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Brett Partridge

Brett Partridge
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Watch Criminal Minds 9x07 episode.  there's a guy you may know who starts to draw something with the blood. Something that looks like the mouth of a smiley. 

I'm happy the Wanker Master aka Bruno Heller didn't choose him as Red John, becuase the episode sucked. They just ruined the Sheriff, making him seem an illogical and pathetic serial killer. 

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THIS is what the most of us was expecting from Heller! RJ as a creepy sociopath! 0:14!   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGbq8LuACeg   

now...it's not really important who would it be, some of us wanted Bob Kirkland to be RJ, some of us Partridge ecc, there were a lot of good theories, but the point is RJ WAS A SOCIOPATH WITH A BRILLIANT MIND!!! you can't feed us with this for 5 years and then give us THIS SHIT!!! I know, you wanted us to see that RJ was only human! OK, we get that!!! we didn't expect PJ to fight an ALIEN! but come on!!! you didn't have to be THAT extreme!!! 

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The Origins of Red John: Part 1

Ray Haffner and Brett Partridge formerly known as Ryan Parks were on Elliston farm. Partridge had a innate fascination with death, and he used to do satanic rituals with the animals. Parks' wealthy parents died when he was young and Bret Stiles adopted him and cared for him as a son of Visualize. Partridge was held in a pedestal by Stiles, since he oversaw his raising from a very early age. Ray Haffner became part of Visualize when Father di Buono Haffner met him on missionary work in Italy. Ray Haffner's original name was Roy Tagliaferro. Roy didn't like working on the farm, and was exhausted. He had issues with anger all his life. He refused to be slavedriven. He loses it and murders the people who made him slave every day. It was Roy who was lurking in the darkness as the 3rd body was dumped in the farm. Brett Partridge has no problem seeing a dead person. He didn't care at all that Roy had murdered someone. He even drew the smiley face on the barn. When word got to Visualize about what had happened, Ryan and Roy had been friends for a while. Ryan had never had friends before. Ryan protested vehemently that the murders should never be reported. And Stiles reluctantly conformed to the boy's wishes. Stiles looked with favour on Roy because he was Ryan's only friend. Roy was given a new identity: Ray Haffner. Ray quickly climbed through the ranks in law-enforcement through his Visualize contacts and became well known for breakthroughs in high-profile cases through the use of wiretaps and creative surveillance. Ryan Parks assumed the name Brett Partridge. As a consequence of his love for death, Partridge became a Forensic Agent, eventually becoming the lead.

Part 2: Who is Red John then? Ray or Brett?... Later...

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You know how a villain/killer in a tv show (or otherwise) will kill someone they love just to prove (in "badass" fashion) that they own that person?  

   I think Bruno Heller was trying to prove to us that he owns The Mentalist.

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How Red John should have been revealed:

It should have been Brett Partidge, it would have made alot more sense:

       -He is as smart as Patrick Jane
       -Could cover his tracks easily as a forensic expert
       -Partridge could accumulate evidence against other officers in order to blackmail them.
       -He could have easily had his body switched
       -He was perfect for the ring leader of a secret cult
       -He covered all the RJ cases
       -In the first episode he is almost coaxing Patrick Jane to acknowledge that this is not a real Red John case
       -The voice is a perfect fit
       -Jane calls him 'a ghoul'
       -He clearly has a sense of theatre for his work as shown in the pilot (A showman)
       -With his forensic knowledge he had the smarts to be able to hack into government systems and create deadly poisons.       -The contrast between the two characters would have worked a lot better (In the real world Jane is ahead of Partridge and often puts him down, this would have worked well with Partridge actually being on the front foot as Red John)       -He wears an earpiece which would let him still do his killings and talk to jane simultaneously       -The height is a perfect fit       -The Blake reference with one of the dragons rising again would have worked if he 'faked' his death       -McCalister never showed the smarts, intelligence or dominance that a character like Red John has over his disciples       -We never heard Partridge whistle and McCallister wasn't an exceptional whistler       -Partirdge was in the perfect position to be R.J. as he could keep an eye on everything and was the one who took all the evidence!       
I think Bruno Heller just closed his eyes and thought "oh no one suspects this guy, lets make it him". 
Yet there is a ridiculous amount of unanswered questions and clues that are now pointless. We all watched for years and have been let down by the fact its a weak character with no ties to all the clues over the years. 
I hope this is the writers trying to throw us off again, I would welcome that for sure!

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Im really dissapointed about McAllister been RJ, i think he sucks hahah.. I hope he isnt real RJ, because come on, the episode was good, but not good if we remember that suppose to be about RJ capture,, RJ asking for mercy, really?? so pathetic, RJ have to say KILL ME IF U CAN PATRICK (with his famous voice) ... All its so confused, i think we are going to see like flash backs, like come on its truuuee he is RJ, OMG know i understand,,,,, why he kill his family, why kill people, what about all his lovers, how he works and a many question without answer about ALL, Partridge, about farm, about janes family, about kirkland and his twin, about visualize,, So i hope this episode is just for thinking "Bruno we hate u"...!!! So i hope Bruno surprise us,, and think OMG Bruno its a genius and give us what we want about RJ....!! BTW I watch the preview and the only thing i cant think its the lady, RED HAIR? no way hahahah,,!! All remember us RJ..!!

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I will tune in next week to see the next episode, I’m not gonna let one
episode ruin my love for this show, but I’m afraid we have seen the
beginning of the end, and that sadness me. But I hope I'm wrong

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