Red John is Reede Smith.
He is the least likely suspect on the list and we know how to expect the unexpected on The Mentalist.
Also the play on the names Reede Smith and Red John.
Reede is derived from "Reed" which means "Red"
Smith/John is a generic name sometimes representing "everyman" or "the average person."
Why would a guy who only acted in 1 episode and have a 10-15 min role be on Janes 7 main suspects list unless..
Just a thought...
Don't you think Brett is TOO obvious? I know Bruno Heller has said stuff but I wouldn't be surprised if RJ is not even on his list, as Jane was happy when they broke into his house.
If the list is legit then the safe bet is Brett with all the videos, pics, and audio from the actual show appointing him. If the writers want a twist, I guess they'll go after someone we don't expect, like Bertram. I know he doesn't have short hair, but Heller said some of the clues are fake. This clue rules out only him. He also drinks tea, is familiarized with the Tyger Tyger poem, calls Patrick 'boy wonder' in an episode, appeared in a season 3 episode (Heller said RJ appeared before season 3).
What doesn't fit is the smiley face on the farm, which is said to have been painted by a child. This clue leaves out all grown ups from the list. Help me here. This theory is based on the writers not being idiots.
Okay i am almost certain Brett Partridge is Red John.
Simple Explanation: The poem Red John refers to is "The Tyger" by William Blake. Bruno Heller is a screenwriter so will use his mind and set everything out perfectly. William Blake was famous for drawing Partridges. Brett Partridge.
Okay: Detailed Explanation:
Red John 7 List of Suspects:
Bret Stiles
Gale Bertram
Ray Haffner
Reede Smith
Robert Kirkland
Sheriff Thomas McAllister
Brett Partridge
Red John Clues:
Red John is most likely a man
He appears to be a Caucasian, and is a white person as described by Haley
Red John has an average height: Rosalind described him as "just under 6 feet tall"
Red John has short straight hair (as described by Rosalind Harker)
Red John either has or puts on an odd, high pitched and soft voice
Red John should be older than 30 years (since his murders date back to the 90's)
Red John has a short straight hair, that means that Gale Bertram is not red john.He does not have short straight hair.
Red John has an average height, he should be just under 6 feet tall. Ray Haffner and Reede Smith is too tall. Haffner is 6ft1 and Reede Smith is 6ft2.
Now we are left with Stiles,Kirkland,McAllister and Partridge.
Red John has odd, high pitched and soft voice. Brett Stiles and Sheriff McAllister doesnt have soft voice.
With proven facts,we are left with Brett Partridge and Robert Kirkland.
Robert Kirkland would be too obvious to be Red John as he was introduced in Season 5 and was a red hearring. Bruno Heller also states we may of seen Red John before Season 3. Brett Partridge has been there since the beginning.
I think Brett Partridge is RJ but I don't
think 'Brett' is his real name. I'm thinking he changed his name and
chose 'Brett' due to a connection with Visualise - either simply in
homage to Stiles or because he is Brett Stiles's son. The surname -
Partridge - could be a reference to the painting 'A Brace of Partridge'
by William Blake (who also wrote Tyger, Tyger)
Red John is Brett Partridge, see for yourself .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7rjXOkCxUUw
http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/05/06/mentalist-finale-season-6-red-john-list/
I invite you all to check out this article of a convo with Bruno Heller. I guess he could be LYING to us, but I'd like to think he's not.
According to Heller:
Red John IS one of the seven people on the list.
Red John is NOT Jane.
Roselind Harker (the blind young woman who knows Roy Tagliaferro AKA Red John) has described him as being of average height (just under 6') with short, straight hair. He is neither strong nor weak in muscular build. He also has rough, calloused hands.
Combine that with a deleted scene in Season 1 (if that can be trusted) where Jane tells the others that RJ probably has brown hair and perhaps blue eyes and it narrows down the list by quite a bit.
Seems to me the only one's left are Robert Kirkland and Brett Partridge.
Both are around Jane's height of about 5' 11" (just under 6'). Both lean in build with short brown hair.
Kirkland is almost too obvious. They are really pushing his whole bad guy persona a little much this past season. Plus, in another earlier interview with Bruno Heller, he mentioned that RJ has been a sort of Where's Waldo in scenes all the way from the very first season. Kirkland is relatively new.
If Jane is to be believed, the only one with blue eyes and every other aspect would be Partridge from what I can see. He seems obsessed with the Red John cases. Killers love to put themselves right in the middle of their own investigations- being in forensics would certainly help that. He bugs Jane - another win for RJ there. Plus - he's just downright creepy.
Honestly, I'm kinda disappointed that Jane's father isn't on the list. I know, he's probably too old to be RJ and he hasn't been shown shaking Jane's hand in any episode ( if he even would), but THAT would make for interesting TV drama. Plus, he'd be more apt to know all of Jane's thoughts and actions.
But, in lieu of this new information. I'll have to go with Brett.
Bruno could easily be manipulating us with false info and clues so we can't trust that RJ is on the list. They've done it before with the waldo clue but nobody on the List has been in the background so it was obviously just a throw off. If red john is on the list the character has to have this criteria to match red john.
RED JOHN:
1.has to be younger than 50. 25 years earlier on the farm he wouldn't be considered a kid even by an old man if he was older than 25/26.
2. Can't be leader of visualize in '88 because he was young and working on the farm.
3. Kills with knives meaning sexual repression or impotence with women he kills. Probably isn't married because this would make killing difficult and wouldn't fit the profile.
4. Has to money for resources.
5. Narccicstic
6. Psychic?
7. Manipulation skills
8. Mixed feeling for Jane
The following are eliminated because of the above profile and RJ info we know:
Bret stiles- 69-70, leader of visualize, too old, married?
Bob Kirkland- 43-44, stole Janes info after RJ already had it. He's wants his own revenge on rj.
Seeds Smith- 37, appeared only once, let's face it he's just fodder.
Sheriff McAllister- 57-58, not enough money, too old.
The remaining might be RJ but there's also evidence for the contrary:
Gale bertram- FOR: AGAINST:
CBI director. 50-51
Weird vibe. Married
Fishes. Not "psychic"
Doesn't like Jane Works with Kirkland. See above reasoning.
Brett Partridge - FOR: AGAINST:
Forensics expert. No psychic ability
Mocks psychics. Money?
Mixed feelings 4 Jane. No way of knowing James list/ memories
Quotes Moby dick. Wrong about every crime scene. ( could be an act )
Not married. Could he manipulate and charm his followers
Ray Haffner - FOR: AGAINST:
FBI, CBI, PI, and visualize. Not psychic that we know of
Expert in taps/ surveillance how could he know James list
45-46 what's his problem with women/ why kill?
Info on elliston farm. A little too obvious.
Former football player? Married? Hasn't appeared before season 4.
All three could be red John but I believe RJ is really Kristina Frye and they are just fooling us and leading us on like RJ is Jane. We have to be mentalists and see threw their smoke and mirrors. She's the only one that fits all the criteria and psychological profile plus she's psychic and talked to James wife who could know Patrick's happy memories as they both worked In the carnival. Who cares if she's a woman RJ followers could easily be lying. Its not like they haven't done worst. And who says Harker Rosalind was actually with RJ. Roy could just be RJ's helper to do the dirty work or be the "face" of RJ so Kristina doesn't get caught so easy. Why else would she be the only one RJ didn't kill? Especially since Jane liked her. When they met they weren't friends at first because Jane mocked her psychic abilities and didn't want to work with her. She might also kill women to assert dominance over them as women are very competetive or she's bisexual and stabs girls as a way to penetrate them and gain sexual gratification from it because she doesn't have a penis to do so. This is my theory hope you like it.