I remember i read a post here about Bruno Heller stealing the idea of the Mentalist and RJ from a show called "Profiler"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profiler_(TV_series) ,

any way i think i found something similar:

i was recently watching  one of my favorite  1980's comedy shows called "Sledgehammer" and it just hit me to see where Bruno Heller stole the character of "Brett Partridge" 

first look at this clip from the mentalist " the mentalist pilot " the Ghoul clip"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k26u5EOWWTU#t=57

thenlook at this scene from "Sledge Hammer" 1988 show at second 3:15 of the video
am I wrong both characters even look alike and he used the exact same words " a Ghoul who enjoys his work"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuRYfdzZAhY#t=190

what do you guys think?

I remember when the episode leaked, I watched it and couldn't believe it and I even bought the final episode on iTunes because I couldn't wait for a streaming link which I didn't even watch the episode again but simply scrolled through it to sadly be proven wrong, it was the real ending of the Red John story line.

Since then I didn't watch a single second of the Mentalist anymore. Today I came back to this website, i don't know why, and your comments confirm that I was right to stop there.

Just needed to share my still vivid bitterness ::

Hello everybody. First, sorry for my english. I read on this website for long time ago, but never submit a theory. Maybe is time. I allways think that RJ is Partridge, he appear at the most of rj crimes, and much more argumens(i am sure that you all know). I realy feel that the final of this season will bring Red John back, or a strong connection with him. The last episode is directed by Chris Long(say wikipedia) who directed a lot of rj episodes. I must to confess that i am not an optimist person but this time i realy feel the hope that something RED will heapend at the end of the show. Thanks for all your theores from this years.

First of all, WHAT THE FUDGE GOING ON WITH BRUNO HELLER LIKE WHAT
It's like he's tired of doing The Mentalist after bringing up Gotham. Season 6 was def. not satisfying after those 5 mindblowing season and he cut it all out like Red John was nothing and he's ending the show with 13 episodes.. 
I had read theories here which made more sense than the actual story going on. All the biblical references and stuff, believe me you could make another TV series with Red John but nah.. They just ended the show. We waited 3 seasons to her RJ's voice and what? In 1 episode he just showed up and ended up DEAD. And I wanna remind you that the episode Red John was leaked.. 
The show started with a fake RJ case and now it's ending with one. But I hope it's just the plot of the episode and we can get some actual facts about Red John.
(pardon my English please)

"I always think of you as having a plan but never admitting it"
"I know"

Just so you guys know, you can already download S07E02 (The Graybar Hotel), since it has already aired in Canada.

The series finale is titled "White Orchids" and is written by Bruno Heller, Tom Szentgyorgi and Jordan Harper. https://twitter.com/jordan_harper/status/540347887855489024

And here I was praying for red. This sounds suspiciously like wedding bells. Blarg....