My theory is that Lisbon is not dead 100% and Brett Partridge is not Red John.He is killed by Red John. Remember that , when Red John kill somebody , he always draw the funny face on the wall using the victim blood . In the episode , he killed Partridge and he used his blood to draw the funny face on Lisbon's face . I am very sure that Partridge is not Red John.
I have been accusing Bret Partridge since the pilot episode. Every episode involving Red John, directly, Bret Partridge makes an appearance . He matches the blind lady, Rosalind Harker's description exactly. The voice is a dead ringer... He is first on scene usually with the Red John murders.. He is forensics ... Which means he can manipulate evidence.. As far as him " dying" in the first episode of the new season... I believe it is just misdirection, he is not dead.. Unless we physically see his body buried in the next episode, he is alive.. Why in the hell would he be lying there dying, and mutter the words, " tyger tyger" ? Did red john cut him up and tell him, " now bret... Before you die, make sure you say, tyger tyger" ? NO! Lisbon is NOT DEAD either. Just knocked out.. And my guess is we wont see bret partridge till the last episode! ALSO!!! The BIG CLUE that Bruno Heller says is in the last scene with Lisbon where she gets taken... After Partridge falls out of the cabinet, Lisbon kneels down to check on him, then the door creeks open and as she stands back up, notice, her back is up against a wall. Effectively, no one can be behind her. When she gets "grabbed" , you see her fall backwards, as if someone grabbed her from behind. Which, isn't possible. Ergo, bret partridge , while on the ground, swept her legs from underneath her. Boom
My theory is based on what I think would be great to see play out. If it's Walter then Lisbon would have to deal with the fact she slept with Red John or, Walt is Red John and Lisbon is another one of the many women he uses and the scene we see isn't the first time they've slept together. I think I'd prefer to see her deal with unknowingly sleeping with him though.
I accuse Rigsby. He is a womanizer that has played Patrick from the beginning, pretending to be the simpleton. What does Jane do upon their first meeting? Observe that he is into VanPelt and "manipulates" him into the relationship. This is all an act, as if jane has control over him, allowing him to get close and keep up on all of Jane's activities. He has a dark side with ties to criminal pasts and a tendency for redheads.
He controls and has used Bob Kirkland to give him the list from Patrick's cork board. The real twist here is that Jane was on to him and specifically left him off of the board, knowing full well that the board would be compromised. Having confirmation that this has happened, Jane is playing a part, "keeping secrets" from the team and forcing an "animosity" between him and Lisbon. The illusion of kinks in the armor. He is playing RJ/WR.
Unless we see a scene next episode with Partridge being buried or something to do with his body my money is still on him. Patrick said Red John with know you bugged the phones and use that to his advantage and he did by drawing Lisbon to him. Now if he wasn't going to kill her then he would have to make sure she didn't see him or fake his death so she thinks that Red john kill Partridge and knocked her out when really Partridge fake being hurt to eliminate him self for now so he could throw Patrick off when he finds out none of the other 6 are Red John. Taking it back ( When Partridge fell out the door was close he falls Lisbon turns around door open THEN get hit in back . Partridge is Red john
"There is a clue buried in that final sequence that will pay off big time in the finale of the Red John story. A very big clue. No one will get it from the clue as it is laid out in the episode, but it will pay off later." - Bruno Heller
My guess: Is that Red John is left handed, something that's been suggested in previous episodes; after he ran out of the house Dumar and Jane were in, his tea cup handle was shown pointing to the left. Later, Rosalind Harker calls Jane and Roy is shown holding a tea cup with his hand.
I've checked for left handed characters in all previous episode.
There were a few possible ones, but I'll stick to the remaining suspects:
Stiles, Haffner, Kirkland, Bertram are all right handed.
With Smith and McAllister and it's not certain, and both of them are displayed as "in transit" on the cell tracking monitor.
In the flashback (season 2 E 8 ) when R.J was killing peaks . nobody can deny it , that was partridge's face in there ( unless they change the footage ) It's a fact not a theory . so what did happen ? red john changed or partridge kill them for R.J ?????