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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LOL I might just be in denial but there's no way the Red John story is over.  The Mentalist up until the 7th episode of the 6th season has been some of the smartest and most entertaining television on network T.V. . . . but nothing since Jane's house exploding has made any sense!!!   Before the explosion why cut away?  why not show what happened in the house with the gunshot?   the Bertram is Red John fake out again ???  episode 8 was such a farce    the sheer stupidity of this episode compared to any other episode in the series is what makes me believe Jane has been in a coma since the explosion    the way Bertram dies ??? Heyyy?  PATRICK JANE HIDING A PIGEON IN HIS SUIT JACKET POCKET......THROWING IT AT RED JOHN(WHO HAS A GUN)........go back and watch that scene where McAllister is trying to swat away that pigeon and tell me this isn't an explosion fueled coma nightmare........THEN MCALLISTER GETS SHOT BY A GUN JANE STASHED............they search Jane but not the church?.......JANE TURNS INTO AN ASSASSIN AND KILLS CORDERO .......picked him off pretty good for someone who doesn't like guns......BUT THE MENTALIST HIMSELF PATRICK JANE CAN'T TELL THE CRAZY BITCH SLOWLY COMING UP THE AISLE IS A RJ FOLLOWER ?? .............that was Red John"s backup plan? a middle aged crazy lady with a box cutter....ya , in case the police detective with the silencer gets killed McAllister's back up plan is this lady and he acts like he's not Red John A HELPLESS AND SHOT MCALLISTER GETS UP AND HAS A FOOT RACE WITH JANE .....CALLS 911 !!!!!  BLINKS SORRY!!! JANE CHOKES HIM TO DEATH WITH HIS BARE HANDS!!!     THEN THE SHOW TIME WARPS TWO YEARS......                                                                                                                   I always hoped Red John was someone not on the list from Jane's carnie past with strong ties to Visulize.....or Red John was a group of serial killers ....or Jane was Red John,,,,,whatever.......up until season 6 I was sure it was Partridge but when he was killed I thought either it's a fake death or he wasn't RJ and really was dead    and if he's dead who could it be?   i then thought Kirkland or Stiles would make the best Red John  --the actors who would give the best performance and that is what would make them too obvious   so I thought it would logically be Haffner(Red Barn episode)  they already did the Bertrum is Red John fake out in Peaches n Cream  and who gives a flyin fuck bout Reede and Mcallister cause they were only in one episode each and never mentioned again till the List of 7            THIS IS ALL TIMOTHY CARTER AGAIN JUST TAKEN TO A HIGHER LEVEL         if it wasn't for the Heller and Baker interviews before episode 8 and this site and I watched it without spoilers I would have never believed McAllister was RJ     season 6 should end with the reveal of the real Red John and the end of the 7th and final season should end with the death of Red John                there's still plenty of time left in the season for Red John to pop up and when he does the hardcore fans who had given up are back on board and the new fans will want to go back and watch every ep from the series          the Mentalist has enough episodes to make it into syndication doing all this now doesn't make sense      i have faith Heller has some master plan          i won't judge or condemn until the end of the season because..

......THE SEASON 6 FINALE CLIFFHANGER WILL BE RED JOHN IS STILL ALIVE AND EVERBODY WILL GO FUCKIN NUTS        AGREE?                                                                                                                                      

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To Stoopkid

If Rigsby is RJ please answer the following points.

How can he be RJ, who was hiding in the farm behind the door + running away when Rigsby is in a car with Cho speeding towards the farm to rescue Jane.

How in the season 4 finale did RJ talk to Jane if it was Rigsby ? Rigsby is in handcuffs with the rest of the team being guarded by the FBI. And no the message was not recorded as RJ responded to what Jane said.

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Re: end of S6:e11

I guess PJ knew his detention room wasn't being bugged...else he took a big risk spilling the beans to Lisbon on how he tricked the FBI to get the contract he wanted. Beginning of S6:11 has PJ in an FBI room listening to the playback of his convo with Lisbon... After it finishes, PJ says for the first time in the series "D'oh!"

Anyway, big fan of the show... S6:e08 is a let down... unless of course it was a mis-direction...

Love reading different theories.... very clever... hopefully one of them is true!

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Okay, 2 weeks ago all the theories were about Partridge being Red John. I don't go this website for 1 week to study for my finals and now suddenly every theory is about Rigsby being Red John.  Did I miss something?

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For the list of seven, I think this is totally bullshit to give some thrills to viewers.

During season five, Jane burned every time all the files while he was tracking down Red John identity to minimize the risk of being spy/stolen.

The names spelled by Lorelei match perfectly with those on little pictures, except last and first names are reverse (Bob Kirkland, Kirkland Bob, etc).
We saw only Lisbon watched it.

During the video reading :
Lorelei says quite a few names as if the number weren't exactly known.
She gives some time to the viewer to grab the names...ok guys, Don't you think jane and his memory palace(my ass) couldn't memories seven little names ?

My first thought was this is impossible while almost everyone else thought it was kirkland (-_-).

Then the most logical way I could think of was about a computer trick hidden in the cd. As a young developer, myself, I think it could be possible to do it even if it would require very high skills, time, and luck.
- high skills : a client trojan virus cross-platform placed in the disk infecting the laptot which could hack cam, microphone, real-time internet sniffing, installing a picture to text analyst software.
- time : Red John needed time to hold Lorelei and make her record several samples of her voice, and then patch the all thing together whenever he needed to, then uploading it to the laptop throught the trojan's help.
- luck : yeah luck, all this plan needed luck, the presence of the pictures during the video reading. the fact that they didn't give the disk to scientific to extract some finger prints or data-mining analysis throught Van Pelt.

I know I sound crazy, but we are in a show, they do everytime a lot of IT stuff quickly while pressing keyboard randomly which could take several hours to the greatest hacker of the planet. Using IP addresses like 3526.784.0.1 and 555 - XXX phone numbers ...
So we could explain the list of seven merging these two elements (improbable high skill + show environment) and the fact He has twice hacked into the CBI computers without being detected and sets up phony companies and bank accounts to keep his identity a secret.

This is my creepy way, and it is better than the psychic explanation. If Red John was truly psychic he would have bring a Goshawk with him and registered the 911 number in his phone...

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Some things about Wayne Rigsby are suspicious.
When Jane told him to not trust anyone in law enforcement, he straightly understood, usually he plays bad at acting.
How did he knew about the cemetery.
Why did he throw the information to Abbot so quickly.
When he tried to seduce women on the Internet he only chose red ones.
He said to Kimball he will find a woman for him.
Every bit of information from wikis we got are only related to Relationships with Van Pelt(as if every one just care enough to see him bang her).

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It's funny how, before the Red John reveal, I would be watching The Mentalist and whenever someone interrupted, I would RAGE. I would be irritated at the littlest things (my brother tapping his pencil on the desk, slurping a drink until it's completely finished, etc.).  I used to concentrate on this show like no other.

Now, I'm being distracted by flies, things outside of the window, and, one time, I literally stared at a gum wrapper for 20 minutes, not realizing that I had completely spaced out while watching the show. It's ridiculous. I actually haven't seen Sunday's episode yet because I had forgotten about the show. How can The Mentalist transition from being so well-written, captivating, and amusing to almost repelling? I don't understand the thought process behind the RJ reveal (maybe there was none, or maybe there is something grand that awaits us). Regardless, the show is going down the shitter, at least for me. Obviously everyone has their own opinion of it, but if a majority of viewers are suddenly becoming disinterested in the show, that's a blatant sign that the writers fucked up, badly.

Oh well, I still enjoy people writing theories (regardless of if they'll come true in the future or not); at least you all have hope for the show. I lost it a while ago, and I'm wondering if it'll ever return for me.

Until then, Sherlock it is! Great show if you haven't seen it; watch it NOW! I wish I could say the same about The Mentalist, but then I would be lying, at least for everything including and past the horrendous RJ reveal.


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