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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Remember there was a post about a picture frame clue?
The guy kept posting about it and i finally found it...

With Lorelie's mom Lisbon looks at the picture of Lorelie's step father .
Funny thing is her stepfather was the guy at the bar with Jane in Mexico!!
Wtf!!!!!

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24 Hours with Sheriff McAllister.

Today our crew will follow Sheriff McAllister to give our viewers a gimps of his daily routine.

4:20 His alarm clock goes off.
Sheriff puts his pants on, one leg at the time, and I bet he is going to brush his teeth next. 
No. He won't brush his teeth. Of course not. The last thing you want when you arrest a criminal telling straight to his face: "BUSTED!" is to swoosh his face with a minty breeze. You don't want that.

4:30 McAllister's phone ring.
We can't hear what's said from the other end of the phone, but we can focus on Sheriff's replies. Hopefully, that will be enough to clue us in to their conversation.

McAllister: "You? What do you want? You want me to pretend I'm you? All day? Where? OK get back to me on the exact place and time.... I'll leave right now... Yes, I have a question for you. What if I fall out of the character? You can do that? You can hypnotize me over the phone, so I'll stay in character? OK that should work, but before you do that let me just say. If I do this for you, we are square, right? With this my debt is paid in full."

-That was strange. Did we hear it right; you agreed to play a character, and who were you talking to, Sheriff?

McAllister: "Uhm... yes... I'm part of a Guerrilla Theater... and that was... uhm... that was my... my manager. Today's performance will be in Sacramento. So buckle up boys. We are taking a field trip"

4:45 McAllister practices his performance by watching a movie on the TV. It's one of those films based on funny books. You know... the one with the masked vigilante. McAllister is turning on the volume. Let's hear it... the clown from behind the screen says: " I'M BATMAN" and the clown infront of the screen... I meant Sheriff McAllister replies with a smirk in his voice: "thpt... and I'M RED JOHN"

- I think we know who the Sheriff is going to impersonate. For those who don't know who Red John is a brief background from wiki: " Red John is a serial killer, he's believed to have begun his killing spree in 1998, and has, with his operatives and acolytes, killed more than 50 people in California, Nevada, and Mexico, throughout his murder spree."

5:00 We are in Sheriff's car leaving Napa.

6:30 We arrived to Sacramento. We are sitting in the car, waiting.

7:00 We are still waiting... wait the phone rings. The Sheriff answers.
McAllister: "Alexandria Cemetery. Don't worry I got your text with all the info. I'll be there."

7:45 Chapel at the Alexandria Cemetery. McAllister walks in. From what we can gather, the performance already started. One man is on the floor one is sent out by the Sheriff, so our guess would be that the guy in the front row is the unsuspecting audience.

7:47 Sheriff walks up and takes the stage. He starts with a spot on Pee-wee Herman impersonation. The audience is not very impressed. Tough crowed. This guy is something. He still does not realize he's been played. Wonder if he ever will. He stares like a donkey in the fog

7:50 The sole audience finally decides to participate and pulls out something from his pocket, He hands it over to the Sheriff. Watch out McAllister, he might be part of the show and the joke might be on you. Hey... Watch Out!... He is reaching for his pocket... He has a knife... No, he has a gun... Oh NO, Oh NOOO he has a KILLER PIGEON. This guy is good. He must be a magician. Sheriff whatever you do, don't look the bird in the eyes! Damn, too late. He already did... Now he is probably seeing a dinosaur. Yep, judging by his reaction it's T-Rex.

7:51 The magician in the cheap suit goes for the hidden gun and shoots the good Sheriff. WOW. The event turned upside down. The guy McAllister sent out runs in and... he takes one from the magician, as well.

7:53 I told you the magician is part of the show. Now, it's him giving the lecture.

7:55 A female performer walks in. The question is what were her instructions? Is she on the Sheriff's payroll or not? Thank God she's on McAllisters side. Alright, now McAllister stands up while the woman fights his fight. Surely, McAllister will show him who's the boss, after she's done with him.
No. He won't show him nothing. At least not right now... Change of tactics. The Sheriff inconspicuously leaves the scene... obviously, trying to remove the magician from his comfort zone... Good thinking.

7:58 Yeah, the cemetery is good.
No the cemetery is not good. Sheriff want him out further.

8:02 Sheriff runs through the glass door... Evidently still under the influence of that Killer Pigeons gaze... or that window was spotlessly cleaned with Windex. *product placement*

8:03 Sheriff is still searching for the higher ground. A School Bus full of children... That's good. 
No. The School Bus is not good.

8:10 Sheriff McAllister's plan to tire out the magician is working. The guy is slowing down. Kudos to Sheriff for staying ahead of his pursuer for as long as he did, even wounded. The magician could use some lessons in tracking though.

8:20 McAllister reaches the Park. Yes, right under that tree... by the pond. That is where the Sheriff  takes his stand. But wait...why is he laying on the ground? CUT... CUT... I said CUT !!!!...

- I have to call the studio. Hi Boss. Yeah I'm not sure if you want me to continue the broadcast. Well... the magician is on top of the Sheriff and at this point I'm not sure if they are going to engage in a public sex or fight each other. It can go either way... Oh wait, never mind, We are back on the air... The Sheriff is going to stare the sh*t out of the magician.

8:25 The magician lost. He broke the staring contest and is now on the run. Yeah, run you cheap carny swindler and take your pathetic act with you. The good Sheriff won.

- OK Sheriff you can get up now. You won. He lost. He run away... Sheriff... Sheriff???
Cameraman: "I think his dead"
Host: "What? Was this for real? No way, it sure looked fake. Oh well, in that case there is only one thing to do- Thanks everyone for watching the 24 hours... ahem.. a partial day with Sheriff McAllister, and what a Glorious Day it was. CUT... I don't get it."
Cameraman: "What's that?"
Host: "Why haven't the Sheriff run to his car from the Chapel to flee from the murderer?"
Cameraman: "Beats me. He even left the car running when we got out."
Host: "He did? Oh?... OH!... Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"
Cameraman/Host: (in high five) JOYRIDE !

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I know the first thing I'll be looking for in S7x1 is pj's ring finger.if he's still wearing it, then he's not convinced that his revenge is fulfilled.

Stiles said to his cult that he was leaving for a while and he would return. How's a 3 year vacation sound......

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Jane: "Can I show you something?"

RJ:"Yes please, I love gifts and I have no reason to doubt you. It has been only 11 years that you have wanted to kill me"



..I have defended this show for 6 years. I cannot do it anymore. 

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Welp, I admire the faithful who think something will eventually make sense on this show, BUT I also understand those who think that The Mentalist is never going back to RJ, it's done.  We've been told the latter, yet we've also been teased about the former.


Regardless of which category you're in [for me, it's somewhere in the middle], I think everyone can agree that almost nothing logical happened in Season 6  [or last half of Season 5 while we're at it].  We had:



DIALOGUE SO CONFUSING: it's been like trying to decode a secret language where the cipher is another secret language [in pig latin]



PLOT HOLES SO GAPING:
 the finale should have been called "The Black Hole" [which is a "star" that has died and yielded to the laws of gravity]




CHARACTERS SO FOREIGN:
to their original form [and without an authentic arc], the only explanation is that an ALIEN came down and infected everyone  -- I vote for Erica Flynn as the alien [she did kiss Jane, and far better than Lisbon]



AND, also worth MENTIONING…..the complete, total and utter…



GENRE CONFUSION
:  Yes folks, The Mentalist has IT ALL....turns out it's a Romantic Procedural Crime Dramedy full of Blood, Slapstick and Farce, with a few carnival people thrown in -- also particularly good if you're nursing a predilection for pigeonomania and/or the Second Coming.  Seems like all that's missing from this show is a creepy banjo player. ****




BUT COME SEPTEMBER....
 


Will Jibson's love survive?  Or will Patrick Jane fly into outer space in his secret RV spaceship [when it is revealed that Red John is living on the planet Mongo!]


WE MUST ALL TUNE IN to find out!!!  


****  This website is proving far more entertaining than the show it was created for.

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How I wish this scene turn out to be the climax of the two amazing arcs of The Mentalist: THE RED JOHN ARC & THE JISBON ARC--( of course, I wanna end it without the corny stuff)

    After all the EXPLANATIONS, after FILLING all the PLOT HOLES-- etc,etc,-- which is a whole bunch of mess for us,
    ....and after WRAPPING UP all the Visualize craziness, Lorelie stuff and other character's mystery deaths:

Red John (whoever character they revealed to us, but I wish it's Haffner), abducted Teresa Lisbon,took her with all easyness. After all, she is the only thing that's left to fulfill.

Crystal-clearly, Lisbon is seeing Red John as Patrick Jane, hugging him so tightly.

Jane struggle making his way to the Red Visualize Farm. Red John had took her. He's not gonna take it, living without her. He will save her, and will kill Red John.


And surely they were both ready for their final showdown.

Lisbon feels safe as long as Jane (but Red JOhn for real) is on her side. RJ (Patrick Jane for real), go out for a while and she's very sure he is coming back to kill them two.

    Jane finally arrive at the barn, and he sees Lisbon holding RJ's hand. Lisbon's so shocked to see him, as shocked as him (Jane really thought Lisbon took the evil's side)



*note: Lisbon sees the real Jane as Red John, and the real Red John as Jane.


Jane: Lisbon..
Lisbon: Ray, stop it!
Jane:No, I'm not Haffner! I'm Jane, Lisbon.
RJ (pretending to be Jane): You son of a bitch!Stop hypotizing Teresa!

Jane: I AM Jane! Lisbon, I knew it, Red John has hypnotized you. You're seeing me as RJ and him as me!
Lisbon: Well it's funny! That's exactly what he- (points Red John) -Jane had warned me about how you're going to make me believe you're the REAL Jane!
Jane: Oh come on! Teresa you know me.(narrates all their happy times together)
Lisbon: How did.. you know all that? I'm confused with you two. Look, I'm sure you have a lot of resources and that you're an expert in surveillance. That's the reason why..
RJ: Lisbon, I AM Jane, and I'll make you believe me. (narrates how they first met, their funny moments at the CBI, etc)

    Jane (the real one) was so silent that time.He felt nothing but hopelessness. He feels so aggravated and weak. And at last, he was now angry.That's the last thing that he felt (despite the situation).And there's the need to attack.

    Jane and Red John fight and fight and fight ( just like bunch of teenagers on a fist-fight).To make the story short, RJ was letting Jane take the upper hand & that make Lisbon angry as she thought the real Jane was losing the fight.

    Lisbon grab the gun on the floor which is left by Jane(that she's seeing as Red John), and directly points it at Jane.

Jane: Lisbon!

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Till the next time! ;)

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I had a dream last night that I was watching a new Mentlaist episode.  There was a time jump.  Robin Tunney had unceremoniously been replaced by Alexis Biedel.  ::shudders::   She and Jane were travelling around the country in the air stream fighting crime.  

The new baddie was played by Steve Carrell.  

It was a nightmare, though not entirely unentertaining.   

So I guess my subconscious accuses Steve Carrell of being Red John.


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