I'm a big fan and i love mysteries .
but let's face the fact , we're not going to find out who red john is for at least 6 months . so forget about it .
and for the record i am confident that none of them knew who red john is in first three seasons or even more (even heller) or they change their story that is why you cant tell who red john is .
at first i thought it was patrick , then his father , then stiles and now whit this 7 suspects and clues no one
don't waste your time , i love you all.
This is not a theory but rather a set of questions and remarks from the latest episodes:
1- Have you all noticed how the physique of Bret Partridge changed over the seasons? in season one he looked odd and a bit geeky. In season five finale he looked more charismatic, handsome and...confident
2- Regarding PJ's sweet childhood memory. He said that no one knows about it. But I think someone does: His shrink. The one who treated him right after the death of his wife and daughter. When a psychologist treats someone, they usually ask the patient to talk about old memories and their childhood so it is very likely that Jane mentioned it during his treatment. So I think if PJ wants more clues as of who is RJ,he should go talk to his ex shrink.
3- It is weird how in the season finale he left the woman alone in the police car without any special security, knowing that RJ accomplices have suicidal tendencies.
4- It is weird how PJ broke the CD. I would have expected him to analyze it for two reasons:
- Lorelei was somehow in love with him and maybe she used a particular word or sentence that can be a clue as of who is RJ
- Technical analysis with zooming on the image and amplification of background sounds to try to find out where is this sort of warehouse located
5- Lisbon's hand scratch. Why is it mentioned on a season finale? is Lisbon somehow involved? I would rather think that she is involved in a different story, maybe a personal one, but not regarding Red John
6- Why didn't PJ immediately dismiss Bret Styles? He is now very famous and the head of visualize. So if the priest were to describe him (red barn), he wouldn't have said 'some kid', he would have referred to him as 'the now head of the cult who was just a member back then'.
7- Lorelei said she will have to die because she told PJ that she and RJ shook hands. BUT
:- How did RJ know that she told PJ?
- wouldnt it be more logical if she had to die because she was seeking revenge for her sister Miranda?
Please be easy on me and all your thoughts and comments are welcome:)
Gale bertram was the first person I suspected to be Red John. After the season 3 finale I changed my mind about Bertram being Red John, and suspected 20 other people based off random theories. Now that Bruno Heller has given us 7 names to choose from, Gale Bertram being red john makes the most sense. He does have a creepy vibe about him.
Anyways, watch this video if you want proof of gale bertram being RJ =)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12s2rFbX7SA
1) As we kolnow from Rosalind Harker, Red John is under 6 feet tall.
Bob Kirkland 5'9"
Gale Bertram 6'3"
Bret Stiles 5'8,5"
Sheriff McAllister 6'
Reede Smith 6'3"
Ray Haffner 6'1"
Brett Partridge 5'11"
So there are three left:
1) Bret Stiles
2) Bob Kirkland
3) Brett Partridge
2) In 5x18 Lennon knows Red John but doesn't know Bob Kirkland.
2 last suspects: Bret Stiles and Brett Partridge
Why I think it is Brett Partridge:
-) We know him since the first episode
-) Bruno Heller said we will be disappointed when we know RJ.
Wouldn't you be disappointed with such a jerk?
-) RJ cited William Blake's "Tyger, Tyger".
Now guess what the name of one of his paintings is:
A brace of PARTRIDGE
The list of 7 names was a clever red john trick. The list was obtained by Robert Kirkland's agents and using the same process as Jane, he narrowed it down to the same names. The list was not read by Lorelai, but by her twin sister is who actually not dead. Or lorelai is alive and it was her sister that was killed. Jane either already knows this, or will figure it out. After all, he expected red john's accomplices to raid his office and was pleased when learned they did. Whether he altered information in anticipation of this or not remains to be seen. If so, one name was left off the list which would be Red John.
I did the theory 3206. For me, Janes wife was cheating on him and perhaps his child was not his daughter after all. He goes crazy, killed them both and manage to create a new identity to blame for the crimes. But lets forget Patrick and focus on the 7 suspects. Reede Smith and Bob Kirkland came too late in the game (season 5) for being Red John. Sheriff Mcallister is almost unknown and the reveal of him being Red John will have zero dramatic impact. Gale Bertan? Just because of the tea? Because hes a fisherman? Because he knows Blake? Cmon, I knewn the Tyger poem before the Mentalist and thats not make me the killer. Only because he share some tastes with the killer doesnt make him Red John. Brett Partrige? He doesnt have the web of influences, the conections and the money to be Red John. My bet is on Bret Stiles. Hes the leader of a religious cult we know for a fact Red Jonh in conected. Thats concrete evidence. Ok, Haffner is also linked to Visualize, but Stiles is fricking Malcolm Mcdowell. The guy worked with Kubrick. Played one of the best villains of the history of the cinema. Heller himself said if we open a door and a mid range actor was playing Red John was going to be disapointing. So, with Malcolm Mcdowell at his disposal, he will make Diamond Reed Red John? Or Jack Partrige Plotnick? Just my two cents here. Stiles is Red John.
I do not believe that the real Red John was on the "Final 7" list. Jane obviously expected that his research was subject to compromise, else he would not have used the classic spy trick of placing an easily "invisible" item that, when displaced, would reveal unwanted visitors, into the door frame of his sanctum sanctorum. (Jane used a toothpick; Bond used a strand of hair in the original novel of Casino Royale.)
I believe that Jane mocked up a completely false--'though completely plausible--trail of clues for the express purpose that they would be compromised. This would be why Red John "knows" who the suspects are: they are precisely who Jane wants Red John to think he suspects. I also think Jane already knows who Red John is, but needs more hard evidence, or has at least narrowed his actual suspect list down far further than the seven on the "official" list.
Is the real Red John "accidentally" on the suspect list, in an attempt by Jane to force Red John to reveal himself definitively--and provable in a court of law as such--through some mistake? Likely. Is the real Red John deliberately NOT on the list, with Jane hoping to trap Red John as the latter stalks the "Final 7" (we already know Red John is not a fan of others getting the credit for his own work). Also likely.
Heller is right, regardless. We will be disappointed when we find out who Red John is, but not because we think Heller selected the least popular--or "best"-- suspect. We will be disappointed because there will be no more mystery. Jack the Ripper's infamy is entirely due to the fact that we never found out who he was nor why he did it. When Red John is revealed--and Heller will have to reveal it, as millions of fans will cry out for his blood if he does not, out of a demand for closure--the disappointment we will feel will be the absence of anticipation, because, let's be honest, we don't really want the mystery to end...just yet.
p.s. Has Red Sweater Guy (from the mall food court) been completely discredited yet? And did anyone else think he bore more than a passing resemblance to Kirkland (the man behind the attic break-in?) I'm just sayin'... (Although a bit too obvious, I think he's at best an acolyte, not the man himself. And if Jane named an actual disciple on the list, you know Red John would have to do something about that...)