Rizzoli & Isles

[lillibet]

Tonight we watched the pilot of Rizzoli & Isles. Having been fans of The Women's Murder Club--the short-lived victim of the writers' strike, based on the series by James Patternson--this was a major case of dejá vu. As Jason said at one point, this was some mighty sincere flattery.

Rizzoli & Isles is based on a different series of books with a female cop center stage. The main character is still the darling of a serial killer on the loose, there's still an FBI agent sniffing around both the cop and the case, she still has gorgeous digs and difficult family relationships, and she still winds up with a dog. But now it's in "Boston" instead of San Francisco, the issues are with her mother not her father, the dog is a lot smaller, and she's only got one sidekick.

We like Angie Harmon--although it's really time for her to look for roles as something other than a feisty-yet-vulnerable cop--so we'll probably stick around for a little while and see if they come up with anything we didn't see a few seasons back.

Comments

[bookly.livejournal.com]

Aha. I THOUGHT 'Rizzoli' sounded familiar. I've read some three or four of Gerritson's books, and they are perhaps the most bloody depictions of misogynists I've ever encountered. I've wondered to my therapist whether she's working out her nightmares or past traumas in her novels...