I want to congratulate everyone here, even if you didn't choose McAllister as Red John. Most of us knew after the promo and the Bertram Episode (no way was he gonna be Red John) that it was the Sheriff.
Which does leave a lot of us disappointed, we were pretty much spoon fed who Red John was in the last episode no real twists or anything. It was impossible for McAllister's body to be burnt to a crisp, he was standing next to Patrick and Bertram and the bomb didn't touch them.
Now us Mentalists (the people who used this site) are in want of one last trick. Something that gives us closure. There is a 97% chance this won't happen, but what if McAllister wasn't Red John? Red John hypnotized him to make him believe he was Red John. One last ditch effort to get Jane of his tracks, through all his right hand disciples at Jane so he can escape. This would mean its like Mashburn or CBI Ron it really wouldn't matter as long as they summed up all the clues and made it fit.
I feel that's the only way to salvage the Red John storyline from a dexter/lost ending. No one expects this now, it would make Bruno Heller an equal to Joss Whedon. An epic ending yet to come, like Angel and Firefly/Serenity. All these recent interviews about finding out who red John is? And the leaked episode (which was the same) an EPIC ploy by a GREAT MAN HELLER.
One can only hope. Unlikely but most of us would love this. Hell I'd even take Partridge as being Red John, faked his own death to be in the clear and is free to continue murdering. Sure it could be two years from now the next episode, Red John may take that long for the heat to die down before committing more murders. Then somehow Jane notices a similarity in one of the new murders, believes Red John is back from the grave (McAllister who its not) and feels like he is losing it/going crazy.
Please comment let me know what you think, would you like something like this? Like the beginning of Scream 4 we think we knows what's happing 2-3 times but we don't. We need something epic (Wes craven is a tier or two below Joss Whedon for me right now if McAllister is Red John with no more explanation, Bruno Heller is on the bottom of my pyramid.
