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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The chase between Red John & Patrick Jane despite being fictional, is regarded as the best I've witnessed. Obsession is a good word that would describe the mentalist for me. I would like to pass some simple observations regarding Red John. I strongly believe RJ is somehow related to PJ. He saved him from murder. He wants PJ to stay in the pursue and he wants to only be caught by PJ. Red John cares about Jane. Red John is a right handed skilled shooter, possibly trained by an agency(How he shot those who were trying to murder PJ in season 2 finale). Red John has an artistic/magical type of character. Killing PJ is too easy for him, he just loves playing at a mind level and is fond of Patrick in that sense. Something I also recognized, Red John never calls PJ by his family name but always by his first name. Probably  they know each other for a long time now? I believe that Kirkland is a good guy that also wants to catch Red John. Kirkland upon his first exposure in the mentalist, wanted to stay in the loop for RJ information. Then he wanted lisbon to back off from the Volker case. I think he is like Jane in the sense that he wants to catch RJ and sees him as a challenge.Of course that is just my humble opinion. The writers have made the mentalist an environment for many many suspect able to be RJ and I think that we won't get any closer to RJ unless the very end now that The Mentalist has been renewed for a 6th season.

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in strawberrys & cream pt 2 Jane sees red john and he is not a suspect listed!!

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I'll try this one more time under another email

"He is ma"

"He is MANY."

Lately we have seen Betram working with an FBI guy who is part of Visualize. It would make sense that RJ isn't one person but many people. This would a) make him/them hard to pin down b) with so many inner connections they could always be one step ahead c) they might even think someone else in their group is RJ and they just work in unison to ensure no one gets close d) when one of them gets too close to losing it, they get offed and e) they can keep their enemies..like Jane..close. Jane has a list of suspects. Maybe the whole list is RJ. It is one big group trying to keep the peace but getting rid of those who threaten their way.

He is MANY!

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Theory #2003 • By a_sleuth
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Tolman Bunting people:

 has the computer know how and contacts to crack the cbi network.

he likes games./puzzles, is super intelligent, and a kind of nemesis for PJ. 

slim, dark hair, 6ft ish.


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Theory #2015 • By Smokey McPot
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I believe it is Robert Strickland of homeland security. Why because of Occam's razor.

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Kirkland probably knows who is rj because he did not ask Lennon about him.
As rj is higher up in the system, Kirkland cant do anything to bring him down..
he might have killed Lennon because if he would have lived he would have gone to jail and rj might have freed him like he freed Martins.Kirkland ,i think, is on the good side ,he could just be saving pj by not letting him know who is rj,as pj would kill him as soon as he knows rj's identity.

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Theory #2013 • By Alice_Marie
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I think Kirkland is RJ. After the last episode's ending, and his obvious need to find out everything that PJ knows about RJ, I would conclude that he is either working with or for RJ, or is RJ. Being in Homeland Security, he's not only close to PJ and the entire team, but also has a lot of connections. And the RJ smiley face from the episode the Red Barn could have been from him as a kid, or more likely, the original RJ is or was his mentor. RJ has to have someone to carry the torch when he's gone, right? And, if not, it's a well-known fact that he does have accomplices.

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