The Blood on His Hands, the Questions in my Mind

As you all should know this year we are going to learn who Red John is.  Of course that means I have been going back and watching again old episodes of the show that have the red smile face killer.  I haven't had any sudden revelations (expect for today when something DualAlly said made me think).  Yes, that burning smell was not your house on fire just my brain actually working.  But one episode that I watched tonight left me with questions.  I don't know the answers... maybe you do.  Especially if you are a friend of Red John's.

The episode I had the pleasure of viewing probably for the 30th time was The Blood on His Hands written with such fun, depth, and suspense by the wonderful Tom Szentgyorgyi and directed by (one of my favorites) David Barrett.  So now a little in depth discussion.

The story: A body washes up that belongs to a member of Visualize.  As Jane and CBI investigate they discover that the dead lady was dating the Visualize lawyer, Julius, while being prearranged to marry a cook named David.  Van Pelt meets Craig O'Laughlin when he is following her and Rigsby.  Jane finds Kristina Frye thanks to Bret Stiles but Kristina has now been brain washed to think she is dead.

The Title: The blood on whose hands?  Red John seeing he took Kristina Frye is one possibility.  Julius, for he murdered Celicia, another theory. Could it be David who kills Julius?  Or Bret Stiles because the life of Visualize impacted Celicia's life and lead to her death (not to mention it is eluded that Stiles set David in motion to off Julius)?  One other person who could have blood on his hands is Jane.  Jane went on a date with Kristina.  Stiles says that Red John sort of "loves" him.  That he would be jealous.  That RJ wants to take away anything that makes Jane happy.  Whom do you think the title refers to?

What Does Stiles Know? Stiles says he knows more than Red John or Jane know.  But the question is how much more and how has he used this knowledge to further cement his standing with Visualize.  Why does Stiles tell Jane where Kristina is?  Is it to show how much more powerful than Jane and Red John he is?  Did RJ ask him to to add torment to Jane?  Was he doing this "friendly" gesture so he could use Jane later on?

O'Laughlin and the Car: I was always curious if Craig purposely hit Van Pelt and Rigsby to either harm or kill them or maybe to get introduced.  We now know that Craig knew exactly who Van Pelt's dad was so no question bringing up Amos was to get VP interested in him.  Red John likes to choose agents to bed the CBI team that he knows they would like.  Jane had Lorelei who resembled Lisbon and Vane Pelt had former football player O'Laughlin.  RJ must consider himself a professional match maker. 

Kristina's House of Horrors: Really what was up with the lights, paint brush and chair in the second place Kristina Frye was kept?  Weird remolding or something much more sinister?  At the time I thought Red John was planning to film something but now I wonder if he was planning to paint Kristina's blood on the wall and leave her sitting limp in the chair like the doll in the first house. I hope you weren't eating. 

If you haven't seen The Blood on His Hands recently I highly recommend watching it again.  Now that we are heading to the climax of the Red John story it is your last time to piece together the mystery before it is solved for us.