‘The Mentalist’ season 6 spoilers: Don’t expect any sort of Red John trickery

In case you were wondering whether or not there is any sort of 11th hour twist planned on “The Mentalist” to make you think that Red John is actually not someone on the suspect list, here’s a simple reminder: This is not happening. While we’re sure that there may have been some sort of a mad scientist temptation out there somewhere to create a story that featured some sort of surprise unmasking of the villain, that is not going to be happening.

As executive producer Daniel Cerone has confirmed / reconfirmed (depending on who you are) to TVLine, one of the remaining suspects is in fact the villain. Patrick Jane is not going to be so close to the investigation that he somehow misses something for whatever reason; Red John is on the list, and he will be unmasked during the eighth episode of the season. That is going to specifically air two weeks from Sunday, at least so long as there is not some other sort of terrible NFL delay that shoves it back even further.

By the time that “Fire and Brimstone” finally airs, what we will say is that the list will be shortened again to a certain degree, as Jane manages to rule at least one person out for one reason or another. This means that as we are nearing the showdown. We do have some questions though… why keep up such a deadly charade? Is it really worth all of the effort that they are putting in? Plus, they would also wonder whether there would be a temptation to try to pack this in and move forward, given that Jane is obviously starting to figure all of this out.

Do you want to read some more important news on “The Mentalist”? Then just click here to find out about a crucial Jane – Lisbon moment that is coming during Sunday’s episode.

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