I still think it is Bob Kirkland. The one who was shot was NOT Bob Kirkland, it was his twin brother pretending to be Kirkland. The twin knew his brother was Red John and was trying to stop him. Bertram, Smith, and McAlister are disciples, which is why Smith killed the twin who was trying to expose Red John.
Not a theory just a questiin, is it true that theres not going to be an episode this next sunday?
Please dont dont do that to the fans now thats just plain cruel.
I have been posting/commenting for Ray Haffner as that is my pick for RJ however....I have just had a thought based on the comment from the tv guide article that reads: We now know that Red John has a burning desire to befriend Patrick. He wants to be friends with him so badly that he's willing to expose himself and put himself out in the open for Patrick.
The only person that comes to mind that would want this kind of acceptance from Patrick would be Partridge. I realised he is dead but think about all the times Patrick has mocked him, ridiculed him, etc. He is the only one that would be yearning for Patrick to be his friend, to accept him. Even the way he asked Patrick what was wrong, etc in the first episode of this season.
After watching "Strawberries and Cream" again, I know it's Gale Bertram. In an earlier episode, Jane talked about the power of suggestion. In "Strawberries and Cream," Jane suspected Bertram of working for RJ, for the 2nd time. It wasn't until Bertram said, "You're at the end of your rope..." to PJ that Jane immediately thought of O'Laughlin instead. He put that suggestion in PJ's mind. Then, he walked away right as the fake RJ gave himself away. I think O'Laughlin was part of Tyger Tyger, doing Bertram's bidding, and fake RJ (Carter?) was also a disciple willing to take the fall. One very interesting thing about the episode that I just can't get over is when LaRoche kills the gas station attendant. He looks at Jane and says, "He tried to escape. He was going for a gun. I had no choice." Seems almost word for word what Reede Smith told the patty wagon driver about Kirkland. So either LaRoche is also Tyger Tyger, or Tyger Tyger really are trigger words for hypnosis. LaRoche almost says it in a rehearsed way. PJ suspected something about Bertram twice in the same season. He suspected he worked for RJ, when in fact he IS RJ!
Remember 'He is Mar'?
Well what if the 'mar' was going to be Bertram spelt backwards..
Fire and Brimstone
When Jane told Bertram to meet him, Bertram called a misterious person, which seems to be Red John, I mean, who else could be? And he told Red John about the meeting. Quick note: if Red John is one of the five suspects and Bertram called him, he knows Jane is gathering all the five suspects together, because Jane asked him too.
Just like another theory I just read saying that Red John would never place a bomb where he would be, because he is a narcissist and he will make sure that everyone knows who Red John was before he dies.
But if Red John is not one of those five suspects in the room, how did he knew where the meeting was? Easy: Bertram told him.
Accusing Bret Stiles
He is the only one that would plant a bomb in such a suicidal way (he is dying), and when he arrives looks like he is looking for the others, and how did he knew about the others? Bertram.
But wait, there is a failure, Red John is a narcissist, he wouldn't bomb himself like this even when dying, so, I don't think it's Stiles I just wanted to share this thought.
About Michael Kirkland
I keep repeating this all the time, and I'll say it again: it's really unlikely that we have seen Michael Kirkland on the show and if we really did, this is such a script failure.
I tell you why. Bob has been looking for his brother for some long time and never found any clue. He can get a lot of information about anyone he wants, he just ''stalks'' them and investigate and do this kind of stuff. Now, do you really think that a guy like this wouldn't know if the brother he was looking for years was using his name? If he knew it, why the hell would he torture the people from the fake list? His vendetta would be completely pointless. This is why I assume we never saw Michael, unless it's a script failure...I think he is really dead
Final point
I know a lot of you are really pissed of Partridge theories (I once was too), but seriously, he fits everything so perfectly, specially his voice, and his looks. Also he seems to like everything working perfectly with no failures, just like Red John's crimes, just check the very first episode (S01E01) when Rigsby is like blocking the way, Partridge seems to get really annoyed by such a little reason.
And also, I know a lot of you have read this, but we never saw his dead body, and I think this is relevant since it's a crime investigation show and we see dead bodies all the time, also, he faked his death and traped Lisbon because he knew Jane would just freak out and rush to save her and that Jane wouldn't give a damn about Partridge's ''dead'' body. And he also did make sure that Lisbon saw him ''dying''. He could easily escape, he works with the forensics and he certainly has some friends there to help him out.
Thanks for reading, comments appreciated!
The actor playing him says he was 'stunned and flattered' when he learned that his character - one of seven final suspects - was the show's big bad. "Earning this little place in pop culture history was the last thing I ever expected," he admitted. "Truth be told, I thought I was a red herring."