Who is Red John?

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List of seven

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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For some time i have been entertaining the idea that RJ is more than 1 person.(maybe a duoor trio)..

ok putting this line of thought on hold let me contemplate on the recent events of s06e06 fire and brimstone.
      
      * Why did RJ hire an amateur detective to spy, 
      * Was the tattoo clue a clever ploy to misdirect jane , i mean did RJ purposely reveal the tattoo to the hired detective so she cud feed false information to Jane while dying
      * Also interesting is the fact that out of the last 5 suspects, 3 have the same tattoo while stiles and haffner dont, both of which r Visualise members and we all know that RJ was a VISUALISE member, so was it a clever planning on behalf of Haffner/Stiles or both.

At the end all i cud say is that clues and direction of events can be changed ata any point of time suiting the anticipation of the audience, rating, storyline or as the need arises...    

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Correct me if I'm wrong, i had skipped a few episodes but i can recall that Red John's accomplices had a small red marble to help them identify each other?
Not tyger tyger nor a tattoo.

just saying

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It's all one big misdirection. We are not down to 3 suspects. Red John isn't Reede, McAllister or Stiles.

What If the entire Tyger Tyger group is Red John. Hear me out.
The Tygers commit crimes and make it seem as if a fictional person named Red John commits these crimes. No one could of course catch this killer as he doesn't exist. It's just the entire group of Tyger Tyger.

It's a group so there will be accomplices, allies, people to do the dirty work for them.

+Other: Jane is going completely off and thinking RJ is part of Tyger Tyger so next episode is looking for RJ within the Tygers because he believes RJ is part of them and should have a tattoo.
The person who killed Kyra with the tattoo was not RJ. RJ wouldn't do anything like that, we just believe what is fed to us which is that that person was RJ.


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Bruno Heller said there would be a big clue in the premiere episode, "Desert Rose".  Here is my thought. When Red John paints Lisbon's face with a smiley, there is something off about the smiley. Normally, the eyes are almost horizontal on every Red John smiley, but on Lisbon, the eyes are vertical.  In "Fire and Brimstone", Stiles paints one of his lady followers' face with vertical lines of blood across her eyes.  To me, that seals the deal.  RJ has witnessed a ceremony like this before and is copying the ritual on Lisbon. Haffner is a disciple of Stiles and would have seen one of his rituals.  Also, this ritual was about rebirth.  Haffner didn't want to hurt or kill Lisbon, so he performed this rebirth ritual on her.

I think the tattoos are a red herring.  This "tyger, tyger" organization may have nothing to do with Red John at all.  Or, they may be his followers, but why would the leader of such an organization wear such a mark?  I don't think it would be necessary or very smart to give himself such a mark.  Better to leave no trace of association.   

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Is this what I think it is? The promo for the Great Red Dragon? Do you think CBS played this accidentally because they changed the episode last minute?

http://youtu.be/2QUhKlre7JA

ps sorry for the video quality...

It looks like it shows "Tom," Reede Smith, and Bertram as the last 3 suspects.

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After tonights episode, I am convinced that none of the 5 in the room were RJ. All that was proven tonight was that 3 of the 5 are members of RJ's organization. We have known for years that he had many followers and this comes as no surprise.

I am still convinced that Brett Partridge faked his death and is RJ, but a small part of me feels like it could be Bob Kirkland's twin brother Michael. Either one would be better than any of the 5 that were in the room. Whoever it is, I believe Patrick met them many many years ago when he was still in the carnival circuit. Red John is almost certainly, a Carney also.

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There are two option now: RJ is in TT brotherhood or he isn't.
If RJ is in TT organization, sheriff  McAllister is best fitted as a suspect. Even the writing on wall "He is mar" could came from "He is marshal". He is of the right age, weight, posture etc.
If RJ isn't form TT organization, then only Haffner remain. Stiles said once to Patrick he knows more then he (Patrick) or RJ could imagine, so he spoke about RJ as a third person.
My bet remains on Haffner.

PS: "Fire and Brimstone" has been the worst episode of the mentalist till now.  Nothing happened for real in it besides Patrick gathering the suspects.

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