I'm now 100% that McAllister was not Red John           are you convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that McAllister was Red John?    I'm not ....not even close          McAllister didn't act like Red John he acted like someone who was being forced through BA to impersonate Red John and kill Jane .......instead his fear of birds gets him shot and he starts crying, runs away  and collapses          claims to be a psychic???? ...........fuckin calls 9-1-1???   LMFAO                     look back to Timothy Carter   when he was "playing" Red John he told Jane he was going to retire and he was giving Jane advice about moving on and forgetting  but instead Jane shot him dead in public      Red John wanted to give him some peace of mind and help him move on     by the end of season 4 Red John wants Jane to join him       and when RJ planted a fake Red John on the list of 7 knowing that Jane would probably get the best of him and think that he got his revenge and move on with his life and find peace and finally be happy   and Jane did ......for two years         why did he really come back?   he knew Abbott was going to fuck him over   he wanted to work for the FBI      I think within the two year time jump Red John reveals himself to Jane now that Jane has his guard down and is relaxed      taunts him and just leaves  while Jane vows to hunt him down   The Real Red John just laughs at him      gone             then after a few more new beginning murder of the week episodes   there will be a flashback episode that shows what happened at Jane's house before the explosion and what really went on during those two years      the rest of the season is Patrick Jane and the FBI vs the Real Red John        the average viewers and the Jisbons get to see a RJ-less Mentalist for a handful of episodes      and the creative team behind the show get to do something new       but let's face it Red John is The Mentalist  and without him there is no show       I can feel the set up      there is no way they can keep up this new beginning story till the end of the season without Red John coming back      RJ sent in McAllister as another Timothy Carter to give Jane some peace of mind       I think the Rigsby's have something to do with this and when Red John returns Jane will have the FBI behind him and not the corrupt CBI that RJ owns