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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At Visualize we wonder if the Tyger tyger organization has anything to do with the fact Justin Bieber is gay

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I'm not a big fan of linking theories but theories like this dont come along ever.

If Bruno Heller is Patrick Jane, this person is Red John. They guessed the plot. :P Or made up a really good one.

www.whoisredjohn.com/See-a-theory-Red-John/11340

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OK people, I know that we all just wanna know who RJ is... and we have to wait too long for the answer.
However, while we wait we can predict.
My prediction is Brett Partridge, and this is why.

There was never any conformation that he died, but that's what the audience at home thinks.
"Oh, he's dead, he's out of the picture.. it's Bertram"
That's my prediction.. Press plausible if you think it will work..
Actually press plausible anyway. :)
THANKS!!!!!!

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I think Theory #10369 may have hit the nailhead pointing out that while Brett Partridge will appear in 6x08, Bob Kirkland won't.

Call me crazy, but this can be too good or too bad for the show. On one hand, and just as 10369 says, it could mean that RJ is Partridge, which by now and sadly is a serious possibility, On the other hand, Partridge could participate in a flashback, most surely in red John's flashback / confession, when he says why or how the forensics guy got killed

So, I think this is very, very important: If Partridge will appear in RJ's confession flashback and Kirkland won't, this can only mean that Kirkland's death wasn't on RJ's account, a definitive proof that tyger tyger and red john are not the exact same thing..


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Once you all find out that Partridge is REALLY dead and why is he killed....will you then STOP posting the "undead" Partridge theories? This is not the Walking dead...once you kill someone, he DOESNT come back.....unlike as much as you like, and GET OVER IT...PARTRIDGE IS DEAD....

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Let's talk about the Season 3 finale where Jane kills the fake RJ Timothy Carter.  The buildup to the shooting in the mall all started when the cop killer, Todd Johnson, said the words "tiger, tiger" to Jane before he died from being burned alive.  Jane assumed that Johnson was working for RJ because RJ had recited the William Blake poem in the Season 2 finale.  We now know that tiger tiger is a California club of corrupt law enforcement officers which means that RJ not only saved Jane's life in the Season 2 finale but also warned him about tiger tiger.  Knowing all of this means that we can safely assume that Todd Johnson was a member of tiger tiger and was killed by another member of tiger tiger and not RJ.  Jane set up an elaborate plot to catch RJ but he was actually chasing tiger tiger who probably noticed Jane's interest and that's why they framed Hightower.  RJ is not involved but he does have a set of eyes in the form of Craig O'Laughlin.

Jane gets LaRoche's short list of suspects which include Gale Bertram and Craig O'Laughlin.  Knowing that Bertram is tiger tiger makes it safe to assume that he lit Todd Johnson on fire and he sent the assassin to the hotel.  Now I'm going to assume that Craig O'Laughlin was both a member of tiger tiger and RJ's man with his loyalties obviously lying more with RJ than tiger tiger.  This explains why tiger tiger knew there were two different hotel room numbers and sent the assassin with rope.  It also suggests that tiger tiger was getting desperate with Jane getting really close to figuring out who killed Todd Johnson.  So at the mall, Bertram's comment "you're at the end of your rope" is really tiger tiger framing Craig O'Laughlin and more importantly RJ.  RJ knew something was going on because like Jane suggested several episodes ago, RJ probably has Bertram's office bugged.  RJ knew Bertram and Jane would be at the mall and I'm guessing that he thought Jane was finally going to reveal tiger tiger so he sent Timothy Carter to watch.  

Instead RJ gets a call from O'Laughlin telling him that Jane's scheme is really to catch RJ.  I'm guessing that up till then RJ thought that he and Jane had a better relationship because RJ saved Jane's life and gave him a tiger tiger clue that Jane was following through on.  RJ realizes that tiger tiger framed him and Jane completely fell for it.  RJ is angry with Jane for not being as clever as he expected him to be and very angry with tiger tiger for messing with his plans for Jane.  This is why he orders O'Laughlin to kill Hightower, Lisbon, Van Pelt, the kids, the cops at the cabin to teach Jane one last lesson in humility.  This is assuming that RJ was communicating to Timothy Carter though an ear communication device and the conversation Jane had with Timothy Carter was really with RJ.  I don't think that RJ sent Timothy Carter to the mall to fake his own death.  I think it was a decision made in anger after his plan to have Jane reveal tiger tiger fell through.  I think RJ meant tiger tiger to be a gift to Jane to reach out and start a relationship.

Coming up to the current season, the events in the third season would explain why RJ gave Jane a list full of tiger tiger suspects.  He's finally getting his revenge on tiger tiger by setting Jane up to expose them, getting Kirkland off his back by including him on the list and knowing that Jane will force his hand, and including Visualize for some other reason.  I no longer think that the list of seven suspects was Jane's planted list for RJ to steal.  I think that it is completely RJ's list as a gift to Jane.  When Jane exposes tiger tiger, RJ is going to think that Jane has accepted his gift and that will make him more careless when Jane finally reaches out to him using the real list of names we saw in Jane's notebook.  Now I believe RJ to be Walter Mashburn but this theory is more about the origin of the seven suspects list and an explanation of the season 3 finale so choose plausible based on those.  There were always a lot of inconsistencies with season 3 and RJ's motives that are all neatly tied up with tiger tiger.  My theory would explain why a statement was made suggest that Strawberries and Cream was the most important episode (and I wish I could give the exact quote).

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My theory is based on the assumption that the Heller has written much of the Mentalist Red John arc as a pseudo biblical metaphor.

William Blake was a Christian and his paintings and poems were all symbolic of the struggle between good and evil.

The 666 clue in episode 1 is symbolic of the unholy trinity that is headed by the Anti-Christ (i.e. Red John). 3 dots are the "mark of the Beast" so all who have it are followers of Red John.

In the Bible, the Anti-Christ rises to power on a platform of peace.  He's charismatic, articulate and worshiped.  Everybody that falls under his spell is deceived and will gladly do his bidding, even unto death. In reality he's the devil incarnate but they only realize it just before they die.

He's mortally wounded in the head at some point, but rises again and is ultimately vanquished by Christ in the final battle.

The ONLY person that truly fits those requirements metaphorically is Stiles.

Everybody thinks he's a kindly old father figure to Jane.  Jane even said to him "You'd never hurt a fly".

But Stiles controls and deceives people and in their delusion they would do anything for him.  Remember the dinner scene when everybody stood up to prevent his arrest?

At his ascension ceremony in the previous episode he said not to mourn for him, he will come again.  So look for a death and resurrection in the next two episodes.

Stiles "loves" Patrick because only Patrick is worthy to take his place. 

He wants Patrick to bow before him so he can pass on his kingdom.  However, Patrick can't be tempted by that.

As for most of the RJ killings we've seen throughout the series, they were committed by unholy "sons" killing in the image of their "father" trying to please him in order to inherit his earthly kingdom.

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