S5-E21. The Tupperware Box Story.
In the end, it's revealed that the Tupperware has the tongue of Mr.SayNay, the one who raped La Roche's Mother. LaRoche has his tongue collected by himself or someone else. Mr.SayNay, though unable to speak, tries to utter some words. "Hae Hao".
If you hold your tongue with fingers, and tried to say Red John, those are exact words comes from your mouth. Perhaps LaRoche is Red John or LaRoche has taken a favor from Red John.
Honestly I think RedJohn is Virgil Minelli. If you look at the seasons that is as head of the brigade always has to go away, and curiously during these trips, RedJohn appears during the absence of Virgil.
Could it be to withdraw from the squad to devote all the time to Patrick?
The thought that Patrick Jane is RedJohn would be disastrous for the brilliant career of this series, so do not contemplate.
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I used to be a strong believer that Jane was Red John but they are writing it to be impossible for him to be. The one thing I can't get passed though is when Jane has the hallucination of his daughter and she looked him in the face and said do they even know who you are and Jane has the sheepish guilty look on his face.
It's totally Brett. No other choices.
Jane is Red John, he sleeps at the CBI, and naps regularly. Its a "Fight Club" scenario, he obviously doesn't know about this alter ego. While in his night time "trance" or whatever at the CBI, he goes through files and solves them by deduction. He stealthily travels to the area in question and either contacts the murderer and turns them into desciples. When loreili said Jane had "shaken hands" or whatever with Red John, she meant the preverbial handshake as Jane had recently been living a darker lifestyle, he was Red John more than Jane. Crimson Hat begins with Jane in vegas, he had been ripping people off for lots of money, and was obviously an alcoholic. Lorilie knew him as Red John as first, but quickly realized she liked him as a good person as well. Which would explain why Lorilie seems to be in love with Jane, and vice versa.
I also suspect certain people on the suspect list are actually deciples giving Bruno Hellar an opportunity to save face since Jane isnt technically on the list. Probably the director has figured it out, as he got REALLY good a playing cards, after the strawberries and cream episode. How could he have gotten SO good at cards after getting to know "Jane" better? The director figured it out and knows only to talk to Jane/RedJohn at night whilst "jane" is in his trance and RedJohn/Jane tought him how to cheat. I suspect Christina Frye has also figured this out. It would explain why she would only talk to Jane as a "spirit" after Jane and lisbon find her. AND why she was left "alive" with no signs of torture.
The reason Red John asked for lisbons head in a box, its because he knows Jane wouldnt do it. If Red John is aware that without Janes team there would be no more fun and games, it would make sense that none of them have been killed, or even threatened. Speaking of team members, I think the FBI woman suspects this, her capability to read people and her instinct are rivaled only by Jane.
This would explain PERFECTLY the way Brett Styles' behaviour and respect of Jane. AND why he was in a postion to give Jane the address of Christina Frye, without fear of repercussions. It also explains why the writers couldnt elaborate on Bretts connection to RJ further.
Please tell me what you think guys! Im a huge fan and dont get to watch as much as I'd like. This is the best show on TV for a looong time and no matter who RJ turns out to be, i have a feeling I wont be let down.
Red John must have been working in Visualize farm in 1988 while in his teens or early twenties. Red John must have the physical power to hold and bind and slit them. He cannot be Bret Stiles or Gale Bertram or Sheriff McAllister, they're too old; it isn't Partridge, he's too young. There's also other reasons against them.
Gale Bertram cannot be Red John because if he was Red John then at the end of 3rd series when Jane's team informs the five suspects of Hightower's place with fake room numbers then O'Laughlin would have one number and Bertam another so they would know about the scheme and wouldn't act upon it; also Bertram needs Jane's help in playing poker and is genuinely frustrated at his loss.
Bret Stiles is miserable when he thinks that someone tries to replace him in Visualize and needs Jane's help; He cannot be our super-genius killer.
Partridge is in one occasion easy to judge a murder scene as a classic Red John and is pissed off when Jane finds out. If he was Red John he wouldn't have been so obsessed to underestimate Jane's skills in identifying a Red John scene.
And about the Sheriff (Thomas McAllister) and the FBI agent (Reede Smith): wouldn't you think it would be hard for someone in their ranks to pull off a charismatic character of a leader who is able to easily affect people like Kirkland or O'Laughlin? Certainly not; and again Reede Smith is a little younger to be our guy and a little less sophisticated, it seems.
And about Kirkland: the first time that Jane meets him and shakes his hand is one episode before Lorelei tells Jane that she wonders why they didn't become friends the moment the shook hands. This strongly implies that this hand-shaking has happened long time ago not the previous episode; after all she wouldn't expect them to become friends in one episode!
So who remains? Haffner. I have reasons against him but also for him. He's a member of Visualize so Stiles information on Red John can be justified but the fact that Jane easily gets rid of him in "Little Red Book" doesn't strengthen our suspicions. So I'm not sure but he's the most plausible suspect. If not him then it's Reede Smith. It sure sounds a little pathetic and cheap but I realize that my reasons againts him are not as strong as the other ones.
After seeing the prevue photo for episode 1 of Season 6 with Jane and Lisbon and Bret Partridge standing under some kind of a tent, I have changed my mind about Partridge being Red John. He may be a disciple of RJ, but his slouching stance and standoffish personality, in my mind, could not attract devoted followers. I now think that Ray Haffner has more of the right kind of personality to be RJ.