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The Mentalist: Red John (2013)
Honestly, not as bad as people say
This episode was a good ending to the Red John saga. Not brilliant, but not terrible. Yes, there are plot holes and unanswered questions, but viewers need to know that the whole point of this series was to investigate and unmask the serial killer from Patrick's point of view.
Being spoon-fed the answers to clues and running down the entire list of Red John's wrongdoings doesn't do anything but make this finale come across as one giant cliché. Those now rendering the entire series and Red John as a redundant and spoiled series really need to rethink this idea. For example, after the amount of years that passed since RJ murdered his family, do you really think that Patrick would care how he got the names of his list or how he killed that carny girl that was in one of his childhood memories to him? Having RJ just monologue all this while Patrick just asked him these questions would have been the convenient, easy way out for Bruno Heller and not the way I wanted to see this saga end.
At the end of the day, I have to say that this episode was satisfying but much more could've come from it. For example, I would've liked there to be more character development of McAllister once he was revealed, just some dialogue or body language to really show how psychotic he was. In addition, there could've been some happy flashbacks of Patrick and his late family leading up to his meeting with Bertram and eventually the Sheriff to really build suspense and make it more nervy for the viewers. Also, at the very end of the episode when Patrick was running in slow motion and the camera panned to the woman and her child, it might've been nice to fade them out of the shot without showing anyone else to symbolize how Patrick can finally move on but never forget them and let his love die for them.
All in all, this episode was pretty good and very, very close to being on par with the Season 3 finale (I watched it after this episode to compare).