I was fearful - who could they possibly kill of our leads? The only possibilities that made any sense were Sam Bosco (Terry Kinney) and Vincent Minelli (Gregory Itzin), but with all the hype about the deaths, it seemed too easy. If they really wanted to shock and surprise, killing Cho (Tim Kang) or Rigsby (Owain Yeoman) would have been far more effective.
But Bosco died, not Rigsby or Cho, and while that seems to obvious answer, I was happy with it. I can live with Bosco's death even though he'd stopped being such a pickle, and I can live with the death of the rest of his team too. But just because I can live with these things, and just because I am gleeful that my favourite CBI team has escaped unharmed (physically at any rate), it does not mean that this episode wasn't both heart-rending and forward-moving.
Bosco's death, shortly after he confessed his love to Lisbon (Robin Tunney) and made Jane (Simon Baker) promise to kill Red John, was a blow to everyone. He was made of the right stuff, and once he stopped being so difficult toward Jane, things would really have started to move forward. Plus, you have to love that he was not forgiving of Jane's ridiculous and illegal behaviour. Sure, it's nice to always solve a case, but sometimes it's nice for the conviction to hold.
He will be missed.
There has been some speculation as to how this will affect the team. Well, Minelli retiring certainly will be an issue. Someone new is going to have to get used to Jane's eccentricities. We'll have to see just how forgiving he or she is. Lisbon will certainly not be able to move on easily. She loved Sam, too. Even Rigsby is suffering over the death of Hicks, whose life he had saved only a week ago.
Jane, on the other hand, will not be affected any more than usual. There was a moment, when the murderer told Jane that Red John had killed Bosco and his team so that Jane could be back on the case, that Jane believed these new murders might truly be his fault. It didn't even cross his mind at that point that Bosco was just reopening the case to him and he would have been back on the trail soon enough. But when she said those words, believing all the while that Red John was a good man, well it took something out of Jane. That was all undone only moments later when Red John killed his own right hand. She may have been willing to do anything for him, but she meant nothing to him. And when Jane was proven correct on that front, he got his strength back.
Red John killed Bosco and had her tell Jane it was for him to hurt Jane. Nothing more. It's a crappy reason to die, but Jane will honour their memories by not being distracted. Before the mourning of his fellows was over, he was back at the files, desperate to find a trace of Red John's mistakes.
He had made them before, he would make one again, and eventually, he will be caught.
I just hope not too soon. Either the series will end, or some other super serial killer that cannot be caught will have to appear to save the day.
Where do you think we will go from here?
This was an awesome episode. The Red John storyline is a great one with much speculation about who Red John is. Can't wait to see it all play out.
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