[ If you don't like spoilers don't read below, because I'll tell you who Red John is ]
[ Read at your own risk ]
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Hi again everybody,
Well, the last episode (6x07) was a huge disappointment for me, mainly because it revealed to us 2 things:
- For one, the whole Bertram is RJ thing, is just a huge (last) red herring, and the press conference declaration of RJ identity to the media was made by Jane, just to throw off the police forces and the masses attention to a fake suspect. Do you honestly think that the careful, meticulous, calculative, and somewhat selfish Patrick Jane would share his "prize" with others? I think not. What I think happened, is that PJ knows who RJ is and he's pretending not to know his identity, and let him think that he's lost the game of guessing who he was, just to lure him out of his hiding, to finally confront him and ultimately kill him, and that's what the next episode (6x08) is all about.
- For the second point, this episode revealed to us the identity of RJ, how you ask? Well it's easy to guess if you use a little logic, that's what the show is all about, a game of logic and deduction. I won't hide it anymore, the real man behind the all mighty RJ, is none other than... wait for it... "Sheriff Thomas MacAllister", yes, a lot of us are, and will be disappointed, like Bruno predicted it, because up until now, none of the suspects showed signs of being RJ, be it the physical description, or the behavior traits, apart from the phobias and the whistling that were thrown at us like confetti at a wedding, which by the way added to the confusion more that anything else... Well how come did I come to this conclusion? The simple fact that some survived the explosion and some were burned to a crisp tell us something, I'll explain: look at the survivors: PJ, Bertram, Smith, what did they have in common? They all were at the over the other side of the room, away from the explosion point, which I'm guessing, was behind the couch Style and Haffner were sitting on, oh yes and McAllister, but remember, McAllister was at the other side as well with the others, and he was at the farthest distance too, so logically he was the least person to sustain injury. How come is he declared dead. Well, they did not find his body, rather, just DNA, which we know is easily implanted in the scene, it could be blood (we've seen this before). So, he's NOT dead. It was all part of his plan, to fake his death, escape, and frame another suspect for being RJ (First it was Smith, then Bertram). Further the actions of Bertram tells us a lot of clues, he is either a disciple of RJ, or maybe he follows orders from above him in the Blake Association (this name sucks I know but Bruno chose it...) but doesn't know that they come from RJ. So when he went to take the money, the recepionist called him "Thomas", this is no coincidence, it is in fact Thomas MacAllister's (Aka Red John) safe he went to, and under his instructions of course. The USB lighter that the team found in that place was not left by Bertram, but it was intentionally left by Red John, and it was not a list, it was most likely a message to Jane, because he knew he would be the only one to decode it (Van Pelt confirmed it). Which of course he did, and guess where it will lead him? Yes, to that church, where he'll meet his nemesis. Patrick knows this so he brought a gun (remember the gun he got from the safe a while back), but McAllister don't know or anticipate that PJ will have a gun of less likely he'll shoot him in a church, maybe that's why he chose that place for the first confrontation.
To the ones amongst you saying that McAllister can't be Red John or he's not suited for it due to his dull personality, well, maybe you don't know this, but in real life, serial killers hardly never reveal their real identity or personality to others in fear of being discovered. Hence, we can conclude that the "Sheriff" persona, was all an act, and that in the next episode we'll finally see the "real" personality of McAllister which is Red John. And the ones that know the performance of Xander Berkeley as an actor know that he can really pull it off, you just have to see one of his other work (see "The booth at the end") to be completely convinced. And honestly, I prefer it to be McAllister than any other one on that list.
That's all folks, I'm glad I boarded this Mentalist/Red John train with you all, that was truly a fun ride, but sadly the game has come to an end.
See you next time.
RedHawk.
