<== just because. :)

With the amount of hype leading into this, is anyone else afraid this whole RJ finale/reveal is going to be anti-climactic? (In other words, suck?) I have really gotten into this show in the last few years and the whole Moriarty-esque RJ storyline. I really hope they have done it justice and don't pull some canned Deus ex machina b.s. Keeping my fingers crossed we get a proper RJ finale! (Because if we get Bobby Ewing in the shower, I'm boycotting CBS!!) :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TcWNyrWaZ0

I think Partridge really is dead.  The reason he is dead is that he was RJ's forensic guy!  He examined every crime scene to remove any evidence that would lead back to Red John.  That's why we see him at every RJ murder scene, and that's why he was the first to be killed.  He knows all the evidence that would link Red John to his murders.  He knew waaaaayyyy too much.  Thus, he was the first to go.

Ultimately this will be RJ's undoing.  Partridge was kind of the brains of the operation.  He kept Red John two steps ahead of everyone.  Now that he's gone, RJ has started being careless and making mistakes, letting Kira Tinsely see his tattoo, not destroying Sophie Miller's voice recorded sessions.  Partridge would have totally figured that out and destroyed the tape.

Regardless of who you think RJ is, Partridge is the forensics guy.  It explains quite a lot.  I still say the Sheriff because he has indicated he's been a hunter most of his life and enjoys killing.  He's an intelligent man, but not the brains of the outfit, so without Partridge, he really shot himself in the foot!

Guys its simple, ask yourself this question:

Do you believe Partridge is dead?

Look at all the clues and look closely at his death scene. If you believe he isn't dead, then he is 100% red john, if you believe he is dead, then someone else is red john

Its that simple

In my opinion i do not believe that red john killed the p.i that bugged cho. Red john said in the season finally i do not like cheap imitations of my work, its 1. Hard to believe its more than one person 2. Yes red john has many friends i highly doubt a very intelligent person like red john would use the 3 dot symbol like hey this is us 4. Out of all the words in the world why would he use tyger tyger its just not that intelligent of a word to be used from somebody that has eluded patrick jane for 6 years. If bruno heller in the end makes it out to be that red john is the leader of tyger tyger thats not such a great plot a, red john has killed about 30 ish people over 12 years do you think he would easily give a clue like a three dotted tattoo away so easily, what gets me is red john yes has friends but what happens when patrick gets close they either commit suicide or get killed by red john why would red john say hey jane i know the list here it is by the way 3 of the 7 people on that list have tattoos if i was red john i would kill all of them it does not make any sense. As far as who red john is i have no clue it could be any man or women. Yes a lot of people are ruling out women and partridge but the way this show is no one is off the radar. Fyi i would not trust rosalind harker for a blind women who never leaves the house she sends a pretty good letter remember the s1 ep9 flame red the boy does pretty good at playing mentally disabled 2 more weeks and the truth will be revealed lets just hope heller does not f it up.