Yasmine :
Honestly, I think the ending of The Mentalist makes perfect sense. it’s just not what people expected. For years, the show built Red John up as some kind of genius or even a god someone who played with people’s lives, manipulated Jane, and ruled over a cult of followers as if he were untouchable. But that’s exactly the point. The whole Red John plot was never about the reveal, it was about the build-up. It was about watching Patrick Jane slowly get consumed by his obsession, losing himself in the myth he created. Red John wasn’t the story’s end, he was the mirror of Jane’s own darkness. And when the truth finally comes out, Red John isn’t a god or a legend, he’s just a pathetic man. In his final scene, you can see the fear in his eyes. There’s no music, no long speech, no drama, just silence, cold and quick. It’s not meant to be epic, its meant to be real. Even Jane doesn’t celebrate. It’s a quiet catharsis, the end of an illusion. Red John was never a larger-than-life monster. He was ordinary, fragile, human. That’s what makes the ending so powerful: it strips away the myth and shows that the real story was never about catching a killer, it was about freeing Patrick Jane from his obsession.
2025-11-11 00:07:51