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Cbs is the worst.
I have NEVER seen a show as popular as The Mentalist
be pushed back time wise and cancelled from week to week like this show has.
Football, basketball, olympics, wrestle mania , or whatever has killed this show.
Sunday night people dont want to wait up till 12am to watch a show!

Also i hate all the spoilers by Heller.
Why did he tell us so much? Like leave a little to the element of surprise bro wtf!!
The promo for the most anticipated episode showed who Red John was a week before it aired wtf!
The actor for Rigsby telling us it was his last episode ...
I get the feeling Heller was fed up with cbs and who knows
Maybe he is saving a red john return for when Wb re introduces the show
On another channel

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It's Jane. He did the deed, and then committed suicide, and the whole Red John thing is a dream a la Jacob's Ladder.

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I found a way to be pleased with the Mentalist.

Tell yourself that Patrick got it all wrong and killed the wrong RJ.
The show doesnt even know who red john is , he is hiding out and played everyone including Heller.
The Real Red John hypnotized everyone and won the game.
Jane lives in a fantasy world that seems like a dream because he is living a lie.
Even if the audience never sees Rj again we know deep down he played us all, and is sippin daqauris
with Erika Flyn in Cuba with Tupac.
A show where the characters know less than the audience.
Red John is alive , he hypnotized Heller into making Macaliser the villian.
But we all know he is out there, killin and chillin.

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There would be no whoisredjohn.com if we MOVED ON.
Why remind us that its over? Theres a very very small chance rj is still alive so lets focus on that for this site. Why not? Should ever post be "macalister is red john"?

I love it, people freak out at me and others for still writing theories. "Your theories are full of holes" they say.
Well the show has 1000 holes so who cares what we write?
-There can be no hole-less theories!
It is not possible with this show due to the holes the show has actually left us.
-People who put others down for writing RJ theories act like they're so smart and act arrogant as hell.
Like were stupid for having fun and writing theories because Rj is dead because Heller said so.
People curse me out daily just for writing theories !!!' GET A LIFE!
-I like the show. I am a fan. I write on whoisredjohn.com to keep the hope alive because WHY THE F NOT!
This site is for Red John theories.
The Mentalist Reddit site is for broad talk about the show.

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The thing that makes me the most sad is this:

In the first 5 seasons Simon Baker's acting was exceptional. When Patrick Jane entered a room, you knew it. He had a sparkle in his eyes, he was sharp, funny and witty. Even if the murder cases weren't always very exciting, I enjoyed watching The Mentalist because I was entertained. I didn't even need Red John to enjoy the show, Baker's acting was enough for me.

Since season 6 episode 9, I see a completely different Simon Baker. I don't know if they are doing this on purpose or they can't even see that they are changing his character for the worst. I barely remember anything Patrick Jane says, he has a couple of lines per episode, very forgettable ones. He walks around like he is half asleep, like he doesn't give a toss about anything. He used to be charming and now he is not. His passion is gone (RJ) and now he is just an average guy.
He had more personality when he was chasing his family's killer. 

I don't think they are doing this on purpose, it's just poor writing. I'm sorry but the writers seem really talentless if they don't recognize this..
But how come everything was so good before? Why can't they write good episodes anymore? It makes me sad because I love Simon Baker but he can't show his talent in this show any more, not if they don't change something fast. The show is called The Mentalist after all, not The Miserable Guy Who Doesn't Care About Anything.

Thanks for reading.

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The FBI and RED JOHN

The fbi has always had a weird connection to Red John and Visualize.

Lets go back...
-Olaughlin obviously first comes to mind.
-Then when Lorelie was captured the FBI stole her and we never found out why. I had a feeling she WAS FBI.
-The FBI was closing in on Styles right before he "died".
They waited 30 years to close in on him, why?
-The FBI closed down Cbi and it seemed like Jane KNEW it would happen.
-The FBI gave Jane a job.
There was more but i forget the rest...

Jane came out of retirement for a reason beyond Lisbon.
The man wears the same wedding ring and still sleeps on the couch!
He has not moved on at all.
-The fbi is a fishbowl that Jane is peeping into as he said.

- A lover of Art and Lisbon.
Someone who knew all about Jane.
I bet you he can recite all of Blake's poems too.
He caught Renfro in "red johns friends" in mexico so fast because he knew the hooker Renfro was with.
She recognized him and as she died she scribbled he is mar...cus pike.

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The Mentalist will have a 7th season.
Don't believe the hype, the ratings are fine and the show is huge over seas.
The only people who don't like it are the 1 percent who complain on message boards.
And you guys watch every week so i don't know what your complaining about !

Episode 22 will have a Red John twist to it.
Marcus Pike is a perfect candidate for Red John.
He is fbi with connections BUT he is in the art department.
He knew everything about Jane and was infatuated with Lisbon the second he saw her.

Abbot really won me over this week, you cant tell me you didnt think he did a great job.
The whole cast really meshed well together this week.

I want you to go back to seasons 4 and 5 and find an episode or two that was way better then this one.
It cant be a red john episode either.

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