- "I forgive your brusqueness. I can tell that you have been visited by great tragedy."
- ―Ellis Mars to Patrick Jane[bron]
Ellis Mars is a character in Red Moon.
He's a pretend psychic, clairvoyant and astrologist. Mars is, in fact, a con-man, but helps Patrick Jane, CBI, and police in the case of a serial killer they reveal as Todd Johnson, one of Red John's friends. Jane uses him as a trap for Johnson.
Mars in Red John suspects[]
See also: Red John Theories#Ellis Mars.
Ellis Mars is a suspect to be Red John and appears in Jane's List of Suspects.
First card of Mars; Ellis Mars - Hire Me
John Billingsley plays Ellis Mars
Supposed Red John's car
Ellis Mars car
Confront: Sally Carter's friend and Ellis Mars
Ellis second card: "Ellis Mars - clairvoyant - for consultant call (916) 555-0136"
Confront with the writing