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In the beginning of the fifth season of The Mentalist, I somewhat jokingly wondered who Red John was. My picks were Patrick Jane (Simon Baker) himself, Teresa Lisbon (Robin Tunney), Lorelei Martins (Emmanuelle Chriqui), or someone else. Well, it turns out I’m right. It’s someone else. Spoilers to follow.

Earlier this season before her demise at the hands of Red John, Lorelei told Jane that he had shaken hands with the serial killer. Through some miraculous process of elimination, Jane whittled it down to seven possible suspects. At the end of the finale, those names are revealed. (When Jane solves the murder of the week, it leads him to a video of the now deceased Lorelei reading off the names on Jane’s list, per Red John’s predictions. Apparently, The Mentalist’s big bad is a little bit psychic — or at least better at faking it then Jane ever was.)

Here are Jane’s suspects — many of whom have appeared multiple times throughout the series, and some only once.

Bret Stiles (Malcolm McDowell): The leader of Visualize Self-Realization Center

Gale Betram (Michael Gaston): The director of the CBI

Raymond Haffner (Reed Diamond): A CBI agent, Jane’s former boss

Reede Smith (Drew Powell): An FBI agent

Bob Kirkland (Kevin Corrigan): A homeland security agent

Sheriff Thomas McAllister (Xander Berkeley): A sheriff who helped Jane and the CBI solve a murder way back in the second episode of the series.

Brett Partridge (Jack Plotnick): A forensic analysis for the CBI

My money is on Partridge for three reasons: His voice fits Red John’s eerily high pitched tones, he hates Jane, and I read a theory about it being him way back in season 1.

Who do you think Red John is?

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Apparently the LAPD has now figured out the markers that distinguish swatting from the real deal.

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"Charlie supports the actions of the Department of Children and Family Services," his rep tells TMZ. "He knows Max and Bob are safe and in a stable, loving environment with Denise and the boys' sisters."

As we previously reported, Sheen's 4-year-old twins -- Bob and Max -- were taken Thursday night after the L.A. County D.C.F.S. decided Mueller's home was an "unsafe environment" due to her suspected drug use.

A hearing has been set for next week to sort out where the kids will live long-term. Charlie's rep tells us Sheen "will fully cooperate and fully participate in all proceedings."

There’s only one veteran TV personality who might really know what Matt Lauer’s been going through since Ann Curry’s dramatic ousting from the Today show. Jay Leno has been the subject of vitriol and derision basically since the day NBC picked him to host Today‘s late-night counterpart. (The height of it probably came during the Great Conan Disaster of 2010, the sequel to Leno and David Letterman’s original Late Night Wars over who would replace Johnny Carson.)

It’s no surprise, then, to learn that Lauer and Leno are good pals — and it’s doubly unsurprising that when the former stopped by the latter’s show last night, their conversation barely touched upon the beating Lauer’s been taking since Curry got axed.

Leno did ask Lauer about how he’s been holding up, and the morning show host replied that he’s trying to accentuate the positive: “The fact of the matter is, millions of people still invite us into their homes to deliver the news. I am not a guy who complains. … I love this job, I really do.”

Lauer also gave his colleague Kathie Lee Gifford a shout-out, thanking her for her continued support, and joked about his co-host Savannah Guthrie supposedly flipping him off during a March broadcast.

But mostly, their conversation revolved around current events — Lauer’s interview of the Boston Marathon bombers’ carjack victim — and the usual softball topics that are bread and butter to both hosts (“Gangnam Style,” Martha Stewart’s dating life, golf cart hovercrafts). It did, however, end on a heartfelt note: “Through good times and bad times, you have been a terrific pal to me,” Lauer told Leno without prompting.

Hey — if nothing else, at least these guys have each other.

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Tom Riley may play an intense Leonardo da Vinci on David S. Goyer’s Da Vinci’s Demons, but the Brit was all laughs when he stopped by EW to take our Pop Culture Personality Test – and give arguably the best answer we’ll ever receive for “Name an R-rated movie you saw too young.”

Da Vinci’s Demons, which has already been renewed for a second season, airs Fridays at 9 p.m. ET on Starz.

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It’s tempting to recap a show like Happy Endings by just transcribing every line and saying ”this was hilarious,” but let’s savor the hour a little more. The gang begins ”Deuce Babylove 2: Electric Babydeuce” hanging out with Penny’s mom, Dana (Megan Mullally), and Dave’s Dad, Big Dave (Michael McKean). When no one can hang out with Max, everyone starts to think about how much time the group actually spends together. Really, it’s just breakfast four or five times a week and drinks every evening. Oh, and they deliver all important news in person. That last part involves an awkward incident with Jane’s gyno.

Jane and Brad lied about going to a Bris, because they really wanted to try to join a tennis club. Max and Alex try to tag along to the Bris — Max wants to see his third one, though ”the second one was less of a religious ceremony and more of a horrific jet-skiing accident” — so Brad makes a quick lie about how he thought Max and Alex would make fun of them for wanting to do a rich people thing like join a tennis club. ”What time is your monocle-fitting, Ambassador Goldface Von Cash?” Max promptly throws out. Whew! Brad and Jane think they are off the hook. But really, Max knows they lied and he has a plan.

Meanwhile, Dave and Penny get some big news. They were hoping their parents might be tying the knot, but instead Big Dave and Dana announce that they want to adopt. Penny and Dave are obviously not excited, but they lie. Oh, do they lie! So much so that Dave has to improv a little jazz solo. Of course, they think of a plan and they think it up quick. They’ll just borrow a baby from one of their friends with kids — who apparently exist somewhere — and remind their parents how hard it is to raise a kid. We also learn that they once took Max to a prison to teach the inmates to get their act together. Also, Penny has a (frequent?) Jason Giambi sex nightmare.

At the tennis club, Brad and Jane are having a wonderful time. ”Tanning cream: heated, towels: heated, locker room attendant: heated… when I pointed out all of his lotions are full of toxic parabens,” Brad delightedly tells Jane. They’re about to go on a tour of the facilities when they are introduced to the people who will be touring with them: Max and Alex, sipping fruity drinks and trying to act rich.

Brad and Jane are not happy with their tagalongs, so Max makes a deal with them. The two pairs will play each other in doubles tennis; if Brad and Jane win, Max and Alex will leave. ”Max, nobody solves things through tennis matches anymore, bro. It’s not the ’80s” says Brad. Then Max calls Brad Arthur Ashy. Now, this moment right here is what makes this show so great. It could have gotten really offensive really fast, but instead Brad angrily delivers a line of pure hilarity: ”Nobody calls me ashy. Ever. That is not just a slap in my evenly moisturized face, it’s an insult to my personal lotion consultant and my creamist.” If you saw our clip, you know Brad and Jane win, but in the process alienate everyone in the club with their intensity and impressive racket-breaking skills.

The search for a friend’s baby is not going great for Dave and Penny, so they decide they’ll just hold a casting call for a baby. At the casting call, they try to find the worst mother and tell her they just need to take her baby for a quick screen test. Then they take the baby downstairs and try to make it start crying before their parents get there. Dave tries insulting the baby and Penny makes herself cry in hopes the baby will too — she just reminds herself she’s wearing Shania Twain perfume. When the baby’s mom comes down she threatens to call the police on Dave and Penny, just as Dana and Big Dave show up.

In the end, Dana and Big Dave solve the problem by paying the mom off. However, in the process, Dave and Penny did convince their parents not to adopt. So, win?

Brad and Jane explain to Max that they aren’t going to go off and do rich people things. They just want something to do as a couple. Max feels bad for ruining their chances of getting into the tennis club, but he has the perfect plan to get them back in. It doesn’t work though, and he ends up frantically running out of the club, naked, screaming as much. Well, he tried.

NEXT: Brooke out-Janes Jane… just accept that there’s a third Kerkovich sister.

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Spoiler Alert: Do not read this if you have not watched Thursday’s episode of Scandal, ”A Woman Scorned.”

In a perfect world Olivia and Fitz would end up together. I understand this and I will not fight you ‘shippers. I am one of you, but I’m growing concerned about where this relationship is headed. Although their love theme makes my heart flutter, I did not squee with excitement as the clock ran down on Mellie’s ultimatum and Olivia and Fitz stopped heavy-breathing into the phone and started heavy-breathing together in real life. So I’m going to talk through the mixed emotions I have about this whole development below and hopefully, dear PopWatchers, you can help me work through them:

1. Let’s talk about Fitz’s farcical presidency: Didn’t he, like, really want to be president? Didn’t he want to change the world? Isn’t part of the reason that Olivia fell in love with him his ambition?  Most importantly, would their love be as hot if he were just a disgraced one-term president and she was still running the world with her Gladiators? Fitz faces the age-old question of choosing love or your career, except, you know, the ”career” is leader of the free world. I talked to Samantha Highfill about how bizarre it seems to me that Fitz would give up his good favor as president and Olivia would let him. She argued that after being shot, Fitz realized what was really important in his life and well, it wasn’t the presidency. He would have told her sooner, but then he found out about Defiance. Okay, I’ll buy that being the president hasn’t turned out to be all it was cracked up to be for Fitz. But still, Olivia’s the character who made him get his wife pregnant in season 1 to save his presidency. That brings us to…

2. Let’s discuss the character of Olivia: Why would this act of self-sabotage constitute ”earning her”? While Samantha loved the ”earning” line, I thought it was kind of rough. Let’s not pretend they both haven’t done things that are despicable in this relationship.

Plus, what is so great about their relationship is that they both have to choose duty to the country over their own desires. Isn’t that exactly what makes their love epic? That it’s impeded by their great obligation to the country? But then again, I guess Olivia’s obligation to the country was sort of destroyed when she rigged an election. That’s not saying that the whole rigging the election thing wasn’t compelling. The scene where she finally decides to rig the election in the mirrored hallway is one of her strongest moments on the show (also, again, why she probably didn’t mean ”give up the presidency” when she said ”earn me”) and I agree that her relationship with Fitz grounds her and makes her more complex. However, I don’t necessarily think that her love for him in this moment wouldn’t let her see the big picture of what was happening. Even if she can fix everything, she’s still probably going to be outed as Fitz’s mistress. And then what? They go open up a bed and breakfast somewhere? Or she fixes the situation, but in the process destroys their relationship? This seems like a rocky road.

3. Let’s not forget about the kids: As some commenters pointed out, as Fitz watched the clock wind down with Olivia  one thing we all should have been thinking about was ”Now Mellie and Fitz’s kids are going to find out about their dad’s affair on national television.” And okay, this is on Mellie too, but does no one care for these children’s well-being? Are we going to see a show in twenty years where Fitz’s son is running for president and resenting his dad? Like for real guys, someone needs to look after these poor kids.

4. Let’s all agree that Mellie should be president: I get that maybe none of you will agree with me on this, but we can at least all agree that Bellamy Young is fantastic. Mellie doesn’t pretend to be a good person (like some people), she knows who she is. And while she might be a Lady MacBeth figure, these days, she could be MacBeth, too. We’ve heard a little about Mellie’s backstory, but an episode devoted to it would be great. In the meantime, I hope the show doesn’t make her the mole, she’s too good for that.

So PopWatchers, is everyone as conflicted about last night’s gamechanger as me? Did anyone else think that Fitz’s big gesture wasn’t really that great? Do we all kind of wish, but know it’s not really possible, that we could have a relationship as passionate as Olivia and Fitz’s, but without all the presidency stuff?

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