The theory by Supersonic90 is most probably correct. The fact that the show has moved on so fast from RJ and not even one mention of any of the past characters has been made is very suspicious. RJ may be dead but it probably isn't Mcallister. Maybe after Jane killed him the real RJ approached Patrick or Patrick caught him offguard when he thought Patrick wasn't looking for him anymore. The main question is,when is the show going to mention these stuff? The promo for the next episode looked so bad i doubt anything interesting is in there. How many episodes are there in S06?

Right this is not a theory, just something I wanted to share with you guys.

Even though Xander Berkeley is known as an excellent actor, the way Red John was performed is waaaay under everyone's expectations. (it is quite generally accepted that episode 8 was... you know, crap) Just look at some other villains of the show and the way their actor portrayed them.



1. Bob Kirkland

Although not really a villain, that character was awesome! Kevin Corrigan is just a perfect actor. I had seen him in Californication before, but his Kirkland performance was freaking brilliant, he could have been a perfect Red John.


2. Tommy Volker

You know an actor does a good job when his character looks so realistically sadistic and truly evil that you just wanna punch them in the face. Volker was one of those, he was really well portrayed and entertaining, in short an excellent performance.


3. Brett Stiles

Although not really a villain either, he has been a major character in The Mentalist since season 1 (correst me if I'm wrong). Now there's something I don't understand about Bruno Heller. Stiles was the head of a worldwide cult, with thousands of followers who could have died for him, he was rich, powerful, had the power to read through people, etc. He clearly knew what Red John was up to. Now I'm completely alright with the fact he's not RJ, but hello Heller, have gone insane? One of the most important and intersting characters of the show, and you just get rid of him with no explanation other than "he was killed in the explosion" ?? What is wrong with you? I've arleady expressed how disappointed I was in seeing all the best characters being successively killed off with no reason.


4. Partridge.

Right, he's not RJ, and that's fine. I wasn't a Partridge fan, but I must admit I thought for a while he was RJ. Now he's not, fine, he was just a red herring, fine, he was killed by McAllister to keep silence about his connections with him ("anyone who can identify RJ ends up dead"). But keep in mind he was very well portrayed too, the actor did a good job. That creepy thing about him was just brilliant. 


5. Erica Flynn

Remember her? She killed her husband, tried to seduce Jane, was very clever and managed to manipulate people into helping her. She eventually escaped and is still in the wind. Every one must have forgotten about her, just like Heller and that's fine, but she was a good character, in my opinion better portrayed and developped than the actual RJ.


6. Any other villain I forgot to talk about and whose performance was way better than McAllister's. There are loads, but these five are the main ones I can think of right now. 


Despite all those excellent characters, Bruno Heller chose to get rid of them and to come up with shitty ones for the ultimate episode. McAllister, Abbott, Kim, Cordero, Smith, some lady with a knife? You gotta be kidding me.



What are your thoughts about this? All this just to say that McAllister was under-developped, irrelevant to all the RJ clues from season 1 to 5, and simply extremely disappointing. 

Hello mates, i'm french so i'd better begin this by a hudge SORRRRY for the upcomming english :D
Well it is Xmas hollidays so i'm using it to catch up the lastest episodes.
I was pretty sure dat kirkland was Red John. How disappointed i was when i saw the 8th episode. For god's sake, MacAllister can't be the red john, dat dude is a fagg compary to RJ. Can't be Stiles, not the RJ style.
I think BH is foolin us, we all have miss something. What PJ is doing in the series, BH is doing it to us for sure.
Anyway, i really don't understand why ppl think dat RIGSBY is RJ, it doesn't make any sense to me.
RJ, in my opinion, must be at least older than PJ. I don't know why, its my feelings.
Maybe the real answer has been given. Watching everything from the beginning with all the tips might be a good way to be sharpest than ever now we know a lot more.

XXX

If someone informed me that Red John is the guy who lost to Jane in rock,paper-scissors,i would call them a preposterous lunatic. Even if it turns out that he was Red John,i will never accept/believe it....to me Red John is who we make him out to be.

i just want to see Jane's reaction in a possible return of Red john.
Imagine that.HOLY Jesus.
Although, if the show continues the way it is going now, I'm not that willing to watch it anymore.
The Mentalist's identity was Red John.Without him I can't see the point of the show.

On the other hand, if RJ returns and Jane still wants to kill him, I don't know, it's kinda like Jane becoming a serial killer and a maniac eventually.
So, our beloved creators of the show, really fucked up.I'm sorry to state that, but it's true.They drove the show into a dead end.

And if RJ isn't coming back, I still want the answers in all our questions.

Someone hires Kira Tindsley to bug CBI. Someone chokes Kira Tindsley and purposely gives Jane the 3 dot tattoo clue. Someone blows up Jane's house and steals his gun. Someone kidnaps the 2 people without the tattoo. Someone sets up Jane for the murder of McAllister using Jane's gun. Someone chokes McAllister. No witnesses.

It can't be Red John. He wouldn't bug CBI. He already has Lisbon bugged. He wouldn't give orders to Bertram to kill Jane. There was a meeting of 3 suspects earlier on in the season; they all work for the person who really killed McAllister.

If Reede Smith shot Michael Kirkland... Bob is alive. Then Bob could bug CBI to try and find out who the suspects are. The 3 in the meeting all have the 3 dot tattoo, so Bob would give a fake clue. Bob really knows anyone on the list without the tattoo could be Red John. Bertram could be phoning Kirkland after Jane invites him to his house. Then Kirkland kidnaps the 2 without the tattoo.

I think it's likely Jane is 100% sure Partridge is Red John when we see him ignore the lady feeding pigeons, so it's possible Jane has been stringing Kirkland along, fully aware that it was not Red John who killed Kira Tindsley. I hope Jane goes to trial, and it's revealed Jane never killed anyone.

"Jane and the FBI are investigating the murder of a high-tech chart plotter, who might have discovered a spy network before his death.Meanwhile Rigsby and Van Pelt are the traces of a disturbing conspiracy."

Golden Hammer's plot.Any thoughts?