This was posted on E Online on 4/20/2009..

Ain't Over 'Til It's Over:
But don't expect a resolution to the Red John mystery until the very end. Mentalist creator Bruno Heller says, "Red John is an essential part of [Jane's] character, so at this stage, imagining the show without him is like imagining Moby Dick without Moby Dick."

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