Theories of Dan42o (8)

Let's examine the death of Bob Kirkland.  The reason that he asked Lennon if he recognized him before he killed him is that he wanted to know if his identical twin brother is still alive, and if Lennon had said yes, he would have asked him where he saw him, etc.  He also asked other suspects on the fake list if they recognized him, because if any of them were actually RJ, they would have known his appearance as Mark Kirkland.  However, since members of the Tyger-Tyger gang can lie so easily to nonmembers (Reede Smith to Bob Kirkland), that may not be an easy way to find RJ.  When Smith let Kirkland out of the back of the Police van, Kirkland knew his number was up, because he knew too much about the Tyger group, that is why he asked Smith 'Why not do it here' and Smith replied 'Protocol'.  The Tyger-Tyger group is obviously very wide spread, including police drivers in its' group.  It is going to be difficult for PJ, who doesn't know yet about the group.  Since the actor who plays Kirkland doesn't appear in episodes 6-7 thru 6-9 I think we can safely assume that Mark Kirkland is not still around.

Since the actors who play Brett Partridge and Robert Kirkland are not listed in the cast of the showdown episode 6-7, I think it is safe to assume that their characters are both dead.  Since Sheriff McCallister is included in the cast, my previous assumption that he would be killed in Ep. 6-,4 is incorrect.  The body shown in the prevue for Ep. 6-4 may be someone not on the list of the seven that was revealed by RJ through Lorelei on the dvd.  I believe it is possible that Kirkland kidnaps and tortures PJ because he found out that the list he stole from PJ was fake, and he wants the real list, but I suspect that before he injures PJ too much, RJ will interfere and perhaps kill Kirkland.  RJ wants to keep PJ alive, has rescued him from death before.

After seeing the prevue photo for episode 1 of Season 6 with Jane and Lisbon and Bret Partridge standing under some kind of a tent, I have changed my mind about Partridge being Red John.  He may be a disciple of RJ, but  his slouching stance and standoffish personality, in my mind, could not attract devoted followers.  I now think that Ray Haffner has more of the right kind of personality to be RJ.

For those who think Lisbon is allied with or is RJ, this idea seems a little ludicrous since RJ had Lorelei tell PJ, that for PJ to become a friend of RJ, he would need to kill Lisbon.   PJ faked the killing and took a cabbage in place of Lisbon's head, but by then RJ knew the killing was a fake.  Also, if Lisbon was RJ's friend, then why did O'Laughlin shoot her, since he was RJ's friend and should have known other friends of Red John.  So if RJ is your friend, who needs enemies.