You guys are overthinking this.
Put yourself in Heller's shoes. As a head writer, you can't plan too far ahead. Only two suspects of the seven appear in Season 1: Partridge and McAllister. Now that Partridge is out, only McAllister remains.
You guys are overthinking this.
Put yourself in Heller's shoes. As a head writer, you can't plan too far ahead. Only two suspects of the seven appear in Season 1: Partridge and McAllister. Now that Partridge is out, only McAllister remains.
Red John tried in season 4 to take PJ at his side.Bret Stiles says to PJ that it seems RJ is jealous of PJ and thats why he takes everything from his life(i think this was on season 2 or 3 dont remember really well)and thats a form of love.Lorelei also said to PJ that after all this years RJ doesnt sees PJ as an enemy.In the case of the San Joaquin killer PJ in a way asked a favorite from RJ and that favor was to kill the San Joaquin killer.And RJ did it.You will wondered what's my point from all these events.It seems that RJ has a really weird connection with PJ and doesnt have him as a stranger.Maybe its not something huge but when PJ enters at Bertram's office and give his hand to Sherrif McCallister and says "sherrif mccallister" he says call me tom.Again maybe its nothing but it was really clear to me that with this gesture by McCallister looks like he says in his mind "come on we ve been a lot of things all these years Patrick dont calll me sherrif mccallister just tom for you"something like that.I also thing that this Carmen Lee thing wasnt random at all.We will find in the episodes i hope!
This could be wrong (probably is) but here's my theory: I don't know exactly who Red John is but I feel like the 7 suspects know who he is and he is seeking some type of revenge on them. The 7 may have been part of some group or cult that destroyed his life years ago. They must have thought he wasn't a problem anymore so he was able to disappear and become Red John. Now, before he can kill Jane he must expose and destroy those who hurt him as a form of revenge and to show Jane that no one is innocent and people deserve to be destroyed. However, the 7 suspects are trying to fight back. It would explain why Partridge was only around on the Red John cases, Kirkland was trying to find out all the info he could, and Bertram/Reede/McAllister met (in order to hide their secret).
As for individual suspects for this theory my list would be:
Walter Mashburn- We never found out what his dark secret was. Plus, he is one of the main suspects outside the 7.
Ellis Mars- I really thought he'd be on the list. He is supposedly psychic, the clue from the Renfrew crime scene, and he seemed to be a viable counterpart to Jane in the episode.
Max Winter- He tried to push Jane over the edge and turn him into a murderer with partial success.
The theories are based on my own thoughts and info from The Mentalist Wiki. Again, just an idea, but it might be crazy enough to be right.
Not that i think he is RJ but for those seeking someone left handed, in Lisbon's nightmare, Reed Smith is holding a knife in his left hand.
In a strange twist, Bruno Heller reveals that he is Red John and has been murdering people for years and has now made a show to tell everyone.
According to the last last episode (6x02) is Red John all of the six remaining suspects (especially the scene after Jane left Bertrams office with two other suspects and their following conversation). I've read somewhere, that Bruno Heller said it'll be the big disappointment after they reveal the Red John. So, it would be a big disappointment not to have only one real Red John. And in addition the notes of Janes shrink fits to all six of them, the last scene was pretty clear. So there only something like Red John team.
Thought i'd just throw this out their, as a different perspective to those already offered. Bruno Heller has come out and said that Brett Partridge is dead. I believe Red John is a bit like Jekyll and Hyde, a psychopath that is excellent at hiding his bad deeds. The Jekyll side usually diminishes over time. In the case of Brett Partridge most people thought he could be red john from the very start. (Heller stated Red john was in it from the start, same as Brett Partridge). During the video read by Lorelei one of the lines was "I will start killing again". To do this Red John needs to regain control, Red John is aware of how close Patrick is to finding him, so he pretends to die. Therefore regaining the control his craves. This means killing his Jekyll (Brett Partridge) so all is left is his Hyde (Red John) for a final killing spree. Hence Bruno Heller saying Brett Partridge is dead, which throws off Patrick (or so Red John hopes).