I think that Patrick made that video with Lorelei. There were a few things that were a little off about it:
-The absence of Red John in the video. Lorelei read the whole note herself. Red John did not hand her the note, she picked it up herself. The camera seems to be set up (not being held by anyone). It seems like Patrick has set it up so that he leaves no evidence that it was him making the video.
--why did Lorelei have to read Red John's words? wouldn't it be much more powerful if Red John read them himself? wouldn't he want to scare Patrick a little bit by being in the video (and wouldn't it have made for a WAYYY better episode if the fans got to SEE Red John on the video!!?)
-The destroying of the CD. After watching the video with Lisbon, he destroys the CD in disgust like he's baffled and frustrated by it....but REALLY, he destroyed the CD to get rid of any evidence that would link the CD to himself making it. (and it was easy to pretend like he destroyed it out of anger and frustration in front of Lisbon)
-This one has been brought up by a lot of people: The foster home lady being let go in the back of a police car with no other supervision, no more questions, no sense of urgency....Whenever there is somebody linked to Red John, Patrick is OBSESSED with talking to them and finding out EVERYTHING that he can from them to get closer to Red John. With this lady, there was none of that. No sense of urgency, not a lot of questioning, no follow-up...the only tricky part is that they showed her swallowing a pill at the end....If she was a part of Patrick's plan, why would she kill herself? Maybe she didn't kill herself...they didn't show anything after she swallowed the pill, so who knows...
-All of the "reaching into Patrick's mind" stuff is a little strange. I don't know how Red John could have had the exact 7 names (there are some possibilities), but it makes me think that it was really just Patrick giving the names to Lorelei to read...
There are, however, a few flaws and holes in this theory of mine:
-How would Patrick know that Red John is going to kill a happy memory of his? Did Patrick use the assistance of some of his carnival friends to pull this off? Maybe that woman who died had NOTHING to do with Patrick's past, but he used it as a ruse to fool Lisbon and everybody into thinking that Red John was one step ahead of him and in his head.
-If Patrick made the tape with Lorelei, then why is she dead and why did Patrick say that she had it coming to her? Maybe after they made the tape, she still felt compelled to go kill RJ? Who knows...
Personally, like many of you, I was pretty upset with the Finale...We didn't see Red John at all, or hear his voice, it was just finding out the 7 names...Nothing else was exciting about it, or gave us much new information...They tried to make it interesting with the "Reading Patrick's mind" stuff, but that just confused everybody.
Hopefully the way that they explain everything next season will be exciting and informative, but I was pretty disappointed with season 5 overall. From the stories, to the 2 or 3 week breaks in between new episodes, to the lack of Red John...I just didn't like season 5 as much...
When does season 6 start?
