The participation of Brett Partridge in chapter 6x08 can be a retrospective scene.
I have two questions about Lisbon's nightmare:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMPrtM80KM0
Why is the red john smile a fake drawing? In all the scenes in The mentalist the red john smile is exactly the same, even in copycat murders, but in this dream is different.
And second question: why are Rigsby, cho and Van Pelt full of blood with their throats cut, but Patrick Jane is only laid on the floor and you can't see his face?