Isn't it possible that Jack Plotnick (Brett Partridge) wasn't told that his character would end up as Red John? And this is why , during the interview, he believed his character was dead and never coming back?
Robin Tunney said in an interview that she was kept in the dark as to Red John identity until last episode..
Why would Rj have to hire a private investigator to bug the CBI?
I can tell you that the guy who killed the private investigator was CBI Ron though.
Look at the shadow on her door when the killer comes in- it's Ron
I have been accusing Bret Partridge since the pilot episode. Every episode involving Red John, directly, Bret Partridge makes an appearance . He matches the blind lady, Rosalind Harker's description exactly. The voice is a dead ringer... He is first on scene usually with the Red John murders.. He is forensics ... Which means he can manipulate evidence.. As far as him " dying" in the first episode of the new season... I believe it is just misdirection, he is not dead.. Unless we physically see his body buried in the next episode, he is alive.. Why in the hell would he be lying there dying, and mutter the words, " tyger tyger" ? Did red john cut him up and tell him, " now bret... Before you die, make sure you say, tyger tyger" ? NO! Lisbon is NOT DEAD either. Just knocked out.. And my guess is we wont see bret partridge till the last episode! ALSO!!! The BIG CLUE that Bruno Heller says is in the last scene with Lisbon where she gets taken... After Partridge falls out of the cabinet, Lisbon kneels down to check on him, then the door creeks open and as she stands back up, notice, her back is up against a wall. Effectively, no one can be behind her. When she gets "grabbed" , you see her fall backwards, as if someone grabbed her from behind. Which, isn't possible. Ergo, bret partridge , while on the ground, swept her legs from underneath her. Boom
First off I should note after the recent finale where Jayne revealed the seven people he had narrowed down the list to that I am assuming the writers are not going to dick us around too much and Red John is either Jayne himself, one of these seven, or a combination of these suspects.
We know Red John does not actually have psychic powers so I would like to think Jayne is finally being clever when it comes to Red John and is one step ahead of him. It would appear that the only way Red John could have predicted those seven suspects is from when Bob Kirkland had his people copy the notes from his loft. I doubt Kirkland himself is Red John but it is obvious he is connected to Red John in some way. I think Jayne has a plan now and knows more about who is Red John then he is letting on, leaking the info to Red John to let him feel clever and think he is still one step ahead. This would explain how he knows the seven suspects but it is still unclear about the whole "happy memory" thing but likely Jayne leaked that somehow too....
The other explanation how Red John knew the suspects and the happy memory is that Jayne is actually Red John and does not know it. Personally I really don't think this is the case but really the writers could do this if they want to be dicks...