Simon Baker: "In the season 2 finale, when Jane was captured and Red John did that 'Tyger, Tyger' thing with the mask on? That was me. I played both characters in that scene,"

Well there you go, PJ was RJ after all. LOL

I know lots of people find it disappointing that Heller didn't know who RJ was until a year ago, but I don't. I think it was very clever on his part.

Heller left it open for half a dozen characters, including an unknown one, to be Red John. This kept everyone guessing. As long as he didn't close those characters off in some way with some piece of evidence then the game was still afoot.
If Heller had picked his Red John from the beginning, he may have inadvertently given it away.

And while McAllister was not in my top two choices as Red John, I am not disappointed it was him.
But, after watching storylines like Strawberries and Cream with very complex twists and turns and clever writing, this episode of revealing and killing Red John was exceptionally disappointing.

If Heller had put the effort into making a two parter that was as convoluted as S & C was, nobody would be walking away from this with a frown on their face. They might have preferred a different Red John, but they'd have had a wonderfully clever episode worthy of the capture of Red John. And this was not it.

It was too easy. Too simple. It was, in the end, harder to catch Craig O'laughlin than it was to catch Red John.

Shame.