"It's almost like a love scene, as perverse as that sounds," Baker told TV Guide Magazine. "The end of Red John was originally planned to take place at night on the street with people watching, but I pushed to do it in the daylight in a quiet, beautiful place where they could be alone. There is no human act more intimate - not even sex - than killing another human being and watching them die."

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                             It's all right in front of you......I think the fans on this sight are better writers than the ones of the show......but many people are thinking WAY too hard and others have become lost in these theories and their memories of the show convoluted, filled with red herrings and false facts from this sight....

Are you guys like me and you've been thinking about The Mentalist 'last chapter' for weeks??
I never ever thought I would care about any show this much in my life! I'm fanatical about the whole Red John storyline coming to an end! 

I've come full circle with the suspects, I started with Partridge, then dead Partridge, then Haffner, sheriff, later for a short time even Stiles, Bertram, Kirkland..Now I'm back with Haffner and the sheriff because I just don't know anymore..

The only two people I never ever thought of are Smith and Jane himself. I refuse to believe it's either of them..

Who is it going to be??? I'm going crazy!! Every suspect has something for them and against them, Bruno Heller has done a good job because we can't stop speculating! I don't think this has ever happened with any shows to such detail..It's nice to be part of The Mentalist community with you guys!:P

I think we've exhausted the theories on who Red John is based on evidence, so here's my theory on how Jane catches Red John based on evidence...

Jane chases Mcallister into the Park. Dumps muffins all over him and he gets mauled by pigeons. Mcallister has panic attack from his fear of pigeons and faints. Patrick Jane ties him up and holds him down. Tom wakes up and Jane slices him up. End Scene.

  The following links are all you need to see who Red John will be....
Sorry it's not some overthought ridiculous theory....I admit those are fun to read.
        So here are pics of nick nordella and xander berkley.  And finally a short plausible theory.
One can obviously see that nick nordella is going to be a young McCallister..... 
  
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Here is a picture you may want to see.....

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Xander Berkley definitely has the acting chops to pull off the role of red john...
        
We know 6x1 contained a clue that wouldn't be revealed as a clue until later....We watched patrick figure it out....
    The good doctor said she believed red john was lying about his phobia.
The sheriff was startled by a pigeon while saving patrick and said "I hate those things"
  I believe this can be interpreted as rj saying he hated partridge.  Red John probably found Bret Partridge just as irksome as Patrick does....    Red John/Sheriff McCallister probably developed his "hatred" for partridges/birds during his early days in the carnival.
          This is why Patrick is staring so intently at the birds in the park...he's working through this clue....     I believe Nick Nordella while portray a young McCallister in the carnival and his phobia of birds will be a source of ridicule (perhaps from Patrick's father)
       "My son Patrick could do it Tom!  You'll never be as good as he was."    something to that effect......
   By now most of us have read the article and know patrick will be strangling RJ in a park on a beautiful clear day.  (strangling=crime of passion)    
My guess it will be the same park pj and lisbon where sitting in.   And the pigeons there will be a final determining clue for patrick.   Cue the flashback to a young sheriff mccallister failing at filling patricks role in the carnival......

I think That Sheriff Mcallister Is The Red John ,when bertram discover that jane have new informations he call someone and that's cant be reed smith because he is the assisstant of The Red John
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Hey All! 
This is not actually a theory but I will try to prove that the actual Red John has the 3 dots. That's why I'm gonna stick with my choice about Red John being McAlister (even thought I'm not sure about Patridge's death).
OK here is how i think things went. Red John bugged CBI offices a sloppy move that doesn't fit him at all and he did because he is freaked out. But, he didn't do it so he can hear what they say in CBI he doesn't need a bug for that because he has inside people, I think he did it so he can lead Patrick to Kira Tinsley. Red John didn't completely killed her and she let her see the 3 dots on the shoulder so she can tell to Jane while dies. Now he is one step ahead. He knows that Patrick will gather all 5 suspects to one place and make them reveal their shoulders and he can now plant the bomb to kill him (spoiler: we know from articles that Red John planted the bomb).

Patrick let their suspects know the location of the meeting just some hours before so Red John doesnt have a lot of time and he either knows the location because he is one of the remaining (McAlister)/// or Bertram informs him about it with his mysterious call and he is Partridge.
So Red John maybe not even be in the house or he knows how to survive the blast.

OK to sum up, Red John has gone desperate he could think about a better way to gather all suspects and patrick together but he makes a sloppy move to bug CBI so he can giveaway a clue to Patrick. But be aware that he doesn't give him a major clue that would really reveal him if his plan wasn't successful, he gives him a clue that gives away part of him because many people have the tattoo, that way he reduces the suspects but doesn't reveal himself.
PS1: Sorry for my bad English.

PS2: Check my video about Red John. (not sure if Partridge is dead :P)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohIxFnOnRCk&google_comment_id=z13sybuoil3mxjdzw04ch1ka1o3xj5sqkyc0k&google_view_type#gpluscomments