is this moment when he think through Timothy Carter 'twin' fraud!?
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Hi everybody! First of all I must say that there are a lot of interesting theories here and almost every possible theory is already introduced. I have to ask all the fans to avoid posting already existing theories, because it's very hard to navigate through the whole amount of almost 4500 posts.
But the theory I'm going to introduce is newly generated likely, so here it is. Red John is... Raymond Harker.
Imagine a story of Harkers, who had two children (even maybe twins), a boy and a girl, Raymond and Rosalind (these names are similar enough to be given by the same parents). Once the girl got sick and Harkers asked some healers for help. Unfortunately, the healers (the Janes, father and son) were fake and this led the girl to blindness. The girl was very smart, but mentally disordered and seeking revenge to the whole world. Being unable to act herself, she began to use her brother Raymond.
But once Raymond made a mistake not killing Miranda Roman (Martins), who managed to write something on the floor before death. Miranda wanted to write Raymond, but was powerless, and her message was interpreted as Roy. And genius Rosalind became to an idea of creating some new person, Roy. So she gave a name - Roy Tagliaferro. So that name became some kind of cover for her brother. Later Jared Renfrew, who probably knew about the massage left by Miranda, started writing "He is" (there are two of them, that's why writing "He is" before the name, because there is a female as well), then realized that he's dying and wrote only the next part (He is MON), hoping that somebody could merge the two messages (RAY+MON).
At some point they realized that it would be safer to hide the fact that they are brother and sister (likely twins), so one of them should change the surname. So Raymond Harker became Raymond Haffner (look at the letters, not very hard to fake rk as ffn). By the way, look at their faces, aren't they similar enough to be twins?
So, physically RJ is Raymond, but the mastermind is Rosalind.
P.S.: Maybe at some point Dean Harken was considered to be the brother. Also Grace Van Pelt seems looking like these two, so maybe she is the third child.
Patrick Jane's father could be Red John. Patrick left his father tired of cons. No-one knows his(father's) life after that. But Patrick appeared on TV with physic cone and commented about Red John. Again, Red John plays with Patrick and wanted to be a friend and associate. His father always believed together they made a good team).Not that he wanted to hurt him. In 5th season Red John kills someone(girl) who was a good memory for Patrick from his childhood and brought him back to his hometown.
Who else other than his father could know a secret childhood memory.
Also the girl who died lived with his uncle who was a partner of Patrick's father.
I also strongly believe there is a helping hand inside CBI for RJ.
Could not be one of the seven suspects because RJ would not have spared them since he knows PJ is suspecting them.
None of the characters that were listed as prime suspects by Jane can be Red John.
When his private office was spied and information collected and given to Bob Kirkland, thanks to the stick Jane inserted between door he knows he's been spied but he dosen't react as this is a plan by him. He now wants RJ to act and Jane will be the one who will play him unlike earlier.
But who Red John is?? The final season where his identity is gonna revealed starting September on CBS its a must watch to find out..
I submitted this theory before but I made some updates lately...
For me the main question is: Has Heller known who RJ for the last 3 years or is he only trying now to find a "good" RJ that will not disappoint us too much?
In the second case there is not much we can guess and we can only wait. And hope that the RJ plot will be at least interesting if not consequent with all that happened until now...
In the first case, where the writer planned a smart plot and carefully planted hints around the whole five seasons, we can try to find who RJ is by analyzing this hints. I strongly hope that this is the case and Heller is not playing with the plot anymore!
In case Heller did everything correctly, I am pretty sure that he himself wrote the main RJ story line without leaving the job to other screenwriters. My theory is that we should filter the seven suspects against the episodes written by Heller.
Here is the list of Heller's related episodes (Bruno Heller wrote only 17 episodes):
"Pilot": introduced Brett Partridge
"Red Hair and Silver Tape": introduced Sheriff Thomas McAllister
"Red John's Friends"
"Carnelian, Inc."
"Red John's Footsteps"
"Redemption"
"Black Gold and Red Blood"
"Code Red"
"Red Sky in the Morning"
"Red Sky at Night": introduced Gale Bertram
"Red Moon"
"Strawberries and Cream"
"Scarlet Ribbons"
"Cheap Burgundy"
"The Crimson Hat"
"The Crimson Ticket": introduced Reede Smith.
"Red John's Rules"
Surprise surprise!
Bret Stiles, Ray Haffner, Bob Kirkland were introduced in episodes not written and not directed by Heller! I really think we can exclude them because of this fact and related lesser importance. Why would RJ be presented to the audience by a second level author? The filler episodes are normally the one left to other screenwriters.
Since I really do not believe he would let the important task to introduce to us RED JOHN to somebody else... I will reduce the original seven persons list to these four:
Brett Partridge
Sheriff Thomas McAllister
Gale Bertram
Reede Smith
Let's talk about Reed Smith: he was introduced just a few episodes ago... there is no way he waited all these seasons to show us Red John. Furthermore, 2 years ago, Heller told us that in season 3 we got a *glimpse* at Red John. Reed Smith can be officially removed since he joined the show later.
We now have these suspects, and I strongly believe Red John is one of them (not seven suspects anykore but THREE):
Brett Partridge
Sheriff Thomas McAllister
Gale Bertram
Since McAllister has been a very minor character, and in my opinion Patridge was RJ in the first season and then was abandoned because he was too obvious... I would say that Heller's Red John is GALE BETRAM.
This supports many other good theories about him, mostly related to the Season 3 finale. The O'Laughling case, the hotel trick, the rope, the encounter with Timothy Carter happening in the Mall after Betram leaves and so on.
Brett Partridge is Red John!.
- He has been there from the start season1 episode1.
- He fits the description of Rosilind Harker which could possible be true or false.
- He always appears in Episodes directed by Bruno heller, we all know that heller only directs a few episodes himself, it just so happens that Brett Partridge is in all the episodes he directs?
- As stated by Patrick Jane he is a goul, He seems to enjoy his work alittle to much.
- we saw him in the very 1st season and many would have suspected him as him Being Red John, then Bruno Heller throws in false suspect to make us doubt him being Rj
- the voice of him and red john sound very much alike. there are just so many clues i could go on and on, but for me his the man we're looking for.
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I've read many of the theories posted here and found many of them very credible, but I'd like to add another that was hinted at by the author of Theory #4388 (?). There is more than one RJ. I'm not sure if it is all seven suspects, but it is two or more men. Why?
These are men who with sado-masochistic tendencies. The gruesome nature of the murders and the fact that they are serial killings suggests this. The RJs found each other through their B&D fetishes, but have taken these a step further. They must now continue to kill, not only to pursue their fetish but also to cover up the earlier crimes and those who could expose them.
Consider the array of "disciples" or followers that RJ has. It's hard to believe that one man could assemble such a group and not be exposed unless several other members are RJ and the disciples think they are, like them, just disciples. Or, they may be the loyal servants in a B&D relationship with one or more of the RJs and thus can be used by the others.
Second, RJ has an uncanny ability to deal with threats quickly and efficiently. Jane isn't chasing one man; he chasing several. Each can probably provide an alibi for one or more of the murders, but not all. That's the wild card that keeps throwing Jane off the trail of one suspect and why he has seven. Jane actually killed one of the RJs when he shot and killed that so-called disciple (I can't recall his name) in the mall. Yes, the man said he was RJ, but so are others.
Any thoughts??