Here is my Red John theory. Brett Partridge is not dead and he is definitely RJ.

In considering the information about the physical appearance of Rj in the previous episodes, we see that Partridge perfectly fits the physical characteristics of RJ.

Secondly, Bruno Heller said that we were given clues about RJ in the first episode of the sixth season.

Here is the clue. Lisbon's back was towards the window when she was knocked down and we did not see anyone approaching her. Someone had to pull her down from the floor and that was Partridge.

This also explains why he did not kill her. If he had done that, Jane could have realise his fake death. By keeping her alive, Jane was distracted and cared what happened to Lisbon and went to the hospital with her. This is how magic works. You pay attention to beautiful woman and do not see the scam. As you know we did not see the dead body of Partridge.

Third, we saw active phones of McAllister, Haffner and Smith in Lisbon's office on the screen before she left the office. They are part of the Tyger Tyger organisation and cover each others dirts. This time they helped Partridge to stage his fake death.

Lastly, he is also son of Bret Stiles. This explains his connection to The Visualise. Bret and Brett connection. A kind of one t is first and two ts mean the second.

Sorry for my English.

What do you think?

gale bertram said to jane i want to catch this fish
then breet partridge wearring a fisher man hat !!

What I don't really understand is how lisbon didn't see RJ in episode 1 of this season when she was in the house looking for Partridge. She searched the whole house and there did not appear to be any more doors or corners that RJ could have been hiding behind. The ONLY person in the house was Partridge. And just because we were told that he was found dead, doesn't mean anything since we did not actually see the body. We know that cops are working on the inside with RJ so it would not be hard at all for them to fake the death. 

The only other theory that I like is the twin of Kirkland. As I saw in an earlier theory, it makes no sense for Kirkland to have killed that man last season who knew the identity of RJ. Kirkland was clearly going to great lengths to find RJ! 

Well, first of all I want to apologize for my english, i am from Argentina.

I have been thinking a few things about who Red John really is.
First, the only suspect that RJ killed by himself is Partridge, Kirkland was murdered by Smith and McCallister does not have the fobia, so the list could reduce to 4 names.
If RJ really belongs to the Tyger Tyger org, why they killed Kirkland? Does not have much sense, that will help PJ deleting one other name of the list and making him closer to RJ really identity IF he is on the list. 
That leave us two options:

- RJ is not on the list, and he is someone else, my bet is Mashburn.

- RJ is Partridge and fakes his own death 

I'm just saying, it is another theory, and really sorry for my english!

I know you're itching to thumbs down, but indulge me for a moment. This is a follow-up to my previous post (7168) about BP being alive and happily feeding pigeons on a park bench while wearing his favorite bracelet/watch: http://i.imgur.com/6Ez7I0R.jpg (Image is NOT mine, please let me know who made it so I can give you credit for it, because you rock).

I'd like to respond to the "Heller/Plotnick insist he's dead and they would never lie to us" contingent. Producers and actors lie all the time about this exact same thing. Then they try to get off on incredibly lame technicalities. If you haven't seen the new Battlestar Gallactica from a few years ago, skip the next paragraph because it will spoil the crud out of you. As far as I can tell, you can't hide spoilers on this page.

****Spoiler: Remember when Starbuck "died"? Starbuck fans wailed and gnashed their teeth all summer long, but I didn't believe it for a second. The producers and Katee Sackhoff just went on and on and on about how she was really dead and would never come back--they protested a bit too much. Then, lo and behold, Starbuck wanders back in a few episodes later. She looks like/acts like/has the same genes and memories as Starbuck, and is absolutely convinced that she's Starbuck. Then we discover during the finale that she was one of those creepy angel-type people who was completely indistinguishable (even on a genetic level) from Starbuck. It was an incredibly lame stunt. But we swallowed it without much fuss because we were too busy trying to choke down the turdburger that was the rest of the series finale. But I digress.*****End Spoiler

If you think Heller and his merry band of goons would never mislead you, then I fear that life will bring you many disappointments. Personally, I HATE BP as a suspect. He sucks--HARD. He just happens to suck a tiny bit less than the rest of the losers on the suspect list (Why, Bruno, why??????). I'm not going to go into the various reasons he could be Red John, because they've been done ad nauseam. I can put it in the comments on request. My point is that this photo is pretty good evidence that BP is still alive. And if he's still alive, he's the best fit for Red John out of this disappointing bunch.

I'd be thrilled if it turned out that RJ isn't someone on the list (although I'd probably want to punch Heller in the face). My personal pick has always been Ellis Mars ("He is mar" = "El es Mar..." plus the actor is awesome). Tons of people would make a better RJ than Partridge. Unless it's the newly-revealed Michael Kirkland--if it is, I'll probably spend several days vomiting out of rage and disgust.

So just look at the photo and tell me honestly if you think it's Partridge on that bench. Because I think it is.

Oh man... the Partridge vs Haffner arguments are getting intense. Well...Heller got his wish. I'm sure he knew that Partridge's death would throw a wrench in everyone's theories, and he has successfully split the fan base down the middle. Everybody just chill out..you are free to disagree with someone's theory, but please don't call them a 'lunatic' because of it. It's unnecessary.

Ok, folks. Before you go into a Partridge-induced rage and start screaming that he's dead, Jim, can you just take a look at 0:01 of this video and tell me that the hideous, hulking woman feeding the pigeons in episode 6x02 doesn't have the exact same face and build as Partridge in drag? Yes, I know Heller said Partridge is dead. I agree. The Partridge persona is dead, but the person playing the Partridge persona (RJ) is alive. If anyone can pull of a ghoulish, idiotic moron routine, it would be RJ.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=772FU_fAjj4