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Pat shot the Sheriff
And he also shot at SAC PD
Pat shot the Sheriff
And he also shot at SAC PD

All around in his home town,

He was chasing Red John down,
They say that Gale Bertram was guilty
But it turns out it was a hillbilly
It turns out he hates birdies

I say:

Pat shot the Sheriff
And he also shot at SAC PD
Pat shot the Sheriff
And he also shot at SAC PD





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I accuse Bruno Heller ...

... of murdering a perfectly good TV show!

I have just witnessed the grim spectacle that is Episode 8.

Please please please let it be a spoof episode, designed to get the die-hard fans all worked up. But if it is the real deal, then they have let us down badly.

The resolution of this story arc should have been subtle and nuanced, allowing us to understand what lies behind the brutality of Red John. Instead we get this cack-handed effort where Patrick rejects RJ's offer to answer his questions, thereby leaving multiple plot-points forever dangling in the wind.

And, irrespective of this particular episode, the whole Tyger-Tyger malarky is just plain silly. I mean, you'd think that RJ would be kept busy with his full-time job plus his serial murders, but now we are expected to believe that he heads-up a secret society for bent policemen who were dumb enough to get caught!

It's just too nonsensical to be remotely credible.

As a loyal viewer, and purchaser of the box-sets, I feel short changed and let down.

This excellent series has been building up to a climax for a number of years. If this episode is the real deal then they needn't have bothered.

Very disappointing.

                                                                                                                                


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No, no, no...no fucking way.

Red John died in season 3. Timothy Carter was the real deal, voice and perfect speech, not this mumbojambo bullshit.

McAllister: The game is over and I've won...Patrick, this high-pitched voice is really difficult, damn this Bruno Heller for making me use it. 
McAllister: So, you wanna know about the list?
PJ: No.
McAllister: Come on, don't you wanna know?
PJ: No.
McAllister: Pretty please...
PJ: I said no.
McAllister: I do not know it either how I got it....Ha ha ha.
PJ: Why did you kill Bertram?
McAllister: I kill Bertram, I kill you, game over I've won...You are making me say it again. I've told you that is difficult for me.
PJ: You know that I've had a cup of tea and a bagel earlier. I have something for you.
McAllister: Let me come closer to you and hold my hand.
PJ: Aha...
McAllister: Nice one, Patrick...You knew I was afraid of turtle doves. You got me...now I have to run
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Lisbon: We all need to stay in the car and let Jane catch his killer. The big FBI boss said to stay nice and quiet.

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Woman in the cemetery: A man is shot and I'm screaming like an idiot....Mister, mister, Usain Bolt went that way...go and shoot him again...
PJ: Much appreciated m'am...

PJ: M'am give me that phone...have no fear the police is here...

Police: 911, what's your emergency?
McAllister: Yeah, this is the serial killer Red John, you may have heard of me.
Police: Sure, Please state the nature of your emergency.
McAllister: Someone is trying to kill me, ha ha ha.

PJ: Ok, Red John, blink me once if Bruno Heller is an idiot, blink me twice if he is a moron.
PJ: Can you that again? I didn't catch that the first time.
McAllister: What about the list?
PJ: NO.
McAllister: OK, bye bye cruel world.

That's all folks!

Leaving aside the jokes, Red John has nothing in common with this 6th season Red John. They made up a handshake, a bullshit phobia and a whistler. Pick your favorite, anyway they all wind up dead.

If I could forget the last 3 seasons, I would.

Regards,

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I think I'm going to trust thereelmentalist's clue/ spoilers/theory whatever you called it. The first 20 minutes of episode 8 will be predictable but after that the real deal will be revealed and make much more sense. 
I also like his two red john theory. One is voice n one is the Killer(aka the real red john) 
Which makes the fearful symmetry makes sense. 

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Contains Spoilers!

November 22, 2013 12:50 PM
The Mentalist‘s Amanda Righetti Confirms Exit, Teases ‘Surprise’ Send-Off For Van Pelt


By Michael Ausiello
With her departure from The Mentalist on the horizon, Amanda Righetti is finding comfort in a familiar refrain: change is good.

Speaking out for the first time about her spring exit, the actress concedes, “I feel like the time is probably right,” adding, “It’s the end of one thing but the beginning of something new.”

Righetti, who is leaving alongside leading man Owain Yeoman, admits that she’s still in the dark about how exactly Van Pelt and Rigsby will be written out of the CBS drama. “It keeps changing,” she explains. “It’s been a little bit of a fly-by-the-seat-of-our-pants season. I think it was sort of an unexpected turn for the writers too, to have the show kind of be reworked this season. So everybody’s kind of trying to figure it out. And [they're] probably keeping it close to the vest so it comes as a surprise to everyone that is watching.”

In the meantime, Righetti confirms that Van Pelt and Rigsby will play a role in the show’s post-Red John era, which kicks off in the Dec. 1 episode (following a two-year time jump). “Basically, they have their own private security company,” she reveals. “So we sort of are outsourced and freelanced with the FBI, and that’s how we fit in.” (Reporting by Scott Huver)

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Guys!

I understand many are disappointed but have faith to at least watch the episode when it airs.

Just like Lost I think this is a planted leak, missing several of the layers of the real conclusion.

Lots of the scenes will be common to both episodes, but I think (hope) we will tune in and within a few minutes there will be a clear difference from the leak version and your pulse will quicken as you realise all bets are off!

It's great that going into the episode even the diehard fans who have spent hours on the site will be shocked with the episode we see.

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Just for fun.....
Remember this parody theory last week?
Theory #11157 • By BadKarma


I think we've exhausted the theories on who Red John is based on evidence, so here's my theory on how Jane catches Red John based on evidence...

Jane chases Mcallister into the Park. Dumps muffins all over him and he gets mauled by pigeons. Mcallister has panic attack from his fear of pigeons and faints. Patrick Jane ties him up and holds him down. Tom wakes up and Jane slices him up. End Scene.

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