Dorothy and Scarecrow have gone off somewhere over the rainbow...because "there's no place like home".....


So, I'm going back to theorizing about who, other than McRJ, could also be RJ related  [disclaimer:  I'm aware that I might be wrong but I really don't care.  I like to theorize, it's fun].  So, I'd like to point out, working within reasonable parameters:


What we've been SHOWN vs. what we've been TOLD:  ["Believe only half of what you see and nothing that you hear.”  Edgar Allen Poe [and Ben Franklin, too]


1. SHOWN that Smith had 3 Dot Tattoo, was BA and is now in jail

2. SHOWN that Bertram had 3 Dot Tattoo, was BA and is now dead

3. SHOWN that B. Kirkland was hunting RJ and is now dead [unless it's M. Kirkland instead]; TOLD his twin is dead

4. SHOWN that McRJ had 3 Dot Tattoo, was in BA , can feign a high pitched voice, fears pigeons and is now dead; TOLD he's RJ.  Maybe McRJ is the real McCoy, but it was only implied, if you count a fake voice as proof.  McRJ only ever admitted to being the head of BA [and we were SHOWN proof of that]

5. SHOWN Partridge bloodied, then only TOLD he died; SHOWN a body at morgue but only TOLD it was Partridge; never saw face.  Also, TOLD he was BA.

6.  TOLD Stiles is dead

7.  TOLD Haffner is dead


Yes, this could be the careless breadcrumbs of a harried writer who is onto new horizons and "doesn't care" anymore but let's just say Heller cares for the sake of this argument:  Basically, all that is highlighted under TOLD should be suspicious with Stiles & Haffner in the lead:  we were shown absolutely nothing about those two.


More random thoughts:


1.  SMITH was a late arriving character and a bull in a china shop, in other words, lacking history, as well as finesse:  but I loved the scene of his capturing, and I hope to never see him again!  


2.  BERTRAM really was smart but dumb and didn't know anything about RJ.  He was also SURPRISINGLY violent.  Wow, was anyone else shocked when he killed that bartender so ruthlessly?  I almost got sick.  You think you know someone?!…LOL


3.  Was B. KIRKLAND actually B. KIRKLAND?  Or did M. KIRKLAND assume brothers identity, or vice versa?  In either case, the twin scenario and forest barn are intriguing possibilities, and a Kirkland twin showing up would be fun [unlike Haibach showing up].  


4.  McRJ…?!  If episode 22 is nothing more than Jane kissing Lisbon and Fischer honing her wand skills, then it was fun and it will be over.


5.  PARTRIDGE!  IF he is alive, I tend to think he's hiding out similar to Hightower, and he's a helper.  I think he'd love nothing more than to be a Jr. Patrick Jane.  I never liked Partridge for RJ because of the obviousness but I'd welcome it if it came with a clever twist. [Anything has to be better than what we've gotten so far!]  


6.  If JANE were RJ, and when I say that, I do not mean that Jane is doing the killing, I mean that Jane gets others to do it by hypnotizing them -- how ironic would it be that Jane admonishes Partridge for looking up to RJ, if in fact Jane is RJ!  All this time we're watching Jane treat Partridge as if he were the person that --  he really is.  [hello…PROJECTION!]  Jane publicly scolding Partridge for openly liking what he himself is secretly supplying?  -- Unlikely, I know, but I think that could have worked brilliantly.  Partridge as ghoulish hero LOL


7. STILES I love for RJ papa, friend, accomplice or even as RJ mastermind himself. 


8.  HAFFNER could be Stiles' son, I think, and with that said RJ!  I did not previously like Haffner for RJ because of the obviousness, and Lisbon's dreams and all, it just felt like misdirection, but now, "2 years later," HAFFNER would be welcome.  He fits the description more than anyone; explains why Lisbon was spared, and who better to bug the CBI?  Sometimes though, I think he's just an ordinary guy whose main interest is really just to bang Lisbon.


9:  M. KIRKLAND:  he either served the purpose for why B. Kirkland was sculking around; or he's got a bigger part yet to be revealed.


I will always love a redheaded woman for RJ [because those were the clues] but I'd be happy with:


1.  Kirkland Twin, 2.  Haffner/Stiles, 3.  Patridge/Jane twist  or how about  4.  More info about McRJ's history!  
Hopefully, Heller will stop underwhelming us.