Something doesn't make sense with the death of Partridge. A call comes to Lisbon, saying someone is in distress. She sees that Partridge is there, goes there and when she gets there he is still alive. He dies after saying two words. Then, RJ puts Lisbon out and doesn't kill her. Questions are:

1- Why did RJ need to kill Partridge? 
2- Why was he still alive when Lisbon get there? 
3- What was the point of luring Lisbon into a trap if she wasnt gonna get killed? What did RJ accomplish here? 

 Since I don't want Partridge being dead, I'd like to think that Partridge himself set the trap to remove suspicion on him. The best way of doing that is faking his death.

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