The full RJ plot is way too complex to communicate through writing. So I'll shorten it to the most surprising spoilers. This is going to be hard to believe, but there's masses of unwritten information backing this all up.
Episode 8 is Kim Fischer's dream, hence why the chemistry between CBI members is wrong and why there's so many random shifts. The little girl you see closing the door on McAllister is a young Kim. The dream is after Kim has read a case file on Patrick Jane. The case is full of misguided information because Jane tricked everybody including Lisbon to catch Red John. Only 4 living men know of how Jane actually lured out Red John. Gale Bertram, Robert Kirkland, Thomas McAllister and Bret Stiles (And one living woman-Lorelei Martins). Hence nothing you saw in episode 8 actually happened.
In episode 9, Kim Fischer makes her first appearances and talks about dream worlds. You want to know why Jane is so close to her, why he was so surprised when he wakes up and sees her, why she makes great tea and is no threat to Lisbon? She is Jane's daughter. When Jane woke up (after being beat up) and saw her, there is an uncanny resemblance to his wife. In episode 10, Jane talks to her by her first name, and he pokes fun at her in the briefing like an embarrassing father. "I knew you saw me. I knew it," after she ignored him the first time.
Brett Partridge, Red John, is seen as the very last person in her dream. He didn't kill her. He kidnapped her and she was hypnotised to forget him. This is why she can only see him from the back. Her subconscious vaguely remembers him, but the hypnotism prevents his face becoming clear. However you do hear Brett Partridge's voice for 1 line in the dream episode.
And the hardest spoiler to take; Jane and Partridge were twins. Their father was Bret Stiles and their mother was Elise Vogelsong. Stiles, who Jane used as leverage , to eventually disarm and kill Partridge can be seen drinking his troubled memories of torture, away in My Blue Heaven. There is a scene where Jane introduces Kim to Roger, which is Stiles and all 3 generations are next to each other.
Elise Vogelsong was a murder mystery fanatic. Partridge inherits love of murder and death. Jane inherits a love of mystery and detective work. They both drank tea as Stiles has British roots. Both are excellent whistlers. And in season 5 episode 15, you see Jane finishing Partridge's sentence about "Bleak House, by Charles Dickens." Also, in William Blake's full poems the Lamb and the Tyger are born of the same creator. Jane is Lamb, Partridge is the Tyger and Stiles is the creator. And Patrick Jane translates into Pink Jane, which is the inspiration of the mirror name Red John.
I understand its hard to swallow, and hey I'm not forcing you too...
... But we all want to see an epic finale right , like maybe the real Red John ending? Don't be so quick to extinguish another's hope if you refuse to let your own candle burn.
