Who is Red John?

Theories of LaMente (2)

I liked and hated the episode.

I liked it because Jane was right all along. He was "an ugly, tormented little man. A lonely soul. Very sad," as he said on the talk show. RJ tried to play himself up as a god, probably as a way to prove Jane wrong, but once the Blake association was disbanded, he had no one to call on. He was simply a sick little man who had a bunch of "friends," who were only his friends because he manipulated them into helping him. (People joined Blake Association to cover up wrongs. Women helped him because he offered them something - a child, love, acceptance, etc...) He really did have delusions of grandeur. He even thought he was psychic.

I hated it bc it did leave a lot of unanswered questions, but I think we should start doing theories to answer those questions. I have a few below.

How did he make the list?
I think he was really smart, and has followed Jane so he deduced the same list, or he paid Sean Barlow who could be a real psychic. RJ said he was a real psychic to impress Jane one last time, poor fool.

What is "He is mar?"
I think RJ wrote this himself to screw with Jane.

Rosalind Harker's description?
The sherif probably had more hair and less fat then.

Why kill Partridge?
He was a loose end.

Kristina Frye?
Had a friend hypnotize her. I'd like to see more of Sean Barlow, that he was involved. That's a great actor, and it would give us the carny theme we were wanting with RJ.

Visualize?
I think RJ hated visualize. Probably irked him that Bret Stiles was a fake. That's why he killed the 2 Visualize members in the house explosion. He probably knew about the farm and killed everyone.

What do y'all think?

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After watching "Strawberries and Cream" again, I know it's Gale Bertram. In an earlier episode, Jane talked about the power of suggestion. In "Strawberries and Cream," Jane suspected Bertram of working for RJ, for the 2nd time. It wasn't until Bertram said, "You're at the end of your rope..." to PJ that Jane immediately thought of O'Laughlin instead. He put that suggestion in PJ's mind. Then, he walked away right as the fake RJ gave himself away. I think O'Laughlin was part of Tyger Tyger, doing Bertram's bidding, and fake RJ (Carter?) was also a disciple willing to take the fall. One very interesting thing about the episode that I just can't get over is when LaRoche kills the gas station attendant. He looks at Jane and says, "He tried to escape. He was going for a gun. I had no choice." Seems almost word for word what Reede Smith told the patty wagon driver about Kirkland. So either LaRoche is also Tyger Tyger, or Tyger Tyger really are trigger words for hypnosis. LaRoche almost says it in a rehearsed way. PJ suspected something about Bertram twice in the same season. He suspected he worked for RJ, when in fact he IS RJ!

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