In addition to my Theory #7348, this episode 5 also showed that Partridge is RJ. Hiring an amateur to bug the team's office and letting Jane have leverage against RJ. Come on! RJ could easily slit her throat as he generally does, but no. He preferred to kill her slowly by stabbing and showing his tattoo on his left arm. We know how he likes to deceive Jane to kill someone as if that person is RJ (as in the cases of Timothy Carter and Luther Wainwright). Partridge is not on the list anymore and wants Patrick to kill someone on the list. As we know RJ has no friends, just tools and they are expendable. Maybe someone on the list has that kind of tattoo and he wants Jane to kill him as Jane killed Timothy Carter.

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It would be rubbish if it turned out that
after 10 years of working on this Jane would just recklessly tell Teresa the
names on his list, knowing she'll probably tell Van Pelt - Rigsby - Cho. He is
presented as a brilliant character who isn't too social, at least not in a way
that's considered 'normal', and even when working on 'minor' cases he never
tells his plans to anyone, at least not 'till he solves the case. That's the
reason it'd be really disappointing to just blurt out something this important,
and I really do hope he has some master plan that only he knows about. Plus
I've noticed how they talk about it in the office, and considering half of the
cast of Mentalist is probably RJ’s associates (ok, not half but you get the
picture ;)) and even half of the 7 suspects work there or are connected to CBI
-it just seems stupid, anyone could have bugged the office - and for the moment
I thought maybe Jane wanted that actually, and it’s all a part of above
mentioned plan. As for the list of seven I've changed my mind a couple of
times...Wouldn't mind any of them being RJ if the story that goes with it is
good. The only one I can't swallow is that fat fuck Smith. Oh and yes, that
young man that's going to appear in e8 has similar facial features to both
Haffner and Mcallister (and even Partrigde) with that flat eyebrows and long
nose. I just hope Heller won’t fuck it up royally.

Ray Haffner isn't Red John because he could easily put bugging device by himself. He wouldn't need Kira Tinsley. So could Gale Bertram. (I had already eliminated Bertram when Reede Smith ordered him something but this is also another evidence that proves he is not RJ)

That leaves Bret Stiles, Sheriff McAliister, and Reede Smith...

Bret Stiles has been eliminated almost everybody due to his age. He is really too old to be Red John. He isn't Red John.

And I think Sheriff McAllister is also too old to be called "middle-aged". He isn't Red John.

As you all know Reede Smith is very tall and big man. If you look carefully, when Kira Tinsley opens the door she isn't looking at a person who is as tall as Reede Smith.

I think Red John is Brett Partridge. His appearing in Red John cases, his voice, other physical properties, character, relationship with Jane and even his death are strong evidences. And as an interesting clue, see what wikipedia says about partridge bird. It avoids high places... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partridge (discovery of this partridge bird information doesn't belong to me, I saw it from someone's theory earlier)

Okay, if I were Bruno Heller and it was coming down to the final culmination of 6 years of hard work, I would want it to be HUGE. I would want to blow everybody's mind so that they were talking about it for days. No, weeks. And maybe years. Like on 24 when everybody was like, Nina? Seriously? Nina was the mole the entire time?? Like that.

That being said, let's get real. If it ends up being one of the five guys left on the list, it's going to be pretty anticlimactic. 20% of viewers will be like "I was right!" and then be disappointed because they weren't surprised. And everyone else will be disappointed because they didn't guess right but still weren't surprised. Pretty much what I'm getting at is that It doesn't really matter who it is on the list of 5 because NO ONE WILL BE SURPRISED. And we all want to experience the shock and awe of something incredible happening. Give it to us, Heller! We've been watching for 6 long years for this moment!

I think you can see where I'm going with this... I was on the Partridge bandwagon all along and then couldn't figure out where the show was going after the season 6 premiere. Until I started thinking about what would be the most shocking ending... which would obviously be the return of someone everyone thought was dead. And if I were Heller, I would tell anybody who would listen that Partridge is dead so that his return is all the more shocking (and awesome). Also. I just want to point out that Kirkland is definitely dead, as someone who gets shot 6 times, has an autopsy performed on them, and then somehow lives to continue serial killing is nothing short of supernatural. But then again, maybe THAT would be the most shocking revelation... Barring that scenario, I think we can safely rule him out.

But back to Partridge. Heller said that he died when he did for a reason. Which reason, I would argue, is to misdirect the audience. And Jane. He wants to get him to to look anywhere but himself. But Jane isn't fooled, obviously. He's all over this. I think when this all goes down, Partrdige will step out from behind the figurative curtain, everyone will be shocked, but Jane will have a knowing smile on his face. And then he'll kill RJ once and for all.

Until season 7 when we realize that Partridge wasn't RJ, but one of his disciples. This, to drag the story line on even longer. Ugh. Please say no, Heller. Let it end.

Unless something else amazing happens. I'm all for anarchy at the end.

On a related note... Theresa Lisbon. Something is up with her. Her broken arm from the season 5 finale was never explained. And the whole Carmen Lee thing? These are clues, people! But to what... that's the question. What's your story, Lisbon?

Also. I kind of suspect that Van Pelt and Rigsby are both going to get serial killed. I think the firing squad after their wedding was a little too ominous and looked a little too much like foreshadowing. I really hope not though...

I do believe that somehow, we're going to see Brett return in the future.  However, while I think that Brett is involved, I'm not ready to say that he's Redjohn.

What I want to bring up is that, according to e5, the person who attacked Tinsley has a tattoo on their left arm.  As someone here observed, in e1 of Season 1, there is a shot of a paramedics team member loading a body into an ambulance, and then there is a slow-motion close-up shot of their LEFT ARM with a tattoo of what looks like the Grim  Reaper.  This CAN'T just be coincidence.

How this all plays into the bigger story I'm not sure, but surely, I'm not alone in thinking that this has to be connected somehow, no?

I do believe that somehow, we're going to see Brett return in the future.  However, while I think that Brett is involved, I'm not ready to say that he's Redjohn.

What I want to bring up is that, according to e5, the person who attacked Tinsley has a tattoo on their left arm.  As someone here observed, in e1 of Season 1, there is a shot of a paramedics team member loading a body into an ambulance, and then there is a slow-motion close-up shot of their LEFT ARM with a tattoo of what looks like the Grim  Reaper.  This CAN'T just be coincidence.

How this all plays into the bigger story I'm not sure, but surely, I'm not alone in thinking that this has to be connected somehow, no?

Hi everyone. 

I think Heller is messing with us. It's quite simple:


We all know from Rosalind that RJ is under 6 feet tall. 

We also have Jane's feedback:
"Red John thinks of himself as a showman; an artist. He has a strong sense of theater ... the first thing that anyone sees is the face on the wall. You see the face first and you know. You know what's happened and you feel dread. Then, and only then do you see the body of the victim. Always in that order."

Another clue was in a radio that interview Heller: "Red John is really just a personification of death, I mean it's that simple. Patrick Jane is very much alive and is very much about being alive in the face of death. And Red John is the fate that awaits us all in the end."

(source: http://www.tvtimemachine.com/1333/interview-with-the-mentalist-creator-bruno-heller)

I mean... 'Personification of death'? Who's better than a forensic????

And last: the first Partridge's line on the show was: 'Red John enters here...'
Introducing himself with all strong sense of theater  as Jane said.



I trully believe Brett isn't death. That's why his body wasn't investigated or showed up.

Let's think: Brett is a primary suspect on Jane's list...
Why the hell Jane never search for the body, or for evidence?
I mean... They told Jane 'Partridge is dead' and that's it? 

Our clever Patrick would just sit on the bench and watch the others without any confirmation?

LoL not here.

That's why Heller said that it would be disappointing..
... Just because we all would figure it out easily.

Let me know what y'all think.