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Wayne Rigsby

Wayne Rigsby
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Who is always around?
Who has inside knowledge?
Who likes women with red hair?
Who showed PJ what he lost when he married?
Who showed PJ what he has lost when he got a baby?
Who is acting a little dump that nobody get suspicious?
Who is leaving the show at midseason without any know reason?
Who would shock the audience the most if it turns out that he is red john?
The serious face of him in 6x07 promo was the last part of the puzzle for me. Never saw him so serious!

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rj is not on the list, why are u people so
naïve.
Why should bruno heller ruin the supposedly exciting big finale by
eliminating all potential twists and surprises, right from the beginning. just
because some reporter asked him to, in the course of an interview, at the
beginning of a new season - seriously?
besides, someone who got killed/ is dead
remains dead, no coming back, the walking dead is on another tv channel, I
guess.


So what
about all this ongoing childish Kirkland Partridge theories - get over it, game
over. That s not a dallas
finale, where bobby is going to have a wet shower dream sequence moment. aah
wait, u guys go for the twin option.

 

..rj IS wayne rigsby. There have also
been subtle little hints all along, right from the beginning, for instance:

someone
mentioned the promo posters. He/she was right, there s a reason why rigsby is
always separated from the others.

Season 1 episode 1 aka pilot:
Look at the
way he responded to the news that patrick jane joined the cbi team. His facial
expressions, comments are so obvious. When jane made fun out of rigsbys
attraction to the latest team member addition - grace van pelt - during their
shared dinner - they were all very amused by that, except for 1 person that is.
How
did rigsby respond to that, he was pissed of because jane had ruined a
potential opportunity for him to pick up grace and that’s why patrick jane
got a red john message delivered the very same night into his hotel room (piece
of paper, slided down under his door). Look who is laughing now.

The guy who
ran down the hotel aisle looks exactly like rigsbys stature from behind. Why
was pj not able to catch him, why did rj vanish into thin air. Because rigsby
simply went back to his hotel room, right in time.

Season 2
episode 8:
finale cut, all team members enjoy a little shot of tequila to
honour bosco, but when it comes to rigsby the bottle is empty and he has to go
and catch a bottle of something else. That s not a coincidence, that s just
another playful way of pointing out – in a subtle way that is –he doesn’t
really belong to the others (also see, promo posters).

Plus all
the other reasons people have already pointed out (social background, child
hood, fancies red haired women, is going to leave the show, rj hast to be someone
within the cbi team, and so on). I think the only reason he got married to van
pelt in the first place was to distract people and to make them believe he and
van pelt leave the show this season to enjoy their fictional happy peppy honey moon,  whatsoever - tzzzzzz.

Simone
Baker even once stated on you tube that Red John is the Keyser Söze of
the show. Have u seen the movie - the usual suspects.

wayne rigsby is red john. 



Otherwise
it could only be pj himself ;)



peace.



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All the suspects on the list are boring. It will be ok if it is Partridge, but it is way too obvious. I would really Red John to be Rigsby. That would be totally unexpected and fun to watch.

P.S. Cho would be even more surprising, because no one expects an asian red john.

Just some thoughts now.

Now, as far as the list goes, pigeons is a huge clue. So either Red John loves them, or has a bird phobia.

When Lisbon tracks Partridge and goes to that house, there are some pigeons in that house. They might be the reason Lisbon is still alive, or RJ likes her for some reason.

On the next episode, just after PJ talked with 3 suspects in the office, we see a strange looking woman with rough hands feeding pigeons. Could be RJ, dressed up as one. (Sherlock Holmes, anyone?) Smith, McAllister, Bertram are at the office at that time or one of them is really good at putting all that make up on so fast. Also, when Smith, McAllister and Bertram talk, when PJ leaves, it looks like Smith is talking to Bertram more like a colleague, not a person in charge.

McAllister could be RJ then, but RJ has a fear of heights and sheriff sure does not.

That leaves Partridge, Haffner and Kirkland and Stiles.

Assuming Partridge is dead.( He is a CSI, and has weak physique. He won't have rough hands from this kind of work. Plus, when RJ saved PJ from copycats, he lifted PJ with chair easily. Partridge would struggle with this I think. Plus, he seems younger than any other suspect, which makes it hard to see him in charge. Moreover, if he indeed faked his death, why do we see his blade soaked in blood, and then PJ says that Partridges blood was on Lisbon's face? Did he cut himself then? ). Although, there are some clues that he is RJ. His voice is the strangest of them all for sure. Partridge - connection to Blake poetry. Working with surgical tools, and so on.

Haffner being RJ is very likely. He is a good whistler. Is afraid of bugs?. Pigeons eat bugs, Haffner loves pigeons?

Kirkland. Well he is dead. Don't see a point in faking his death that way.

Stiles. It actually makes sense if he is RJ. All other suspects are working for him as a Tyger Tyger thing. He uses them to distract and spy on Patrick, Old enough to be in charge. Visualise is money and power. It just would be a very dull RJ, without much surprise.

So it might be Stiles or Haffner as I see it.
Anyway, I choose Rigsby, because his transformation would be wonderful to watch.("Unusual suspects" style).

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Does anyone know why wiki says this????
"The character of Red John has been revealed as Wayne Rigsby by the producers; an inside man, and there all along. Before partridge was killed, his voice was recorded to be used by Wayne and the rest of the red john cult."

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Last episode Rigsby says to Cho "I'll find you a girl" and next thing you know that private detective is flirting with him and bugging his office. Season 1 episode 22 about 27 minutes in Rigsby seems to have 3 dots on his left shoulder. Is it a tattoo or just dirt? The person who strangled the private detective last episode had a long sleeve shirt on so she wasn't describing her killer but Red John.  Also, the actor playing Rigsby is leaving the show half way through the season. Also, in the pilot Partridge says the name Red John and runs into Rigsby at the same time. I'm sure Bruno knew who Red John was in the pilot so it has to be someone in the pilot. Also, if it's not one of the main characters we know and love...boring!

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Red John is Wayne Rigsby

1. He got all the physique like Red John. However, during all the shows he looked like innocent and foolish.

2. Jane always teasing, make fooled of him. RJ dont like to be fooled. Lorelei said to Jane, `You shook his hand, and also you knew each other`. Lorelei dont refer to RJ. She refer to Bertram. Bertram, Smith and McAllister involved in a murder conspiracy. They killed Kirkland because Kirkland found out what they did. Kirkland search for RJ, unfortunately he identify the Tyger-Tyger organization. RJ didnt shoot his victims. He will cut the throat and the murder method will always be the same.

3. Bret and Haffner, which represents visualize just a cult. They dont killed people. Bret knew that RJ kidnapped Miss Frye because he knew who RJ is through Van Pelt. When Bret is detained in a CBI prison, he tried to lure Van Pelt to visualize and from his failures he knew someone else is toying with Van Pelt mind, it was RJ, aka Rigsby who closed to him.

4. When Frye got kidnapped, he is monitored by CBI team. Rigsby aka RJ can get access to her house.

5. Why Rigsby attracted to Van Pelt? He was just using her. One more thing because Van Pelt is red hair. In the latest season 6, the private investigator which hired by PJ thought is RJ is not RJ. It was a member of Tyger-Tyger.

6. In early season 6 where Lisbon is lured to Partridge murder scene, Brett mentioned the word Tyger-Tyger. RJ get rid off Partridge because he figured out he was one of Tyger-Tyger. RJ knew from the lists.

7. The seven list suspects which Lorelei mentioned is the Tyger-Tyger organizations and also visualize which RJ hated the most. RJ got those suspects because he kidnapped Lorelei after Jane break out her from the prison. Lorelei did not work for RJ, she is working for Tyger-Tyger. After Tyger-Tyger knew she is kidnapped by RJ, they afraid she will told RJ everything she knew about Tyger-Tyger. RJ dont have to kill her. He knew Tyger-Tyger will. In Lorelei death, there is no blood and throat cutting. Partridge did it. He is obssessed with RJ and even learned how to draw the smile. In season 1, it clearly showed that how obssessed Partridge with RJ.

8. Why RJ sparing Lisbon during Partridge death? Because PJ love and care about her. RJ is pyschopath, he killed purposely. He wants to see PJ suffer more.

This is my crazy theory.
Enjoy

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In order to understand how serisously the list of 7 is taken by the viewers, Grace van Pelt and Teresa Lisbon are suspected in more theories than Reede Smith. :-)

Red John is NOT on the list.

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