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

Calling Bertram Red John is to mock the real Red John, that was obvious.
Bertram is scared to get caught and he gets stuff from a vault by the name Thomas.
We could see wine in the vault.
Wine is famous and made in Napa Valley.
The sheriff of Napa Valley has the name Thomas McAllister.
Red John used Reede Smith to get information from the FBI, so Red John isn't an FBI agent.
If we can trust the list of 7 suspects then..:
Brett Patridge is murdered, Bob Kirkland is murdered, Bret Stiles, Ray Haffner and Sheriff Thomas McAllister have died in the garden house bombing.
Then this could mean that Red John is going to be resurrected from the 'dead'.(He survived)
Thomas is scared of pigeons, he has the same build as the guy who walks in the church and the same hairline as the one who jumps through the window.
If we don't focus on the promo, Thomas was always into mini games with Jane, he likes him somehow and it could be explained in the next episode.
We have to remember though that promos are cut and paste work by a person who wants to trigger a certain conclusion by the viewers.

It could be that the resurrection of one of the dead guys, probably Thomas will be the twist. Or it could be a bigger twist. Bruno probably knows that people are researching on their own. He is a great writer, and it takes courage to reveal Red John already in episode 8 instead of the season finale.

Nick Nordella is going to act in episode 8 as the young man. Make comparison between the two photos.
http://www.ddoagency.com/images/artists/artist_1301425352_43_l.jpg
http://www.magweb.com/picts/nm0075359.jpg

I think the bright blue eyes and the mouth do look alike.

A bonus for the BP fans:
http://famousdude.com/images/jack-plotnick-01.jpg

The five stages of Red John grief are:


1-Denial-"this can't be happening"
2-Anger-"why him?"
3-Bargaining-"if you dont pick who i want, i'll hate you forever"
4-Depression-"what is there to live for if it isn't my suspect"
5-Acceptance-"I do not know everything"

You will heal, even if you cannot
believe that now, just know that it is true. To feel butthurt after failure is
normal. It proves that you are alive and that you are overdramatic. But you can't stop watching. You have to become smarter, while not shutting off your common sense for the
hope of one day being healed and finding the clues again.
Helping others through similar butthurt is a wonderful way
to fascilitate your healing and bring good out of all the whining.

In this post I will explain several key events that have happened in
episode 7 The Great Red Dragon (if you have not seen the episode yet
stop reading and go watch it). These events will also hint at what I
believe will happen in episode 8 Red John.



In the last episode several important facts have occured. After the
bombing of Jane's house 3 of the 5 remaining RJ suspects end up dead.
When we learn that the tyger tyger tattoo has been removed from
Patridge's arm Lisbon asks "What does it mean?" Jane answers "What do
you think it means?" and walks away. The removal of the tyger tyger
tattoo obviously means that the Tyger Tyger group is present in the
morgue, and this also means that the dna results of the 3 RJ suspects
that died in Jane's house are very likely false. Jane obviously realizes
at this point that RJ is 1 of the 3 "deceased" suspects. He then begins
setting his trap, he announced publicly that RJ is Bertram, fully aware
of the fact that this is a lie. I mean Jane has always said that when
he finally gets RJ he will kill him, so why would he announce to the
public that Bertram is RJ and that he is "armed and dangerous"? Answers
because he wants Bertram to get killed, he wants Bertram to die, making
everyone believe that RJ is dead. As we know RJ is a showman, he wants
people (especially Jane) to appreciate his work, RJ has a phobia of
being unrecognized. So RJ needs to confront Jane in the next episode
because he HAS to, he knows that it is a stupid thing to do and should
walk away but he CAN'T. Hence why Jane sais in the end, "I'm not
quitting, I'm letting go". There is nothing more that he can do and he
knows it, RJ needs to make the next move. So he goes into the church and
waits for the inevitable arrival of his nemesis, RJ.



You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.

Patrick Jane exposed Gale Bertram to the press as Red John, clearly that's a trick. If Gale Bertram is really Red John, why do we need the big reveal in episode 8 if we already had it in episode 7? SIMPLE AS THAT.

Here is a weird thing I noticed and I would like to share with you.In episode 5x13 "The Red Barn" we learn that back in 1988 Red John was in Eliston farm and he painted a big smiley face on the Barn. Inside the barn they where 3 victims, 2 of them should be Red John's even if we can't be sure for that.
Weird thing is that when Patrick asked the preacher what the smiley face meant and he said "You know I asked Talbot what it meant and he told me it means anything".

TALBOT?! Talbot was one the 2 victims that Red John probably killed, but he saw the smiley face.So the problem is that Red John's first smiley face was painted before his first victims!

I was trying to figure out what that means and the best thing it popped out to my head is that Red John painted the smiley face there not for a human victim but for animals. Red John is a hunter, he started with animals and then started to kill people.The only hunter we know is Thomas McAllister but yet we are not sure if there is someone else in the list that is a hunter aswell.


Please comment below if you can think something better than I did about his first smiley face.