**SPOILER ALERT**


The emotions are high, The mood while shooting the reveal and death of red john(airing nov 17) was strange and discombobulating, " says creator and ex producer Bruno Heller," There were a lot of hugs when it was over, and a champagne toast, It was really quite moving because, in a way, it felt like we were killing of an old family friend.

Red John has paid for a lot of Mortgages'"The actor playing him says he was "stunned and flattered' when he learned that His character-one of seven final suspects-was the shows big bad. "Earning this little place in pop culture history was the last thing I ever expected," He admits" truth be told, I thought I was a red herring.So where do we go from here? The end of the Red John sage is a "rebirth for the mentalist, a chance to go in a new, fresh direction,' says Heller, who in the November 24 episode will move the series two years into the future, where Jane is a wanted man hiding out in South America and his old CBI cronies are holding down new jobs."There's been a thorough house cleaning in California Law enforcement as a result of the vast conspiracy led by Red John." says Heller. "Ghosts from the past will continue to play a part in the show, but it's definitely a brighter day.

At first, Jane wants nothing more to do with crime solving, but-like Michael Corleone in the Godfather-he's pulled back in."Will getting revenge help Jane deal with his grief? Can he now move on with his life and maybe even find love again... perhaps with Robin Tunney's character,. Teresa Lisbon? "Whenever I meet fans of the show, they don't seem to care who Red John is," Says Tunney with a laugh, "All they want to know is. "Will Jane and Lisbon ever get together?" Tunney doesn't see that happening. " Jane is a adorable and brilliant but a completely frustrating jerk. Their relationship is a love story. But I don't think Lisbon would ever have the courage to act on it."Would Jane? "When we pick back up, you see he really misses Lisbon and is a sad, floundering shadow of a man," Says Baker, who will direct the time-jump episode." "He's completely lost his mojo."

But mojo-like a job busting bad guys- is something you can always get back. "We're going to have some fun by putting Jane into an entirely different work environment," Baker says " He'll not only find his spark again-He'll have a whole lot of new people to rub the wrong way.