1. Red John Information Is Coming
Red John Is still standing tall as The Mentalist’s central mystery after once again out smarting Patrick Jane (Simon Baker) in the Season 4 finale ‘The Crimson Hat’ (read my review here). The enigma of this serial killer and Patrick Jane’s quest to take him down has always been one of the most compelling plot lines in the shows armoury; it’s certainly the most important. This season, Bruno Heller is promising we’ll get closer to the great villain than ever, at least in terms of how much we know about him. Here’s what the show runner had to say in a recent interview:
“Jane and the CBI will be lead to some really important, concrete facts about Red John next season. There will be a cascade of information – how he operates, who’s with him and who isn’t, and what his game really is.”
These are the questions fans have been theorising over for years, so to get some answers will be brilliantly rewarding.
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Are you excited right now? Or were u already?
the best notice who will be the actor portraying red john i had two 1)Robert Knepper and 2)William Fichtner both of prison break.both are awesome
ReplyDeleteit will sure be good to see something concrete on red john.
ReplyDeleteit will be much more interesting if we knew how he really operates, and of course, how much people he has in his network.
I really doubt we will see Red John's face this season yet ;]
ReplyDeleteI sure hope we get lots of info,i am getting a little tired of this character and lack of progress in capturing him.
ReplyDeleteOh Emmanuelle , it should be illegal being so beautiful...
ReplyDeleteI'm still drawn back to the first season when Jane frees a guy from jail who claims to know Red John. Before Red John kills him, the guy writes in his own blood "He Is Ma..." I still think he was trying to write "He Is Many." It just seems like Red John has been imbued with too many abilities to be a single man.
ReplyDeletePersonally I still love the Red John storyline, I find it intriguing, dark, mysterious, captivating and it's just as integral to the show as its admittedly brilliant stand alone stuff. But then, you probably already got all that from the article XD
ReplyDeleteDon't get me wrong i like the show,i am just getting a little tired of the cat and mouse.Red John is a great storyline,but lets keep it moving,that's all. :)
ReplyDeleteIf I remember properly, they had promised to divulge information about
ReplyDeleteRed John's methods last year as well, and unless I missed something they
did not really show anything.
I am a fan of the show but I understand the frustration some people have
with the show's Red John arc. The problem with it, in my opinion, is the lack of progress. If
you look a similar situation in another show, say Castle - they have
Kate's mom's murder crop up at the end of each season, the difference is
that every season of the show (except perhaps the last one), there is substantial
progress in the case and new information is learned. But what have we
learned about Red John in the past 4 years, really?
Season 1 - he does not like people talking about him on TV. he had a
blind girlfriend. he has followers that are willing to die for him. he is obsessed with Jane.
Season 2 - he has a mole in CBI. he does not like copycats.
Season 3 - he has yet another mole. he can make people catatonic.
Season 4 - He wants Jane to join him?
I think they should have used the 4 seasons to go deeper into the
mythology of Red John and perhaps learned a little about his origins and
motivations, or a little about his MO, and how he accumulates his
network of "friends". Jane's family's murder case...how me met Lisbon,
how he got CBI to hire him...
Ah, yes! I forgot about that one. That would be pretty interesting, and it would explain a lot of things, especially how he was able to get close with Rosalind without ever really exposing himself, wich is one of the relationships I still wonder about. And it would be fun to see how Jane would react on that, knowing that maybe a lot more people were responsible for his family's death, not just one man.
ReplyDeleteI know exactly what you're referring to, but it wasn't specific to season 4. In a twitter Q and A before the season started the writers said that we would find out more about Kristina Frye and RJ's methods 'at some point in the future', though there was no guarantee of when. As far as I'm aware, this is the first time Bruno has made such a promise leading into a new season so I have no reason to doubt him. Then again, I love being taken along for the ride even with such a lack of info - so I'm easy either way ;)
ReplyDeleteOh, I did not know that it was not promised for season 4. I hope they reveal some stuff this season, we have waited long enough... we have nodded obediently when they said that this guy can brain wash people, that he is is a genius who can outsmart Jane, that he has made 'friends' in powerful places of law enforcement, that he can hack into police databases, and tens of other stuff...it's time they stop asking us to just nod along show us how he does what he does, even if it's just a small glimpse...
ReplyDeleteEither they close the case, or they keep the Red John story interesting enough to capture the audience's attention till the end of the series. They are not doing either and that is hurting the show. A voice and a shadow in the back of a limousine which actually turns out to be someone else is not the pay off you give to the viewers who were waiting for a Red John episode for an entire season.
ReplyDeleteI really disagree.
ReplyDeleteRed John's ongoing storyline and its serialized nature is what separates Mentalist from generic cop dramas with smartass leads.
You have this ongoing struggle that connects every case and storyline and adds a "twin peaksy" sense of surrealism to the show.
Find out more about Red John? Sure. because Red john plotlines make this show awesome. Finish it and turn Mentalist into simple cop drama? No NO NO nO.
It would also go a long way in explaining who exactly Jane killed. Was this another disciple or a Red John,
ReplyDeleteI like rides too,but i feel at times the only thing he is doing is yanking my chain!
ReplyDeleteYep,arun i agree! like what you had to say above too! If i could you would have gotten more *likes* for that! ;)
ReplyDeleteYes Red John makes the plotlines,so lets have them! The way they are telling there story week in week out is as predictable as other shows,we haven't gotten any closer to RJ,or learned anything new...I'm a fan,but a frustrated one,and i don't need to have 5 yrs go by to have the one armed man caught again.
ReplyDeleteAnd what they are doing week in week out is a simple cop show,imo anyway.
I highly doubt we'll find out anything important or anything that isn't a red herring.
ReplyDeleteIf he is his disciple, he's probably close to Red John, something like Lorelei, although it's still very unclear what her agenda is in all this.
ReplyDelete"how me met Lisbon, how he got CBI to hire him..."
ReplyDeleteThey are doing it for the 100th episode. :)