Theories of Mch (31)

The show feels as if it doesn't want to cling to RJ anymore.

I mean, even Baker himself said how tired he was of RJ in an interview at the time that episodes 1-8 were airing. He distictively said that Blue Heaven was the first episode he would be directing and he wanted to make sure that there's no mention of RJ's name in it.

There's a constant dismissal of past events in the post RJ episodes. Everything is downplayed, or brushed off in a sentence, as if it is of no importance or had any impact.

I got reminded of this during Marcus Pike's and Wiley's scene in this last episode.

Marcus asks Wiley what the relationship of Lisbon and Jane are, and as soon as Wiley gets to the wife and daughter part he gets interrupted by Marcus right before he says "murdered".

It's as if the show has abandoned its dark overbearing RJ tone for a case of the week formula.

I remember watching this show with my sister, week to week, back to back, right up till 06x08. She always were a bit frustrated with most of the "filler" episodes, aka any not involving or alluding to RJ.

This show's overarching story has always been that of Jane's revenge, a man reaching hubris and being brought down by a most tragic event. It wasn't about the week to week case per se, or Jane's life story. It was the chapter of the life of a man who after solving cases he cared nothing for, fell asleep on a matress placed in the room of his murdered wife and child, with the killer's brand still uncleaned from the wall.

That character's journey ended in episode 8, according to the writers, since RJ was apparently killed.
What followed up till now, as long as there's no end game grant design in store, must be one of the longest epilogues in TV history.

I find it sad that there are people on this site referring to others as idiots, blind, retarded or ghouls.

Those are simply called FANS guys, nothing more. Being an RJ fan means that you are a Mentalist fan. He was the character that gave the show the only thing that is missing now.

He made the protagonist's actions MATTER.   

About Lisbon's potential love interest on the next episode:

- FBI Special Agent Marcus Pike, who debuts in Episode 16, is described as “a charming man with integrity, a blue collar cop with FBI smarts.

- Blue Bird (slang): cop, police officer, security guard

- He is Mar

Haha, theorizing is fun.

Guys up to this point I felt all the theories of a fake episode were wishful thinking (including mine).

BUT

I remember watching the promo, and having the distinct feeling that PJ was talking to RJ in the church scene. A detail that made me feel that was cathing a glimpse of RJ's ring. The scene is on the extended promo only, and is up only for a split second, but enough for the eye to pick up and leave an impression. At mark 0:19-0:20, RJ makes a dismissing motion with his left hand. It is worth noting that no such scene exists in the leaked episode. But it goes further than that.

I checked again, and I could see it clearly. Determined that I was only seeing what I wanted to see and not what was there, I asked a family member who has no idea of the show to check that scene for me and describe to me the hand they see on that video part. I did not ask them directly, cause I didn't want them to be suggested and just see something that wasn't there. After showing them the scene twice, they said: "I dunno, he has a ring?"

That was enough for me to go on and get a few different stills from the extended promo video, just to make sure it wasn't a strange light angle or a nail.

And here's the final result:

http://postimg.org/image/p837399bb/

P.S. I had to include the pigeon, given that no matter what Sunday brings us, that little guy will always be one of the most memorable characters in the show.

That awkward moment when you realize that a sit com (How I Met Your Mother) had a better mystery character reveal scene than one of the most enthralling Drama mysteries in the last years.