The RJ reveal should have been like the Homeland finale. Jaw dropping, shocking, WTF just happened feeling. Even though I only watched the show for Brody so I'm not gonna watch season 4 anymore.
Bruno Heller is an idiot. He was sick of the RJ storyline, he has grown to hate it. He knows most fans (not the 50 fans here but the average Mentalist fans) were sick of Red John. He wanted to please them, so he quickly killed of RJ and went cold turkey with it. Red John is dead and he was the sheriff. I can't believe 20 or so people on this site still refuse to believe it, when everyone else in the real world knows.
It's OK to make up theories about the past and what happened to Kristina Fry, Visualize etc, but to make new theories about who RJ is when we already know is just stupid.
Merry Christmas!
RIP Brody!