Theories of NickyDee (15)

So we heard a gunshot at the end, then in the promo we see McAllister's, Haffner's and Stiles' photos on the board. When Rigsby says "Red John brought in a bomb to kill Jane and the other suspects" he points at the board. Therefore, we can presume that the 3 people I mentioned are dead. This leaves us with 2 suspects, Bertram and Smith. Neither fit the descriptions given by Rosalind Harker and Sophie Miller. Something interesting I spotted was at the start when Smith was looking at the hanging body, he asked another cop/agent to check for his ID because he said he didn't like heights (or something like that). Smith is the only one who has Acrophobia, but its probably a red herring. If my ovseration about the 3 suspects on the board are correct then Heller has killed off the two favourites for Red John, well played Sir, you keep us guessing. I seriously have no idea who RJ is now. Will Partridge come back? I doubt but don't rule anything out.

If you could pick RJ from the 5 suspects, who would you make RJ? Personally I would go with McAllister as he seems the most interesting character out of all and quite is calm and collected like I would imagine RJ to be.

Before this episode I was convinced that RJ was Haffner. However, Haffner's conduct in this episode was what I would expect RJ to be. He was quite angry and foolish, you would expect RJ to be calm and collected. This got me thinking about all the other suspects and this is what I came up with:

Ray Haffner: Was my prime suspect. He fits the descriptions perfectly and is of the right age. He is also a member of Visualize, who IMO will be key in finding RJ. Also he isn't in the law enforcement unlike the other suspects (except Stiles). However, as I previously said his behavior doesn't look like RJ's. He has a fear of spiders, we might have all misheard Sophie Miller's tape and also she she isn't sure if the "fear of heights" is actually his true fear.

Gale Bertram: He seems to be a member of the "Tyger, Tyger" group, which IMO rules him out as RJ. He also doesn't seem to have the character of RJ, he asked for poker lessons from PJ- would RJ do that? I don't think so.

Reede Smith: Its safe to say that he isn't Red John but is part of the "Tyger, Tyger" group. I reckon he will be killed off in the next episode.

Bret Stiles: Too old to be Red John and doesn't fit the descriptions at all. Also if it was in fact RJ who killed the PI in the latest episode, I doubt Stiles would be able to overpower the PI so quickly, he is rather old after all.

Thomas McAllister: To me he seems like a prime suspect now. Remember when RJ saved Patrick and shot the people who were holding him? That was some impressive shooting by him, especially the one in the knee cap. Now think about when McAllister saved Patrick at the top of the chapel a couple of episodes ago. Great shooting again. Some people also pointed out that RJ and McAllister wear similar types of shoes. I also reckon McAllister might be scared of heights and the only reason he got on top of the ladder was to save Patrick. He wasn't going to let some low life take Patrick away from him, after all RJ has been messing around with Patrick for about 10 years now- all that effort for some random guy to shoot him? If you are scared of heights it doesn't mean that you can't climb a ladder if you really have to. Furthermore, people who are saying that McAllister is too old, apparently he is supposed to be about 45 in the show, fits the age pretty well I think. He is also rather calm and clever when Patrick is around (unlike Haffner), he tells quite a lot just by looking a a dead body- almost as much as PJ. now the only catch is that McAllister was sat with Reede and Bertram in the office and he obviously knew something, so does that mean if he really is RJ- he works with the "Tyger, Tyger"? Or is he trying to infiltrate them like someone on here suggested.

Bonus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Pxzpl9BOoI this a promo for the next episode. Now I might be reading too much into this, but just look how Haffner and Bertram react when PJ pulls out the gun. Haffner especially looks like he is about to shit himself, RJ wouldn't react this way would he? RJ would have known this was coming. Reede on the other hand is rather layed back and is almost smiling, weird. We also get a quick glance of McAllister (before PJ pulls the gun out), he seems the most chilled out one there, cross legged, almost as he knows whats coming next.

Thanks and tell me what you think please

I've seen quite a few theories saying that PJ and RJ will team up to take the "Tyger, Tyger" group down. I am not saying this is likely or anything, but lets think about it for a moment. Would PJ really team up with RJ? The man killed his family and lots of people around him, people he cared about. Wouldn't it be more likely for PJ to team up with the "Tyger, Tyger" group? Yes they are corrupt but that is surely better than being a psycho serial killer. Just a thought.

From the latest episode we know that Haffner knows about the "Tyger, Tyger" group, at least we presume so. He says that PJ didn't only pissed off a lot of powerful people. Also, that should rule him out from being in the "Tyger, Tyger" group, why would he talk about his secret group in the open? Also, to the people questioning why did RJ hire the private investigator to bug the office, RJ always gets someone to the dirty work for him. However, not in the "Tyger, Tyger" sense, nearly all of the people who do stuff for RJ end up dead pretty quickly, either by committing suicide or end up killed by RJ himself.

What I think will happen in the next episode, is that RJ won't be revealed. We can see in the promo that PJ has all of the rounded up in a room and ready to shoot whoever is RJ. Too easy isn't it? We wouldn't be able to hear his story etc. I reckon, he will ask them to show him their shoulders looking for the three dot tattoo and IMO either all of them will have it or none of them. This will leave our favourite forensics expert Brett Partridge. Until, this episode I was convinced that RJ is Haffner but something doesn;t seem right now. I reckon there will be some sort of a plot twist following the scene shown to us in the promo for the next episode.

Brett Partridge is probably dead, and was a member of the "Tyger, Tyger" group. However, I just can't see RJ being exposed so easily, in a room full of other suspects. Something will go wrong with Jane's plan.

To all the people who say that RJ is Michael Kirkland- wouldn't it be weird for RJ to turn out who only joins at the last moment? Also, Heller said that we already saw RJ. Now you will that it was Michael that killed Lennon in the hospital, but why would he ask him if he recognized him? Surely if he is RJ, then Lennon would know him. Especially as he led RJ to Lorelei's sister. Additionally, twins don't looks exactly the same after 40 or so years, their appearance changes depending on their lifestyle etc. We know that Michael was an alcoholic for some time, whilst Bob was leading a relatively healthy life.