Tonight at 9p the Jesse Stone franchise moves from CBS to the Hallmark Channel for its ninth edition in the series and it is better than ever. Jesse Stone (Tom Selleck) is Lost in Paradise, but he will find himself when he consults on a cold case in Boston.
The Boston Ripper (Luke Perry) murdered three prostitutes in a horrific way and he confessed to those murders. There was a fourth prostitute, who was killed in the same way, but he never admitted to her murder. Stone is convinced that he didn’t kill Mavis Davies even though everyone else is convinced she was done in by The Boston Ripper since no murders like his have happened since his arrest. Stone will look into the case, and when he thinks he knows what happens, another clue will prove otherwise. Will he get his man or has his man already been caught.
Not only is he trying to solve this case, he is also helping a 13 year old girl he befriended whose mother is a drunk. He will try to get her mother help before she loses her daughter forever.
I don’t know if it is the fact that they talk in beats, but there is something very comforting about the Jesse Stone movies. Selleck brings such a warmth to his tough character that it is hard not to like him and the movies. Tune in for another great chapter in the Jesse Stone series tonight at 9p on the Hallmark Channel. I am already excited for the 10th installment even though it has yet to be announced.
Back in March, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries announced that they picked up the hit movie series Jesse Stone starring Tom Selleck for at least two more telemovies. Today, they announced that ninth installment is called Jesse Stone Lost is Paradise and it will debut this fall.
The famed detective takes a much needed vacation to Boston and the Assistant State Homicide Commander, Lieutenant Sydney Greenstreet (Leslie Hope) knows about his work. She asks him to look in to some unsolved cases. At first, he thinks there is nothing there, but then something catches his eye. The two of them start to investigate that case and find themselves in grave danger. Will they solve the hot case before they find themselves cold? We will find out in a few months. The movie also stars Luke Perry and William Devane.
Back in March, I spoke with Tom Selleck about Jesse Stone changing channels. He wouldn’t tell me much about what is going to happen; but he did talk about what it means to him. He said that he was writing the script for Lost in Paradise like he has done in the past, and will shoot both movies during his summer hiatus from CBS’s Blue Bloods with his partner Michael Brandman. Then he added, “It is always interesting when you’ve been away for three years, there is a great curiosity of the audience, thanks goodness, where Jesse is at.”
He said he was happy with the way things were the progressing with the script. That is important to him because as he explained, “I feel a responsibility because Hallmark has stepped up where we can do the same quality we have always done.”
He concluded his answer about Jesse Stone saying, “I love the character. He is a mess and he is still going to be a mess.”
He might be a mess, but Jesse Stone the series, is anything but. Anyone of any age can enjoy these movies. If you haven’t seen any of them, then I will tell you that several of them are available on Netflix and are constantly airing on the Hallmark Channels. You should check them out this summer before the new film comes to our TVs in the fall.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSmQuwc7hGo Blue Bloods is a police procedural with a lot of heart and emotion and tonight’s episode on CBS at 10p brings a lot that for Tom Selleck and his character Frank Reagan.
Reagan comes to work and he finds out that a young woman from his past has come to visit him. Back when he was a beat cop and she was just a child, he saved her life. Sarah (Amelia Rose Blaire) was six years old when a man came into her house and murdered her parents and younger brother. Frank was one of the first cops who arrived at the house during crime, and to this day it’s the most disturbing crime scene he has ever witnessed.
Since it left such an impact on him, he has remained like a surrogate father to Sarah. So much so, she is there to ask him to walk her down the aisle later on in the week. Sarah also came to see him to tell him that the man who killed her family wrote her a letter, but she can’t bear to open it and would like Frank to do that. When he reads the letter, he finds out that the killer (Kevin Riley) wants to meet Sarah and tell her he is not the same man that he was that day. Sarah doesn’t know if she wants to meet the man who said in court, a year after the murders, that he wishes he killed her too.
She eventually decides that she wants to meet him and she asks Frank to join her. He agrees. When the three of them are sitting in that cold, puke-colored, confined room together having their confrontation, you will witness a scene that is so impactful that you will not be able to do anything but watch and sit there numb for a few minutes.
It is a scene that resonated so much with Tom Selleck that he talked about it on a conference call earlier in the week. Selleck described what his character is going through ealrier in that episode. Frank has such a bond Sarah that he wants to protect her, especially during the week of her wedding. He doesn’t want her to go; but when she can’t get the letter out of her head, he knows she has to and he will be there to support her. Selleck said, “We lead up to the scene where she confronts a cold-blooded killer, who claims to have remorse. It was just very moving to me, and the actress, of course, delivered as the character.†Then he added, “It was a very difficult scene as an actor. Look, we don’t become someone else, but you believe in the situation. It was a very dark place for Frank to go and for Sarah to go. Those aren’t easy scenes. At the same time, she was so good, it was pretty easy for me.â€
Executive Producer, Kevin Wade, was also on the call and he described the atmosphere in the studio as they filmed that poignant scene. He said, “It was the first time I’ve really seen everybody kind of drop to dead silence and crowd around the monitors. The commitment on part of all three actors in that moment. It was something that, you know, we didn’t prepare them for it, but all of a sudden this silence came over the set as they were working as everybody crowded around to watch it.†Wade has been working on the show since almost the beginning and he doesn’t remember that happening before on the set.
Imagine an episode that is so powerful that the lead actor who rarely does press wanted to do some to promote it and a cast a crew stopping everything they were doing to watch it in silence, that is exactly the impact it has. It is a side of Frank Reagan that we’ve never seen before and I think that plays a part in the scene that is so tense, you can cut the tension with a knife. Blaire also gives an award-winning performance as her character confronts the man who ruined her life.
It’s an emotional episode, but not one that leaves you feeling depressed when is over. It plays out in a way that Blue Bloods has perfected during the 5 years it has been on the air.
Make sure to watch an episode that proves excellent television still exists tonight at 10p on CBS.
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Tonight at 10p on CBS, Blue Bloods celebrates its 100th episode.
Danny (Donnie Wahlberg) and his wife, Linda (Amy Carlson), are at the bank trying to refinance their loan, when it is suddenly held-up. There are too many bank robbers and Danny can’t do anything about them until they leave. Once they are gone, his search for them begins. What he doesn’t know is why they did it. When he finds out the reason, he has a tough decision to make. Turn them in or help them out?
Meanwhile over at One Police Plaza, Commissioner Frank Reagan (Tom Selleck) and his PIO, Garrett (Gregory Jbara), finally have it out. Will their fight be the end all of their working relationship?
You just have to tune in to find out. That and for an episode that proves that even though the police procedural is turning 100, it gets better with time.
I am not saying this because I am Blockhead, but I sincerely think that Donnie Wahlberg needs more recognition for his brilliant work on the show. Every week he impresses me with how well he does with whatever the writers give him to do. We knew he could sing, and Blue Bloods truly proves he can act too.
Before Tom Selleck was being chauffeured around in a limo on Blue Bloods, he was being driven around in a Taxi. How sexy was the 34 year old in that 1979 episode.
