Episode 2 just aired here in UK. I've figured out who Red John is. If that trailer about Jay Roth is anything to go by, I expect some massive diversions in the upcoming episodes to swing the gullible audience every way possible. But you're 4 whole episodes ahead, so I expect you've whittled it down to Partridge by now.
Clue or co-incidence?
1. Lisbon in hospital to Jane: "You were right. Red John hooked me like a fish."
Previous episode: Brett Partridge is wearing a fishing hat.
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Clue or smalltalk?
2. Ray Haffner in hospital to Lisbon: "I heard you were this close to Red John."
Previous episode: Brett Partridge isn't alone. Someone else is in the door opposite. Lisbon was close to 2 people. Brett Partridge or Person X is Red John.
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3. "Blue Tail Fly"
The tune Haffner whistles as he's leaving Lisbon "Jimmy Crack Corn" is about a slave who's master dies. That's apt if Partridge is Haffner's master.
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4. Script Error or Red John Revealed by Patrick..
Patrick Jane says "Red John just killed Sophie Miller.... He's getting desperate. He's killed 2 people in the space of days."
Seeing as Red John "just killed Sophie Miller", he's killed 3 people in the space of days. Eileen Turner, Brett Partridge, then Sophie Miller.
Patrick knows Brett Partridge is Red John, so he doesn't count Brett Partridge.
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5. Patrick's mind games have already begun.
Some woman who looks like Partridge sits next to Jane and Lisbon in the park. Patrick stares at her hand and can probably tell its not the real Red John. Then Patrick starts talking about Jay Roth meeting Sophie Miller in person; that's why he had to kill her. So he must have left a file.
This happened after Jane took the recording device from Sophie's house. So Jane is setting Red John up.
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