I've questioned Stiles as being RJ for a while [I mean come on, this is friggin' Malcolm McDowell we're talking about!! A FAMED actor spanning DECADES who TURNED DOWN KNIGHTHOOD from the Queen of England! Plus, the guy killed Captain Kirk, for cripe's sake! He's not taking a small role in The Mentalist]

BUT -- because he's always been such a famed villain, I thought, it's almost too stereotype to make McDowell your villain now. YET, he's clearly VERY IMPORTANT in this story -- and definitely very much ALIVE.

My theory on Bret Stiles is he's family to Red John...

RJ is Stiles illegitimate child.  How else do you get Daddy to pay attention to you?


Something about this makes me think of Queen Elizabeth I: the REDHEADED illegitimate daughter of Henry VIII -- after all, Heller is from England, [as are the real Stiles & Rigsby, Simon Baker from Australia] and in America, famous celebrities, even crazy cult leaders, are the kings and queens [and their children are usually really f@$cked up.