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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So this is a continuation from my theory which I published after episode 08.We can be quite sure that PJ will start helping the FBI now, and very soon the good old CBI team will be joining them. This does look like a "new start" for the series, but the question is how it is going to play out. As I see it, there are three possibilities more or less:1. R.J is dead and we get no- or very little explanation for how, what and who R.J was and what happened to the "tiger -tiger" group. The series continues more or less as we know it, but now the main theme could be "P.J's journey to salvation and a new life" ending with him and Lisbon getting together.2. R.J is dead but we will get some closure. We find out who R.J was and how he did all those incredible things and the full picture of the link between him and P.J. also we get some more information about the "tiger tiger" group. Then the series continues more or less as mentioned in the scenario above. 3. R.J is not dead... P.J starts to work for the FBI (with the old CBI team) and at some point, he will be facing this red smiling face again, and everything starts over again. The series continues for perhaps one more season and finally ends. (He could kill R.J or they will both die together as P.J's life does not stand to recover and both their destinies are somehow strangely tied together. For P.J to kill R.J he must also die himself he realizes. As I stated in my previous theory I have a gut feeling, that the 3. scenario will happened, but this is more of a hope from my side. R.J does not have to be B.P but I need real closure, something that I will drill in to my spine and put a smile on my face.I believe that P.J will once again stand in front of a door, which he does not dare to enter, because he knows what awaits him on the other side.. A message written to him, not in English, words or letters, but in the language of Red John, where the letters are the thick red blood from his victims and the words are written with fingers as red smiling face.. "Did you really think that you were smarter than me Patrick?" ;-)Pleas let me know what you think

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Did anyone else automatically think of White Collar from the beginning to the end of this episode? It's like an exact copy (pretty much). And while it may be wishful thinking, I still think that Red John is alive and that it's Partridge. McAllister didn't give a good proof that he was RJ, while the fake one from (I think) the season 3 finale told Patrick what his family smelled like. That seems a bit strange to me.

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I didn't even watch the new episode last night.  I figured since Heller gave the middle finger to all hard core fans with the rushed and contradicting RJ finale, I strongly feel obliged to return the courtesy.

So why am I still posting on this site?  I guess it's a form of mourning my once favorite show that I once thought was a carefully crafted Moriarty/Holmes story, but turned out to be a dog's breakfast or random clues that meant nothing in the end.

Heller publicly admitted he had no idea who Red John was going to be until Season 4 and it clearly showed when RJ was finally revealed.

Adding insult to injury, Simon Baker admitted to voicing Red John at the end of season 4, playing the masked Red John at the end of season 2 and being lukewarm to the actual RJ reveal.

Oh well, not Baker's fault, based on his interviews, he obviously didn't like the way things turned out either.

Whatever direction the show takes now I already know it's going to be random and a desperate clutching at straws to maintain/boost ratings for syndication.

Meh ... walking the dog is better for me anyway.

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I dont care that it turned out to be McAllister. Im looking forward to Jane working with the FBI and abbot and the new lady.

I hope Lisbon, Rigsby and Van Pelt don't return to the series. Chou, Abbot, FBI-lady can stay

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Doom things happened to Paul Walker.
He's a great actor and the  F&F series was my favorite because of him.

If there is a lord, would he transfer the doom's day  of Paul Walker to Bruno Heller ?
Let the great man live while chop the devil's head off, please.

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I feel like I have just wasted 5 years of my life watching this show. Working out new clues in my head, talking about it with my friends and expecting a fantastic, heart wrenching, mind blowing reveal. WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH BRUNO HELLER? He said he felt it was a natural choice and it could have been 3 or 4 people. He said that it just came to him a few years ago. So all the clues from the very beginning were just bullshit? You made a great show and then decided to ruin it. Well done Mr Heller.

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