Doesn´t this seem too familiar; 1. A serial killer who has been active for a long time...2. He leaves specific clues/symbols on the crime scene (RJ had the smiley, this one takes fingernails from his victims...)3. A "psychic" goes on television and talks about him as if he knew him, which angers him and he kills that "psychic" and his family (sister)...4. He is eager to show that the psychic is fake (remember RJ´s note on PJ´s door before he noticed his family´s bodies)5.  Red john is dead, and Lazarus means raised from the dead...
But given all of these clues, and soooo many given before them, I think that this series will end without the slightest mention of Red John.....Sad.

COULDN"T THEY JUST DO AN ALTERNATE ENDING TO THAT DAMNED RJ ARC?

God, this is the only way to appease all of us. I hated Season 6!

I loved the first three seasons (and I liked the next two) and have seen every episodes so many times. But, i just think the next seasons sort of took a downward spiral, and this show is just six feet under.

Just watching as a sense of loyalty. I have to thank you guys for giving me a sense of comfort, knowing I'm not the only Mentalist fan who hated the past seasons. 

Heller, please, just give us a good, no, a brilliant alternate ending. It doesn't even have to be in CBS. 

I cannot believe this show is ending without as much as a reference to the past.

Ok forget the All the Rj craziness that makes no sense.
How about the usb and the list Abbott wanted Jane to decode.
It was a major plot line with Jane getting a Job with the fbi and avoid jail if he did this.
They never mentioned it again!
They have never said what happened to visualize after Styles died, god the list goes on.

But my point is this, dont you get the feeling they left room for different outcomes in the show but obviously chose the gay route?
Season 6 especially could of gone any other way. Literally.
All the clues meant nothing other than someone is the boss of this group.
Ok this guy is the boss
Cool so 96 percent of clues didnt mean anything ? Yea they were just there in case we went another route.

If the fanbase didn't fall in love with Rigsby and Van Pelts relationship maybe they could of been killers?

If the actress that played Lorelie wasnt filming some movie during Mentalist season then maybe she could of been used more...
Maybe if whoever played Kristina Freye didnt ask for more money then she could of been involved..get me?

Even Simon Baker agreed this show should end in tragedy..
They forgot who Patrick Jane the character really is...
Baker also has said he wished he could of had the freedom of cable networks to really dig into the character of Red John. Im paraphrasing.

Politics and network tv are to blame.
Fuck cbs

Rip
The Mentalist

I doubt I was the only one praying for a smiley face on the wall in that last scene

Dear strangers,

I came here, one last time, just to give you an advice that really saved me from the frustration of this circus called "The Mentalist" People, i just quit watching... and i feel great. Red John is not coming back.....i am instantly disliking the Mentalist.
 
And i am sending hate to Heller- the true Red John, that killed this series. Also i am sending a BIG hate to Simon Baker, who accepted the plot as it is. Good job,