No wonder Red John could seemingly be anywhere and do anythingwhen a character has no identity, they have no limitations. Which is why I've been ahead of you at every step along the way. He You're a smart man, but you are arrogant. sure. He needed that freedom and the quiet loneliness of the countryside to do his thing as Red John." WARNING do not read on if you don't want to learn the identity of Red John! Once he is alone with Lisbon and Jane, he reveals that he is a member of The Blake Association (whose name is simultaneously first revealed), that they use the phrase "Tyger, Tyger" to identify fellow members, and that Red John is also a member of the Association. "The Mentalist" Red John (TV Episode 2013) - IMDb He wasn't really blown up a couple episodes back. In the season 2 episode "The Scarlet Letter", Jane tells Senior Special Agent Sam Bosco (Terry Kinney) that "Red John doesn't make mistakes. What is important is what murdering Red John means to Jane and how it impacts him. Well that was unexpected. Jane believes this occurred early in Red John's career and that Red John made a "mistake" due to his inexperience. In the fifth season episode "The Red Barn", it is hinted that Red John may currently be or was a member of the "Visualize Self-Realization Center" church, a notorious cult with a reputation for brainwashing its members, as two bodies which fit his MO were found on a farm previously controlled by Visualize, complete with his signature smiley face on the outside of the barn where the bodies were found. McAllister asks Patrick if he's clairvoyant or psychic and Patrick replies that he has no powers but pretended to have them once. In the episode "Red is the New Black", Jane's efforts are later exposed and undone when Darcy refuses to let the case go after finding too many discrepancies. So it's all good. Yet until recently, they didn't know whodunnit any more than we did!