I believe PJ is Red John. I believe it will be revealed that it all started with him having succumb to his own hypnosis and he became an alternate personality. I believe it is triggered on and by a single act or sound. Possibly he could be under someone else's control in the same way, but I doubt it at this time.
I just recently watched the very first episode again, and looking back, it seems very much to me like Cho could be Red John. I never noticed it at the time, because we were just dropped straight into the world, with everyone knowing each other and seemingly friends. But he seems off somehow, on second viewing, when put alongside everything that has come after. In this episode alone, he at one stage shows both knowledge of how Patrick performs his "telekinesis' parlour trick, but also a slight exasperation with it. He is similarly annoyed about Jane solving the case so easily and his theory being correct, whilst Cho's own was wrong. The biggest clues, to me though, were the fact that he was the one that called Patrick, despite him being suspended, to come down to the crime scene, the moment he and the team knew it was a suspected Red John case.
I think he did this to a) test Patrick and see if he could detect the differences and realise it wasn't a real Red John murder and b) just to see how he would react to being on a similar crime scene to his wife.
Of course, Patrick does and suspicion immediately falls on the husband----to which, Cho shows repeated, open and aloud disdain for. Even to the man's face. Watching these moments over again, it just seemed off. And maybe think that it could be a thinly veiled annoyance for the fact he believes this man is copycatting his work, a pretender. And we all know how Red John feels about people imitating his work.
I'm gonna keep with my rewatch and see if anything else stands out
Red John is not a person. Cult or organization. Red John's Smiley Face is signature , Tyger Tyger is password of this community.
if its true rigsby and GVP wont be around for long, i think rigsby will be killed by someone from tyger tyger for looking into kirklands death.
GVP will be devasted and RJ will use the opportunity to use her as a tool against TT without revealing himself to her (Heller giving everyone their wish that GVP is somehow bad). GVP would help RJ since TT killed her husband although shes unwilling to work for RJ. She somehows figure one important clue which will determine RJ though and she proceeds to tell PJ everything, leading RJ to kill her. PJ finally figures who is RJ though with GVP's info, and still get to know about TT. However, TT also figures out who RJ is and kills him before PJ gets to him. This causes PJ to not get his revenge and since TT is a bad organization, PJ decides to bring them down. This serves as a story continuation after RJ dies.
Damn, i should be the writer for the show instead of Heller.
It wasn't red john who had the tattoo, that was probably one of his assassins who did the killing like agent smith .she never said it was red john .Jane said that to Lisbon. red john is a master mind a man of art and mystery . he does things clean not messy. the very same thing jane said to WALTER MASHBURN " you have a DIRTH PHOBIA" . think about it . WALTER also mentioned to Jane in that same episode "YOUR KNOW YOU DISSAPOINT ME" observe the manner and facial expression when he was telling him that as if its a teacher or parent speaking to a student/child. A BIG clue is that RJ always refer to Jane as Patrick he never calls him by "JANE". Every other person always call him JANE or MR JANE but not so WITH WALTER MASHBURN , he calls him by his first name ''PATRICK!" jus AS RJ do. THAT killing with the PI woman was two messy to be RED JOHN , NO art and unfinished, "NOT clean at all" when red john does a murder he like it to be known (receive an audience ) and in a form of mystery ,it must be a work well planned and well done . he likes art. A better suspect will be WALTER MASHBURN.
ALWAYS KEEP THAT IN MIND ABOUT RJ
Hi, Mentalist Fans --
Here's a difficult challenge for us all. I HATE the idea that Reede Smith might be Red John, but I keep coming back to him as the very least likely RJ candidate I can imagine (espeically from the list of 7, assuming it's real). So, instead of debunking the possibility of Smith being RJ, can anyone make a compelling case in favor of him being RJ?
Otherwise, I'm hard pressed to come up with any reason why he'd be on a suspect list by PJ or RJ. Yeah, I know he's brutal and credible as a Tiger Tiger member. But all the Tiger Tiger members aren't on the list (the driver of the van when Kirkland was killed, for instance). Even if he is just a Tiger Tiger member (not RJ), it would seem he'd have to be in the upper echelon. He certainly seemed to be giving Bertram rather sharp orders in the meeting of Bertram, McAllister, and Smith.
Again, IS there a reasonable case to be made for Smith being RJ? And if not, why the hell is he on the list?
Thanks for your thoughts.
Brett Partridge is Red John, he is not dead. He set the whole thing up. He had an accomplice knock out Teresa and made himself appear dead. Don't forget what he did for a living. He kills himself off so everyone does not suspect him. No one now suspects him.