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Thomas McAllister
Thomas McAllister
Reede Smith
Reede Smith
Ray Haffner
Ray Haffner
Gale Bertram
Gale Bertram
Brett Partridge
Brett Partridge
Bret Stiles
Bret Stiles
Bob Kirkland
Bob Kirkland

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Theory #5071 • By Thetheorymakers
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Im sure Brett Partrigde is dead and was involved with red john. Before he died he said" tiger tiger". Also its a possibility that the person who attacked Lisbon wasn't RJ he didn't prove it by drawing the face on some wall rather on her face. 

The fact that lisbon told everyone about the list im sure thats what Jane wanted of her.

Q) I was wondering if anyone knew why Red John killed Janes family and not just him rather wouldnt he kill Jane and leave his family why does he leave him behind?
 cuz he killed that panzer guy for insulting him but not jane? why?

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I've been watching and reading theories here pretty much from the beginning and thought I'd finally share my thoughts. This is the first of them.

This time I suspect Robert 'Bob' Kirkland, the Homeland Security agent. Anyone who has watched the fifth season knows this guy and everyone knows he has something to do with Red John. I will analyse every option.

First let's say he's RJ himself. I personally think he'd make the best Red John of 'em all. I know he might be a bit too obvious and suspicious but maybe Bruno Heller wants to fool us with that. He has always made all the tricks so suprising and this time the most obvious could in fact be the most surprising.
  He's appearance is something I've always thought RJ woild have; His voice, height, personality etc. Also fits Rosalind Harker's description.
  Now to the scenes of the show. 
First appearance: The limo scene was suspicious and the fact that Kirkland has actually always been there makes it a good twist.
First meeting with Jane: If Kirkland is revealed to be RJ, this scene will be pure gold. The lines were brilliant!
Kirkland: *bumps into Jane* Sorry mr. Jane.
Jane: Do I know you?
Kirkland: No, but I know you. *Shakes his hand and smiles, then walks away*
And the music makes it all even more epic. This happened in the episode before the one where Lorelei tells Jane he has shaken hands with RJ.
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5-H9QGov4Y
Killing Jason Lennon: He asks Lennon if he recognizes him and the answer is negative. Maybe Bob manipulated Lennon to forget his face (RJ can manipulate people) or he had a face surgeon.
The list: If he is RJ then it means Lorelei is still alive. They just tricked Patrick so he wouldn't suspect that.
That's pretty much all I can dig up. If RJ then he could be Patrick's brother. It's possible that Patrick wasn't the only child.

Also it's possible that he's like Jane, trying to catch Red John. It would explain the list and that killing Lennon would eliminate the possibility of Jane getting info of RJ.

Now the third option. If Kirkland is RJ accomplice, he's not just any accomplice. He's RJ's right hand. Maybe a new one or the original. Orville Tanner. What if he didn't die? What if he went missing and had a face surgery? 


Sure some people would get disappointed if Kirkland is RJ. He's the best (imo) and the safest possibility. 

Thanks for reading! Tell me if I missed something important!

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anybody else find it strange that RJ (or the person painting the 'blood'  on Lisbon at the end of 6:1) wasn't wearing gloves???  You could see their fingers.  In everything previously stated about RJ, he uses 3 gloved fingers to mark the smiley.  

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Just a thought...Heller said that in the last scene of the first episode of the sixt season "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".
I've watched the finale scene a lot of times and couldn't notice nothing strange.
Then I thought that the clue maybe wasn't a "thing" but a "behavior".
In this context I noticed one thing strange: the way RJ painted the smile on Lisbon's face.
When he finishes painting the smile seems to caress her cheek.
Can this be the clue?
RJ is someone in love with lisbon or someone very close to her (maybe a member of her family)?
I don't know if this is important but is the only thing that seemed strange to me.

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To the people who think Jane is Red John..................................

The Mentalist season 6 is going to run for a full season of around 20 episodes as usual.

Red Johns is being revealed and most likely killed off around less then halfway through.

If Jane was RJ, then the show couldn't carry on for another 14 episodes without the main lead..............


 

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Where do i begin? Red John made that video 2 months before Patrick made the list of 7,that can mean only 1 thing. Obviously Red john isn't psychic so that's out of the way,the only other explanation is he knew who would be on that list early is because he made it himself. Bruno Heller is right when he says Patrick is not Red john, Rj is another person (personaltiy) sharing the same body as Patrick (the other personality). His past was rough,he was probably traumatized by his upbringing thus getting a split personality disorder. Now,clues shown to us in the show are as follows ;

1) Whoever has a personal vendetta with Patrick ends up dead. Luther Wainwright,the serial killer panzer.

2) He destroyed his happy memory that nobody else knew.

3) In the latest episode,did you see Patrick's expression when he asked Lisbon where she was on his phone? He had a grin on his face as if he knew. Also,when Lisbon was waiting outside the house did you notice that a car passed her when she was waiting? At that time Patrick was driving aswell.

There are many more clues which i'll post later because this post has become too long.

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Instead of picking a suspect that you think could potentaly be Red John what we need to do is elimanate the ones that cant be him  :)


1) Brett Stiles - Cant be - in 1988 Red John was a kid and was any where up to 30 in 1988 Brett Stiles (well his actor) would have been 43.
2) Brett Partridge - i cant dismiss him from being RJ but we will know by next episode if we see his body or not. NOTE his hight is also a good match for Roslands description
3) Robert (Bob) Kirkland - Yes we all know he killed a RJ acomplice he stole the fake list from Jane but my thoughts are that he is not RJ or an acomplice and is rather trying to find him himself as he is related to one of Red Johns victoms just like Jane plus he is a bit to short to be RJ
4) Sherrif Thomas Mcallister - Cant be - As in 1988 just like Stiles he was to old to be RJ he was 33 and woudint have been considered a kid.
5) Reede Smith - I have no clues pointing him to be RJ But in saying that I have no clues that tell me he isnt RJ aswell. NOTE he is 6'2 so does not fit Red Johns hight
6) Gale Bertram - For one Bertram is 6'3 so cant be Red John cause he is to tall But i defintly beleive he is an RJ acomplice
7) Ray Halfner - This would be my best guess to be RJ he worked at vissulise he is 6' tall he would have been 21 years old in 1988 and there could possibly be a reason why Red John didnt kill Lisbon because if Red John is Ray Halfner he wouldnt want to kill Lisbon as he likes Lisbon and just wanted to scare Jane to show him that he is still in controll

So from this we can elimanate Kirkland Stiles  Mcallister and possibly Bertram and Smith going by hight but since that isnt hard proof i will keep them as possible suspects leaving us with Partridge Halfner Smith and Bertram  and we will know by the next episode if Partidge is alive or dead witch will eather keep Partidge as a suspect if his body has disapeared  or dismiss him as suspect if his body is found dead (witch I beleive he is ) But if his body has some how gone from the scene then Partridge is your man because RJ never takes the bodys of his victoms away with him he always leaves them for people to see. So this would leave Bertram Smith Halfner and possibly Partridge  im telling you one of these 3 men is gonna be RJ :)
 
(My guess is Halfner I will be very surprised if it is not him)
                                  or Partridge :)

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