All posts by ILikeRJ

So it was finally Red John's great passion - to be adulated, appreciated and maybe even to have someone he felt eligible for such a role as a friend - that destroyed him. Remember Lorelei's inadvertent disclosure of Jane having shaken hands with Red John had shaken Him badly, so badly he abandoned his usual suavity for phrases like "I'll show you clever" in the tape at the end of Season 5 AND he made the mistake of hiring some PI to bug the CBI office and even didn't quite manage to kill her. But he had a chance to kill Jane for good on the church rooftop and blame it on the bad light and so on but he just couldn't resist trying to fit Jane into his big plans and so he saved him, even patting him in the small of his back as Jane scrambled to safety. Even in the church, the final showdown, he just couldn't resist showing off, almost trying desperately to make Jane ask him how he knew about Jane's final 7 suspects. 
In the end it was his passion which got him. 
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Even apart from the sheriff's hunting habit and his fear of pigeons are other clues pointing in McAllister's direction as RJ. 1.We know he's a memver of the Tyger Tyger conspiracy. Yet on the church roof in Napa he chose to save Jane's life. Remember we know the members of Tyger Tyger were getting jittery of Jane. And so far there's been no suggestion that the conspiracy revolves exclusively around Red John. So logic dictates that, given even half a chance, a Tyger Tyger member would have eliminated Patrick. The sheriff could easily have shot Jane and put the blame on the failing light and the exigence of the situation. However he wouldn't do that if he were RJ. Or one of RJ's followers. However given his general persona I think turning him would be too much of an effort, one which I don't think RJ would make given that the sheriff is not that high up a figure in law enforcement. 2.The way he spoke with Jane after saving him gives off vibes similar to the relationship we know RJ wants to have with Jane. The way he spoke, the way the shot was taken as he climbed to the roof (remember we almost saw him towering over the roof, silhoutted against the moonlight) and the way he walked over while Patrick scrambled to safety in front of him. 3.We saw in an earlier episode (this is I think the good sheriff's first appearance) that he wasn't very suave with Grace Van Pelt. However Red John, we know, is extremely charming and can endear himself easily to the opposite sex. Secondly as the rough sheriff with a passion for hunting I hardly see him as someone who sips tea while listening to classical music. However we know Red John has that particular trait. This duality of personality could be what Sophie Miller sensed in Mr Jay Roth even as she admitted she couldn't adduce any actual behavioral evidence to back up her opinion. 4.Among the remaining suspects on Jane's list Sheriff McAllister's perhaps the only one who practically would have the means to assume the role of our favourite serial killer (my heartfelt apologies, Dexter). Reede Smith, Gale Bertram (and even Bob Kirkland for that matter; perhaps not Brett Partidge) are all law enforcement figures who would have too public roles as members of law enforcement to have the time or means to prowl around. Brett Stiles and Ray Haffner too could perhaps fit these gaps .But Stiles we know is for one too old and secondly has found a new passion in his Visualize cult which I do not believe he would jeopardize by taunting Jane at the end of Season 5. Ray Haffner too was a member of law enforcement and more importantly he's attached with Visualize now. If Haffner were indeed Red John Brett Stiles would destroy him (and we can reasonably suppose Stiles could do so if he wished) because A.he wouldn't want him to endanger Visualize (we know Stiles goes to great lengths to protect his cult) and B.he would seethe at the idea of a possible dual power structure forming in his cult. 5.Recollect his reaction at Jane's house. Jane had sweet-talked him into coming to his house, saying he needed his help to unearth Red John's identity. We know that Red John is getting nervous for some reason (as was amply shown as he engaged a PI to bug the CBI and then failed to completely kill her; he's too clever to simply assume Jane would be unable to squeeze some clue from her before she succumbed). Given that, when Jane asks him for help in taking down Red John (particularly after he saved Jane's like at Napa Valley and Jane was visibly thankful about it; he would be happy that his trick was working and that he had perhaps succeeded in at least partially drawing Jane's alliance) his reaction best fits Red John after Jane forces the suspects to reveal their shoulders at the point of a gun. Remember this is the first face-off between Red John and Patrick Jane in which Red John has no control and is completely unsure as to whether he's facing the guy whose family he killed or the mentalist pretending to be the guy whose family he killed. It stands to reason that he would be visibly afraid and try to save himself which he was (Remember Jane was pointing the gun at him). Otherwise we know Sheriff McAllister to be reasonably intelligent and he would immediately have pointed out that he wasn't the only one with a tattoo.