http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj6-LG5VpGk------> Red John would flip out if he had to watch this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj6-LG5VpGk------> Red John would flip out if he had to watch this.
Besides potentially disappointment I got a question to one thing Heller once said after season 6 premiere.
Heller said:
"Things look very bad for Lisbon at the end of that first episode. What I can tell you is that there is a very cryptic clue in that last sequence of episode one that will eventually explain — when all is revealed — what happened to Lisbon and why," Heller said.
What is that cryptic clue? I don't understand.
Well, we know what Lisbon happened. McAllister knocked her out and drew the smiley on her face.
But why? Why did he spare her? I don't get it.
What do you think?
Season 7, episode 15 "The Red Band" (the penultimate episode of the entire show)
After letting emotions run fly, Jane, finally back on his feet after the incident 2 years ago, can't hold it in anymore. He's more determined than ever to solve the case because he has to speak his mind. And after charmingly revealing the killer of the episode with his usual touch of wit (It turned out to be the deranged sister-in-law of the victim for monetary motives) He demands to speak with Teresa immediately.
It's late at night. Full moon.
They're in his attic upstairs. Alone.
Jane becomes nostalgic and brings up the best of times with her. Eventually he concludes he still has cares for his long-lost family but it's not that kind of love anymore; it's spiritual.
He knows that it's now ok to express romantic feelings to another woman other than his beloved wife.
Lisbon is taken aback understandably, not quite sure what to do.
Jane declares his love for her right there and then. It's always been there since day 1 but he admits his feelings have grown immensely in the past weeks.
He takes her. One hand on her pelvis and the other on the jugular. Staring. Caressing. Never has there been such an unawkward moment between them with this amount of tension and silence. It's real. They're in the moment. He moves from her neck to her eyebrows, and eventually strokes her perfect zygomatic arch. They're a breath apart.
He kisses her. Just kisses her. Like teenage crushes for the first time. [commercial break]
Lisbon is helpless; frozen with butterflies. Patrick, drawing away, utters those three words and tells her he needs some time alone now.
Feeling unsure of his actions he returns home to seek guidance or an epiphany of sorts to confirm if his wife is ok with this. And as per, he boils the kettle to spark the hallucinogenics he requires.
Meanwhile Teresa is still lovestruck in her office. It's nearly midnight and no one is in the CBI headquarters - or so it seems.
[enter Ray Haffner] (RJ disciple presumed dead since the explosion 2 years ago)
He's fuming. Ropable. But contained enough to speak with her.
He explains how his almighty mentor cut him a deal to keep him alive during the explosion and how he gave up his "life" over his lust for Teresa - all for Red John. He's been stalking her nearly every day and has only grown in his love for her. She's defenseless, and after tussling with Ray (breaking his Visualize band), she is forced back to Haffner's house.
He ties her up and begins pondering the life they could have had together and not with Patrick and all is patheticness.
All this is happening while Jane is reaching his delusions and is communicating with his wife. She is ok with the idea of their relationship and leaves Patrick with a final message to "go see her now - she needs you, my dear Patrick". Questioning the reality of what just happened, Jane always goes with the flow and begins to look for Lisbon who is absent at headquarters. As he anxiously leaves he finds a broken Visualize band. He puts two and two together and realise she is grave danger.
Now Jane thinks quickly and phones former Agent Van Pelt who still happens to have the computer skills necessary to track down the location of Lisbon. And within 10 minutes he arrives at Haffner's house. He breaks down the door and pulls his gun on Haffner who has taken advantage of a bloodied and bruised Lisbon. *BANG*
*soft, eerie, unquestionable voice*
"I thought we agreed for you to lay low, Haffner. It's a real shame - you were my best servant"
Red John lowers his gun but Patrick still has back turned to the door.
Patrick tries to slowly turn his head until he is intervened
"up-pupupp.. Patrick, you turn around when I want you to turn around. Understand?"
Patrick, a midst the fear, has a sly grin on his face because he finally just realised the true identity of his good friend.
"What's the matter, Patrick? Cat got your tongue? Nevermind that. How about you meet me alone at this location in 20 minutes." *slides up behind Jane and slips a piece of paper in his jacket pocket*
"I know you'll be alone because we have such great mutual respect for each other, isn't that right, Patrick?"
And after whispering another William Blake reference in his ear, he playfully slaps Jane twice on the cheek with the infamous rubber glove before leaving.
FIN.
Commence episode 16, the ultimate episode, titled "The Red Showdown"...
Was Thomas McAllister Red John?
The case for:
- He has been in the series since (nearly) the beginning
- His relationship with Jane has always had an undercurrent of distrust
- He was a leading member of the Blake Assoc.
- To have the 'bad guy' outted as a weakling who begs for his life makes a certain sense (like the Wizard of Oz when the curtain is drawn back to reveal the real wizard, or Rebecca De Winter) - the Red John we have believed in, is the Red John that Patrick has created for us
- Heller has mentioned in an interview that he only knew who Red John was in the last year(s) and so it makes sense that the ending is a little sloppy and ultimately disappointing
The case against:
- I am skeptical that McAllister has the power, intelligence, charm or charisma to manipulate so many people (including Patrick)
- There are too many unanswered questions (they've been listed on various theories, but my top ones are):
1. Where is Michael Kirkland?
2. Was it Michael or Robert Kirkland that killed Jason (it makes little sense for Robert to kill him, if he was hunting for RJ himself)
3. Was it Michael or Robert Kirkland that got shot in the back?
4. What was wrong with Lisbon's arm in s5?
5. Is Lisbon a member of the Blake Assoc (she did play poker with some high-ranking officials in s5)
6. Was it really Partridge in the final frame of s6 e8?
Either way:
Red John has achieved what he may have set out to achieve, he has made Patrick a murderer, first Timothy Carter now McAllister, to underline how similar he and Patrick actually are.
I would love to think this is part of a well thought out twisty-plot, and that it will unravel beautifully in the remaining episodes. I would especially like to think that we haven't been carrying on our own investigations, in our own homes, based on false clues.
You know once Jane has started his new life/love running along the beach all estatic that he will make new friends and in the last ever episode he will walk in to find the big red smiley face and the camera will cut to his face (which will have a rised smirked etched on it) and the credits will roll.
Hello everyone,
I think we are all overreacting about the last episode. I still believe that Haffner would have been the best Red John (his profile fitted more and he could have faked his own death the same way Mcallister did). Nevertheless, when someone like Red John is exposed and it is seen that he doesn't have wings and horns its always dissapointing. Think about that for a second. Did Bruno Heller ever let us down? The first seven episodes were really great and they were building up to a climax. I am sure there will be a logical explanation for everything, maybe in the upcoming episodes/maybe in a blog from Heller.
Once upon a time there was a television series called ''Traveler''. It got canceled after seven episodes, but left fans like me with a lot of questions. The master mind behind the television series wrote the entire story on a blog at the internet, as a thank you for the fans. Considering that the Mentalist has been with us ten times as long as that series has, I am sure everything is going to be alright.
Maybe Jane gets a job offer in the next episode because Red John is still alive? Who knows where this is going... If you have been a fan of The Mentalist, you should give Bruno the benefit of the doubt.
Also, a lot of clues point to McAllister, and he makes a decent Red John as well. He was my number 2 option. As a local sherrif, no one thought he was powerful enough (including me). Turns out he was the mastermind behind the Blake Association. Also, the tattoo is to make him fit in with the others. I thought Red John would hate the idea of sharing something with someone, but I was completely wrong about that. It was a brilliant move that only Red John can pull off.
Remember the blind lady? She said Red John had strong rough hands (look at the Sherrif his hands), and he smelled like pine in the forest. It was given that the Sherrif likes to hunt, and when he saved Jane on the roof it turned out he was afraid of animals/creatures with wings. A form of phobia.
Furthermore, McAllister appeared in the second episode of the first season. Even though his character was underdeveloped, it is fair from that point of view. Xander is a really great actor as well, and he made the entire Red John episode more acceptable for me.
I am not saying I am very enthusiastic about the Red John episode, but I am not dissapointed with McAllister as Red John. Lets hope for the best and lets see whether or not we get our answers.
Oh guys you've got it wrong.McAlister is a psychic because he managed to know the list even before Jane!
*He didn't manage to predict the trick with the pigeon that got him killed though.