Who are your least favorite choices for Red John? Mine are:

1) McAllister - I will be very disappointed, even angry, if he is revealed as Red John.

2) Smith - Too brutish. He's enforcer type, not mastermind type.

3) Bertram - Too obvious with his CBI position, but also he is not smart enough. He is duplicious and politically smart, but he isn't cunning and charming enough.

4) Stiles - Would be too obvious, and too old.

5) CBI Ron - I would be annoyed if it were him.

6) Minelli - I've always thought Minelli was a genuine nice guy, I don't see him hurting anyone.


My favorite choices for Red John:

1) Kirkland - Dead. Would have been a wonderful Red John since he was such a formidable character. I am not excluding that his twin is Red John. I'd be okay with that.

2) Wayne Rigsby - I've never thought he was Red John, I've scoffed at all the theories that it's someone on Jane's team, but there was a real good Rigsby theory recently posted that actually convinced me it could be him. Now I'm almost going to be disappointed if it isn't!

3) Walter Mashburn - The parallel between he and Jane with Lorelei and Lisbon would be delicious.

4) Dean Harken - Formidable, controlling, and he has access to poisonous substances and a scientific understanding of poisons. He is also a red head and a jerk. This guy would be a solid choice for Red John and has long been one of my favorites.

5) Brett Partridge - I would LOVE to see him transform from creepy geek to criminal mastermind psycho as he is revealed to be Red John. I imagine his whole face coming off like a mask as he reveals his true self. He is my current #1 choice, and I believe that he is not truly dead. We did not see his body and if the people on scene work for him, then that makes it completely plausible that he faked his own death.

Without doubt, it is ...Brett Partridge.

Season 1, Jane calls him as "Ghoul".
Season 6, last scene on the wall "666", where Brett was about to die.

Ghoul Definition - One who delights in the revolting, morbid, or loathsome. 2. A grave robber. 3. An evil spirit or demon in....

666 Definition:

http://www.equip.org/bible_answers/what-is-the-meaning-of-666/

-- Multitudes today assume that 666 is a number representing a modern-day beast about to be revealed.

Jack Plotnick said, he didn't faked his death. Teresa call him as "Partridge".
Tyger Tyger, Symmetry give clues about twins.

Let's wait and see
Until 6x08, happy hunting....

Look at carefully the face RJ drew on Lisbon's face. Eyes were kind of vertical eyes. But they were actually exclamation marks. Watch again :D. RJ says "pay attention" to Partridge. It cannot be McAllister because he fears of pigeons and there were pigeons in the building. He would have chosen another building that does not have pigeons in it.  

RJ wil be someone jane least suspects.  jane suspects patridge  a lil to much. if patridge is RJ which I highly doubt , there will be NO element of surprise and a lil boring and poor. think outside the box fans . Don't be mislead with what heller is feeding you all the time.

guys, just to let you know that bruno heller said that RJ IS in the seven names. and remember the mentalist revolves around patrick stewart and the life inside his mind. why would the writers lead you to distrust his mind?

He has been there since the beginning: "Red John enters here."  
It's the perfect poetic justice/balance.  
I don't care if it is too "obvious."  He is so Red John creepy/smart/just socially awkward enough.
Just the way he looks at Jane; he's the under-dog that you almost can see is justified to get back at Jane for all of his "bullying" and ribbing. 
Fakes stupidity.
Under their noses -- hidden in plain sight.
Had complete control over staging his "death" scene -- motive still to be revealed. 
He's only in Red John frame episodes (beginning and ending of seasons).

All in all, whoever it is, most fans (who read this site) will be pissed and disappointed, right?  After reading so many theories, I think that the Bruno Heller is damned to disappoint at least 60% of his fan base.  

But, Brett is the only satisfying choice, in a literary sense.  The others are (read: should be) red herrings to hang evidence on.  If they are Red John it's like Big F'ing Deal, okay good job.  Some random dude that wasn't in the pilot -- added in the middle of the show, who may have been in 2 or more episodes before this season, yay! 

I still think Kristina Frye's involved -- if there is no point to all the red-headed women in this show, for symbolic meaning, then there was a very missed opportunity.  

Brett and Kristina sitting in a tree, K-I-L-L-I-N-G!

in last episode "RED TATTOO" when she opened the door for red john "if he is the knocker" she looked straight along her sight so exclude tall suspects gale, sherrif,ray.

we have reede , brett,

smith does't look intelligent neither serial killer which leave brett

another idea what make partridge goes to abandoned house unless he knows is spied he observed Lisbon outside make some noise to attract her and the voice of red john every time we hear match brett's voice coldish and stolid.