This doesnt have anything to do with mentalist really but to add some mentalist into it ill say... 

I HOPE IT ISNT REEDE SMITH!

Anyways back to the reason of my post...

i looks at cbs scheduled for sundays, and NFL doesnt show up on there, so how does it effect the time it starts etc? 
Im from the UK so i dont know how things work there!

Hi everyone.
First of all I want to thank all of the people posting theories, I enjoy reading them all, no matter how crazy they are, keep up the great work!

I posted my own first theory 2 weeks ago and it's kinda funny, because my take on who Red John is, is completely different now.

Where do I start ...

Having seen the extended promo for "The Great Red Dragon", When Rigsby says "RJ planted the bomb to kill Jane & the other suspects" while pointing to the clipboard behind him with Bret Stiles, Ray Haffner and Thomas McAllister on it, I assume that these 3 are killed by the bomb, which leaves only two suspects alive.

Gale Bertram and Reede Smith.

Now... everyone imagines Red John as the Bret Stiles-kinda guy. The guy who has so many followers, leads a cult, has mind-bending power etc., while in reality, he's just a normal man. I think exactly THAT is his coverage. Think about it... This is exactly how Red John would act.

Reede Smith....
... fooled Kirkland with ease when Kirkland said "Tyger Tyger" to him. (Which proves that he can lie very good)
... had no hesitation killing Kirkland with six shots in the back. (Which proves that he has no inhibitions killing people. See the look on his face when he shoots?)

Nobody knows Smith and nobody would recognize him. The director of the CBI is often on TV. I imagine Bret Stiles also to be on TV a lot. Is being Red John really possible if a lot of people know you? I don't think so.

Red John tried to bug the CBI. Now why on earth would Bertram bug the CBI? He can just ask Lisbons team to keep him informed.

But... if Red John worked at the FBI (like Reede does), he could have a reason to bug the CBI. Now you may say: But he's in the Tyger Tyger thing with Bertram. Okay... let's see what Smith said to Bertram:
 "it's your job to find out what Jane knows".

Maybe Smith now tries to get information first hand because Bertram didn't find out enough? Maybe he was angry because when Jane said RJ has done a mistake he got cautious... so RJ assumed that Bertram must have missed something. A perfect reason to bug the CBI himself instead of relying on Bertrams information.

A lot of people assume Bertram leads the Tyger Tyger conspiracy, but why would Bertram take orders in a Tyger Tyger meeting from Reede Smith then?

Another thing: Heller said people would be disappointed. Why could that be? Again, Reede Smith just appears an ordinary man, not the monster people make him out to be.

Robin Tunney (Teresa Lisbon) was shocked when she found it out, even more "than if she herself was Red John". What other guy than Reede Smith can have this shock effect? The Partridges, Bertrams, Stiles, Haffners have a lot of clues leading to them, Smith has not.

That is exactly how I imagine Red John would act. To be the guy in the shadows, the guy that no one expects. People look at the big spotlights... CBI Director, the cult leader Stiles.., but not at the seemingly unimportant Reede Smith.
 
In addition to that, the actor that plays Red John was "stunned and flattered" and "thought he was a Red Herring". Exactly the same. If I was the guy playing Reede Smith I would be as surprised.

Some playing-around:
Reede Smith is an anagram of  "The Red is me".
Reede Smith ... Reed - Red, Smith - Tagliaferro (cutiron) ... is this a coincedence?

You don't have to convince me who Red John is, you have to convince me it isn't Reede Smith. :)


Thanks for reading & let me know if I did a mistake in my deductions or your thoughts about this. Excited to read.

If Reede Smith is Red John does anyone else hope Bruno Heller is red johns next victim!!

Red John is Reede Smith and, yes, it's a huge disappointment.......His name means " Red one who strikes" and his alias ( Roy Taliaferro ) means " The King who strikes " . ...He's basically named The Red Killer....with the alias King of Killers...

Bruno Heller wouldn't admit this if you stuck bamboo slivers under his finger nails, but I really believe that Brett Partridge was meant to be RJ when the series started...Brett's first lines are " Enter Red John " for Chrise-sakes....and it would be beautiful " symmetry " for Red John to be in the first scene of the first show...but the problem is too many of the fans were cluing in so he had to take a different tack.....and thus Reede Smith was born....

I still believe Partridge was deeply involved with the RJ killings....A forensics expert would be an indispensable tool for a serial killer...and I think it was Partridge who quoted " Tyger Tyger " and saved Jane's life while he was tied to that chair...but the real RJ now is Reede S...

Honestly, none of the Red John suspects seem to fit the bill. Partridge sort of did, down to the creepy voice, but he just seemed young and had no idea what was going on. I think he is actually dead, but there's probably a trick out there somewhere.

Bertram just seems too naïve and I'd just like to point out that time Jane accused him to be an accomplice of Red John before he shot that creepy fellow... remember that? It was a few seasons ago. I don't think Bertram's the villain but he does seem a little creepy.

And McAllister seemed nervous when Jane almost shot him after that tattoo part. I'd think Red John would have an upper hand somehow or at least be more brave. He also could've killed Jane on the rooftops.

Also, I'm not sure whether to think that Reede is Red John. It seemed kind of like a dead giveaway the time he shot Kirkland. But he does seem the most likely out of the other tattoo suspects.

The again, somebody might be able to remove their tattoo somehow... but none of these suspects seem like RJ.

THIS IS WHY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qixalwdK470

So before "Fire and Brimstone" it was Bertram, Haffner, Smith, Stiles, and McCallister.


Supposing Kira Tinsley was killed by RJ, then it's narrowed to
Bertram, Smith, and McCallister, who all have the three red dot tattoo.


McCallister seems too old and has nothing to do with the RJ case, but
Rosalind Harker did describe RJ as smelling of pine. McCallister hunts,
so he probably goes to the woods regularly, thus a pine smell. However,
Rosalind also said he has a "gentle voice" and Xander Berkley, who
plays McCallister, has a rough voice.

Rosalind describes RJ has having "short, straight hair" and Bertram
is bald (McCallister as well). Rosalind says RJ is "just under six feet
tall". Bertram is too tall to be RJ. Rosalind also says RJ's "not
muscular, but not soft either". Reede Smith is heavy, but can he be
described as "soft"? Reede Smith's voice isn't exactly "gentle" as
Rosalind describes, but he does have "short, straight hair".


What if the person who killed Kira Tinsley wasn't RJ at all? Just
somebody else in the Tyger Tyger group? Maybe RJ isn't even in the
group, the group is just trying to cover up his trail so they can catch
him themselves, like Robert Kirkland was trying. Or maybe something else
entirely.
If that's the case, you can't rule out Ray Haffner, who would have been 21 and in Visualize at the time of the barn incident.


Brett Stiles is too old to be RJ, period. He absolutely isn't RJ. So for me, it's either Reede Smith or Ray Haffner.



We're all just assuming that the person who killed Tinsley was in fact Red John. But let's not. It could be a misdirection. Patrick Jane assumes it was Red John who killed Kira Tinsley because he doesn't know about the Tyger group.


- Penguin Truth