For me, Mentalist is a
show based on the psychological logic and on the obvious logic. 
This is what
makes it singularity especially through the character of Jane.

 



So if Red John is one
of seven suspects on the famous list, it would be too disappointing for such because
too obvious! Especially after six seasons waiting to know finally his identity.

 



I think the 7 of the
list of suspects are just accomplices of RJ as the first episodes of season
reveal.

Kirckland twin brother
is just a wrong lead, another story after the RJ’s identity revelation.

 



I also think that the
identity of RJ must be as surprising as its expectation. Don’t forget that watching
Mentalist teaches us that story line of all the investigations are built as
below: The most obvious guilty is not always the final real guilty!

 



Red John is a man so Lisbon
is innocent, at best accomplice.

 

I can’t imagine that
Jane could be himself RJ.

Jane can’t be just a twisted

Psychopath Mentalist
viewers and fans can’t accept it.

 



Cho doesn’t match RJ profile.
And we now that RJ isn’t Asian style.

 



I think RJ is Rigsby .

 


I think he had a
troubled past, he actually joined Visualize when he was young, and he had as
mentor Stiles.... He was or is still part of the secret organization Tiger
Tiger (which is mainly composed of cops).


Maybe all the Tiger
Tiger members know that Wayne Rigsby is one of them but this organization is
looking for his real RJ's identity maybe because he kills only people working
for it (bad and corrupted cops, politicians, accomplices…). Red John has a moral;
he doesn’t kill anybody without reason. He appears as a vigilante!


Maybe it’s the
organization that killed Jane’s family (wife and daughter) for x purpose… (Maybe
in order to help them to find RJ’s identity by making him working for CBI
indirectly…).

 



I think Bret Stiles
has formed RJ , he knows or suspects that it's Rigsby . That is why the
character Bret Stiles will be treated in the 7th episode (just before the big
8th episode, season 6, which will reveal to us finally the RJ’s identity).


Maybe that’s why
Stiles is so well informed about the investigations leaded by CBI (thank’s to Rigsby).

 



RJ always has an
advance Patrick Jane, may be simply because Rigsby works with Jane, always with
him. So he knows everything that's going on (evidence, evidence,
investigations, suspects...). He knows also everything through the BCI team.

 



Physically, Rigsby
matches with RJ’s description.

Wayne is young, very
strong, manly appearance, but very naive, sometimes stupid. Lovely as father
and husband, very sensitive… This behavior could be just a cover.


But don’t forget that
all people who have known personally Red John describe him as a very kindly
guy. This matches!

 

 



We know that the
characters Wayne Rigsby and Van Pelt will left the show in the middle of the
season. So just after the RJ’s identity revelation. Maybe because they will
die, or maybe because they will find that he is Rigsby (died or arrested) and
Van Pelt will die or she will left CBI after such a disappointment.

 



Last thing, look at
these official posters of the 6th season (click on likns):
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/32/fzbd.JPG/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/209/1car.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/593/do2a.png/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/812/539m.jpg/ (RJ's sign just on Rigsby pic)
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/822/oa49.jpg/


Don’t you notice that
Rigsby is always separated from the rest of the CBI team?

Observe how he looks
at Jane and especially, look at the last picture, he hasn’t any mirror
reflection (all the others have one). It’s not a mistake, it says a lot!

 



I know that no one
wants to discover Rigsby as RJ, we like so much this nice character.


But in my opinion,
Wayne Rigsby is Red John, the big big biggest surprise of Mentalist   :)

 

I say it's Rigsby just because he's the most "Bruno Heller would pick him" of suspects (least expected & completely out of left field) other than Partridge not being dead.  Plus he & Van Pelt are leaving the series, and given Van Pelt's success with men, Rigsby being RJ is the icing on the horrible cake of Van Pelt's love life, which leads to her exit from the show to "put herself back together again" after the discovery & death of Rigsby/RJ.

This is not my theory ! 

Listen closely to red john's voice when he answers Lisbon's cell phone and imagine Wayne Rigsby is talking. It's him. Also from a story telling standpoint, it's got to be someone on Lisbon's team for it to be A) shocking and B) good storytelling. Don't look outside of our main characters. And with the announcement that the actors playing Rigsby and Van Pelt leaving the show half way through the season and that Red John will be revealed before 2013 is over. Rigsby is Red John and he will kill Van Pelt before 2013 is over.

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/32/fzbd.JPG/       First
Image. Mentalist Poster. All of the cbi team are in front of the car. Why is
rigsby at the back of the car? The front part doesn’t fit 5 of them? Okay...
Nothing significant.



http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/209/1car.jpg/
     Second Image. Mentalist Poster. All of the
cbi team are standing. Rigsby? Sitting down. Okay. Significant. Nope. I don’t think
so.



http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/812/539m.jpg/
     Third Image. Mentalist Poster. All of the
cbi team are standing. Rigsby? Sitting down, wearing that creepy look at Jane.
Ahm yeah... Creepppppyy.....



http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/593/do2a.png/       Fourth Image. Mentalist Poster. Rigsby
at the center of the poster. It should be jane right? Why is there a redjohn
smiley above rigsby’s picture? Creepy eyes.........        Creepy.



http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/822/oa49.jpg/        Fifth
image. Mentalist Poster. Cho, Van Pelt, Grace have their reflection... Jane and
Rigsby, no reflection?  Why is that?
Maybe they are the reflection of each other... 
Yeah. Maybe.

 



I do not like rigsby for red john.. But there are some clues
pointing him... He can change his voice over the phone. Etc.



Van pelt’s first boyfriend wants to kill Jane. Second
boyfriend, works for redjohn and spying jane. 
Third boyfriend, and now her husband, maybe redjohn himself.  Poor Grace... if ever... She always cries
because of her boyfriends...



So you are thinking maybe olaughlin was working for
rigsby/redjohn? Why not? It is the perfect cover up. Who would suspect rigsby
anyway? He is cool, cute, soft hearted, a good father, a good friend., a good
police...



I cannot remember what he said when grace told him that two
cbi employees can now be married because cbi already changed the policy in
office relationship...



And there is this rumor that redjohn has thing for Lisbon...
RIGHT????



Rigsby: I can now date Lisbon (i can no longer remember that
exact words.)



VanPelt: You want to date Lisbon?

It MIGHT be a clue.



It will be a very big disappointment if rigsby is redjohn



Just a crazy thought. But why not...? 

well.. no reason. hes just too lovable and clumsy. as a sociopath he might be doing that on purpose. everyone who knows red john seem to be under his 'spell' so to say.. Rigsby most definitely look like he could not hurt a fly but i can easily imagine him as a bad childhood screw up who just also happens to be very smart.

I think that Rigsby is RJ because he looks like batman and he has the same name as batman:WAYNE!

En la temporada 5 hay un capitulo lleno de simbolismos, en el,cual jane resuelve un caso, solo con la ayuda de su subconsiente, es tan obvio el simbolismo que nos da la serie que hasta miedo da, jane toma te de belladona, y en su viaje, visitanvarios lugares e inclusive , participa en la toma de deckaracion de una mucama latina, que le dice que vio hormigas negras y eso essimbolonquenalgo malo va a ocurrir, luego le entrega su garra de agula y le dice, ten , esto te ayudara a encontrar al responsable.... posteriormente jane sale... y cuando regresa de su viaje de belladona, jamas hace referencia de nuevo a esa mucama latina.  Ahora observa el capitulo y dime... que hace jane despues con esa garra, inmediatamente despues de salir a seguir al conejo?..