How does innocents lost end

Times Events. Times Store. Facebook Twitter Show more sharing options Share Close extra sharing options. Mary McNamara. Follow Us twitter instagram email facebook. More From the Los Angeles Times. The town council president removed Jesse Stone, and he installed his son-in-law, William Butler, as the new chief. William was incapable of shouldering such responsibilities and irresponsible and was more concerned about the public image of the town rather than conducting an actual criminal investigation.

Jesse is not only depressed but mentally broken through all of the disastrous turns of events in his life, spending his troubled times getting drunk and in profound contemplation of his life, with his sole companion being his dog, a golden retriever named Boomer. Besides his monotonous life, his former loyal colleagues at the crime department, Rose, played by Kathy Baker, and Suitcase Kohl Sudduth , are also dealing with their new and annoying chief.

Jesse Stone caught wind of this mishap, and coincidentally he knew the victim personally since he had previously met her and befriended her when she was caught for a DUI. Jesse was determined to find out the cause of the death of the college student and investigate the roots of this case. At the same time, one of his old friends and colleague, State Homicide Commander Healy, played by Stephen McHattie, needs his assistance with another murder case in Boston.

Jesse also has the persisting issue with his ex-wife, which he has to deal with and combat the drinking problem, which poses a major risk to his health and well-being. The more I watch, the better I like Jesse Stone.

How much coffee does he drink in a day? Billyjhobbs-1 23 May While this is a welcomed continuation of a good excellent Tom Selleck series I don't care for "Blue Bloods" , I was a bit disappointed in "Innocents Lost. While that is good, this one was too incomplete for my liking. Second, the pacing of "Innocents Lost" seemed to be out in the netherworld--slow at times, possibly to make sure that the full two hours time slot was completed yet not forgetting to set the stage for the next episode, when?

In six months' time? A year? New viewers could easily have been baffled by the "inside" story, events and characters based upon previous episodes which really isn't fair to new viewers, that is, if new viewers were wanted. Character development lagged we've a new police chief and we know we don't like him and we know that he's bound to be "gone" in another episode, but, please, don't tease us to the extent that it did.

And, Jesse, forget about your ex-wife. Enough whining. Move on. All this said, though, I didn't regret watching "Innocents Lost"--but was quite let down by its "incompleteness. Fans of this serious deserve a medal for being the most patient fans on the planet. Most fans have had to resort to DVD supplements or the Hallmark Channel to even catch all the installments. Part 6 ultimately aired with little fanfare in a terrible time slot and Part 7 finally found a decent home and will be released on DVD August 2nd, probably.

Even if you were able to catch all of them on TV the time period between films was pretty lengthy to remember some of the plot points in the continuing story line. Nifty idea if you watch all the DVD's in a month, but not spread out over 3 years. For the record in case you need to catch up, the story order of the DVD's not the order they were aired or related to the book title order are: 1. Night Passage 2.

Stone Cold 3. Death in Paradise 4. Sea Change 5. Thin Ice 6. No Remorse 7. Innocents Lost. So are they worth it? They are character-driven moody dramas with just enough quirky moments to add some jokeless humor. Jesse Stone is a cop and a drunk who goes from being an LAPD robbery-homicide detective to police chief of a small town in Massachusetts. He solves all the cold cases unsolved crimes , including the grisly ones that no one in town even knew existed, merely as a way to pass the boredom.

This actually upsets the status quo of townsfolk that would rather leave their not-so-peaceful past buried. Story lines unexpectedly spill into sequel films making this a continuous story-line series. I liked this movie so much that I immediately went out and bought all eight as of Spring and I will buy 9 when it comes out. This is a great drama, doesn't feed you the information, lets you take the lead only to find out later. I liked Rose Gammon in the series and would like to see much more of her.

Could there be some electricity between Jesse and Rose if she returns? Jesse needs to catch Hasty. The homicide chief in Boston needs to keep up the dry whit with Jesse.

Great job. There should be a closer bond with the dog. He is beautiful. I really enjoy the Jesse Stone series and look forward to many more episodes. Although the Jesse Stone character was created by Robert B. Parker, and he wrote an entire series of books based on him, this particular story was penned by the star, Tom Selleck, along with Michael Brandon one of the executive producers.

As such, their collaboration has resulted in a most-excellent continuation of the Stone series. Instead, he works solely on his own this time as he strives to solve two unassociated crimes, one which involves the death of a young friend of his.

Unfortunately, Jesse is still struggling with personal issues including his interest in hard liquor. Although there may be several times during progression of the story that viewers may feel frustration over how things are going, everyone will come away from the film with an undeniable sense of satisfaction, and the ending, as always, will leave you yearning for additional future stories.

Tom Selleck is an impressive, professional actor, and his exquisite portrayal of this role is part of what keeps people coming back for more. It's hard to do justice to Jesse Stone watching it on commercial TV: so far I have held out for the DVDs but the ending of the excellent last episode was so suspenseful, I couldn't wait. The greatest strength of this series has always been the subtle characterizations - of course Jesse himself, but also Suitcase, Rose, Dix, Healy, Hasty, Hanson, D'Angelo and Doc Perkins - all brilliantly drawn and acted, without any need to go overboard.

Yet, this time, I felt there was a bit too much dependence on past character development and a rehashing of a lot of their old lines Hasty, for example, must always say "I'm very fond of you, Jesse" : I didn't find any of the new appearances were particularly engaging; with the possible exception of the wonderfully odious new Chief sorry I didn't get his name , they seemed rather a grey lot - and the issue here is direction and screenplay, not acting.

The end was a bit too sudden for me and, yet again, we must wait for the next episode before a number of loose ends get resolved including the main plot-line. Actually, my channel concluded so abruptly that there were no end credits and I didn't realize it was over. Robert Harmon builds atmosphere brilliantly, the screenplay is witty and taut but rather less so this time and some clever in-jokes with Jesse using Dr.

Dix's "what do you think of that? It's not the best episode but I hugely look forward to seeing it on DVD and may then be obliged to revise some of my first impressions. The synopsis here is incorrect, by the way, when is says that Jesse is reinstated.

I read that Chief Stone gets re-instated. I kept waiting for it to happen within the last half hour of the program. I suppose he might be re-instated by the next film. Reggie did a superb job of acting, as always. He has an impressive resume. I'm glad some things haven't changed, the excellent music by Jeff Beal I asked him if I could purchase his soundtrack and he sent it to me free via Amazon , William Devane is still the doc, the usual characters were there which is a treat.

The station didn't allow the end credits to roll. Felt like the show ended two minutes too soon. Don't rush the audience. This is why viewing via DVD is much more satisfying. I hope the next movie will be done this year.

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