Is red-sweter man from strawberries and cream similar to Cordero?

I have to say it's not entirely the choice of Red John I am disappointed in but the lack of emotion from PJ. This is the first time he comes face to face with this evil man who murdered his wife and child. I was hoping for some real intense emotion from Jane.. Some sort of outlet of the anger he has carried around for ten years but Instead he just sat there calmly?!
So yeah in my opinion the confrontation was disappointing and too many unanswered questions :( I really hope tonight's episode has some differences :(

Heller DID NOT TRICK US! GUYS stop! Why would he bother. Why would he put a bad reputation on his show before it's been aired ( he is waiting till after lol). There is no fake episode. IT'S REAL! NO FLASHBACKS NO NOTHING. 
Funny thing is a few of us here have seen it, but wait until the vast majority see it. I see people still talking about the barn. lol. Trying to figure it all out ha ha ha. Tragic.
This is really sad. AND WAIT FOR THE INTERVIEW TO COME OUT SO HE CAN EXPLAIN IT ALL TO US.......hmmmmm......
Anyway I'm not watching it all again. I'm not american but I wouldn't put up the ratings either. I'll watch the first few minutes and if it's the same episode I am tuning out.

I'll see you on the other side!

Pigeon, pigeon wants to fight!
In the pocket on the right.
What retarded hand or eye
Couldn't pat down Jane and find a live bird on his person???

Ok I'm sorry but to anyone saying the leaked episode is 'fake" is kidding themselves to be honest. I mean, why would a TV cannel make two versions of an episode? It would never happen. The reason everyone's saying it's not real is because they didn't like it so they're in denial. Face the facts. THAT EPISODE WAS REAL

My friends, after reading some interviews from BH and Simon Baker, I re-watched the leaked episode and now fear it may be legit.

http://www.tvguide.com/News/Mentalist-Simon-Baker-Red-John-Time-Jump-Bruno-Heller-1073793.aspx
- Black FBI agent is going to be a series regular going forward. This explains why they spent so much time on the bullshit FBI/CBI rivalry, to set up the backstory for the black FBI guy
- "It's a little like they're the children of divorce," Heller says of the disbanded CBI crew. Explains the childish "in-fighting" between Rigsby/Cho/Van Pelt in the car...sets the stage for the CBI team going their separate ways
- "Baker, who directed the first post-Red John episode, airing Dec. 1, said
he was adamant that the name "Red John" not even be uttered in the
hour." Doesn't look like we will get any explanations on "He is man", Rosalind's description, the coded list, Visualize connection etc. Everyone, BH and Baker included, seem to be sick of the RJ storyline and just want to move on. Baker: "Sometimes the frustration for me as an actor is that we're not going
anywhere, not moving forward. In this, we're definitely going somewhere,
and the stakes are high and it gives me something to do that I can
really get my teeth into."

Then I re-watched the leaked 6x8:
- Everyone expected Jane to have some grand plan to FIND OUT who RJ was. So when McAllister just shows up like that, obviously we're outraged because it was so easily given away. But if you think about it, Jane's grand plan was actually how to KILL RJ, which was executed by hiding the gun in the church, pigeon, breadcrumbs, etc.
- Obviously BH cares more about new viewers (rather than those of us who have been following from the beginning). That's why he's rebooting the series. From this point of view, the way the episode was constructed makes a lot of sense. All the stuff we think is "irrelevant" is designed to set up the next leg of the show. The amateur "twist" (McAllister not Bertram omg!) will probably thrill the average idiots that watch this show, but leave all of us on this website incredibly disappointed. Same thing with the chase scene. People that watch this show casually (maybe just started this season) will like to see the exciting chase scene; they don't give a damn about the clues from the last five season. My point is that that is exactly the demographic that BH cares about and is trying to capture, not us.

In sum, I feel like the leaked 6x8 makes a lot of sense from a forward-looking point of view, wrapping up the RJ storyline and setting up the next leg of the series. But if you look back and try to reconcile 6x8 with what has happened before, it is incredibly disappointing. Too bad BH only cares about money and new viewers, and thus went for the first approach.

We will see in a few hours...everyone who thinks the leaked 6x8 is the real one, vote green. If you still think this leaked episode is a red herring after reading my post, and the real one will be released tonight, vote red. Like all of you true Mentalist loyalists, I hope I'm wrong and Partridge/Kirkland comes back, but I fear for the worst.

Ok hi everybody ! I'm from morocco 
Because of this fu***n' time difference i need to wait until Monday to know who's red john 
:'(