrick think he was Red John so that the whole thing would die down.  This is because of the tyger tyger thing getting out and the true ringmaster of the group being outted by Kirland (bob) and Reede.  I would surmise here that we will see this as things play out because it is never just that simple.  I also think that CBI Ron plays a larger role here that is yet to be seen although not the ring leader. 

4.  Thomas being Red John is the ultimate red herring here and I think that we will see this going forward.  He was a killer no doubt, and likely committed some of the red john murders on behalf of the real red john who doesnt want to get their hands dirty, which makes sense given red johns true use of others to carry out his plans.  We all expected more and I think that Bruno is going to give us just that as this plays out, thats why this event occured so early in this season.  Is it the last season?  Maybe, and if so, then this event last nite will pale in comparison to the real climax yet to be shown. 

5.  I hope that with all the drama surrounding this, the fans realize as I did that the show will continue with the Red John theme, just not as we imagined it.  Last nite moved so quickly on purpose.  It was a snow job for the real "mentalist" like fans to see through or not.  I am sure we have not seen the last of the painted red smiley face and again, Patrick and the crew will be on the hunt for the puppet master himself.

PS, dont take this site down, it aint over yet..,..........

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Hi guys, please read my theory.

Just exercice like i did.

Youtube link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAXN1Liim4Q

That's Red John, as we all know.


Now... I hardly sugest you: compare to McAllister's voice on "The game is over".

There's a HUGE difference between or real Red John and "Heller's new trick on us".

Y'all can't deny it.
Please follow my sugestion... You won't regreat.

The game is not over yet.

Must be Partridge.
There's a lot unexplained.

Sorry my english, is not my language.

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