Now, while re-watching the latest episode, I noticed this:
http://i.imgur.com/DmidaMp.png
When PJ asked the suspects to show their left shoulders, McAllister looked at his hat for a brief moment, then glanced away. That scene was not consistent with the scenes before and after. Go back to the episode and re-watch that scene. Is it possible that the bomb was under his hat?
Now regarding the promo of the next episode. What is the bigger lie? Is it the death of partridge?
This is not a theory, just some stuff I noticed and wanted to share. I said in two previous theories that RJ might McAllister and that I would be disappointed if it was him because it would be too easy. Now I am leaning towards theory 8587.
- The number 5 is shown way too much in the show. Here are a few examples. The assassin in season 3 finale was going to room 505. All possible rooms were 105,205,305,405,505,605, and 705. In episode 605, the crime happens at room 815. This episode is centred about visualize and Bret Stiles. The unknown email sent by RJ impersonators had the numbers 554. The address where Partridge faked his death has the number 5. in season 5, episode 5 is red dawn, PJ's first case with the CBI. Episode 515 features Partridge without really needing him in that episode. PI address was 1065.
- Again, mirrored number "6" is present as the outline in the smiley face that RJ draws. He draws it with 3 fingers, so he draws 666 looking directly at the viewer. RJ thinks of himself as the devil, the dragon, the tyger.
- William Blake had a brother named "Robert Blake" that died. Robert Kirkland died in the show.
- The Tyger poem is a one of the poems in "Five songs from William Blake". Now back to Carmen Lee. Carmen is Latin for song and Lee is poem in Gaelic (picked it from a website which I don't remember). One of the songs or poems is "The land of dreams". [Among the Lambs clothed in white. She walkd with her Thomas in sweet delight. I wept for joy like a dove. I mourn O when shall I again return?] Thomas and doves.
-Also, the nurse asked for Carmen Lee. Two books by William Blake are "songs of innocence" and "songs of experience" and they both had a poem called "Nurse's song". In the first song, Blake drew a picture of a nurse under a tree with 7 children playing and birds are mentioned.
- In the introduction to "songs of experience", does Brad means Brett?
Hear the voice of the Bard!
Who Present, Past, & Future sees
Whose ears have heard,
The Holy Word,
That walk'd among the ancient trees.
So, yeah, this is all I got before tonight's episode.
Look at this frame from the extended promo of next episode
http://i.imgur.com/YUpV0wt.jpg
It appear as if McAllister suddenly caught PJ's attention while staying calm.
the promo is here : http://www.spoilertv.com/2013/10/the-mentalist-episode-606-fire-and_4337.html
In the episode when PJ has a flashback, he and his father conned that woman with the sick girl. I believe that RJ has some connection to that girl. That might has sparked a grudge directed at PJ. It would also explain the attachment that RJ had to that blind woman.
I had this theory, that Chirstian Dos Santos was RJ, because he got the devil card in the episode where PJ first met the CBI, but Bruno Heller stated that RJ was on the list, so there goes my theory. Now I suspect McAllister to be RJ. He pretended to have a fear of heights to test if PJ had access to the info from Sophie. When PJ called him, he was right there, just behind him. He knew PJ needed help on the roof. He is the sheriff of a small town, who appeared the least among all the suspects. I bet all of my gummy-bears that he is RJ.
First, I will write an observation that made recently. When RJ paints the smiley face when he kills, he does so with 3 fingers, and the outline of the face looks like an mirrored 6. So it is RJ's way of embedding "666" in every kill. On the first episode of season 6, 666 was written on the wall as well as the pentagram. I think this ties well with the great theory detailing how RJ is attached to the works of William Blake.
Now, regarding the latest episode, I am starting to believe that McAllister might be RJ. I don't know if that is where Bruno Heller is steering our minds, but I think I am starting to see him as RJ. Now let's examine the facts:
1- The person who presumably killed Partridge and presented himself as J. Roth fears birds. Also, episode 2 was titled "black winged red bird", which might be a clue to who RJ really is.
2- He has an acute sense of smell, shown when he knew that the dead man was a Pizza delivery guy by the smell of oregano. RJ has a smell fetish as demonstrated by the fake RJ when he detailed the smell of PJ's wife and daughter.
3- McAllister said" duck-pond killer case" which shows what he noticed the most about the pond, birds.
4- Fear of birds confirmed on the rooftop.
5- McAllister voice. I am not sure about his voice, but it seemed to me close to RJ's voice.
RJ might be McAllister, or McAllister might be a bait to distract us from the clues that point to the real RJ. However, for me, I would be disappointed if the real RJ was McAllister.
Also, a few questions about the promo of next week's episode:
1- Is the list with Kirkland the same as the one with the 7 suspects by PJ?
2- Was Lorelei Martin alive when Kirkland showed her body to PJ? I am thinking about this since last season because Kirkland infiltrated PJ's room after Lorelei was shown as if she was killed by RJ. If she was really killed at that time, then Kirkland apparently doesn't work for RJ since he won't be torturing PJ for the list in the next episode. However, if Lorelei was alive by the time of Kirkland infiltration, then the list of 7 is no longer valid, and Kirkland wants the real list of suspects from PJ. Heller didn't say that the list is the real one, he just said that the real RJ is among the suspects on the list.
could cal leben be RJ? what you think?