What can I say? The final showdown was utter, indefensible Bull$%(#.

Many people like to use the analogy of Sherlock Holmes to Moriarty to illustrate the comparison between Red John and Patrick Jane. However, this is not exactly the way the serial killer was actually portrayed. From the very beginning of the series, Red John has been proven to be "The Mentalist" to the titular Mentalist; to be as above Jane as Jane is above the average criminal, reminiscing upon such instances where he performed feats like the gross brainwashing of followers, placing Rosalind Harker into a state of hypnosis, and forcing Kristina Frye into an irreparable catatonia, not to mention the countless times he has taken what appeared to be the truth about a situation, and turned it on Jane, the trickster of tricksters.

Why, then, was this final confrontation so vapid?

Instead of enacting the Red John that is so clearly beyond Jane, as Jane himself eventually admits, it is as if Heller took all of the scripts he had written for the past five seasons, and tossed them out of his office window for the grand finale, leaving a daffy and shallow shell of what should have been the villain to trump all villains. There were much better, more compelling performances by the likes of Erica Flynn, Tommy Volker, and, hell, even the episode with the SJK  -- episodes that that leave you wondering why he did not leave the brunt of the writing to the more creative members of his team.

These past few seasons of The Mentalist have been losing viewers by the millions for a very good reason, and if Heller refuses to get his act together, we may only see the show around for a few seasons more. Eventually, it will actually be beneficial to bring Red John back, despite the claims of his saga being over. As far as I am concerned, however, that atrocity depicted by Thomas Mcallister (though Xander Berkeley is an incredible actor) will never be the real Red John. Sure, there is some level of disappointment expected regardless of whom the killer actually turned out to be, but this butchering of the premise of the show was uncalled for.

The Mentalist is the only show that can make literally every character seem like the bad guy.
I am never trolling when accusing certain characters. The truth is, heller made everyone look guilty .
I mean i can make a compelling argument that patrick
Is red john all the way to cbi ron being red john.

Lets lighten up on this site.
More people should post.
Lets stop the "debunking" because this isn't a 9-11 conspiracy its a great suspenseful tv show .
Im simply trying to keep this site alive because lets face it , we all love talking mentalist.
I cant wait to see jane start dating and make lisbon jeleous as well as the other way around .

IS THERE A MODERATOR ON THIS SITE ???????

"You're very much like him ya know ? The way you can look at someone and see right through them"
"He is a very good man, he is on a mission of love and enlightenment"
--two quotes by the secretary that killed
Bosco and his team.

***Does this sound like macalister at all ? Does it sound like its anyone from the BA? Love and enlightenment does not sound like a secret police force. It sounds more like a religious cult .

Brett Styles can read people and see right through them or it could be some other visualize member with the same powers to read people. Dont worry guys, macalister was hypnotized, that is why the bird scared him so much because he was in a trance .

---remember when rigsby was hypnotized and jane took him to a playground ?
Rigsby had a fear of swings or playgrounds and started crying his eyes out and freaking out as well.
My point is that someone who is hypnotized seems to be vulnerable when it comes to their fears.
No way macalister never encountered birds while on the job and i highly doubt he cried like a girl when he saw them.

Question: who is going to take over for Brett Styles as head Visualize honcho?

The Red John episode had some foreshadowing:

When the series ends, Lisbon and Jane will be sitting on a park bench feeding pigeons.  The shot will zoom out as they share first kiss.  Then we will see the real Red John watching them with a eerie smile on his face.

Haffner is alive. Nobody wanted him dead .
When haffner grabs jane shoulders all red john like he warns him to stop. Then haffner tries to scare lisbon telling her to stop.
Stop what exactly!
Jane pissed off some really important people right ?
But Haffner isn't in tiger tiger BA? So he is not talking about them and obviously speaking about visualize .
But why by uncovering the BA is patrick pissing off visualize .

*****brett styles is on his way out (in haffners mind when he said watch out )
Who is next in line at visualize ??
Jason cooper ? Can never trust that guy.
Or did styles pull a quick move and name his son his successor ?
Who is his son?
Mayne haffner ? Maybe red john?
The bottom line is , visualize needs a new leader and its going to be interesting to see how it plays out considering they haven't mentioned them yet.