Is Red John an Outsider?

An existing although unlikely possibility is that Red John is an outsider or fringe character we haven’t seen much of.  Of the fringe characters, Brett Partridge is one who a lot of observers seem to think has potential.  His name hasn’t even been mentioned on screen, and Jane characterized him as a ghoul and someone who likes his job too much.

Partridge would be a viable candidate, because he is into gore and is apparently a loner.  Both of these would set up nicely for Red John.  The main problem is that he would appear to have the least resources of all of the candidates, so I would put his chances as 1 out of 20.

As for an outsider, that is how everyone else would do it.  It would be an easy plotline.  Some corrupt and powerful outsider who has the resources to pay off whoever he wants and hide behind his money ultimately turns out to be Red John.  Somehow, though, this just doesn’t sound right.  Rich people usually aren’t serial killers because they can’t be bothered with all of the dirty work.  We will put the chances of it being a rich outsider at 1 out of 10.

It could be a standard generic psychopath, too, but this also seems too easy for the creative staff of this series.  The Mentalist is no ordinary series, and Red John is no ordinary killer.  As we should soon find out, he was able to make the gun of the person Jane shot vanish in the middle of the chaos of his arrest.  I would put the chances of a traditional psychopath being responsible at 1 out of 20.

We can probably deduce that Red John had a serious trauma in his or her life that made him or her start killing.  We can also deduce that Red John is extremely intelligent, extremely motivated, and that he or she has a compulsive personality that would make that person stand out.  The standard profile of the movie or TV serial killer who goes home to his parents’ basement and never talks to anyone doesn’t apply here.

I think it is someone who is in the cast as a regular or a recurring character.  We will eventually find out, but when that happens probably depends on how long CBS keeps renewing them.  The last episode of season 3 was perfect.  If the show had ended, Red John was dead.  Since they got renewed, Red John can be alive again.  But a gambit like this one only works once, and Bruno Heller knows it.

Grab your popcorn and make sure you’re home on September 22.  The ride is just beginning.

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Is Brett Partridge Red John?

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Brett Partridge has made two appearances in the series so far, once in the pilot and the second in “The Red Sky in the Morning “.

Patrick Jane and Brett Partridge don’t seem to really like each other, and Jane publicly humiliates him in front of other police officers in the pilot episode. Both episodes were focused on Red John, which could be a coincidence or another clue given to the audience by the writers.

Brett seems to match Rosalind Harker’s physical description of Red John, and the body build and behavior appear to be congruent with what little is seen of Red John in “The Red Sky in the Morning”. The killer was wearing a mask, however, and seemed to be using some kind of voice distortion but the voices of Red John and Brett Partridge seem pretty similar once compared.

Patrick Jane’s humiliating remarks were in regards to his ‘strange’ personality, calling him a ‘ghoul’. Red John seems to understand how to not leave forensic evidence behind, and since that’s the sector where Brett works, it could explain the absence of any real incriminating evidence.

Brett is probably at least Red John’s accomplice, which would be extremely valuable working in CBI forensics, not to mention being able to carry out other tasks such as impersonating him or executing witnesses who have become liabilities, such as agent Bosco’s assistant Rebecca.

In the episode “His Red Right Hand”, a man wearing a tie is seen on the surveillance feed whom the audience is led to believe is Red John (or at least an accomplice). He comes into the CBI to dispose of Rebecca after she executed agent Bosco’s investigation team. Close examination of the video shows certain details, including the use of a jacket that possibly reads “FORENSICS” similar to what Brett has been seen wearing.

Is Brett Red John? He’s certainly a strong suspect!

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