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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Red John has been spying on the team from the first season, why would he suddenly feel the need to bug the office for information? There's no concrete data to support the idea that it was Red John who tried to bug the office and killed Kira, nothing but Jane's hunch, who's been unaware of the existence of the tyger organization. What if it was the tygers who tried to bug the office and Patrick got it all wrong? After all Bertram and Smith were the ones who were desperate to know what Patrick has been doing lately. Red John had no reason to bug the office at this point. The next episode is called the great red dragon, I assume Patrick's gonna learn about the tygers, figure out it was one of them who killed Kira and tried to bug the office. And from there he'll figure out who the real Red John is, Haffner.

Even if it was Red John who killed Kira, it's still possible he set a trap to trick Patrick into believing it's one of the tygers who are on the list. Give the guy some credit, Red Jon is not that stupid to leave a witness half-dead.

I'm extremely angry and disappointed right now. Neither one of these supposedly three remaining suspects deserve to be Red John. Reede Smith?! seriously?!

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Theory #8940 • By Wondorog
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It's Michael Kirkland. There is a William Blake painting: The Brace of Partridge, but i think it doesn't refers to Partridge (he was a red herring). In the painting, there are two birds, and i think that is a referring to a twin. Maybe Stiles was Michael's mentor (Bob thought he was RJ), he maybe has the same creepy voice, as Bob. He could've shake his hand with Patrick (maybe it wasn't Bob), so some way he is on the list. 

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1. We know Bertram knows Kirkland. Agent Kirkland asks "Can we trust her?" about Lisbon to Bertram.

(a) If its Michael, he's asking "Is she holding out on info about Lorelei Martins?"
(b) If its Robert, he's asking "Is she part of the corrupt group in law-enforcement?"

It is most probably Robert. Because Kirkland says "You'd know better, you've worked with her." And Bertram says "Can we trust anyone?"

2. We know Bertram calls himself seemingly "duplicitous" right in front of Patrick. That's not something a suspect/Redjohn should be saying.

3. We know Bertram wants to be there, when they catch Redjohn.

This all points to Bertram being the Snape of The Mentalist. He's a triple agent. He's actually a good guy.

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Theory #8934 • By Tygertygersleeptigh
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Do you guys remember at the very beggining what rj victims had in common? The victims before janes family
He killed the families of the heads of secret societys , so i believe red john is a guy from tyger tyger fighting for the superiority of his secret organization. Comments flaws please

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Theory #8937 • By Tygertygersleeptight
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Do you guys remember at the very beggining what rj victims had in common? The victims before janes family
He killed the families of the heads of secret societys , so i believe red john is a guy from tyger tyger fighting for the superiority of his secret organization. Either that or thats the reason for mcalister reed and bertram to be after red john , maybe one of his victims were tyger tyger heads
And vizualize is the one who rised because of rj , which would be much cooler after all that bloody rituals bret stiles did , in that case i would believe RJ Iis haffner , the security man for vizualize
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Ok I havnt seen last nights episode yet, but i want to make a follow up thought on my previous theory.

i think that we have seen michael kirkland at least three times.

I believe that the kirkland we see at the end of red dawn was Michael Kirkland. 

the FBI agent says to him "the work is done" after Jane is accepted on at CBI. Did RJ use connections to get Jane involved at CBI from the very start so that he could play with him? This is a strange comment from Alexa.

the second time we see michael is the handshake with PJ.

the third time we see michael is when he kills jason lennon (not cooper). now this is important. he asks have you seen me before. lennon says no and a look of RELIEF is on kirklands face. Why? because he is red john and lennon is a loose end. 

how come lennon doesn't recognize him if he is red john? same reason accomplices kill themselves after being caught. Red john is either skilled in strong hypnosis or mind control or both.

red john is relieved his accomplice does not recognize him because it means that his identity is safe.

bob kirkland would not look relieved by lennon's answer because he is trying to find red john. therefore this person is not bob, its michael.

micheal kirkland people. michael kirkland


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