Everyone who says Red John is not McAllister is right. Red John is really Timothy Carter. He only faked his death. He moved over to ABC and married a Trophy Wife named Kate. The reason Timothy Carter didn't exist before 2006 is because he was living as Pete Harrison.
Okay people, Get over it, McAllister is Red John. Let it go. I mean I'm a hard core Mentalist fan but some of you people are delusional. Do you know how idiotic some of you sound. "Red john is actually the man playing with the girl by the dinosaur slide" or "Red John is Partridge but now he dresses like a woman feeding pigeons."
Another big steal from Dexter and a follow up to:
http://www.whoisredjohn.com/See-a-theory-Red-John/16126
The (in)famous smiley face is also from from Dexter. In Mentalist, it is in red, and only slightly differently.
A lo of people have noted how the ending is copied from Profiler. If you watch Dexter, you will see even more examples of copying. There are so many, it is ridiculous. For example, in one of the last episodes, you hear, "There is a storm coming your way". Mentalist copies that by changing it to "There is a comeuppance coming your way." The last season in Dexter, an old lady doctor is introduced who paves the way to the season finale. In Mentalist, Lorelai is introduced, who plays a critical role for PJ to come up with his list. And so on and so on.
So, what does that say about Heller as a writer? A second-grade copy-cat? Is it even possible that the season was rushed because he had no other show to steal ideas from? I think it seems pathetic.
I found Red John's biggest enemy: http://i.imgur.com/ca7uRaW.gif
It all makes sense now.
I know why Red John is McAllister.
Because He was home alone :p
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