How Red John should have been revealed:
It should have been Brett Partidge, it would have made alot more sense:
-He is as smart as Patrick Jane
-Could cover his tracks easily as a forensic expert
-Partridge could accumulate evidence against other officers in order to blackmail them.
-He could have easily had his body switched
-He was perfect for the ring leader of a secret cult
-He covered all the RJ cases
-In the first episode he is almost coaxing Patrick Jane to acknowledge that this is not a real Red John case
-The voice is a perfect fit
-Jane calls him 'a ghoul'
-He clearly has a sense of theatre for his work as shown in the pilot (A showman)
-With his forensic knowledge he had the smarts to be able to hack into government systems and create deadly poisons. -The contrast between the two characters would have worked a lot better (In the real world Jane is ahead of Partridge and often puts him down, this would have worked well with Partridge actually being on the front foot as Red John) -He wears an earpiece which would let him still do his killings and talk to jane simultaneously -The height is a perfect fit -The Blake reference with one of the dragons rising again would have worked if he 'faked' his death -McCalister never showed the smarts, intelligence or dominance that a character like Red John has over his disciples -We never heard Partridge whistle and McCallister wasn't an exceptional whistler -Partirdge was in the perfect position to be R.J. as he could keep an eye on everything and was the one who took all the evidence!
I think Bruno Heller just closed his eyes and thought "oh no one suspects this guy, lets make it him".
Yet there is a ridiculous amount of unanswered questions and clues that are now pointless. We all watched for years and have been let down by the fact its a weak character with no ties to all the clues over the years.
I hope this is the writers trying to throw us off again, I would welcome that for sure!
