Hey guys

It was a lot of fun doing this. Over the past two or so years I've been coming here submitting a few theories.  I've accused Jane's father, Brett Partridge, Bret Stiles, I have seen the light in accusing Gale Bertram.  But never once did I accuse Sheriff McAllister and I still will not. 

A while ago I stopped accusing altogether. I realized that this show has gone from a carefully written and sculpted story, to a last minute decision written show.

A while back in one of my posts here I mentioned Bret Stiles and how I think he may be Red John and a comment from another user was "He does not fit Rosalind's description" and "Where does he fit into 'He is mar'". Well I said maybe the writers have abandoned those clues long ago with Timothy Carter. And I think they have.  I think the Roy Trafalergo and physical descriptions, the 'He is Mar' and everything in between will be loosely attributed to Timothy Carter's Red John. 

I loved this show, and I followed it closely. As much as I want to honor my love for the show, these last few episodes and the conclusion of the Red John saga was disappointing and feels extremely rushed. I guess Bruno did not lie about the list and all that, but the scary part is, in short he said screw everyone who wants answers because we are running from Red John as quickly as possible.

In my opinion, Red John was Brett Partridge in season 1, then CBS ordered another season so Bruno said "Wait, let's drag it out a bit". After another two seasons, they decided going back to Partridge was going to be weak, so let's make it a random creepy guy that no one has ever seen before. That should entertain the audience. And they pulled it off, Timothy Carter, to me, was a satisfying Red John. 

But then, they had nowhere to go. It's like letting go of a child's hand and seeing him not know where to go now. So suddenly, Red John was NOT Timothy Carter who just described in detail how he killed Jane's family, now he has influence over hundreds of people including law enforcement. Suddenly, everything gets explained by "He is a powerful man".

Then the writers (IMO very obviously) randomly selects a few guys, throws them in with a few actual suspicious guys and we get left with 7.

Then they sat with a problem because some of the clues didn't fit.  So let's select the most random of the 7, send him into the church as Red John, have Jane decline his offer to give us answers and then plead for his life and go all wimpy before he dies in the same episode he is revealed in.

Looking back, I could have lived with Red John as Timothy Carter.  Up until then, I didn't need any answers.  

But they pushed it waaaaay too far.  Thomas answers no questions.  
- He is Mar?
- Rosalind's description?
- Where does he fit in with Patrick?
- He does not seem like an evil genius?
- Where does he fit in with Visualize?
- If he is in Visualize why kill his guru Stiles?
- Why did the Latino go out of his way to keep Bertram alive until the church scene?
- Kirkland's brother?
- Patrick's happy memory?

Even some of the suspects on the list fit the clues better than Thomas. 

No turning back though.

Thanks everyone.

It's been fun.