For me he is prime suspect now, but I am not very happy about it.
Reede is very similar to Red, and John is to names as Smith is to surnames.
For me he is prime suspect now, but I am not very happy about it.
Reede is very similar to Red, and John is to names as Smith is to surnames.
Heller said, we'd be disappointed when RJ's revealed...
If it turns out to be Reede Smith, I'd not be disappointed. I'd be pissed.
In all honesty, I can't possibly think of a worse Red John than Reede Smith. ANY character from the show would be better. Make it Rigsby. Make it CBI Karl. Make it Hightower. Cooper. Gardiner Renfrew. Anyone but Smith. It simply can't be Smith. That wouldn't even be a disappointment. It would be a disgrace to the show.
Considering Smith has only been a character on the show for one season now, I would be very unhappy if he's RJ. The same logic applies to Haffner too. Hell, I'm going to be disappointed if RJ is anybody but Partridge or Stiles. I could live with Bertram.
As for me, I could live best with McAllister as RJ, just because I think there would be more surprising things the writers could reveal about him and the whole stry behind RJ because he's a character that has neither appeared as often as Betram on the series nor came into the series so late as Smith! I can't imagine which interesting stuff there would be to show about Bertram or Smith - both are such limited and boring characters imo. And Smith as RJ would piss me off as well!!
It would be disappointing,but Reede Smith's name is a little bit more than "very similar"
if somebody does'nt know (Roy Tagliaferro is the principal alias of Red John. The most common translation of Italian surname Tagliaferro is iron-cutter, word to word it would be cut-iron (Cutiron).But another translation of Tagliaferro is ... smith (short form of "blacksmith"), so Roy Tagliaferro could be translated in english into Red Smith. Also if you change the order of the letters of his name (Reede Smith) you can get "The Red Is Me". Also it's been noticed that his name could be derived from 'Reed' which also means 'Red' so Red John's name would be Reed(e) Smith.
Also...He kinda looks too obvious,as red john's actor said,he thought he was just red herring.
And then theres the Tattoo thing...how did Kira Tinsley see the tattoo? Bertram and McAllister don't seem to be that kinda "sleeveless-shirt type" But Reede Smith was wearing a tank top when the tattoos were seen...