Who is Red John?

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List of seven

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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Rigsby was pulling the strings on the high school renuion episode.
He did seem to find the next of kin information on Selby Vickers rather easily, and without being asked. Also knew about the airfield where Gabe Nyland came to town. And he said to Van Pelt he'd never been to Rancho Rosa before.
Also Gabe Nyland was running for Lieutenant Governer. We don't know if he won, but several episodes show the CBI going to work on cases at the request of the Lieutenant Governer. Most notably, the season 6 episode when Cooper and Haffner show up with a letter from the Lieutenant Governor stating that they will be kept informed on this case.

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Why is the gap between episode 10 and 11 more than a month?! I realize it's Christmas soon but why so damn long!!???

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red john is an alien disguised as a hooker

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GUYS.

Stay focused.
This site is meant for the people to share theories, ideas, thoughts about the show.
Don't argue with each other.We are all upset about the end of Red John saga.
So, we all have common concerns and goals.

I will present some facts that I think that nobody would disagree.

-Some people are upset because Red john turned out to be
Sheriff Thomas McAllister.
But, I think the greatest percent of the viewers are highly disapointed from the whole situation around RJ's reveal and death, not the identity of RJ.Because we have to admit, Xander Barkley is a great actor and capable enough to pull out the Red John role.I believe that even if Reede Smith turned out to be RJ, if it was presented approprietely, it would leave the audience pleased.
(With "approprietely" I mean, a proper way of revelation, a proper way of killing RJ, a proper behaviour by RJ, flashbacks, a proper script-dialogues-scenario.)

-A lot of theories about RJ's return out there.
I love you guys for this.But, again I suppose that the 90% of us know well that this will never happen.We all still keep our hope alive.But we must face it: This is extremely unlikely to happen.For a lot of different reasons. (ex. Interviews by the creators and actors, the lack of "red' in the titles of the episodes, the whole "FBI" thing that they are trying to sell us, etc)

-Uncountable mistakes/plot holes/script errors/clues that don't follow each other/ that are all made by the creators.

-Those two new characters are irksome at the maximum.

-For those who are about to watch the rest of the series no matter what,
(including me), they are going to watch a brand new show.

-We all really enjoyed the first 5 seasons and 7 episodes.
(And mostly those who involved Red John)
And as a greek poet wrote,
"The one that matters is the journey, not the destination"

-All the original actors of "The Mentalist" are amazing.
(ex.Simon Baker, Robin Tunney , Tim Kang,
Owain Yeoman,
Amanda Righetti).Also great occasional actors such as: Jack Plotnick, Kevin Corrigan, Gregory Itzin, John Troy Donovan (aka CBI Ron :D ),

Malcolm McDowell,


Reed Diamond, Xander Berkeley, Emmanuelle Chriqui ( :P ).

-Personally, I learnt soooo much from the show.I didn't ever believe that a man could learn so much from a TV series, and I was absolutely wrong.Things I've learnt or appreciated after watching this show:
-Tea is cooler than I initialy thought. :P
-William Blake is an awesome poet.I've read all his poems.
-Classical music (and especially Bach0, rocks.
-Believe it or not, I've learnt a lot of things about human behaviour, lies, bluffs, tricks,cold reading, memory palace, Mentalist stuff.
-Criminals CAN be awesome.
-Cops are corrupted. (OK that's not a rule, but it applies at many situations)
-Violence is not the answer.
-People aren't always what they seem to be.
And many many more......

Hope you enjoyed.Don't stop posting on the site and remember that anyone can have his own opinion.(Wrong or wright it's an opinion)







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There are a million reasons why macalister is not red john.
My biggest red flag was his fear of dying.
I know that even crazy people crumble in the face of death not red john.

William blake was gnostic. If i could explain gnosticism at its core in one sentence it would be that man is god. And that there isnt a man with a beard in the sky that judges people.
Red john does not believe he wi be judged or go to hell.
Macalister was a pawn.

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I have finally cracked the code ! With help from a very brilliant woman from France ;)
This woman shower me things that were in plain sight the whole time, and wow when you go back an re watch some eps with a fresh perspective , its awesome !!
Spoiler alert !
I wont spoil too much for u bc that is just mean but just go and watch the high school reunion episode.
The clue is Derrick Logan.
I have clues for days to prove more but i am staarting slow with u.


The reason why the macalister reveal did NOT answer anyones questions is because SHERIFF is NOT RED JOHN!
When the real red john is revealed than there will be flashbacks. Flashbacks to the high school reunion ep, flashbacks to the barn, visualeyes connection. I know it all now!!! Not gonna lie it feels great too

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