Just a theory me and my old man came up with while discussing the most recent episode. 

Knowing that the whole cbi team has had there phones bugged since I would assume at least the start of the season we have to think about what this person or people might have overheard. I speak mainly of what PJ said in that there are other names on the list of BA members that have not been caught. What if this was true? I know its been said by smith that all the members are blackmailed into doing these crimes but he was also under pressure, looking for a way out and for protection, this could have very well been the escape plan story if they ever needed a way out but not to complete cross the BA and have a hit put on his head, they were allready exposed and he did no more damage then what was already done but make the other look ALMOST innocent. I mean bertram, and cordero didn't seem to regretful of they're actions or like they were forced to kill now did they?  now if it is true (and i hope it's not) that red john is truly dead then what about these other members that might be left to pick up the pieces after there leader died? they had 2 years to build a new base and start again. What if a lot of these people are working around Jane in the FBI and we just don't know it? Abbot for some reason i don't think would be one, however we know nothing about any of them, and if they thought they were on the verge of being caught again and Abbot was helping PJ on the grounds that he would help catch them wouldn't they do something about it? at the moment PJ is too hot, hes in the FBI with other non corrupt agents and cant be touched without exposing the truth because what else has he done to have someone want him dead? (besides piss off tons of people throughout the series:p but that's kind of irrelevant at this point), so where to start for information? They need to know if this list is real and what names that Patrick and possibly other members of his old team might know, so bug the former cbi team and see what they know about this "list". Take them out one by one, likely from the least dangerous/safest to kill, torture them for information and eventually get closer to Jane and the truth.. PJ might have really put people in danger with this lie he told to Abbot, and who know maybe Abbot is one too but is smart enough to know that if he was on Jane's list that Jane would be scared of him and wouldn't trust him so he goes with is as would be his "obligation" and plays along with Patrick's game (and in the meantime looking good for having PJ solve all there cases), however i really hope Abbot doesn't turn out to be the next RJ.. also I cant really see why RJ would want to kill off these scattered members of the old cbi...

HOWEVER I still like to believe that red john is alive and that this is all one big game of chess, im sure you all know the theories if your on this site. Jane shut the cbi down on purpose because of a possible mole in his close party, He has the fbi rapped around his finger trying to make the real RJ think hes moved on, i have even deluded myself enough by reading other theories to think and almost hope that its Rigsby! never in the whole show would i have even considered turning on him but im at that point and i know a lot of you are too.  I sure hope BH dose't let all his fans down and actually pulls something great out of his a** i mean i will accept this huge upset of Mcallister being put off as the real deal for so long and even forgive BH if he turns this around, and who knows MAYBE this was what he wanted, MAYBE he didn't care about the HUGE loss in viewers over this, and all the hate he would receive for a few months, MAYBE he just wanted to create a fantastic story for his die hard fans like us!! or maybe not... but on the somewhat large chance that Rj is dead and this is a new spin, at least it would keep things interesting and not completely stray from the whole RJ story. They might even answer some of the questions that they have so rudely ignored! well just a theory! hope you guys like it and that you might take this and include things i may have missed and make it your own theory! AND PLEASE POST THEM!!! I miss coming to this site every day and seeing LOTS of actual theories not just hate comments, no one wants to see them.. were all mad enough as it is!

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