First off, there is absolutely no possible, plausible scenario in which Patrick Jane is Red John,,,The show would have absolutely no purpose meaning and also no more viewers if this were true.  Anyone who feels differently should immediatley check into a mental institution themselves because you are a moron or crazy....]

NOW,  Many people including myself previously have chosen Brett Partridge as the candidate for RJ..due to his physical characteristics, occupation and overal demeanor and attitude towards Jane..
 The more i think about this the more wrong i realize it is.
A) This is way to obvious of a choice, and we all know how Heller is when it comes to obvious suspects.
B) HIs occupation is actually more of a reason why he ISNT red john, there is no way a forensic tech could have a network of powerful friends and avoid co workers and bosses suspicions of being a serial killer
C) He buts heads with Jane costantly at crime scenes, the real Red John never would show his resentment for Jane in his real identity


With Partridge out the only suspect I could really put together as Red John is GALE BERTRAM

A) Season 3 finale strawberrys n Cream dropped plenty of subtle hints towards this, the phone call right after jane left his office with news of high towers location (probalbly a call to olaughlin or the assassin)
Also, he just happens to leave the mall as TImothy Carter shows up

B) The way he meets with Kirkland and Lisbon in his office in season 5 and says WE CANT TRUST ANYONE, this is basically a dead giveway that he is atleast involved with Red John

C) The way Jane says he got a bad vibe from him in the Season 3 opener

There are plenty of other clues and hints throughout seasons 3-5 and im sure there will be more in 6...I could be wrong but im about 85% sure im right on this one,, as long as people stop accusing Jane of being Red John I WILL BE HAPPY!!!

[wiki-quote]Self-realization
is a maturing of the ego or personality to accept its own evanescence and thus
allow space for the true Self to reveal itself[/wiki-quote]

 



The whole
RJ phenomenon is surrounded by Visualize, since he is the perfect example of
someone who found his true self and lives by it. Since RJ obviously still is a
Visualize member he's being aided and protected by the cult. Bret Stiles and RJ
might even have a master/apprentice relationship, with Brett Stiles being the
master and RJ the apprentice. Brett
Partridge seems to fit the role of RJ perfectly. His posture and voice
resembles RJ 's appearance in the season two finale `Red Sky in the Morning`.
Brett has a job that feeds his obsession and after hours he gives in to his
true self.

 


The thing
is... 5 out of the 7 suspects (sorry hardly any info on the Sheriff and Reed
Smith) all individually have some of the ingredients of the RJ soup, but none
of them have the complete set. The Bret/Brett combo tastes like great RJ soup
to me.

 



And on a
side note:

 


Kirkland
was able to figure out the 7 potential suspects on PJ lists (after copying all
the info in Jane's room) and fed the information to Brett Stiles or RJ himself.

 

Kirkland
question for the accomplice (before he kills him) 'Do you remember my face?' is
possibly to verify if he recognises him a as fellow Visualize member. If he
would have answered by saying "Yes" then Kirkland would probably have
said something like "Then you know what needs to be done.".

 



RJ was able
to kill Jane's happy memory, because he knew about this dream. This information
could have been retrieved in possibly two ways: 1. During Jane's dark times in
the asylum, where the shrink possible performed some regression therapy on Jane
with `the happy childhood moment` being the cliché question. The info could be
passed to Visualize in many ways. Accomplices inside the asylum or by Ray
Haffner being the expert in wiretaps and creative surveillance techniques... Or
2. During Jane's time at the Visualize centre where he fell `asleep` and
meanwhile was being robbed of his memories. 



One thing
I'm 100% certain of..... I can't wait for season 6 to start! ;)

 

 

 

 

Well this has been going through my mind a couple times since I saw the finale. I was thinking that maybe Patrick knows exactly who Red John is now and wants to drag him out slowly. I say this because when Kirkland stole Patrick's info and Patrick found the toothpick, I think he knew he tricked whoever was stealing his info by giving them false info. Now here's why I think Patrick knows exactly who RJ is now. Somehow Patrick tricked RJ and gave him a list to come up with from the board, but only of six people, and Patrick knows as the cocky person Red John is he'd feel compelled to put his own name on the list. So maybe Patrick knows who he is, because the one person on the list that he didn't trick him to put on the list is on there. I think Patrick won.