The most PATHETIC outcome possible:  Brett Partridge is Red John

Like, DUH.....for obviousness -- I HOPE TO BE MORE SURPRISED [someone wrote "wait until the rest figure it out that it's Partridge?!!!]  WHAT IS THERE TO FIGURE OUT?  It's as plain as a nose on a face that the creepy forensics guy is an RJ possibility -- and it's LAME AS HELL

Partridge gloating over Jane?  Seriously?  That's the BIG reveal?!!  LOL  Jane is basically an idiot if Partridge is Red John -- considering Partridge was SO accessible as a fellow CBI employee.  How easy would it have been for Jane to put a tail on Partridge?  BP has a REGULAR job, having to come and go from his business location every day, NO?  Having to go home somewhere, NO?  

I hate for ANYONE on the list to be RJ -- but at this point, after the last 7 semi-disappointing episodes and TONS of lack of explanations -- I'd settle for a KIRKLAND TWIN or STILES/HAFFNER TWIST 

HELL -- I'd even rather see McALLISTER as Red John before Partridge!!!  Just INANE!!!

First Brett Partridge's line ever in the series is "Red John enters here..."

I know, I know. Partridge is already dead. Up until about one minute ago I totally agreed with that. However something got me thinking about this again and here is what it is.....

Remember when PJ & Lisbon were shown the picture Cho took of Partridge in the morgue? Lisbon asks PJ what he thinks it means. PJ replies with a question, What do you think it means? Or something close to that. We, the audience were, all focused on the skin being removed from the shoulder. What if PJ noticed something completely different? Maybe a birth mark, or the color of the skin or something specific he knows about Partridge that didn't appear in the photo. PJ acted very decisively after seeing the photo. I think that was the moment he figured out who Red John is. Partridge. Since he wants RJ for himself he wouldn't have pointed this out and had the body be more closely examined. 

Spoilers; If anyone posted spoilers of course I wouldn't trust them. I would press unlikely, so I do not expect you to do any differently. The format ruins itself when I post so if someone wants to repost, I’d appreciate it being readable.




- It is McAllister in the church. McAllister does not say the "The game's over. I won." That was falsely advertised. Patrick does say "Now you want mercy, after all you've done."

- We quickly go through many twists with McAllister in a short period of time.

- You'll see a continuation from episode 7, of a side to Patrick we've only ever seen once before; it is very out of character from the Patrick we've known since the Pilot.

- McAllister passes on some very crucial information to Patrick

- We brace ourself for a big, big event. You will really question how long Patrick's strange new attitude will last.

- The occurence of the event itself is called into question, before we see one last stand from the good old CBI team.

- It’s in the sneak peek so I will say this: Patrick takes Teresa's gun, and goes to meet Gale Bertram, "Red John" in a park. The gun is very, very important in the sequence of events in the park.

- Patrick does something very unexpected at the meeting, really reinforcing that his attitude has changed

- Red John reveals himself

- We finally get to breathe relief when we know Patrick Jane is the same Patrick Jane we've always known. Devious.

- "The game's over and I won." Someone is setting themselves up to be embarrassed by Patrick Jane, and I know you know who I'm talking about. But not exactly who!

- Is dead the new alive? Red John explains how he was always ahead. His story includes the resurrection of one character in a flashback. Have no fear, Patrick has his own revelations. 4 more characters are resurrected by Patrick's flashback. 

- A few people are more than "duplicitous"

- Red John fits the clues... about him

Not so much a theory on who Red John is, but more of a theory on the sequence of events on the next episode...

Patrick is approached by Bertram in the church and is about to kill him when he begs for Mercy. Right before Patrick shoots him, he admits that he is not RJ but he knows where he is. He tricks Patrick and takes off running explaining why Patrick shoots at him in the church.

Next, Patrick spots someone watching him at the cemetary and a foot chase takes place. It is McAllister and during this chase he crashes through the sliding glass door. Not sure if they catch him or he gets away.

Finally, Patrick gets a call from RJ wanting to meet him in the park. This is it, the moment of truth. Bertram is still on the run, but not RJ. The team pull their guns on the FBI agent to give Patrick the chance to face RJ alone in the park. I personally don't think McAllister or Bertram is RJ, but at this point everything is possible. I expect to see Partridge, but this scenerio leaves it open for any of the 7 suspects to step out and face Patrick in their final showdown.

My theory is very similar to those described on him. I believe that Patrick already knows that red john is Brett Partridge and who is cheating from the beginning, in the killing of the episode 6x01 Patrick understands that the policeman who tried to save the victim was a spy, he was there before everyone arrived. I just want to point out an event that I noticed and I do not see that written anywhere here. In 6x02 episode, after Lisbon was attacked by Red John, in the room where it is lying on the bed, at a certain moment a nurse entered the room and asked if that was the room of a certain Carmen Lee. Do you think it is relevant? is she a spy of Red John? Patrick was confused.

The actor who learned he was playing Red John found out at the last moment. "He was thrilled," Heller said.

source: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/blogs/tv-guy/os-mentalist-can-show-survive-without-red-...

All the other actors are too "seasoned" to be excited. :P
Jack Plotnick might still be pretty "thrilled" with this opportunity.