Now, I'm not saying Jane is Red John or isn't Red John. I'm not that arrogant. However, I take issue with everyone using Bruno Heller's latest interview as foolproof regarding this theory. If Jane is Red John then Heller would never tell us so. He has, however, delivered a very short, sharp: "Jane is not Red John". It was so concise but still leaves enough wiggle room for him to say, at a later date, Jane is not Red John but Red John is Jane. The only way this theory works is if Jane has a dis-associative disorder and is unaware of how insane he must be. He's the writer and creator so he has to look after his story and its secrets. If you've never heard of a TV show producer lying about a show before then you haven't paid much attention to the entertainment biz or are extremely naive.
As for things pointing towards Jane being Red John in the season finale:
The main one being that Red John knew the exact list Jane would come up with weeks before Jane did. He had to know the meticulous nature in which Jane would whittle down that list perfectly. Red John also knew about a happy memory that only Jane, himself, knew. He even used the same terminology as Jane did (through Lorelei) in describing the destruction of this "happy memory".
There are several episodes that have a sly nod towards Jane being Red John, but there is much "evidence" to disprove it also. However, I seem to be in a minority who recognise that The Mentalist is a TV show, so is open to dramatic licence like the lead being the ultimate villain. Every idiosyncrasy can be explained if you reach hard enough (Just look at the pathetic final season of Lost)
I will be interested to see how the writers can feasibly explain these things without it being Jane as Red John. I also hope it is not Partridge. The actor playing him is nondescript, his character is flat and uninteresting and he would be a dour villain after so many years of investigations. The only actor, for me, worthy of pulling off Red John is Malcolm McDowell, so I personally hope that Bret Stiles is Red John (That is if the list of 7 is where Red John's identity resides)
Ps. Does anyone hope that the list of 7 is a red herring because I find the idea of the final identity of this villain being spoon fed to us, the viewer, as quite insulting. I mean, Jane would also need to know things that he literally could not know to compile that list; like where each of those men were at the exact time of Red John killings. Jane has a powerful memory, but his memory has nothing to do with knowing where the suspects were or were not at any given time. He cannot know where they all were at those times. No-one could. There would be no definitive record of their whereabouts to leave those 7 men as the only ones under suspicion. Am I the only one seeing the flaws?
