Network: TNT
Episodes: 105 (hour)
Seasons: Seven
TV show dates: July 12, 2010 — September 5, 2016
Series status: Cancelled
Performers include: Angie Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Lorraine Bracco, Bruce McGill, Lee Thompson Young, Jordan Bridges, and Billy Burke.
TV show description:
This police drama is based on the Rizzoli/Isles series of novels by Tess Gerritsen. The series revolves around a police detective and a medical examiner who, although they’re complete opposites, combine their talents to solve crimes in Boston.
Detective Jane Rizzoli (Angie Harmon) has the mindset that the criminals she’s chasing are monsters. As a younger girl, with a housewife mom and plumber dad, she saw a police officer on career day at school and decided that was the job for her. She wanted the gun, the badge, and mostly the respect. She worked her way up from a beat patrolman to detective in vice and narcotics, then finally to the homicide unit. Her philosophy in tracking down the criminals is to make it personal — get angry and never give up.
By contrast, it wasn’t until her adult years that Dr. Maura Isles (Sasha Alexander) figured out she wanted to become a forensic pathologist. She always knew she was different than the other kids and would hide in her room reading and dissecting dead mice. Aside from being a scholar, she was also an accomplished pianist and honor student. All of this led her to student medicine but, after medical school, she realized she wasn’t good at the emotions needed for treating living patients and switched to forensics.
Maura knows she doesn’t have much in common with the police she works with and knows that they call her “Queen of the Dead” behind her back. This includes Jane’s former and present partners. Jane’s former partner, Detective Vince Korsak (Bruce McGill), is very much her mentor. Korsak has always treated her like a daughter, and doesn’t get along well with her new partner, Detective Barry Frost (Lee Thompson Young). He’s great when it comes to anything that deals with technology, but gets sick at the sight of blood. Still, he’s just as loyal to Jane as Korsak.
Also very loyal is Angela Rizzoli (Lorraine Bracco), Jane’s mom. She’s the epitome of an Italian mother — somewhat overbearing and very protective of her cubs. She claims to have not slept since Jane became a cop and wishes she’d be a little more feminine. She’s not the only one in the family to feel this way about her, as her little brother Frankie (Jordan Bridges) feels very protective of his big sis. He’s trying to make his way up the police force ladder so also feels like he’s a little in her shadow.
Episode #105 — Ocean Frank
The facts don’t add up when a dead man is found handcuffed in his home. As the Bon Voyage party approaches, everyone makes a video to say goodbye. All say farewell and plan for their next adventures.
First aired: September 5, 2016.
What do you think? Do you like the Rizzoli & Isles TV show? Do you think it should end or continue for an eighth season?
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Please do not cancel the show. It is so good. Best show on tv. Good-bye TNT . Will not watch you any more. Letting a good show go.
I love this show. All the really compelling shows are being replaced with reality shows. When we find time to watch TV we can’t find anything worth watching. Keep it on!
Please,please,please don’t cancel rizzoli and isles. Best show on the network if not all TV. How is it the best get cancelled and the worst (reality) we kept on while the hapless viewers spend the night surfing or a program (any program!) with any merit. Dothepeople who make these decisions even watch their network, or just pick a name out of the hat on who to cancel?this is really unbelievable.
I love this show!! Don’t cancel it!!
Please,please, please don’t cancel rizzoli and isles.it is by far the best show on the network! We look forward to it and even watch the reruns. Can’t even imagine not having it anymore. I don’t want to hurt anybody’s feelings but one of the others even begin to compare. Please listen to your viewers and put them back on for another season. Please,please, please.
why are all of the good series canceled? Rizzoli and Isles is one of series that are worth watching !!!!!
It’s one of the better ones on TV. I really like it and am very disappointed that they have been cancelled. Do we know why it was cancelled?
I love it.don’t cancel the series
No, don’t take Rizzoli and Isles off the air. I love, love this show. Why are they canceling such a good show? I look forward to even watching reruns.
PLEASE do not cancel Rizzoli and Isles. This is a great show.
I look forward watching the show every week. I cannot believe you cancel this show and Castle and put on all these crappy reality show. I do not need to watch somebody elses drama-I have enough of that in my life You have to be kidding.
I love Rizzoli and Isles. It has everything, drama romance comedy. Please renew Rizzoli and Isles. Plus I love watching Angie Harmon.
The good shows Rizzoli and Isles, Castle should not be cancelled. The networks seem to put on those ridiculous reality show that are cheap and phony.
Don’t cancel the series!!
I love it. Don’t cancel!
I would prefer it would continue