Where did it all go wrong? Are they even trying to thread these episodes together anymore? I fear that even should they try to tie it all up now (which i'm not convinced they will) that they have just left too many loose ends that the real fans could not possibly be satisfied. It's almost like the scriptwriters have left the show for other work now and put the interns in charge. They still follow the weekly killing recipe but any overarching theme or 'shadow' is painfully missing, Ardilles' killing was the only thing of interest that has happened since the Red John reveal fiasco and if anything it seems like it was shoe-horned in inappropriately, like a grisly scene accidentally put into an episode of Murder She Wrote or Diagnosis Murder.

I for one am losing interest in the show and am only still here out of (misplaced) loyalty and the fact that I still secretly have hope that they are long-conning us and are going to turn it around. I am fast losing that hope though.

Why didn't the FBI investigate Ardilles' murder? Isn't he as important as the lawyer in the last episode? Why didn't Jane take an interest in it? Why is it down to Rigby and Van Pelt - two private detectives- to investigate out of self-interest?

And don't even get me started on the unanswered questions of the Red John reveal. It was tied up so badly that it MUST be a con. Mustn't it?