I know i'm way off most likely but this caught my eye and i wanted to share just in case i'm right about this and it's not a typo first go to (  http://www.cbs.com/shows/the_mentalist/red-john/  )

Now look through all the seven suspects and notice that for Bret Stiles it doesn't say Character before his name like it does for everyone else but like i said maybe just a typo