RJ IS GALE BERTRAM BECAUSE HE IS BALD
RJ IS GALE BERTRAM BECAUSE HE IS BALD
according to the notes of the psychiatrist red john likes to whistle. but the video at that time pointed out to thomas mcallster whistling. but as he is not afraid of heights so he might be rule off.
in the hospital when ray haffner came to visit lisbon he whistled while he was leaving.also he is the only one suspect who has been introduced but not acquitted.
reede smith will be a member not the boss
Occam's razor: The simplest explanation is usually the right explanation.
These theories are too complex and will likely fall apart under pressure. The only person who fits RJ's profile is Danny Ruskin. PJ's brother in-law.
He has always been jealous of Patrick's success and angry that he took his sister away from her family. He has access to Patrick's past. He knows Patrick better than anyone else. I know that RJ killed his sister and niece, but he is a sociopath and a con man. He can blend in, and he can charm and manipulate people without remorse.
I believe that at least three people on the list are involved in the whole tiger, tiger group Gale Bertram, reed smith(this was confirmed last episode) and Ray haffner. I think that either haffner is r.j and the other two are working for him or r.j is Brett stiles and haffner is using the other two to gather information.
First of all, I don't think Red John is on the list, for several reasons:
- the Mentalist isn't built as a common police movie with cases being solved by grueling grunt police work; the cases are solved by Jane's analytical brain and by his tricks, so the villain being caught by a dull process of elimination from a list given in the previous season would be against the spirit of the series
- if Jane really thought that RJ is on the list, he would have taped the 7 suspects talking and bring the tape to Rosalind Harker. He would have studied her reactions to hearing their voices and at the end asked if she recognizes anyone. The only reason PJ didn't do this is because he knows RJ is someone else.
- the list is fake as was the one left for Kirkland and is probably composed of tiger tiger members; Jane deceived his team before, he wouldn't trust them to keep the secret of the real suspects
- Heller only said that we can trust the list; that seems to me rather ambiguous, and precisely this lack of directness leads me to think that RJ is not there. He could have said : "Yes, sure, Red John is among those 7", and it would have been clear. Probably, the list contains the other bad guys, the corrupt cops.
None of his teammates could be RJ, beacause otherwise Lorelei would slip an information more relevant than the simple: you shook hands with him.
My money is on Ellis Mars:
- he appeared before season 4; Heller said at the beginning of season 4 that RJ had already appeared
- he was a more of a background character in the Red Moon episode; Heller said that finding RJ is like finding Waldo
- he was in Jane's extended list of suspects
- he played the part of a bumbling fool who claimed he had psyhic powers, knowing that PJ wouldn't take him seriously; in an episode there was a criminal that pretended to be a half-wit but eventually got caught. Moreove, some serial killers like to stay close to the police and pretend to help them, as did Ellis in Red Moon
- he pretty much fits Rosalind Harker's description
- besides the fool act, he seemed well spoken and partial to wearing suits, just like RJ
- the most important clue: the message left by the hooker in Mexico: He is Mar. As others pointed out, "he" in spanish is el, so: EL is Mar, or Ellis Mars
- Mars, his name, is also the name of the RED planet
Just my two cents. :)
I reckon the "Tyger, Tyger" group isn't associated with RJ. RJ seems like a guy who takes a lot of pride in his murders. He has his follower, who are usually used by him in order to pass on messages (the woman who gave the CD to PJ) or cover up some lose ends (the woman who killed Bosco and his team). However, I think all of his disciples end up dead pretty quickly, they clearly don't mean a lot to RJ. Why would RJ have a group of quite important people supporting him? He doesn't need them and they can take some credit away from his "work".
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