Can anyone tell me why Jane has ruled out everyone on his list before he joined CBI....?

 Unless he has another list...Lorelei did say they she wonders why they didn't become life long friends...They must have shook hands much earlier?

SEASON ONE -- CLUES TO RED JOHN'S IDENTITY


I re-watched Season One looking for repeating THEMES. Here are the things I found that made me wonder [this is only Season One]:



1.  A TATTOO -- of a grim reaper with red hair is zoomed in on immediately into SEASON ONE PILOT.  We now know THIS IS A CLUE -- as RJ has an important, identifying tattoo.  [SEASON SIX "The Red Tattoo"] 



2.  CLOWNS -- Jane is repeatedly referred to throughout SEASONS ONE as "a clown."  Besides Jane's carnie upbringing, RJ paints a smiley face in victim's blood that I think is actually is a SAD CLOWN.  THIS IS A CLUE -- as RJ painted Lisbon's face as a "sad clown" [SEASON SIX "Desert Rose"]


3.  TWINS and/or DOUBLE PERSONA -- in SEASON ONE the repeated use of names that mean TWIN, like THOMAS and TOMMY, as well as TAMZIN [also TWIN] -- as well as the SEASON ONE FINALE of RJ kidnapping TWINS, and killing one - made it clear that TWINS IS A CLUE -- RJ suspect KIRKLAND has a TWIN, MICHAEL [SEASON SIX "Red Listed"]
       
         
                The name THOMAS also turns up in DOUBLE PERSONA characters -- like Tommy Olds [and later Tommy Volker] .  THOMAS MCALLISTER has a DOUBLE PERSONA [ true identity seems questionable ]
         
               

4.  CORRUPT LAW ENFORCEMENT WHO ARE KILLERS -- In Season One:
 1) We meet Sheriff Thomas McAllister              2) a Cop kills and kidnapps two women  3)  another Cop pays off a secret daughter; tries to get his son, a rookie cop, off a murder charge 4) Lawyer whose childhood and father were ruined by Jane's advice seeks revenge 5) Sheriff Hardy -- DuMAR Tanner THIS IS A CLUE -- we now know that TIGER TIGER exists and there are many corrupt law officials [SEASON SIX, "Red Listed" again]

5.  REDHEADS -- Season One episodes are filled with redheads but mostly -- REDHEADED WOMEN, and I think THIS IS A CLUE that is yet to be revealed.  We've been led to think RJ is a redheaded man -- but I don't think so.  He's either 1) a SHE -- a redheaded woman, or, more importantly, I think 2) RJ is someone who really likes redheaded women [like Rosalind Harker, Kristina Frye and even Brenda Shettrick, all of which he spared.  In fact, I can't think of a redhead that RJ has killed?  Even Lisbon has an AUBURN tint in her hair a lot.


6.  ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN [kept a secret] -- only two episodes focus on this but it seemed worth noting


7.  PINEAPPLE --  I know this seems random but I wrote down ANYTHING that repeated: and PINEAPPLE was in 3 episodes of Season One, so go figure?!  Twice it was debated as a pizza topping [Cho hates it; Grace likes it] and the 3rd time -- a killer has a pineapple air freshener, and it's a clue in finding him].  SO, either this is an INSIDE JOKE or there will be another mention of pineapple for reasons I can't fathom yet.


8.  GOLF -- 1) in the PILOT, a GOLFER is accused of killing his wife  2) a REDHEAD man killed is GOLF buddy of attorney general and the Killer rides around on a GOLF CART and 3) Jane meets a mobster on a GOLF COURSE 
               Also, in the Pilot -- a family named "Tolliver" -- which means the same as "Tagliaferro" or "iron cutter."  This could be golfing term as an iron is a golf club and "cutting" is actually a golf maneuver -- where you have to send the ball the opposite way of where you want it to go.  THESE ARE CLUES.


9.  PSYCHICS -- in Season one, we find out Jane was "fake" psychic; we meet Kristina Frye; we're told of Grace's Aunt Yolanda and we meet good citizen "psychic" Ellis Mars.  And It is believed that RJ has a strong opinion about psychics.  THIS IS A CLUE that has yet to be fully revealed in SEASON SIX yet but I'm expecting something to tie it up.


10.  HYNPOSIS -- repeatedly done throughout Season One, Lisbon yells at Jane more than once for using hypnosis, telling him it's illegal -- and also one episode centers around a female killer who uses hypnosis to put her henchmen in a trance to do her dirty work for her, thereby implicating themselves in crimes, even including Rigsby.  THIS IS A CLUE that will likely be revisited in remaining episodes of SEASON SIX.  
 


11.  NAMES THAT MEAN RED:  too many to mention, of particular interest: names with MAR or MOR in them [both have DOUBLE meanings:  RED/WAR/SEA.  [From Season One: MORgan Tolliver, Dave MARtin, DuMAR Tanner, RoseMARy Tennant, Carlotta MORo, Ellis MARs, Scarlett MARquesa, Santa MARta, REDwoods, Verde MAR…and many others.]  Also  "HE IS MAR."  THESE ARE ALL CLUES…yet to be revealed.


12.  FOOTBALL -- Jane tells Van Pelt he knows her father was a football coach.  Also, a football star is killed in a Season One episode, killed by his father.  In another episode, Kristina Frye says, "roll tide" [a football mantra].


13.  WATER THEMES/BOATS/MARINAS -- 
Moby Dick symbolism [catching the big elusive fish and the dangers of revenge] "There she blows.."   "Your boat's on fire.."  ALSO, Jane catches killer at casino taking on "WHALES" [big gamblers] and in another episode, a guy named Tommy Olds pretends his slow [but Jane figures him out when he sees he has a copy of Moby Dick on shelf]

               1)  Man named SANDS plans to leave town on his BOAT docked in MARINA on the OCEAN; he has a picture of a BOAT on the OCEAN on his wall that holds a clue  2)  Man pretends to be slow [to hide he's a killer over a fortune made from WATER]  3) Kidnapped woman escapes, Jane hypnotizes her to reveal she was held captive in a place by the sound of running WATER -- by a RIVER  4) Man is dead tied to the anchor of his BOAT in a MARINA on the OCEAN  5) Deranged couple, the BOATwrights, kidnap and kill women  6) Teenage girl is DROWNED in trough; dumped in the OCEAN 7) Jared Renfrew and prostitute killed in a BATHTUB.


REPEATED STORYLINES:  

1) A MAN KILLED BY HIS WIFE -- theme featured Five times in Season One

2) SIBLING AGAINST SIBLING -- several examples, like brother against brother in Pilot

3) INCEST: father w/ daughter; brother w/sister 

4) RAPE: first THREE episodes feature this storyline



Question: do any of these themes relate to Grace or Grace's sister -- and/or Red John's past - since we know the least about these two characters

ALSO FEATURED and might be important clues:
FARMS [RJ seems to have repeated connection to FARMS]  
Selling DRUGS
ABUSIVE FATHERS,
TROUBLED YOUTH [bullying]
POKER/CASINOS  [with expressions such as "catching a whale" used [meaning big spender] [WATER theme too]


What do these clues mean, if anything?   
RJ has an identifying tattoo
RJ grew up around clowns or in a carnival
RJ is a redheaded woman or a man who likes redheaded women [none of victims are redheads]
RJ knows hypnosis and is passing himself off as a psychic or hates them
RJ has a TWIN and/or a DOUBLE PERSONA 
RJ is a corrupt law enforcement official/or has connections that are [Sheriff Hardy, for one]
RJ grew up or has lived on farms
RJ probably had abusive father
RJ's involved in golfing
RJ really likes or hates pineapple? [LOL] 
RJ's connection to water/boats/marinas?  I think RJ's fear is water [never learned to swim perhaps] [ALSO with POKER -- could be a "whale" - a big gambler -- or have a Vegas connection

Alternate promo for tonight's episode Fire and Brimstone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H-R-Ze7wfw&feature=youtu.be

Little girl that the boy Paddy Jane and father or guardian swindled. She grew up vengeful.

This theory builds on the #7737 theory ,аnd connection between 3 dots - mi vida loca - Allison Anders ...

Who ever did not readed it please read that theory ....

Allison Anders did directed episode 5x13 (red barn) and i also concluded that actor who plays police chief in this episode is also actor in the "mi vida loca" movie..

if you go and search for Allison Anders work you can see many connections , possible clues... like in this early movies she directed there is a name Kirkland in actors...

 Also there is a music band who plays in that movies called "Green on Red" ...
If anyone spot any other lead pls. write here ...
sorry for bad english ....
best regards...

Okay.  I really thought that it was Partridge because of the voice and the description that Rosalind gave, but then he died. He might not have died, RJ might have connections in the coroners department that lied about him being Partridge, but I still don't think that he's RJ.  Haffner is totally afraid of spiders and we don't know if Miller said a fear of spiders or heights so there's that prospect.  I also think that it could be Stiles because of his personality; creepy, mindwashing, but he doesn't really match Rosalind's description.  I don't think that Reede Smith is RJ but I can't be sure anymore.  We'll find out by the end of December.... I'm SO EXCITED! I can't wait to see what happens tonight with PJ and the suspects!!!

Just about the tattoo, does anyone think like me that maybe it is not 3 dots but just the girl who was trying to show her shoulder/arm with her finger while dying?