i just started watching the mentalist again from the beginning (4th time) and on the pilot i found something interesting...first let me tell you that the only reason i'm doing this is because there's something about lisbon it doesn't add up...i'm not acussing lisbon but one of my theories is that gale might be red john.besides from stiles and partridge gale bertram has been on the series since season 1 and had a role in some important episodes and season finales....and teresa might of been working for red john since the beginning...i have never believe in jane and teresa having a romantic relationship if anything i see it as a brother and sister...remember what jane said to lisbon about having feeling for laurelie martins?he said that he would tell anything to her if that would get him a step closer to rj...so he used her..maybe he lied maybe not...i have a feeling jane has been suspecting something from lisbom for a while.especially since he told her that he knew some thing about her that she didn't know he knew....my gut is telling me there's something there,i just have to prove it or wait for season 6....OKEY so here's what i notice in the pilot 1-if you watch the episode almost everybody usually keeps a close eye on brett partrige BUT watch the episode after the flashback and when they are at the murder scene and patrick and brett are talking about rj....notice how they keep the camera on lisbon...not cho,not wayne....keep an eye on lisbon face and you'll see what i mean especially right after patrick says " this isn't red john " the look on lisbon's face is priceless...if she is somehow involved with rj it would make sense why jane never trusted her with his list of suspects or his plans since he started the list before the 7 suspects.think about it...rj is a ladies man...he loves the ladies,wouln't make sense for lisbon to be rj's lover from the beginning and be there to be close and keep and eye on jane...which brings me to my next pont..WATCH season 5 episode 13 the red barn...we learn that teresa have been working with the cbi 10 years...now go back to the pilot in the flashback when patrick talks about rj on tv was 5 years before the pilot..WHICH MEANS teresa started working for the cbi around the time rj killed patrick's family....DO YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN?? there;s something there....HERE'S THE PROBLEM..watch 5x5 red dawn...this episode was supposed to take place a couple of weeks before the pilot...watch when wayne is talking to lisbon about patrick...wayne says " patrick jane,wife and daughter about a year ago "...THE TIMELINE DOESN'T MAKE SENSE...is it possible that with so many writters on the show somebody made a mistake?...BUT STILL you can't deny there's something about lisbon's past...i'm betting she is not red john BUT is either currently or in the past a lover of rj...he loves the ladies,remember how rj used rebeca??lisbon as a rj's lover makes sense....or somehow involved with rj