Rizzoli & Isles: The Complete Series

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Angie Harmon is poised to star in this crime drama on TNT that is based on the mystery novels by Tess Gerritsen.

Maura Isles is not in a good mood as the third season of “Rizzoli & Isles” launches Tuesday.

That will happen when your father just got shot and your best friend was the shooter.

Isles (Sasha Alexander) is ordinarily the most rational and linear of people. Like a good medical examiner should be.

And her friend Jane Rizzoli (Angie Harmon) is ordinarily the most compassionate and considerate of buddies. Like a good Boston detective should be.

In this case, however, Rizzoli didn’t have much choice, since Maura’s father is a Mob killer who was holding a gun himself.

It sounds complicated, but it’s explained well, even to someone who’s a newcomer to the show. That’s one of the reasons “Rizzoli & Isles” has become one of the best cop shows on TV.

It works as light summer drama, with lots of great banter between the women, and it works as cop drama, since it has put both of them in very dangerous situations at regular intervals.

Best of all, though, it keeps peeling away layers on both characters. Neither, it turns out, is quite as immune to men as it might seem, and both are struggling with mother issues, for entirely different reasons.

That could get trite. Here, instead, it’s fast-moving and fun. Lorraine Bracco has loads of fun as Jane’s mom and Sharon Lawrence will come in this season as Maura’s.

In fact, the whole cast gets in the spirit — and let’s bet even Maura won’t stay mad all season.

-David Hinckley

DVD Wholesale Main Features:

Actors: Various
Directors: Various
Format: AC-3, Dolby, NTSC
Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Region: Region 1
Studio: WarnerBrothers
DVD Release Date: January 17, 2017
ASIN: B01N95Z9L8