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COLOR SYMBOLISM:  RED, GREEN & BLUE:
WE KNOW JANE is BLUE:  blue car, blue teacup and often blue suits.  BLUE=is the color of mental clarity and wisdom, as well as communication.  But Blue gone wrong has the double meaning of deep sadness, of "being blue," which also perfectly describes Jane.    

IN SEASON ONE:  when Jane wins poker spoils, he buys Lisbon a GREEN EMERALD necklace and a RED RUBY necklace for GRACE because... 

LISBON is GREEN:  solid, down to earth and genuine -- GREEN is used to heal heart energy.  But Green gone wrong is envy and jealously [we saw a little of that from Lisbon when Lorelei was around or when Jane knows something and doesn't tell her, even if it's for her own good].]  

GRACE is RED: there's her hair but also because she is a positive expression of the color red [so far!].  She's warm, bright, strong, passionate, having love affair with Rigsby and one of the sexier characters [though they all rate pretty high! LOL] 


I have no idea though what colors Rigsby and Cho are meant to be, if any, but if I had to guess I'd think Rigsby is RED and Cho is GREEN

RED JOHN is RED gone wrong:  which includes anger, and darker themes of sex, violence and death.  


SEASON ONE PILOT:  husband/wife Morgan [means RED] Tolliver kills daughter Mercy after raping her  -- and so his wife
 Juniper [GREEN] kills him -- So, GREEN kills RED.  Interestingly, it is said that GREEN calms RED down/or balances -- or in this case STOPS it. 


SO, first five years focused on the pursuit of RED:  RED JOHN and the personal relationship of GRACE & RIGSBY were the two biggest storylines -- And NOW, RJ will be revealed and "Grisgsby" are married.

We know new episodes are called "My BLUE Heaven" and "My GREEN Thumb" are next, likely focusing more on JANE & LISBON's relationship.

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This is the first theory someone ever posted. Guess who is the suspect?

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In 6x01, Red John was putting his smiley face on Teresa (With both hands), and talks to Patrick at the same time. How can he do two tasks at once? Maybe, there was someone else with RJ who talked on the phone with Patrick.

I know this is a reach, and it probably will not happen. But it is possible.

But, I really hope there is only one Red John.

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I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you Jane doesn't have money. But what he does have are a very particular set of skills; skills he has have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make him a nightmare for people like you. If you tell us who you are now, that'll be the end of it. He will not look for you, He will not pursue you. But if you don't, He will look for you, He will find you, and he will kill you.

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Hi all,
I started watch The Mentalist one month ago (today is 11.03.2013) and I am at season 5 episode 8.

Red John had appeared on 2nd season episode 8 (His Red Right Hand) to us. Since that episode I was trying to find RJ's reappeared scenes. But I failed yet.

On S2E8, it is very clear that Rebecca loves and admires Red John. Before she died, she smiled the person who put poison on her hand. She smiled, when she saw that man, like someone may had when saw her/his love or who saw the person her/his admires. Not anyone else she/he knows.

So, it is not a very clear clue but this is the trick when the "mentalism" take role. A "mentalist" can understands meaning of that smile. Of course not all of the viewers are a mentalist so Rebecca help us to reveal this with very distinct and bright smile.

The man who put poison on her hand, wore a blue high collar tshirt under his uniform. It is clearly appeared on that scene for just in a second. Please play that scene frame by frame, It is impossible to miss.

Now lets return to the press release of Minelli about Sam Bosco and his team. The camera reaches press release from Minelli's back. On that scene there is a brown van stands on right behind Minelli. 
And there is two cops in uniform with hats each side of Minelli and a swat guy stands behind him.

Right after that scene, when we see Minelli in front of him, there is a policeman appeared on his right shoulder, who wears blue high collar tshirt under his uniform.

Take a look again. Where did brown van go? Apparently there are police motorcycles with RJ and his coleague, but when camera angle changed to behind of Minelli van re-appears.

It is a shooting mistake or not. Clearly the scene that we can see Minelli's face designed to show us that blue high collar policeman.

Here ladies and gentlemen we already met with RJ.

He is a policeman who works at CBI. Of course he is humble, takes his places lower level of organisation, not on the surface. Well played RJ.

To RJ:
I dont know who you are yet but I have your portrayal. If PJ had this info, you already doomed man. Here a smiley for you :)

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