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95% of all Partridge as Red John voters would still be convinced he is not dead and is certainly Red John even if they had shown his face in the morgue in the last episode.

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Red John appears to me now to be Tommy Lisbon, the brother of Teresa Lisbon!

- He fits the physical description perfectly.

- He has an affection for Teresa (his sister).

- As a bounty hunter he has ties to law officials and authorities, especially by name dropping CBI family members.

-  His name is Tommy, which is a nickname for Thomas - we all assumed that Bertram was going into Sherrif Thomas MacAllisters storage unit in the last episode, but I believe the Thomas was truly Tommy Lisbon.

- He fits the "Wheres Waldo" description, because he appears or is
mentioned throughout the series and is in the background as a part of
Teresas past through the seasons.

-  His daughter is named Annie after a famous red headed fictional character.

-  In 1988 he was a kid at the farm, but I suspect that first killing was actually done by Teresas father and Tommy adopted the Red John persona thereafter.

- As a bounty hunter he has a good shot, like Red John.

- It would be an unexpected reveal and fit the Keyser Soze descrption as Tommy is percieved as needing his sisters protection and somewhat weak on his own.

-  He must have shaken hands with Jane when they met.
 



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Agree or disagree:

95% of all Partridge as Red John voters would still be convinced he is not dead and is certainly Red John even if they had shown his face in the morgue in the last episode.

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PROBABLE SPOILER!!!!! 

I will give you a link below. It shows the reactions of a dude called Americ while he watches 6x08. He claims that he gets to watch advance views of the Mentalist episodes because he has a youtube channel and recording reviews about the episodes before they air. This time, since the coming episode is of the highest importance, he doesn't provide a review but let's us see his reactions while he watches it.

This is not the worst part. There are comments below that video and someone nicknamed simplythebest286 (who claims to be Americ himself) is telling almost everything which is pretty annoying (if true) and if this is the case, FUCK HIM! And if you don't want to take risks, do not click the link below. Because I wish I hadn't.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWYpReqi678

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I just wanted to point out to everyone saying that McAllister isn't dead:

-The house exploded right in front of Lisbon, she then went in immediately;

how do you expect McAllister would have had time to switch his body (they said they found a burnt corpse) ?

Also in an interview one of the producers said that there were originally meant to be a lot more body parts (they had the props) but they didn't make it on screen: hence the people dead in the explosion are exactly that; dead.

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I just wanted to point out to everyone saying that McAllister isn't dead:

-The house exploded right in front of Lisbon, she then went in immediately;

how do you expect McAllister would have had time to switch his body (they said they found a burnt corpse) ?

Also in an interview one of the producers said that there were originally meant to be a lot more body parts (they had the props) but they didn't make it on screen: hence the people dead in the explosion are exactly that; dead.

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To be honest, I have no idea who RJ is. There are just too many hints and people involved.

In my opinion the storytelling is going very fast now. In the earlier seasons every once in a while there was an episode directly connected to RJ. I like the speed and intensity and how people showing off there real faces. But still, now it seems more focused towards the BA, which somehow is connected to RJ. Reed Smith seems to know a bit but can's explain it entirely.

I am sure there will be a big finale with something no one is expecting. It will leave us with new clues, more questions and a fresh start for the hunt of RJ next season. PJ will probably team up with someone even more unexpected. 
Heller is just too smart to reveal everything in the upcoming episodes. I kind of like that. 

Oh man, I love this show!

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