These are my latest ideas built upon the information provided in Theory 13389. Enjoy.....

I wonder if 'Red John' the identity is the composite of the work of two people, who are *not* working together. One of them is a compulsive killer and enjoys the act of murder and the other one gets off on theatrically staging the murders, including the smiley face and notes, etc. One of them is destructive (murderer) the other creative (face painting, personal notes on nice stationary and such) a 'fearful symmetry'....

Brett with two t's could definitely be the theatrical one and could respond to murder scenes and then add his 'personal touch'. In this way, Partridge 'Creates' the idea of Red John from *someone else's* killings, thus taking the satisfaction and credit away from the original killer.

So in this way, Red John was never a person, but an *idea* created out of two separate person's activities. The older 'RJ1' would have killed or attempted to kill Brett once he figured out that he was the one defileing his killings. Brett's unique knowledge would be knowing what the original crime scene looked like before he staged it, so he could always identify and target the same killer's victims with his Red John theatrics.

Sooooooo..... In the finale, Jane will get to kill RJ1, who actually murdered his family, but he can't kill the potentially already or soon-to-be truly dead Brett who is the person who's theatrics were responsible for Jane going on TV and unknowingly getting his family targeted. RJ1 finally gets 'respect/credit' for his work, but also gets wasted by Jane.

To build on these ideas, the pigeon as a symbol has been attributed to both the Sheriff and Brett by some of us. Maybe that was planned by Bruno to indicate that these two people are the components of Red John!

The Sheriff said he will 'kill anything, with a face and is very low key. Brett couldn't hurt a fly, but likes to play/hang out with dead things. The Sheriff kills then gets out of dodge, Brett likes to respond to crime scenes, have his sick little fun and stick around to create drama. 'Red John' doesn't kill either Lisbon or Jane when he has the chance because he is actually Brett (the non-killer) in a goofy costume.

The Sheriff tells Patrick flat-out that he is not Red John. What he should be saying is that; 'I killed your family and then some asshole painted them in blood and took credit'.

The Sheriff has been trying to discover who's been messing with his kills, hence the Blake Association is hunting 'Red John'. Brett knows that the Blake Association is looking for him and is trying to use Patrick to hunt them down as a defensive move.

In S06E07 at 31:55 very difficult to see, I’ll
put the image in the comments, a wine bottle’s box,

The vineyard is called SE7EN GRACES, it
must mean seven graces.


The logo is a cluster of grapes with seven
grapes on it.


The product’s name is 3infandel (don’t know
how to read that big number three)


It’s a 2007 product, and guess what, from
NAPA VALLEY

750ml/Bottle,
still one more thing I couldn’t
read, maybe if someone with HD can do it.

 



So what does that mean? McAlister is RJ? Or
it’s just a gift from him to Bertram.

Could he be the owner of that vineyard? Or
it’s RJ’s?

 



I tried to find that wine on the web, it
turns out that Napa valley is famous for its wineries.


Too many bottles of wine in that Bertram
hideout, but this SE7EN GRACES thing, doesn’t exist anywhere. It’s the future
winery of Bruno HELLER.


Let’s
get back to WHOISRJ, its becoming too obvious that PJ doesn’t trust Lisbon we
still don’t know why? Lately for example, we don’t know what happened in the
Malibu house before the explosion, which shot who? Why is he keeping this from her, or is it from us?
Was PJ hiding body parts
under those white sheets?



Someone, few theories ago, talked about Carmen
li in incomprehensible English, I thought I I understood that he meant Lisbon
is Carmen Li, Lee or Leigh, would that be possible? mmmm

http://s22.postimg.org/sba9etmzz/Red_jon2.jpg

Need more proof? 99.9% sure its Thomas McAllister.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z77P7ebT0QI&HD=1

When Kirkland asked Jason Lennon, "Do you recognize me," he found out his twin had altered his appearance. Michael Kirkland was "corrupted" by RJ when he BECAME RJ when he was part of Visualize. Now, he looks like someone else, and has a new name. That someone is one of the dead suspects from the explosion. I'm betting it's McAllister. He faked his death by placing Robert Kirkland's body under or in the house, with the bomb, so "his" DNA would be found among the dead.
I think he goes to the church intending to gloat, then kill PJ, knowing Bertram is on the hook for being RJ. Somehow, that doesn't work out in the church.

What time do episodes get posted to CBS.com? I won't be able to watch live! Thanks!

Hell, I started by being sure RJ would be Sheriff or Haffner some weeks ago, then after episode 6  I went to Bertram, and was pretty sure it would be him (he would have been my favorite), now I'm back to Sheriff and Haffner, lol. 

Damn, I'm trapped in a circle..
Resuming... 

Haffner:
 I don't see how could Haffner have survived the explosion, unless they moved and they have to explain it to us very well.. He also doesn't have the tattoo and that's even more important. It's obvious Bertram was one of the tyger tyger leaders, what other reason could be for him not being killed by tyger tyger? And he got the tattoo, so why would the other possible leader not have the tattoo? And RJ has to be at least a tyger tyger member, how could he get all those favors from them if not?

Also, Haffner appeared late in the show..and he just seems silly and mentally very weak (I'm not even talking about intellect).But he is not an obvious suspect now, he was at the farm, he is an expert in tracking people, he is also not a public figure (so could kill unnoticed), he fits Rosalind description more or less (except the pine smell, and I think he is a little too tall), he is middle aged, he is afraid of spiders (he was ridiculous at that scene), he was an agent so probably knows how to shoot people well, and I can see him seducing some women, like Rosalind and Lorelei. 
Also, Heller said RJ likes the cold. And there is "Haffner Creek" (a crag with several pillars of pure ice). 

Sheriff: 
Fits Rosalind description completly (except the bald thing, but he probably wasn't bald then, we can even see it in his photo in Jane's list), he is not a public figure, so he could  kill all those people without being afraid of being recognized.
He is afraid of pigeons, and maybe that is also the clue at the end of s6e1 that Heller pointed out (there were pigeons at the house Partridge was killed). 
He moves smoothly, and he is small, so he could hide behind the door in s6e1, and being a hunter he is probably good at shooting people (and we know RJ is good at it, the way he shot those guys in "Red Sky in the Morning"! ).
Also he has a strange voice, too rough, and PJ did said somewhere that RJ would have a speech impairment..
He was also a litle too insistent with Van Pelt in that episode (when he offered her a ride)...

But, to me, Sheriff is the most obvious of all suspects, and they showed us his image in the promo (I know, CBS may have screwed it..), also, he looks too old for Rosalind and Lorelei (is he even middle aged??), least narcissistic of all and has a bad posture (we can even see it at s06e06), and being RJ so proud of who he is and his work, I just think he shouldn't be saying to PJ he wasn't RJ like that (yes, I know, he did a litle smile, but still...). 
He doesn't seem to have any kind of vanity (I actually kinda of like him).
He is the only one of the suspects I would trust, but maybe that's another clue..
Also, don't see how "RJ likes the cold" does fit Sheriff...was Heller playing us??

Bertram using Thomas identity doesn't mean nothing to me, I don't believe they would go and give us such a clue to RJ identity..
Being the Sheriff RJ or not, I do believe the Sheriff must be the other tyger tyger leader, and that's why Bertram used his name, to incriminate the other leader in case the store-room was found.

What do you think?

giga

Something is bothering me. Before you all jump at me. I believe it's McAllister or Partridge that is Red John but the comment that Heller said the comment about NOT TRICKING THE AUDIENCE makes me feel that Bertram is still in the running. 
THAT and the fact that in the sneek peek Jane is still talking about meeting Bertram - that means that is was INFACT BERTRAM IN THE CHURCH.
It's just a niggling feeling that is all