Who is Red John?

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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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Grace is tech savvy.
She is always left behind to gather data.
She has proven she can kill.
Amanda Righetti is leaving after this season.

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Patrick Jane is Red John
The poem's tyger says who create the evil create the good so I belive the Red John is your "alter ego"
(other personality).

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I took my Mom grocery shopping yesterday. Has anyone seen the top of the Ensure bottles? I bet that is the visual inspiration of the Red John smiley face. Check it out.

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Theory #7127 • By Gittiglitter
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What if Haffner is Kirklands Twin?! Could be " two- eggs" twins.
Was there ever a Scene where both of them met?

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i don't know if anyone who appeared in the show is capable of being RJ...

no character is shown that possess PJ intelligence....

generally looking on all concepts only Bret is shown in that aspect but not enought to know that hi is RJ...

anyway, whatever happens in the end i think that it won't be that simple ... it won't be "RJ is that person" ... it will be something mixed up and complex ...

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Probably you think haffner is RJ But we know Haffner could be only the conection of Bret to the CBI, FBI and inclusive to Sophie Miller, so they are working together and Haffner its just a RJ assistant, Bret could persuade Haffner to do dirty work, that way Bret saves himself for every charge he could involved, because his followers do everything. So i just say RJ it's not one only person: "The worker" (Haffner, Thimothy Carter, etc) "The mind" is bret and "The cover" all The tiger tiger Org. (Reed, Bertram, etc)
Or,  just only RJ is playing with the "tiger tiger" thing, and he wants to involve the "secret org" of the FBI for a patrick headache


If you remember, bertram says a piece of the William Blake poem...


Just my opinion i don't remember well all the tv show, if i'm wrong, let me know, sorry for my bad english, i'm from mexico, Saludos!

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Question rather than theory:  In S6E2, the nurse/doctor who stepped into Lisbon's hospital room looking for Carmen Lee caught Jane's attention in a way that seemed to be more than just an interruption.  After leaving Lisbon's room Jane immediately called to talk with Sophie Miller and later told Lisbon that the hospitals/doctors spurred the idea.  Others have speculated that saying "Carmen Lee" triggered a post-hyponotic suggestion for Jane.  That would certainly help ensure that Jane was the one to discover Sophie Miler's decapitated head in the oven.

My question concerns the broader implications of a possible post-hypnotic suggestion.  If Jane was hypnotized while he was committed to the insane asylum, who did it and for what purposes?  I seems unlikely to be Sophie Miller or part of genuine therapy.  Jane appears to conclude that Sophie Miller was killed by Red John, implying that Red John (personally or through a proxy) had access to Jane while he was in the asylum.  That opens the doors for all sorts of complications.  In having access to Jane -- when Jane was uniquely vulnerable and without his knowledge -- what would Red John have wanted to accomplish?  Some obvious possibilities:

o  Having Jane sabotage his own hunt for Red John?

o  Planting various post-hypnotic suggestions that could be useful to Red John in the future if Jane gets to close to catching him?

o  Help Red John accomplish his criminal goals that go beyond just murdering women occasionally (although remember Jane's point made during the "Russet Potatoes" episode, that a hypnotized person cannot be forced to do something against his nature)?

o  Help Red John fight his competitors/opponents (e.g., Tyger Tyger organization)?

o Other?

It is also interesting to remember that both the FBI and Homeland Security were aware of Jane's commitment to the asylum.  Were they also aware of/responsible for any nefarious misuse of Jane while there?  What if the battle field between Jane, Red John, FBI, Homeland, and Tyger Tyger actually started while Jane was in the asylum, with Jane as a would-be pawn of all these forces?

I don't know where to go with this, but "Carmen Lee" could be more than a mistaken room number while Lisbon was hospitalized!

Ideas welcome.

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