The Mentalist Season Finale to "Change Hunt for Red John"
Tom Szentgyorgyi has offered fans an intriguing clue into how The Mentalist Season 5 will conclude.
Following last week's major reveal by Lorelei - that Jane has shaken hands in the past with Red John - the producer tells TV Guide that recent episodes have been "about Jane digging into the notion that it's not that Red John could be anyone; it's that Red John is one of a very specific set of people that Jane is uniquely qualified to investigate."
So, where is all this going?
"The finale is going to pay that off in a way that will completely change the hunt for Red John," says Szentgyorgyi. "We are going to know some very specific things about who he might be."
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May 8th, 2013 10:18 AM
jane keeps saying red john is a man and cant be a woman, wanna bet red john is janes mother!!!!
May 6th, 2013 12:26 PM
Red John or no, I love the series and please don't cancel Patrick and the other wonderful characters. The intrigue it much more interesting than Castle which is on TNT back to back day after day, after day, after day, etc.
April 22nd, 2013 9:00 PM
Red John is Garrett Dillahunt
April 20th, 2013 2:20 AM
I feel that the red john seven suspects that are going to be revealed in the season finale will be inside Agent La Roche's Tupperware. The executive producer of the show has confirmed that the secret of the Tupperware will be disclosed this season. So I'm guessing it to be the suspects inside that box.
April 19th, 2013 8:32 PM
Ok, people who are saying you're sick of the Red John hunt, like...wtf? I mean, that's the whole background suspense of this otherwise unoriginal crime csi series. It'd be just like all the other shows out there if they had already found RJ. I mean, yeah I hope they find him soon too, it can't go on until the end of the season because they have to deal with the aftermath. But dont bash the show, ppl.
April 15th, 2013 7:11 PM
I think that for Patrick Jane to move on and be a better detective they have to find Red John this season so Lisbon can get together with Patrick.
April 12th, 2013 3:23 PM
Who ever he is, he must revealed by the end of the season or this series is done for.
April 10th, 2013 2:43 PM
I am red john!!! Lol I have no clue who RJ is.
April 6th, 2013 8:11 AM
OK, this is probably old news since I'm a recent convert, but whatever happened to Rigsby's baby?
March 26th, 2013 1:57 PM
I think series creator has already stated in an interview that Patrick Jane is not Red John. Clue wise, Red john saved Patrick when he was tied to a chair and about to be killed in the episode Red Sky in the Morning.
With regards to the show as a whole, I think the writers have done an excellent job of creating characters and a mythology as compelling and intense as the Arthur Conan Doyle did with Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty. While it is the characters in the show and their relationships to one another that make for a pleasurable viewing experience, I think anyone would agree that eventually, that would be tedious and stale. By having the over-arching presence of Red John, it enables the show to inject something dark and intriguing on a regular basis.
For those people who say that they are getting bored with the "Who is Red John" question, I would remind them that without Red John, the show would probably end sooner; there's only so many times people would tune in to s