My intention is not to trick you. You must understand that.



Episode 6: I am Mystical Magic Man from Candy Land here to rain Sugary Spoilers.

Jane take's Lisbon's phone because its bugged, (he takes it during the hug.)

Then Patrick uses a shotgun to shoot noone in his house. Only one gunshot is heard because Ray Haffner has the vertical tattoo. When Ray showed his shoulder, he concealed it.  The phone is still in the car, so Red John thinks Patrick has shot Haffner. That's why the screen goes outside. To show it can be heard in the bugged phone. But Patrick doesn't actually shoot Haffner. The 3 people with the tattoos, are working for Robert Kirkland. They are actually undercover agents in law-enforcement clean up.

In season 2, Robert Kirkland meets with Minelli. After the conversation, Minelli retires, as the new boss is undercover, and planted by Robert Kirkland. Gale Bertram is undercover in "Tyger, Tyger," which is a law-enforcement conspiracy headed by Red John. They both agree, Bertram is more useful as head of CBI, as he can feed back more information on Tyger Tyger, as he is in a higher position, he can learn more.

And yes, Reede Smith shot Michael Kirkland... it's so obvious.. beer belly, a complete lack of knowledge on the "Tyger Tyger" conversation with Reede. Michael immediately realises he's been played.

So the 3 with the horizontal tattoos are separated, and Patrick feigns gunshots for the bugged phone. Then Sherriff McAllister is ordered by Patrick to tie up Haffner and Stiles and kidnap them. Gale Bertram and Reede Smith are ordered by Patrick to become fugitives.

Then Patrick stays to blow up his house.

Tyger, Tyger will be exposed in the Great Red Dragon. Red John loses his source of followers. Both Visualise and Tyger Tyger are down the drain.

Lorelei Martins appears, Red John's last hope. Lisbon thinks she's reformed, and gives her information, but it turns out Lorelei Martins is still a loyal footsoldier to Red John. Later we find out Ray Haffner actually abducted and raped her sister.

At the end of the episode, there is a massive but subtle clue that Brett Partridge is Red John.

That's all I can say for now. Now just wait for the episode to air. I will return next week.

An important question remained: why did Partridge had to die, and why then?

1) Is he really meant to return of the dead? No, but maybe he helped to make that possible for somebody else. I assumed he was a member of Tyger Tyger, that he was the one who covered up their killings. However this could be motive for RJ to kill him, it doesn't explain anything important and also the timing seems random.

2) So we need a better explanation. Now, after I read a very interesting theory on this site about RJ's list-trick, it makes more logic to me that Partrigde worked for Red John, and helped to fake Lorelei's death after she was knocked unconsious. Her body is under the blood but her pretty face has not been touched what so ever. Though on the DVD her right cheek is firmly bruised. That's part one of RJ's trick, the second part was wiretapping Lisbon to find out the 7 names.

3) As someone also posted here, the pidgeons in that dark building are the important clue in S06E01: they referred to Lisbon's happy memory about her mother feeding pigeons. When Jane and Lisbon are talking in the park and there's a random lady feeding pigeons, Jane suddenly remembers. RJ must have added the pigeons for Lisbon (and not that poor Partridge). So now he knows how RJ did his cheap trick.

Partridge obviously had to die because he's the only one apart from RJ that knows Lorelei is still alive. RJ couldn't take the risk to have him talking, since he's also on Jane's list and would be watched closely The gps-trackers on the suspect's phones allow him to hit two birds with one stone.

As Lisbon once said, Haffner is a well known wiretapper - it doesn't exclude other suspects but Haffner allready became my only possible suspect after Partridge died: after we find out it's him and will review his episodes, many small details about his behavior will suddenly make a lot of sense.


This theory (all credits to the members here who found about it before) is for know the only one that gives a decent explanation for how RJ tricked Jane, so I tend to stick with it - untill someone finds even better :)

  

It's simple. Sheriff and Haffner. One of them will definitely die tomorrow. Whoever doesn't is Red John.:)