Is Kristina Red John? The more I think about it the more I think she is or at least is related to Red John in some fashion. My previous candidate was Minelli, but "Red Sky in the Morning" provided the most clues. We actually see Red John and hear him/her speak, and Red John is either a man with an effeminate voice or a woman with a deeper voice. There's tons of ambiguity at the end of the episode with Kristina mysteriously disappearing, his lines "Kristina would want me to send her love" and "roll tide," the line only heard by Jane, Kristina and the waiter, and the unresolved ending.
The Mentalist is far more compelling when Jane has a vested interest in what he's doing. What this season hasn't done well is to remind us that Jane is human, a wounded human searching for Red John. Instead, what we got for most of the season was an out of control caricature wreaking havoc on those around him. The vulnerable side of Jane came out in the episode and it paid off.
The case was about Red John, but I was never convinced the investigation would actually lead to Red John, so I didn't care much about it, although Red John does show up to kill the crazy film students.
Score: 8.9/10
Thursday, May 20, 2010
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