And so ends the Red John chapter. I so much wished that the leaked episode was fake. I would so much like to see Simon Baker and Bruno Heller's face now. FACEPALM.

Here is how the Mentalist team made the show.
They finished the Red John chapter in Season 3. But realized that the fans are hungry and its too soon and also didn't know what to do after Red John. So they made a stupid plot that the man killed was someone else and resurrected Red John. What they really needed to make these episodes after that was not a real Red John but the intelligence of Red John and making him one step ahead always. In the end, you could make anybody Red John right?
So they drove the shows for 2 more years and knew that its time so they had to end it up all in a hurry. So they made 7 suspects (some people that we have seen once or twice except Partridge) and then knocked down one by one.

Otherwise, how else would someone like that Sheriff McAllister, who appeared in just ONE episode in 2008 lying somewhere in the Napa county be decided as Red John? They obviously informed Xander Berkley that he will play Red John in 2012. How else would one DUMB police officer incapable of closing cases in 2008 be a super cool observer in 2013?

And how did he say he found out the list of suspects?

McAllister: Coz I am a real Psychic.
Me: Psychic? My ass!

Its like Bruno Heller and team thought - Oh it would be cool to portray that Red John knows the list of suspects! So they did it and now they had to tie it up with an explanation. They couldn't find any! So well.. lets make him a real psychic!!

Overall: Waste of time

"He thought the sheriff persona was the perfect mislead - for a sociopath to adopt that kind of career just seemed so extra creepy. But, still, why me?"

Xander Berkeley, who plays McAllister and Red John, in an interview made 10 hours ago. 

That's the problem, right there. 

It seems that everyone is expecting a grand showdown, in typical
fashion, where there's supposed to be a "climax."  Frankly, that's not
how the real world works.  Also, wouldn't it be even more boring if
Heller uses this kind of formula? 

I did have such hopes but not
as "hyped up" as many.  I also firmly believe Heller's way of doing
this is to let us keep following the development as 2 years ahead where
Jane is having a new life will look back & bring back subtle &
little clues & episode by episode answer the unanswered questions.

Like 1 fan said here, Jane coolly negated the "God's play" that RJ tried to pull on him. 

So, if you put all "your own expectations" aside, & watch S06e08, you'll see it's NOT a grand finale or end of it.  Heller wants to use the remaining 16 or so episodes to really bring out who RJ really was. 

Think about it, how can RJ & the missing links be explained in just 1 episode??

I'd wait till the season finale (e23?) before making a conclusion on this.

Watched the episode today again (in Poland i have to watch it by torrents, delays and shit). I watched ONLY scenes with McAllister.

I would say, I change my mind. You have to understand, that some things were done on purpose. We dont get the answers, because Patrick doesn't want them. He doesnt want Thomas to brag about those killings, how he was always step ahead. He wants for him to feel ashamed, he doesnt want him to feel approved and admired by Patrick. In the end, RJ done all this things, so Patrick was impressed. And PJ didnt gave him the satisfaction.
Maybe someday, Heller will answer our questions in an interview or shit. I dont care really. We finally know our RJ. And if you dont like it - stop watching, dammit.

Also the voice.. FUCK. With this music, when he sait "the game is over and i won" I felt the chill going down my spine. With McAllisters eyes.. Bright and creepy. There is something disturbing in the way he's looking at PJ. I think that if he played a little bit creepier person, it would be too much. Exaggerated. Dont you think?

I get that the chase scene and the pigeon thing was funny and illogical. I really truly get it. But hey, nobody's perfect.
I know some of you came with theories, that would be much better endings. I respect that, and to be true, I loved some of them so muchy, that if the site stays after RJs reveal long enough, Im gonna be coming back here to read some, just to remind myself, how hardcore and creative the fans of series can be.

Im taking off my hat, and bow deeply in front of you all. Thanks for such a great time, and remember, DONT BE DISSAPOINTED OR SAD. Because it was fun after all, wasnt it?

I've just seen the episode, and I think it's awesome!!!

C'mon guys! Everything is OK. Finnaly, RJ is just a man of flesh and bones not a superman as he thought himself.
Yes, he is powerful, because of his sheriff statut, his gun, and also because he has very strong mentalist skills, but he can be killed and I think he did realized it until PJ put a bullet in his freaky stomach.
OK the pigeon trick is a bit stupid but don't forget the show is also about magic tricks, and doing this Heller wanted to remind us this side of the story. When I saw that, it remind me a scene from "The 5th Element" when Gary Oldman smother himself with a cherry kernel, and the priest told him something like "look at you, you think you are powerful because you rule the world with all your money and your technology, but you're going to be killed just by a small cherry kernel". And it's all about that! When Patrick throw the pigeon, RJ reacts like a small girl and lose all his power. When he asks for pity in the church it's just a trick to call his minion (the wife with knife), but when he asks again in the park, he is serious, he don't want to die. he thinks he is too strong and important to be killed like an animal in a park. The guy is completely crazy, until the last moment he wants to trust that he is magic "I'm a true psychic". And Jane's provocation "I'm a bit disappointed" (meaning: Look at you little piece of shit, you think you're invincible, and I kick your ass with a pigeon!), he knew exactly that using this kind of sentence, Rj would lose his self control.

The last scene is great, PJ is running for many reasons:
- to runaway from FBI, coz now he will be like Micheal Scofield in prison break,
- to evacuate the adrenaline,

And look at the background, there are:
a walking mother with her daughter,
an old couple
a father playing with his daughter.
Three things PJ could never do because of RJ.

This is my interpretation, I loved this finish. now I hope many questions will find answers later (we have this season + another one before the end of the show).

PS: stop investigate by watching all the McAllister episods, because until end of season 5, no one was supposed to be RJ, so no clues to find.

PIGEON!!
Does anyone else think it's really funny the way everyone is annoyed about the pigeon? I am finding it hilarious for some reason. So funny

PIGEON!!
Does anyone else think it's really funny the way everyone is annoyed about the pigeon? I am finding it hilarious for some reason. So funny