Coffee. There's something about the coffee (or maybe I just need coffee). Seriously, though, when Kirkland shows up to meet with Smith, he brings three different coffee choices. This signifies a couple things, one of them being that Kirkland is "prepared." In this case, he's come prepared for variations in coffee choice, but I believe it foreshadows his "preparedness" with the Red John case. We've seen the man obsessed to find Red John several times. He's smart, and he's prepared for different outcomes. There's no way that the Kirkland we've seen depicted dies without having a "fail-safe" of sorts. His death or something he leaves behind will prove invaluable to Jane's investigation. (I still maintain that there's something strange about the "pigeon person" beside Jane and Lisbon while they're drinking coffee in 6x02!) Coffee! I, like others, find Van Pelt's behavior odd, always have. She's always been a bit weak, except for when she shot her fiance (perhaps to prove to Red John that she is not weak?) I think, from the beginning, she's been set up as an informant of sorts. She's part of it somehow. She has always found Jane's "gift" intriguing; she also has computer skills. Lisbon also first told Van Pelt about Jane's 7 suspects. She's also the one that told Lisbon where to go to find Patridge, where Lisbon was ultimately attacked. And, I've never seen Van Pelt drink coffee, and that makes her suspicious to me. Van Pelt is the CBI insider, mark my words. With this last episode, I finally feel like we know more than Jane. We were given inside information in reference to "Tyger Tyger," which turns out to be a "password" of sorts, part of an insider coverup that involves multiple law enforcement agencies. So, when people are dying and "Tyger Tyger" is on their lips, it can only mean a couple things 1.) They feel betrayed and are offering a clue toward solving the greater mystery of Red John or 2.) It's offered as a response to something they've done, a sacrifice, or contribution toward protecting someone in authority. What makes this interesting is that we know some of the implications and significance of "Tyger, Tyger," but Jane and Lisbon do not. Knowing the implications, though, also gives us insight into Jane's positionality, where now, he appears to be more of a "pawn" than we've been lead to believe. Interesting development indeed! It's almost as if now we know that Jane and Lisbon and others have been moved around the chessboard by a master chess player. Jane and Lisbon are being used toward some endgame, but what? It's a power struggle, between two people, I think: But it's not Red John and Jane. It's between Red John and someone who believes s/he's his equal, someone who has great skills of manipulation and charisma. Red John hates competition, remember? He's let Jane live and Lisbon live; they're not the competition he fears. In fact, I'm pretty sure he feels confident that he can manipulate them any way he wants, just the way he has been... Only time will tell... I'm off to get some coffee!
