Contains a Major Spoiler---don't click if you don't want to know RJ's identity!
To further prove my point that someone inside CBS is trying to sabotage the reveal....why on earth would they have this official photo on the internet? @Mentalist_CBS tweeted a link (fThe final showdown with #RedJohn happens tomorrow. #TheMentalist preview: bit.ly/19PclIK ow.ly/i/3Oivz) and those who clicked on the profile pics were met with this surprise:
http://ow.ly/i/3OioV
Unbelievable!
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I believe there's a mole at CBS! Think about it:
1) 11/03: Due to a late football game, the decision is made to postpone "Fire & Brimstone." Yet, at the end of the substitute/repeat, they air the promo for "The Great Red Dragon" which spoils the tattoo reveal for fans. Simon Baker appeared on several talk shows that week, but was limited in what he could say because "F & B" had yet to air.
2) 11/17: The promo for "Red John" at the end of "The Great Red Dragon" contained spoilers. Surely someone knew a simple pause or slow motion would be revealing too much.
3) 11/21: CBS posted a Behind the Scenes Featurette to their press express page. The "Red John" episode was right there. Surely they knew some might know how to access it and wouldn't keep such news to themselves.
4) 11/22: Apparently CBS themselves made public a link to a picture of Red John, spoiling the reveal for fans:
From @aleee_o
Noooooooooo. CBS has leaked a picture of Red John on ow.ly
5:26pm - 22 Nov 13
Why would CBS do this? It doesn't make any sense. One slip up, maybe, but all these together? It looks like someone inside has set out to sabotage The Mentalist. Very unfortunate!
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November 22, 2013 12:50 PM
The Mentalist‘s Amanda Righetti Confirms Exit, Teases ‘Surprise’ Send-Off For Van Pelt
By Michael Ausiello
With her departure from The Mentalist on the horizon, Amanda Righetti is finding comfort in a familiar refrain: change is good.
Speaking out for the first time about her spring exit, the actress concedes, “I feel like the time is probably right,” adding, “It’s the end of one thing but the beginning of something new.”
Righetti, who is leaving alongside leading man Owain Yeoman, admits that she’s still in the dark about how exactly Van Pelt and Rigsby will be written out of the CBS drama. “It keeps changing,” she explains. “It’s been a little bit of a fly-by-the-seat-of-our-pants season. I think it was sort of an unexpected turn for the writers too, to have the show kind of be reworked this season. So everybody’s kind of trying to figure it out. And [they're] probably keeping it close to the vest so it comes as a surprise to everyone that is watching.”
In the meantime, Righetti confirms that Van Pelt and Rigsby will play a role in the show’s post-Red John era, which kicks off in the Dec. 1 episode (following a two-year time jump). “Basically, they have their own private security company,” she reveals. “So we sort of are outsourced and freelanced with the FBI, and that’s how we fit in.” (Reporting by Scott Huver)
Just for fun.....
Remember this parody theory last week?
Theory #11157 • By BadKarma
I think we've exhausted the theories on who Red John is based on evidence, so here's my theory on how Jane catches Red John based on evidence...
Jane chases Mcallister into the Park. Dumps muffins all over him and he gets mauled by pigeons. Mcallister has panic attack from his fear of pigeons and faints. Patrick Jane ties him up and holds him down. Tom wakes up and Jane slices him up. End Scene.
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Anyone notice the pigeon on the rock between/behind PJ & Lisbon in the sneak peek (& promo)?
Another clue!
Just a few observations about McAllister.
Noticed in "Wedding in Red" how there were moments when his voice would go a little high pitched (e.g., when he said "corpse" and "hunt"). Remember Patrick said he had a speech impediment of which he was ashamed. Whoever RJ is changes their voice when in public, but you will hear hints of "THE RJ voice" in McAllister if you listen.
Did find it interesting that when he entered the church he asked, "what's cooking" (Sophie Miller had been murdered in the previous episode). Others have noted his keen sense of smell (like RJ in 'Strawberries and Cream'). There's always some mention of "game" --- and then in the upcoming episode RJ will declare, "Game's Over and I Won!" I don't think for one minute that he really lost "rock, paper, scissors" --- it took just as much smarts to get it "wrong" each time with PJ.
I mentioned this a while back, but in "Wedding in Red" there are birds chirping in the church when McAllister didn't want to go up the ladder and also when he didn't look at the Bella Vista. In a recent article teasing about the upcoming episode, we're told that we should have paid attention to the clues. And we all agree by now that pigeons have been of utmost importance, exactly how, not sure. As most of us noted yesterday, there is a live pigeon on the Mary statue in the church. Are they triggers for RJ? Bad memories? Does "A Brace of Partridge" factor in? (BTW: anyone have the "interpretation" for what the painting means?)
I still feel like RJ met PJ in his younger years. We'll soon find out!
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Watch the extended promo
http://www.spoilertv.com/2013/11/the-mentalist-episode-608-red-john_18.html?m=1
Freeze the frame at 23 - 24 seconds, watch in slow motion, if possible.
There is a live pigeon on Mary's hand!
Also, concerning the still shot before RJ comes through the window: that is not the stunt double. The double is not used until he crashes through.
"The Great Red Dragon" is one who has a "fatal" (or so it is thought) wound that is healed.
McAllister it is!