I was really disappointed when Brett Partridge was the first to go :( I thought he was the only suspect who showed enough intelligence and hidden demented fantasy to be a convincing Red John... plus I just don't like the aggressive and bureaucratic nature of the next most popular suspects, doesn't seem to make a good fit for Red John in my opinion.

Plus, I thought the 'Here enters Red John' scene way back when made a brilliant entrance/clue!

Anyway!

Does anyone find it weird that, while Patrick is talking to Red John in the first episode this season, the voice of RJ is not 'distorted' when it cuts the the shot of him wiping off the linoleum knife? We know he has to be using a voice changer while talking over the phone (and was wearing a mask when he first confronted Patrick), plus a few comparisons on youtube show it might be Simon doing some of the voices albeit pitch-altered, but the voice as he is wiping the blade sounds very natural. Is it possible he is simply changing the tone of his voice without assistance?