I am going to begin by mentioning that I have watched every single episode of the mentalist to date. I have also been doing quite a fair bit of research to try and determine who RED JOHN is. And I must say sadly I am quite sure I know the answer with concrete evidence actually. Unless Bruno Heller decides to change his mind I have determied the serial Killer by a mistake that they have made.

If you look at the profile of the character Brett Patridge on imdb : <<http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0257474/>> you can see that he has only plated in 2 episodes. Looking back we have only ever seen Brett Partridge in ONE episode which was the pilot episode (episode 1).

According to the source, he also appeared in the episode ''Red Sky in the Morning'' which was the season finale of season 2. If you recall this was the episode when RED JOHN appeared with a mask and saved Patrick Jane from the hoaks killers. We had never seen Brett Patridge in that episode but according to the source he was there. This can only mean ONE THING. Brett Patridge actulally is Red John and he was the one under the mask.

This being said I am quite disappointed that I have been able to figure out the identity of Red John so easily not to mention that it in fact becomes quite boring because he isn't a main character as he barely appeared in the episodes.

Also let's mention that he wasn't on Larouche's list of suspects and as far as I know he and Jane never shook hands.


What do you guys think? I am pretty sure and disappointed in this finding.