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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Yes the fact the McAllister is RJ is dissapointing but why do you have to keep bitchin about Heller?
Maybe the last episodes were a bit sloppy but it doesn't mean we have to forget about all the other great episodes that have passed!
In my opinion, we should all be thanking Heller for an AMAZING show that took us on adventures, gave us mysteries to solve and introduce us to the one and only Patrick Jane!
Yes we may be wishing RJ was someone else (Ray Haffner for me!) but insulting Heller won't change that.
STOP BITCHIN'. RED JOHN IS DEAD.

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Theory #16017 • By jm4847
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Someone on Youtube uploaded a video last month explaining why McAllister was Red John so, even if you're disappointed you have to accept that it makes sense. It fits. Like Jane said "the rest is just details".

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No way in hell Macalister is red john.

No way macalister after janes "breakdown" could offer him a new life. What could the sheriff offer him? He isnt styles or kristina frye and cannot offer him salvation in any way, hes just a guy with power. RED JOHN DOES NOT FEAR DEATH!! He doesn't believe in hell as we know.

Macalister runs tiger tiger what would he offer jane, a tattoo ? He told patrick he can give him a new identity. Reede smith didn't get a new identity when he joined.
Red john wants to turn patrick. He wants him as a "disciple" as jane says . Brett styles is alive . He is red john. Van pelt is his niece or a follower . Jane knows all of this too. Its a long chess match.
Styles told patrick he is dying but we all know styles NEEDS to resurrect like jesus after his death. Macalister pulled styles out of the house before the bomb.
Styles will not appear to the world because he will be arrested for faking his death . He will do it in church with only a few watching to spread the word . Jane will be there . He will get the info from van pelt somehow .

HELLER ONLY RUSHED THE FIRST 8 EPISODES TO GET THEM OVER WITH. IF MACALISTER WAS RED JOHN THEN HELLER WOULD of MADE THAT THE SEASON FINALE!!!

There is no way the private investigator was murdered to keep quiet! SHE WAS LEFt ALIVE ON PURPOSE!!! Why would red john let her live long enough to tell pj about the tattoo? How could she of seen the tattoo!!! If red john was silencing her he would of killed her quick with his knife . Simple as that.

Partridge said "red john has not killed in years" and he's right . Macalister was posing as red john and maybe with the help of partridge too. But the REAL Red john will be revealed soon. Very soon.

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No way in hell Macalister is red john. No way macalister after janes "breakdown" could offer him a new life. What could the sheriff offer him? He isnt styles or frye hes just a guy with power. Red john wants to turn patrick. He wants him as a "disciple" as jane says . Brett styles is alive . He is red john. Van pelt is his daughter . Jane knows all of this too. Its a long chess match.

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I surely do think Red John is dead and done with.

That said, I'm not so sure about Stiles...  Yes, he said he was dying, but perhaps he was getting out of the line of fire so to speak?  If he knew Jane was getting close, and if there was some sort of relationship between Stiles and Red, maybe his dying 'story' would allow him to disappear if Jane found out and defeated Red John...  Maybe Stiles got blowed-up good anyways despite a relationship... 

Tom might have had the DNA records switched with two bodies to save Stiles as well...

Stiles might just be talking the talk when he says he knows more than Pat or John could ever know, but then again, he might be involved--the whole Tyger group... 

I don't know how, but I have a feeling we aren't done with Stiles.  The girl who tried to knife Jane at the end of 'Red John' sounded like she was from Visualize to me.  We also know that Stiles is very manipulative and followed.  That and he definitely has the resources which could have helped a NAPA County sheriff do what he did...  But so did many other members of Tyger I'm sure...

When the FBI rolls in at the end during 'Red John' we see an old man in a suit walking away with white hair...  Waldo?  Stiles?

I think bringing him back would be a smart idea from a writer's perspective--he'd make a good finale.  Stiles would allow the Mentalist to end this season (and possibly series) with some familiarity, yet something new as well.  A link with Visualize could help answer some burning questions we have left over.

So while I think John is gone, Stiles might show himself again...  Perhaps he along with Michael Kirkland...  I don't think that Tom necessarily followed Stiles, but some sort of relationship could clear-up some of our questions...  

But of course, maybe Stiles was just talking the talk.

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For all the people who are being so childish PLEASE READ:

I have to tell guys, you have a real problem, so much hate I can't believe it, I mean it's crazy, stop already with the hating, Bruno and all the people behind the show are trying to do the best they can for us to enjoy it, and for you of course, it's so easy to sit in your computer and complain about everything, I mean, it's OK to complain if you really like the show and didn't like the way Red John story turn out, and I respect your opinion, but there's no excuse for you to be an ASSHOLE. I bet that you are going to watch the show anyway. You people are saying that you are done with the show, so be it! get the hell out of here with all that crying nonsense and stop acting so childish, I feel sorry for Bruno for having to bear with all this mediocre people who just like to talk shit and not talk about something that can actually be nice and have a positive reaction.

LEAVING THIS ASIDE..

I have a really cool theory that I want to share with you guys that got me really excited. First of all, I really enjoyed the Red John reveal, Sheriff McAllister is so awesome, just look at him, he is so creepy, I think all the people are underestimating him saying that he is an idiot and that he looks really dumb, but what makes a real killer is the way he pretend to be a complete different person from what he really is (like when he played rock-paper-scissors). Think about it, you never thought that he was a serial killer, and that makes him really scary (it looked like he was really going to kill Van Pelt in S01E02, Rigsby save her!) People these days are all about image, if you don't look good, they don't take you seriously (most of the time), so I think that a lot of people where expecting a lot about the image of Red John, but really it was just a mind's game between Red John and Patrick, not about who looks cooler or talks cooler, that's all. Another thing that I want to emphasize it's that Red John never was more intelligent that Patrick, he was one step ahead Patrick because he had a lot of followers and friends that make a lot of favors for him, and Patrick just had the team to help him, so that's really unfair. If you don't understand that Red John wasn't a God, that you're getting it wrong, I mean for real, who paint's a smiley face on the wall?? haha that's not elegant, don't you think? He just seem to be a normal intelligent serial killer with a lot of followers and friends that make a lot of favors for him, making him look greater that what he is, but really he doesn't. I think that Sheriff McAllister fit exactly in that profile. About the way he was scared, EVERYONE IS SCARED TO DIE, what do you expect? Red John laughing? not everyone is like Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) in Fight Club in the scene when someone is punching him in the face and he is laughing out loud.

AND FOR THE THING THAT GOT ME EXCITED..

I think that Red John was being manipulated or controlled by someone greater than him, someone that indeed, is on Patrick's mind level, maybe Red John was only a pawn for this man or woman, because if you really think about it, there's a lot of episodes left and I don't think they're about Patrick being in Argentina (for example, I haven't seen the promo) having a good time. I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A BIGGER PLOT THAT WE NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT, that's why the writers put Red John in the past episode so normal and not so intelligent, and when Patrick said, "I have to tell you, I'm really disappointed" it's because there's someone far more intelligent that Red John. Another important thing it's that Patrick got a lot of people angry, it was somehow his fault that Bret Stiles and Ray Haffner died, so he really pissed off VISUALIZE, and on the other hand, he pissed off THE BLAKE ASSOCIATION for exposing them. So for what I'm seeing, Patrick is in a LOT OF TROUBLE, and he is going to do something about it because Lisbon and the team are in the middle of all of that. If you realize, the plot has become so big know, because involves a lot of people, maybe thousands, one greater person has to be in the back of all of this, Red John was just a very intelligent serial killer that happens to killed Jane's family, and Patrick had his revenge like we all wanted, now we are moving on to the bigger plot!

AND SOMETHING ELSE..

Please stop complaining about answers not being shown, THERE'S A LOT OF EPISODES LEFT, all of our Red John doubts are going to be answered, it's just that it was so difficult to accomplish that in just 45 minutes, if you we're a director, you'd understand.

JUST WAIT TILL THE SEASON IS OVER AND THEN CRITICIZE ALL YOU WANT LIKE YOU LOVE TO DO IT, but really, I feel like we are going to be amazed. :-)

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well that episode cleared up everything.. said no one. EVER. 

how disappointing. 

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