I must admit this show is now a real bore.  I've always felt that Patrick Jane is Red John, some type of split personality slash bored physcopath that could hypnotize people into doing terrible acts to amuse himself.  Anyway, did anyone else notice at the end of "Orange Blossom Ice Cream" on the roof top scene that when they first show the table and chairs it is sitting on the outer ede of a Red Circle (you can only see a small part of it) the when the camera scans to watch Patrick and Lisbon looking at the fireworks the table and chairs is sitting dead center of the Red Circle and the Number 5 is under the table,  When you look at it the way the 5 is partially obscured it looks like Red Johns calling card may be winking.  Then when the camera flips around from behind the table and chairs is just sitting on regular floor with no Red Circle or 5 to be seen anywhere.  If this show makes it to the end without getting canceled I think who Red John is will be totally left in doubt.  Any input on any of this???

Correction to my last post, I meant episode 4*.

Episode 5 was pathetic. It's literally an embarrassment to the entire series. This show isn't worth 45 minutes of air time anymore, just cancel it now...

So, here is a quick theory. RJ is alive and PJ knows that RJ is alive. So now that you have clicked implausible, let me explain.

- RJ wants PJ to love Lisbon. He want them to be together, maybe he wants to kill another woman that PJ loves, maybe for other reasons, I don't know. He forces PJ to confess his feelings by using Marcus Pike, He sends Pike again to challenge Jane with the "what could you offer her?" act. The chick in lebanon tells Jane that his relation with Lisbon isn't real love. Seems to me that someone wants to make sure that Jane loves Lisbon.

- Why did Jane ask Lisbon at the end of the black market episode to leave the FBI, even though he certainly knows that she loves her job? One explanation is that he knows that RJ is alive, and actually knows what his goal is.

- Red everywhere: red shirt, red dragon in the logo of a classic car, red helipad labels (with a dining table in the middle), and many more objects. Also, color changing gems, with color-changed episodes. Why name the episode "black market" when it could have been easily named "pink diamond"?

- PJ spacing out sometimes when he is alone, like he is thinking about something. He sits there on his couch, thinking, especially before confessing to Lisbon.

I don't know, seems to me like some of the ingredients for a decent plot. However, don't get your hopes up, after all, it is a show by Bruno Heller that we are talking about.