Episode 8: Red John; "I smell bullshit."
- Episode URL leaks via source code 3 days early. Then Jimmy Gadd says the CBS press site was hacked. Since when has purely viewing source code been known as hacking?
- The content is removed 15 hours from leaking...
- Episode 8 leaks to French iTunes many, many hours before it airs
- Promo pic of Patrick and a dying, wounded McAllister is leaked
- Jordan Harper and Jimmy Gadd give the leak publicity by tweeting about it. Good job guys.
https://twitter.com/jimmygadd
- The episode airs. Jimmy Gadd tweets a reply saying "We'll see," on 25th November in reply to a question, which pretty much asks "Is that the end of Red John?" Ok, either Jimmy knows something or... he actually has no clue.
Now here's the kicker. Jimmy Gadd was asked another question and he responds "I truly don't know." This time, he actually has no clue. So, its safe to say Jimmy knows something about Red John that we don't.
- Jimmy Gadd asks to view the Hitler video about episode 8. Ok, I understand he didn't write the episode himself, but it could be seen as a tad disrespectful to other writers... unless he knew it was a spoof. A fake. He wanted that kind of funny, creative and angry reaction.
- *Lists 50 things wrong about the episode*
- When the puzzle of clues is solved, RJ should be Brett Partridge. There is no other answer. If you say the clues could point to anyone, well, you haven't solved it!
- Co-incidentally a lot of people said the very last person in the last frame of the episode is Brett Partridge (a man standing in front of a slide)
- Then, a day later, Bruno Heller writes an article in which he says
"Check out the extras in the last frame of the show and you'll see how much attention to detail goes into the work, and how carefully Chris Long plans his shots…"
Full Article: www.cbs.com/shows/the_mentalist/news/1001580/