Guys,  it was the real episode.  I'm sorry too but let's face some facts.  The Mentalist is no longer in the top 10 of the ratings.  (Hell, I'm not even sure if it's in the top 25 anymore)  CBS is not going to waste the time and money trying to deceive a few people with a fake episode.  For those of you trying to compare it to Lost and Dexter.... think about it.   Lost was in the top 5 (I think) at the time and Dexter was a media darling... two things that The Mentalist is not (anymore).  CBS and Heller  treat The Mentalist like an old forgotten dog.    CBS gives it the crappiest time slot and Heller tires of it while he looks for something shinier and new.  So again,  WHY would they place any effort into putting out two episodes of Red John?
  But hey!  The GUN!!!!  The gun that Jane placed in RJ's hand as he walked away and called Lisbon.........  YOU KNOW IT'S GOT TO BE LISBON'S GUN!!!!!!    Woooooooooooo!!!!!!!!   She is gonna be in some serious sheep-dip!!!

Something has been bothering me. Since RJ hates pigeons so much how the hell does he function at all. How does he go to town. Everywhere PJ and lisbon went there was bloody pigeons so how did he follow them around. How does he have christmas dinner. Is it just pigeons or birds in general I would imagine turkey would be hard to stomach. How does he live out in the country with all those birds. 

No in all seriousness, I don't imagine The sheriff drawing the smiley. I would have liked to have seen some flashbacks of him drawing it and with him in action. I would have liked to have known about the carnie days if he had any connection. I would have liked to have gotten to know him better before he was strangled to death. I would liked to see him interacting with stiles and lorelie. I'm sorry if I am asking for too much Heller but didn't you think that we may have wanted to dwell a little on this character before you ripped him away for good. I don't want to see Jane in action, we see him all the time we don't get to see Red John. What about the one twin he killed. What about RH and the sheriff,  how odd a pair they make, I guess she blind so it doesn't matter. 

I would have liked a series of flashbacks with him killing someone. Maybe show him getting ready before he saves Patrick?? That would have been ace. It's like there was absolutely no gimmicks in the whole episode, nothing to dress it up or make it complete.
Does anyone get what I am saying
The normal way to end something like this is to either have PJ tell him how he figured it out way back to visualize OR to have the sheriff tell him about his history. It's like they deliberately left that out and THAT IS WHY THIS EPISODES LEAVES A BAD TASTE IN YOUR MOUTH. It's incomplete.

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i can't believe i'm posting again ugh!!! i just watched the leaked ep for th 3rd time i was comparing it with the promo and guess what there's a very strange thing now please focus : 

In The promo you can see RJ moving his hand : http://i.imgur.com/7T3rz1E.jpg 

But in that fucking episode there's no such a move not even a scene from that angle.

Please guys go to 27:00 min when Mcallister says thank you and watch closely if does that move like the promo. Im done here.

i can't believe i'm posting again ugh!!! i just watched the leaked ep for th 3rd time i was comparing it with the promo and guess what there's a very strange thing now please focus : 

In The promo you can see RJ moving his hand : http://i.imgur.com/7T3rz1E.jpg 

But in that fucking episode there's no such a move not even a scene from that angle.

Please guys go to 27:00 min when Mcallister says thank you and watch closely if does that move like the promo. Im done here.

Well if the killer's name was PINK JOHN, then I would be ok with the act. And if the show was named MENTAL EAST, then I would also be okay with the plot. since both are not as above, fuck Heller and the other writers. I will keep watching Kirkland scenes from YouTube every now and then and remember the old times trying to convince myself that I've actually never seen or heard about this leaked episode.

i can't believe i'm posting again ugh!!! i just watched the leaked ep for th 3rd time i was comparing it with the promo and guess what there's a very strange thing now please focus : 

In The promo you can see RJ moving his hand : http://i.imgur.com/7T3rz1E.jpg 

But in that fucking episode there's no such a move not even a scene from that angle.

Please guys go to 27:00 min when Mcallister says thank you and watch closely if does that move on the promo. Im done here.