In the leak episode when the McAllister says "Totally fair, the game is over and I won", we see the frontal image. On the promo we see the scene behind the Thomas. And the voice of the leak episode is a little different of the promo on this scene....

This will be my list visit to this website.

All I wanted was answers.

To anyone who thinks the spoiler episode is a fake. you are retarded.

Ultimate proof the "leaked" episode is a fake (or at least it has been tampered with): the start and end production codes do not match. At 00.01 is 4x5608, whether at 43:36 is #3x7954 .

Bruno Heller

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As far as I am concerned the origin of the leaked video is a link in the source code of the cbs homepage.
Some people claim this was a mistake like forgetting to lock the door but let me get this straight for everyone who may not be familiar with how "computerish" things work.

THIS DOESNT MAKE ANY SENSE.  A LINK DIRECTING YOU TO A PLAYER HOST THAT STREAMS THE  EPISODE HAS NOTHING TO DO HIDING BETWEEN SOURCES AND COMPUTER CODES NOT EVEN IF SOMEBODY FUCKED THINGS UP BEYOND IMAGINATION. IT IS TECHNICALLY JUST NOT POSSIBLE:

Saying this episode was leaked due to a terrible mistake is like saying is was leaked because the monkey didnt war a blue hat.

The only reason for this link to be in a sorce code is because somebody put it there on purpose.

I keep seeing the two pictures as hopeful proof that the hacked episode is a fake. The first picture from the promo doesn't have Bertram dead on the floor and the second from the episode you can see Bertram's dead body.

Well of course they are going to digitally remove Bertram's dead body from the PROMO otherwise it gives away that Bertram gets killed and isn't RJ. (Which in itself is kind of stupid since they didn't have enough sense to blur out RJ's head as he crashes through the glass door and we all knew it was Mcallister at that time anyway.)

Sigh…I haven't watched the episode yet and will wait till Sunday but the overwhelmingly negative response to it is really bumming me out. I'm completely ok with the sheriff as RJ, and although I haven't seen it, I believe I'll be ok with RJ turning sissy and calling 911 and begging for his life. Deep down RJ obviously has issues that would come to the fore once he's exposed and vulnerable hence the reason he's a psychotic serial killer, desperately needs Patrick’s approval, etc. I'm sure I'll be ok with that because it’s consistent with a severely narcissistic personality that doesn’t want to lose the one thing they love above all else (their own life). 

Where I'm going to have a problem is the show not answering any of the burning questions the Mentalist fanbase has been pondering for years (literally!!). It is just an utter slap in the face to not find out why Partridge had to die, why he really didn’t kill Lisbon, how he got the list, etc. Again, I’m completely ok with PJ telling RJ he doesn’t give two sh*ts about how he got the list. It’s very consistent with PJ’s character. He knows RJ desperately wants him to appreciate his intelligence and the things he’s done and not only does PJ not care about that, even if he did he wouldn’t give RJ the satisfaction…but that doesn’t mean the writers couldn’t cleverly give us the answer without compromising PJ’s character! Who the hell is writing this stuff?! It’s not rocket science.

Funny little realization I just had:

A SMILEY painted in the victim's blood, at the most obvious place in a crime scene, a signature of an "artist with a strong sense of theatre"

I have read some people theorizing it was connected to clowns - carnival - Jane's past, but I think it's just what it is: a smiley in blood.

What does a smiley in blood mean? A comical approach to death. Rejoicing in gore. Having a "love for the macabre".

I think there has been a change of mind on the Red John identity between conception of the character and his apparent reveal. Seems pretty simple and straightforward when you think about it. But then again, I ghould be wrong.