Ray Haffner set off the bomb! That is why he tried to leave first. Also, if Red John is not Haffner, then why is there a young blonde haired actor portraying Ray Haffner in the next 2 episodes? Because he is RedJohn and they are going to get clues linking him back to a teenager.
This is a previous theory:
For those of you who think Red John is one of the remaining 5:
Rigsby says "Red John brought in the bomb to kill Jane and the other suspects"
If any of those 5 were Red John, why would he plant a bomb in a room that he was going to be in, just to kill himself, Jane, and the other suspects?
Answer: they wouldn't. There would be no point for Red John, this extremely prideful, narcissistic, showman of a serial killer, to plant a bomb to kill himself and his nemesis, along with a few others. Really, if you were Red John, would you waste 20 years of killing people just to die in an explosion with no one knowing that you were actually Red John? No, you wouldn't. You would make sure that, if you were going to die, everybody would know who you were so you would leave a lasting effect on them.
And if it is true that Red John is on the list of 7, then we can eliminate the 5 ones that are definitively alive because of the explosion. That leaves Bob Kirkland and Brett Partridge. Bob Kirkland is definitely dead, we saw him get shot in the back 7 times. That just leaves partridge.
Ok this got me thinking we know partridge is dead SO the only possible explanation IS Bob Kirkland IS ALIVE (or is it his twin!)
When he asks "do you know who I am" to people he is seeing to try to find his brother who was apparenty taken under Red John's wing a long time ago. But what if the old red john stopped killing because he died (which is why red john was said to stop killing for a few years) then Kirkland's twin brother took over as "red john" ? It makes perfect sense! We were told by the producer of the Mentalist that the list is 100% legit meaning red john IS 100% someone on the list! Kirkland's twin brother is Red John! Please comment to share you're thoughts!
Could anybody link me to a website where I can watch Fire and Brimstone? I've tried some listed in other theories but they dont seem to be working. Thanks!
After watching the last episode I have came up with 5 suspects. Brett Partridge, Ray Haffner, Sheriff McAllister. If it is someone of the list then Walter Mashburn or Max Winter but I am sure it is Brett Partridge.
Heller said that
there is a clue in the last minutes of 06x01 which would be clear in later
episodes.
The clue is the GPS Mobile tracker in which you can see the initials for the 7 suspects. Kirkland is in
LA(K) - so could not be him. S1(maybe Stiles) is far away in San Franscisco and static,
S2(maybe Smith far away but in transit). The
closest to Patridge(P) are Bertram(B - static) and Haffner (H - in transit). You can also their addresses.
Now
some opinions. It's the moment when Lisbon is watching on the computer and
being called.
yes Jack Plotnick is playing the killer rite now on criminal minds and doing a great job at it. Probably doesn't help his case for being red john. Ive thought it was him from the beginning but, with all the spoilers and the fact Micheal Gaston is the only one listed for the 8th episode guess its time to face facts its gonna be Bertram. If anyone could comment and convince me otherwise I would love it, seeing is how haffner or partridge are the only 2 I think make sense but think the cat is outta the bag its Bertram unfortunately.
This is not a theory, just a heads up to Partridge fans.
Anybody who likes Jack Plotnick/Brett Partridge, if you haven't heard, there's a really good episode of Criminal Minds, starring him as the killer of the week, on CBS tonight at 10:00 Eastern time!
Even if he somehow ends up not being Red John, he'll sure put on a great performance as another serial killer tonight:)