The Red John storyline was brought up in the pilot. Every season finale of the first 5 seasons had Red John as part of the plot for that episode. Until 6X09, every single episode had red or a shade of red in the title. All the seasons have gone over 20 episodes. Why did the Red John saga end 8 episodes into a season? I made a list of possible reasons why they did this. Some are based on the idea RJ is dead, and some are based on the idea that RJ is alive (and most likely not mcallister).
Red John is dead arguments
1) CBS wanted the RJ storyline to be over with and they wanted to try to get new fans with this new beginning thing.
2) Killing RJ was not the only climax they were planning on. The other being Jane and Lisbon getting romantically involved.
3) They wanted to "explore" Jane's life after RJ.
Red John is alive arguments
4) The season 6 finale will be RJ related
5) RJ manipulated Patrick into becoming a serial killer as well
6) They wanted the fans to forget about RJ so they could bring him back
7) Jane is in a coma or we are watching someone's dream.
Tell me which ones you agree or disagree with. Obviously, it could be combinations of these reasons or other ones I didn't think of.
