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Kirkland and Jane are brothers. When Kirkland is getting ready to torture the pedophile with a blow torch he was rolling his fingers (like with Pakinsons disease) just as Jane was when he was later tied up by Kirkland. They are half brothers, brothers from another mother! It is not coincidence that they both do this as the camera shot and set up appear intentional. Red John is their father. He stole the people that mattered most from each of them.

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After 6 x 04
Red Jhon is the name of the  secret cospiracy between CBI,FBI and police ... Red Jhon should be their tag.
" Tiger,Tiger " is their secret acces code and we all know that came from "Red Jhon" when he saved P.Jane .
Other informations come from the final dialogue when Bob talks about his brother ..
SuSpects : Gale Bertrame , Reede Smith , Thomas Mcallister ...

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This is not a Rj theory so there's no suspect, BUT...
Something just hit me and I haven't seen anyone posting about it so I felt it's up to me to bring it up. 
I appreciate your comments and views.

Like we all know, Heller said that something in the ending of S06E01 was important.
People have argued about whether it is the 666, pidgeons or the smiley face.

How about what Partridge says?
Or actually not what he says, but who he says it to!

If Tyger Tyger is the password of a secret organisation, choosing those words as your last seems rather stupid if the person you're talking to isn't involved in the organisation (of course it can be simple mumbling, but why would Heller chose those words for that?)

Now, what's interesting is that Lisbon actually seems to respond to the words, and she's clearly confused and thinking about what to do next. She can of course be confused for several reasons, but I think she's somehow involved in the Tyger Tyger organisation, whether it's connected to Red John or not.

Watch this if you don't remember the scene:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4mhDdZPD-o

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Why does everyone think that the dying victim wrote "He is Mar"? Why would a dying person care about upper and lower case letters in the beginning of a sentense? Perhaps she wrote "lle is Mar" or "11e 15 Mar" or something else.

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I really dont know who red john is, i mean i have a theory, but hes just a geeky lab guy that we havnt seen in like 30 episodes.  Asides that, lets talk about matthew Kirkland for a second.  It is completely possible that its him.  Reasons being, when rob talked about his brother, he says he met some guy, changed him, he wasnt the brother he was before.  What if Mat met styles, and the reason mat drank was because he had violent urges.  If styles told him to act on them, showed him how, explained that he shouldnt be bothered by morals and such.  Allowed him to be unincumbered by the emotions that seemed to be destroying him.  created red john.  Looking at any point in which rob is on camera, one could almost say that it was his brother.  One question i have is why the hell did rob kill the guy in the room before interrogating him, and asking him about rj?  the whole thing about do you recognise me, in this case could be reffering to red john asking him if he sees him.

Next theory.  Look at the tyger tyger conspiracy.  is it plausible that red john isnt one guy.  I mean he seems to be everywhere, can do everything, is really smart.  who thinks that red john is the entire tyger conspiracy?  

alright, what do you think?

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Just wanted to point out that the hut Kirkland was killed in was owned by 'Michael Kirkland' - Bob Kirkland said his brother was 'taken' when he was a child. If that was the case then why would the house be under Michaels name. It wouldn't have hid the fact Bob was using it if it has his surname. And I doubt it would be used as some form of shrine.

I'm not saying Michael Kirkland is RJ, however it does seem like a message that he is at least alive, and was in contact with Bob to allow him to use it for his torturings.

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Bruno Heller once said that Red John is someone like professor Moriarty, a criminal mastermind who created a big nationwide criminal organization. This means that Red John is the founder and the head of the organization "Tyger, Tyger".

Reede Smith can not be Red John because he doesn't seem to be smart enough (apart from all the other missing features). How has he really thought they'll explain about a chained and handcuffed prisoner from the locked trunk of a driving car suddenly ended up fleeing in front of that car on the freeway? And besides, why the prisoner didn't flee into the woods but instead run right down the road? And why did the police officer shot him when he easily could overpower the powerless prisoner? If there's no investigation and implications for Kirkland's death in the upcoming episodes, it would be a huge blunder by the writers!

Regarding the doctor/nurse who showed up at the door of Lisabon's hospital room and asked for Carmen Lee: the name Carmen means "garden" and Lee reversed becomes "eel", thus "garden eel". Perhaps this was an encrypted message to Patrick Jane, e.g. about the secret organization "Tyger, Tyger".

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