In Brett Partridge's first ever scene, he traces out the steps of the killer. "Red John zaps them both with his trusty stun gun." He does the action pointing towards Lisbon who happens to be standing right in front of him. Not saying its him, just saying it would be cool if it comes full circle.

When Bruno Heller revealed to the actor who IS a suspect, that he was actually Red John, this was his reaction.

The actor was "stunned and flattered."

"Earning this little place in pop-culture history was the last thing I ever expected...Truth be told, I thought I thought I was a red herring." 

In the daylight, in a picturesque park, miles outside of Los Angeles, Patrick Jane chases down and slays Red John. There is noone else around, he is not accompanied by CBI. The moment of death itself, with Jane straddling Red John and looking into the eyes of his prey, is one of shocking intimacy.

How is Red John caught? Simon Baker: "He desperately wants a relationship with Jane to the point where he exposes himself and puts his life in jeopardy."

Red John was the leader of the Tiger Tiger conspiracy.

Fans of the show are aware of the recurring William Blake motif. The key to understanding this clue is that it's RJ, not the writers of the show, who is intentionally using these references. Let's see where this idea takes us.

Here are some of the well-known references:

* Brett Patridge's name refers to a Blake painting, "A brace of patridge".
* RJ quotes to PJ a Blake poem, "The Tyger", and members of the "Tyger Tyger" conspiracy use this phrase on multiple occasions.
* Episode 7 of season 6 is named in reference to a series of Blake paintings, "The Great Red Dragon".

This last one is particularly interesting, since it seems that the writers, not RJ, are making the reference. My theory predicts that the episode will include some reference, if only a vague one, by RJ to the titular dragon.

If RJ is indeed the author of the Blake references, as in the Tyger case (also uttered by BP when found dying by Lisbon), it seems likely that one of his aliases will also be such a reference (namely, Brett, spelled with "a brace of T"...). And no, I'm not going to get into that whole "he's dead" argument.

But then there's one more early Blake reference. In episode 12 of season 1, the victim is killed after being cursed by a self-proclaimed witch called Tamzin Dove.
Tamzin = twin = pair = brace.
Dove = bird = patridge (no ornithology lessons, please; I know they are very different birds).
Tamzin Dove = A brace of patridge.

This raises a lot of questions:

* If BP is named in reference to Blake, is TD named so too?

* If so, is TD RJ's daughter? She certainly fits: her real name is Sarah Jones from NJ ("Sarah Jones is dead"), her mother committed suicide when she was 16, she doesn't know who her father is, and she has a psychiatric history.

* If so, was it arranged for PJ to take the Cody Elkins case and meet TD? Why?

* TD is portrayed by Azura Skye. Is there a connection to the upcoming episode 9, following RJ's reveal, named "My Blue Heaven"? Will the daughter continue in her father's footsteps?

Its amazing how many people think "Brett Partridge is dead, so he can't be RJ." Its like they don't even watch the show. They think its "poor writing," when they make it quite obvious they aren't even capable of following clues...

Not a theory but I'll just like to point this out.. I'm so excited to see Jane get his revenge and finally know 100% who Red John is. 
Since the reveal of Red John is coming up soon I started re-watching all the old episodes again and when I got up to Season 2 Episode 8, when Red John got Bosco and his team killed, reminded me how much I despise this man. 

No matter who it is I'll be satisfied, just as long as it's not Reede!

Honestly, why don't you guys want Red John to be Partridge? I understand it maybe be cliche if Partridge comes back from the dead, but shouldn't Red John be someone where the majority of clues point to them throughout the series?
I mean, for example McAllistor and Haffner don't really have any specific clues pointing to them, so if they were Red John, then it would be a bit of a disappointment. I understand this would be more shock value, but it would be out of the blue without any real evidence throughout the series.
For example, if Partridge was Red John, at least you could re watch the series and 'see' all the clues taken place.
For example, the first thing Partridge says is "Red John enters here" and he always accuses someone else when Red John actually strikes, giving hints that he is Red John.


Anyone else being Red John would be a "oh, cool" but a disappointment as there aren't any real clues for them throughout the story.

Partridge being Red John would at least be a reward for us who watch the series closely and see all the clues of him being Red John throughout.

Anyways, Discuss

I have some theories which im gonna touch on Iater today, now I wanna taIk about the big RJ reveaI, Think of season 3 ending, it was great, right? It was great even tho we hadn't seen the guy pIaying "RJ" before.I expected PJ to change his mind in the Iast second and not shoot him, but he didn't, but in the end that wasn't RJ either, and I think that's one of the reasons the finaIe was so good! But I dont think the same thing can happen againAs to who I think RJ is, weII as most of you do, I think it's Brett Partridge, but I think he is dead, kiIIed by StiIes(his father), and the big "confrontation" wiII be between Simon Baker and MaIcoIm, the 2 actors that I think stand out when it comes to acting
I guess most of you won't agree with me, but since I started watching the show, I aImost never wanted RJ to get caught, he has aIways been this charismatic, good guy(kinda, I mean even tho he is a serial kiIIer, he is likable), easy to emphatise with, at Ieast for me, so RJ getting caught or dying to PJ won't be the finaIe of the RJ chapter I expected, thats why I think the idea of him dying to the hands of his own father is great! PJ journey comes to an end with RJ being dead and at the same he doesn't go to jail. And what I like abut the show is that unlike most other shows where a storyline with 1 villain contiues for a season or 2, here I think RJ is part of the show, and him getting caught or shot dead isn't an option. He has become way too charming for the people watching the show...or just me :D
I'll be glad to hear what you think on that theory