Who is Red John?

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I think Red John is dead and you all are a bunch of loons.
The reveal of Red John was the lamest scene in TV history.
Bruno Hellar is killing this show off so that he can concentrate on his new show Gotham.
Mentalist is over n done.

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Anyone else find it odd that jane is now telling people that he has psycic powers .
I know he was playing the girl but he is alwaus insistant that psycics are fake .

Something to think about i guess.

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New list of RED JOHN SUSPECTS:
(In no patricular order)

1. Patrick Jane
-very unlikely but nothing is impossible.
2. Brett Styles
-if macalister survived it may be possible everyone did.
3. Ray Haffner
- same scenerio as styles
4. Patrick Janes Father
-hardly mentioned but recently patrick said he was a "showman"
Also know as an evil man.
5. Wayne Rigsby
-the Keyser Soze theory.
6. Grace Van Pelt
-very unlikely but could be an accoplice
Refer to pilot episode for her disdain for patrick.
7. Gabe Nyland
-unlikely but has a lot of "pull" being Loutennant Goveneor
8. Kristina Freye
-could of hypnotized her followers to do her bidding.
9. Jason Cooper
-Visualizes number 2 guy. Creepy and has power.
10. Brett Partridge
-Possibly faked his death



Possible Accomplices :
Kim fisher
-odd character , weird towards patrick in a love/hate kinda way
Jason Wylie
-cho's new friend. Weird he just so happen to be looking for jane on a whim.
Also weird how that move quickly put him in the bullpen.

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I don't think they would jeopardise DVD box set sales by making episode 8 the last Red John episode.

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I am probably being paranoid, since I really don't want Red John to be dead.  Until I started reading people's theories on this website, I never actually looked into who Red John would be.  But I decided to look at something.   Since episode 13 on this season has yet to be named, or it hasn't been released, I looked at what other episodes the Randy Zisk directed.  One was when Jane hallucinated, another one where he lost his memory from almost being drowned, and a few other ones that have to do with Loriel and Red John in general.  It may have nothing to do with anything, but just thought I would bring it up to stir the pot a little bit.  Don't bitch at me and say I am stupid.  Yes, I am probably completely wrong, but I just thought it was interesting.  :)

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Ok, Im a great believer of The Mentalist but theres just one thing bugging me....

Red John is a psychopath. Theres no doubt about that. He has no empathy for others, he's manipulative, he has superficial charm down to a T and he is ,of course, glib. These are all big signs of a psycopath but there is one more, psychopaths are fearless - they have no phobias. This is the major point that bothers me about RJ (McAllister). He is scared of death, heights and of course,pigeons.

If McAllister was Red John, he wouldn't be scared. Would he?

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