Some people say they will be disappointed when RJ is revealed now the suspect list has been revealed but i think it will be good still!

We know 1 of the 7 suspects is RJ (as Heller has confirmed this.)  So I'm looking forward to seeing which 1 RJ is & how they catch him? plus if that actor can really pull RJ character off! if the actor can't get the RJ character down to how we all think he is or should be (like Jane but just a eviler version) THEN, YES, THEN I will be disappointed...

I think Brett Partridge or Haffner is most likely RJ, More partridge thou as out of all the suspects as he is the total opposite to Jane & we all know from RJ & Jane are very alike!) plus Partridge has been there from the start of the show, been around Jane all these years undetected & it would be very interesting to see him play the RJ character.

In season 5  Bob asked gale if they could trust Lisbon. So, somehow Lisbon was being used.

Did you realize that Bob told Lisbon about the "secret" photo of lorelei's sister? well I guess that photo was created by bob. He didn't eve brother about Lisbon taking the photo after the phonecall, was really weired.

I guess he knew Jane would contact Lisbon and somehow introduce the Roy history in Jane and Lorelei relation. So Bob expect:

-Lorelei would then run to find RJ and Bob would be following her, because he is hunting him.

-Lorelei would kill the man who gave her sister to RJ, since she didn't, Bob did in the hospital.


One thing comes clear to me, if Bob was RJ would him give to lisbon a photo with his nickname ROY? Don't think so.

I also agree that Jack Plotnick would be a great Red John. He is a great actor and he is able to play RED JOHN perfectly. 

I really hope Brett Partridge is RED JOHN. Jack Plotnick will surprise us how he will be playing RED JOHN. You will see there will be no better choice than him. And if Bret Stiles is really RED JOHN's father - two great actors will not dissapoint us. 

I think Red John is Brett Partridge… and I wish it so much!
Let's proceed by exclusion. I wish to be clear, also if my English is not so good. Sorry.
I think Bret Stiles, Bertram, Smith, McAllister don't absolutely fit the description offered by Rosalind Archer: they are too old or too fat or… almost without hair. And I believe that her description is trusty.


So, my personal list was immediately reduced to 3 names: Haffner, Kirkland, Partridge.



I think that both Ray Haffner and Kirkland have the appeal and the power to be Red John. Haffner is famous for his investigations using innovative surveillance's methods, so he could have observed Jane for all the time and know everything about him. But he seems to be too tall… a little more than 6 feet tall, whereas Red John is just under 6 feet tall. Well, maybe it's not a big difference, I know… but in  my investigation the description made by Rosalind is a milestone.


Kirkland… well, I think he is a too perfect Red John to be the real Red John! According to me, he was introduced to set us on the wrong track. He has a particular voice and the perfect face and posture to be Red John: penetrating, calm, charming. He has power, contacts, charisma, the right job. A too perfect construction. And anyway, I think, he is too heavy compared to the description we have.



And then… Brett Partridge! I think he perfectly fits the physical description offered by Rosalind and the RJ physique, as quickly seen in some episodes.Then, he is a forensic guy and knows very well how don't leave clues on the crime scene. 
I wasn't completely sure about him for a long time, because he is ridiculous and everybody, not only Jane, don't show a lot of respect to him. It's difficult to imagine that Red John would create a similar situation in his daily life… he is so authoritative! But probably it's just a part of his perfect plan. And, if Bruno Heller told that we'll be disappointed to know who Red John really is, I think that is because Partridge has apparently not at all the qualities that we can imagine Red John has.


Other clues that indicate Partridge as Red John: his referral to Dickens' book, but not so explicit. Partridge is careful not to provide clues to Jane.
Then, he has the perfect age and he talks about his mum: in pilot original screenplay, then cut, Jane describes Red John as a very ordinary man that lives with his mum or his sister, in his mid 30 (the description of Red John in TV was made by Jane several years ago, so the age now is perfect).
Now, Partridge is not so ordinary… he is definitely creepy. But his appearance is duller than the proud carriage of Haffner and Kirkland… I think he is ordinary in the sense that…he is not one you notice passing on the street.



Then, the smiley face is so similar to him! In some photos on the web, his eyes have the same shape of the smile. For example here: http://bit.ly/19qxfnc
And, what about this famous image from The Mentalist pilot? http://bit.ly/18ezw3F

There is also the yet famous clue: William Blake has painted "A brace of Partridge".
Furthermore, there is a kind of partridge that has red colours.. a red partridge. I think the correct name in English is red-legged partridge.



And, I want venture to say that in the pilot there is the TV scene that ends with the question asked by the showman:"Who is Red John?" and immediately begins a new scene with Partridge who says:"Here he/it is!" (I unfortunately can't listen to it in English and I don't know if he says exactly these words… In italian, my language, he was translated in this way and I can't find the original version on YouTube). He refers to the smile in the room, of course… but, well, we know how much the words are important in The Mentalist!



I've surely omitted a lot of clues to argue who can be RJ and who not… but I wish to have specified the key-evidences to explain my point of view.


And now, some unsolved doubts: why "Tagliaferro"? In italian it isn't a famous surname linked to literature or history… But I think is not casual.
And why Bret Stiles and Brett Partridge have a similar name? Names are not casual… for example, I think Raymond (Haffner) was chosen because similar to Roy (Tagliaferro) and Smith (Reed Smith) because in italian a smith is similar to  "tagliaferro", that is "cutiron".
If there is a link between Bret and Brett, I think it's another clue to can tell that… Brett Partridge is Red John!

 I read somewhere that Heller said that we might have already seen Red John during the first three seasons.
So this excludes Ray Haffner S4, Reede Smith S5 and Bob Kirkland S5 

THREE DOWN, FOUR TO GO!

Brett Stiles * S2-
Too old.- Is ‘friends’ with Patrick.
 -  5’9


Gale Bertram *S3- 
-Does not fit Rosalind Harker’s description of Red John. 
- Bald
- 6’3

Sherrif Mcallister Thomas *S1
- Does not fit Rosalind Harker’s description of Red John.
- Too old.
- 6’0

SO THIS LEAVES…

Brett Partridge S1- Was in the pilot episode so he’s been there since the very beginning. 
-Rosalind Harker describes Red John to be of average height, short, straight hair, neither strong nor weak, just softish.
 - Very similar voice to Red John
 - Red John’s favourite poet and artist was William Blake who wrote ‘Tyger Tyger’ and painted ‘A Brace of Partridge’. 
- Season 1 Pilot: He tells everyone that the murder was committed by Red John. He was wrong. It was a copycat.
- Season  2: He tells Patrick that it was Red John. Wrong. Another copycat. 
- Season 5: He tells everyone that it WASN’T Red John when in fact it really was. 
- The “mirror scene” in season 2.
- Speaks spanish. “Que pasa dude?” “Amigo.” 
- 44-45 so he is the right age. 
- 5’11

BUT!I won’t rule out that Bob Kirkland (5’9)  could POSSIBLY be a associate of Red John’s… 

I knew that he was Red John from the beginning. He is very strange, and he likes horror films...

Ok, this is a long shot but still noteworthy. So everybody how many people do you know called Brett? I would imagine the answer for most of you is nil. Is it not a little odd that out of 7 names two of them are called Brett. Is there a small possibility that Brett Partridge is Brett Stiles SON??? Brett JR Partridge.
Also if Visualize own Ellison farm, in THE RED BARN then could they also own the farm where Red John keeps hostage/s captive in the season 1 finale.