Theories of Red-John-Is-Alive (9)

'm going to make a prediction here, and I am not sure which one it is
yet, but I am almost certain it is one of these two or at least similar
to one of these two:

1) Jane has been in a coma since the bomb
explosion at his house. It would explain the bizarre circumstances of
the Red John episode... Van Pelt banging her head on the window, the
knife wielding random woman and red johns incredibly unexpected behavior
and that UNBELIEVABLY bad pigeon gag (Seriously, for a show this smart,
what in the HELL was that?) This is further possibly supported by the
reference to Janes life being like a "dream world" in the last episode,
which it very much did seem like at times. I almost fell out of my chair
when I heard the words "dream world" because I had previously thought
that might be the case and they were taunting us with it if it is. I'd
also like to point out another clue for us hardcore fans, though I think
this could probably fit into either theory. In the Red John episode,
the pigeon theme is evident when Jane is feeding the pigeons, presumably
trying to catch one. He says to Lisbon "What beady little eyes birds
have. Tiny dinosaurs, you know?" It doesn't seem like much at the time
but as the episode ends and Jane runs off into the distance, we're meant
to be thinking the episode is over, but the shot pans to the park and
the music turns creepy and there is a man standing in front of a tiny
dinosaur slide with a little girl on it. I know it'll be controversial
to say this with all the people adamant he's dead, but I think we would
all have to admit who this person looks like (BP) This would of course
imply Red John is still alive. It would explain a lot, but I don't know
how likely it is for a show to go down that route for multiple episodes.

2)
Mcallister was not Red John but another surrogate like Timothy Carter
(And a far less convincing one, at that. Mcallister never once
acklowledges he is Red John, he talks about being the head of  the Blake
Association and makes a remark about why Patricks wife and child are
dead -- not why he killed his wife and child. When Patrick calls him Red
John he just looks back at him menacingly and then asks him not to kill
him.) This yet again implies Red John is alive and although the events
we have seen so far have actually taken place, not all is what it seems
and we will be hearing from him again before the end of the season I
suspect. It's possible Red John has the motive of trying to make Jane
like him by having him turn into a serial killer who kills anyone
claiming to be Red John, which he has done twice now. Red John would
show Patrick how much they are alike and beat him mentally while doing
so. This seems much more like the Red John we know than what Mcallister
claimed when he arrived at the church. Red John framing some bureaucrat
for his work and killing Jane at the same time sounds nothing like Red
John who could have done so pretty much at any time over the years but
never has. Additionally, the dubbed voice? I mean really, they just
dubbed over him to do the iconic Red John voice, how unbelievably
unprofessional is that to explain the voice after all this time with a
one line dub over the actor speaking. It's UNREASONABLY unprofessional
and I think Bruno Heller is better than that.

Finally, I add this
bit of information: We're lead to believe that Red John is undone by
his phobia of pigeons which cripples him long enough for Patrick to grab
his concealed weapon. Bruno Heller stated that there was a very
important clue at the end of the first episode of the season but that we
wouldn't understand until later. Many people have now taken that to
mean the presence of the pigeons in the house Lisbon enters was the clue
to Red Johns phobia of birds. I believe this was not at all the clue,
but in fact, the clue is that the presence of a bunch of pigeons the
house Red John was killing Brett Partridge, waiting queitly while Lisbon
looked around, subduing Lisbon, Calmly calling Jane while Painting a
smiley on Lisbons face ACTUALLY EXCLUDES THE PERSON WITH A PHOBIA OF
BIRDS AS BEING RED JOHN. There's no way he could have done all that with
his crippling fear of birds and THAT is the huge clue that Heller was
alluding to. I don't trust a word he's said since then ;)

Another prediction: We know that Van Pelt and Rigsby are leaving the show soon. I predict at least one of them will die soon, probably with the return of Red John.

Also, as a rebuttal to those saying this is a legitimate reboot and Heller is trying to save the show. This is the last season and everyone knows it. Heller has already taken a job to start on a new series and is not trying to prolong this one. This will be the last season and without Red John, what will the series finale be? Some showdown with the FBI? Not a chance.

So I ask you, is Red John alive?

As an avid fan of the show who has seen every episode multiple times, I cannot believe the leak is real. I am a grown man and I was LITERALLY brought to tears by how horrible it was. IT CAN'T BE REAL. IT CANNOT END THIS WAY.

And as such, in true mentalist fashion (And maybe us fans are all that's left of it at this point) I am going to try to prove why it's not real. (And no, this isn't actually an accusation of Jane, I just used his picture because it is not an accusation of anyone)

MAJOR SPOILERS BELOW, NOT THAT YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY HEARD. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW THE POTENTIAL TRUTH, DON'T READ.

== The Gas Station ==
This scene was just comical and almost looked like the gas station from Strawberries and Cream. The Bertram walks in in his hat and sunglasses and Oscar walks in and starts trying on sunglasses. Bertram gets spotted by a random police officer and Oscar shoots him wearing his sun glasses with the tags still on. Bertram leaves the phone off the hook but grabs a bag of chips and walks out with Oscar wearing his new glasses. Just a comical scene.

== The Meeting Place ==
As we know, the last episode leaves off with Jane sitting in a pew of the church at the cemetery his wife and daughter are buried. Many people suspected the next episode would pick up here, and that someone, namely red john (or an associate first) would be entering. However, the next episode picks up with Patrick sleeping on a cot (Where, we might ask? The CBI has already been taken over at this point (as it was being stripped down when he first left for the church) and we know his house has been blown up -- seems like he's at the CBI but would he really have gone back there while all this was happening? Then they attempt to look for him moments later but hes not there. It also seems like hes in a deep sleep when Bertram calls the first time, maybe he's dreaming ;)) Bertram calls again and he wants to meet up.
Patrick is able to easily convince him to meet at a place of his chosing -- the very same church we left off at last time. Now, Bertram of course arrives and ends up being killed by Oscar as Mcallister makes his entrance. What this implies is that Patrick would have had to have known: 1) Bertram would reach out to him and want to meet up. (Or Red John would tell him to do so as it seems, and that in a time of crisis when everyone is looking for him and believes him to be Red John, Bertram will still do an anonymous buddy a favor) 2) Patrick would have been able to convince him to meet anywhere he wants  at which spot he has already planted a gun (as we're led to believe) 3) He would get caught bringing in a different gun in by Oscar, but not bringing a live bird (I know people have joked about this, but thats what he would have to assume to pull off this plan). 4) Red John aka Mcallister would show up essentially with no plan for handling Patrick (who he would have to know plans to kill him if he gets the chance and is meeting at a place of his choosing) 5) Patrick would be able to get close enough to Red John to put beadcrums in his hand, throw a bird at him and then grab his gun from under the pew and shoot both Red John and Oscar and possibly Bertram if he had still been alive at that point.

How can that possibly have been his plan?

== The First Confrontation ==
For starters, the only toime we here anything resembling the Red John voice is the one line we heard from the promo "The game is over and I have won". Its shown as  if Mcallister is doing something with his neck to produce the voice, but to me it honestly almost looks/sounds dubbed over and even then only somewhat resembles the other times we've heard the voice. This is pretty sketchy, that in the final confrontation, that voice weve all been so obsessed with is BARELY present. Just barely. Next, of course, the pigeon gag was ridiculous as stated above, pure comedy but the following interaction wasn't much better. Mcallister says "please don't kill me". This is a big clue right here, would Red John really break down in such a way? Would he be a coward? All the evidence throughout the show and even as recent as last episode when Jane said "Red john would never break like that, not even as an act." We are lead to strongly believe the answer is no. Patrick himself says "So you're Red John? I have to say I'm a little disappointed." We're meant to quickly forget about this, though, because the next moment of hilarity ensues when a woman comes in and approaches him and gets close enough to pull a knife on him and distract him as his arch nemesis gets away. Seriously? Red Johns brilliant backup plan, after always being one step ahead, is some random woman with a switch-blade having his back? I reiterate. Red John knows Patrick wants to kill him and is meeting him at a place of Patrick's choosing and his plan is to confront him alone and rely on some woman with a switch blade coming through the door at the right time? Right. Moving on....

== The Cemetery Scene ==
Red John has been shot in the stomach and is running around at a pretty good pace. He runs into a woman who he uncsuccessfully tries to shush at the sight of his blood and she starts screaming (All he had to do was zip his jacket, anyway). Next the scene with the glass shattering and the kids is both comical and and ridiculous. He breaks through the glass door and seems essentially unharmed and just runs off like nothing happened and then patrick comes in and gets directions from the woman. What an odd scene....what was the point of it?  This brings me to a side point that is worth bringing up here. THEY SPOILED IT IN THE PROMO? FOR REAL? Mcallister is supposed to be dead yet they show the scene with the breaking glass in the promo which reveals he is both alive AND in this case he is Red John? What a massive massive fuckup that is. Anyway, on to the next scene...

== The Second Confrontation ==
By far this was the worst of them all and that's what really sells it for me that this can't be what they came up with. Patrick chases him down to a duckpond (Weren't we just at a cemetery?) Red John calls 911 for help. What? He again begs for his life. Multiple times. once again, completely out of character. He tries to bargain with the secret of how he got the names and looks completely pathetic. Patrick starts choking him and says to blink once for no and twice for yes. He asks if he is sorry for killing his wife Angela and daughter Charlotte and he blinks twice and looks like a terrified child. Seriously? Red John is sorry? Are you joking? Patrick says Good. Then asks him: Are you afraid to die? Again he blinks twice and looks like a little bitch. The serial killer we've all revered this whole time is made to look like a complete bitch in his final moments. Why? Why ruin this brilliant character for all of us fans who love the show in this way? No one wanted to see him cave like that. Patrick then proceeds to kill him by strangulation and actually does look satisfied with himself and a bit shocked. He then gets up and calls Lisbon. Her phone is in the evidence bag (And Van Pelt is drinking a soda? Wtf did they stop at 7-11 on the way back from being arrested?) Jane leaves a message saying he'll miss Lisbon and is seen running off into the distance. End Of Episode.

So, as a true mentalist fan and someone who hopes this isn't real. I ask you guys, would the crew that wrote Starwberries and Cream come up with an episode that is INARGUABLY more important, and then write this? Plausible/Unlikely