Apparently I didn't watch the same movie as the other reviewers on here. I never heard of Jesse Stone before. Didn't know it was a character with several movies. This was the first one I saw and I can already tell you for sure that it was also the last one. I also didn't know it was going to be a television movie. Nothing wrong with that if it's a good one. But the problem is that it's just not a good one. Jesse Stone played by Tom Selleck is an annoying slow character, not pleasant to watch. The story is also very boring. They sometimes make references to stories from other movies in that series so if you didn't watch any other ones than it's even more boring. The glory days from Tom Selleck in Magnum are clearly over. Lousy television movies like this one are just right for him. But not for me to watch.

Yet another strong episode in an excellent franchise. By definition the late Robert B. Parker left behind a finite number of Jesse Stone novels and in terms of new titles his estate has commissioned at least two other writers to keep the character of Stone before the public. In terms of television adaptations this appears to be the first title not based on an actual Parker novel. In terms of quality the change is barely noticeable and as usual it finds Jesse Stone involved in simultaneous cases. Whereas in Death In Paradise the local ambiguous gangster figure was named Finn and killed off we now have Gino Fish, ostensibly a boxing promoter, and a regular character in the Parker novels. Whilst Viola Davis was the best thing in the early episodes her replacement, Rose Gammon, played by Kathy Baker is only a notch behind Davis. Another fine episode.

If you like police dramas you should like this one. Jesse Stone has been forced to retire early because the town council didn't like his policies concerning enforcement. In this film Jesse is out to find why a young friend of his (a girl named Cindy) has been found dead about a mile from his place. Supposedly she died from a drug over dose. His investigation leads him to several interesting finds. Turns out the rehab place she went to was just a semi sham. They let their patients go with drug prescriptions to replace (?) the addictions. One of the ex aides at the place used it to recruit drug addled girls as hookers. Cindy was one of them. Stone gets the scum bag in a hotel room stripped to his boxers. He is told to quit or die. Stone kills him when he breaks into Jesse's house armed to the teeth, I guess for revenge. This movie is also where Jesse's police chief replacement shows up. He is a real political tool, hired because of his relationship as the son in law of the head council member. Stone is again hired by the state to look into a murder case. Jesse investigates and finds out the guy is innocent of the murder charge but is guilty of a rape just a few minutes before the robbery/murder.

Very good premise soon goes out the door as too many people and a sidebar story come in when the basic idea was more than enough for a two hour program.Stone has been forced into retirement, but there seems to be trouble with the new chief.A much older looking Kathy Baker reprises her role as Stone's wife. She still has that frustrated look. It's really time for her to move on from the divorce.Stone takes it upon himself to investigate the apparent suicide of a young lady he knew. It eventually appears that this was not a suicide, and by the end of the program the killer can barely be detected from the armor he was wearing.The scenes shown by the classic films-"Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," and "The Bridge on the River Kwai" show that we have to fight for what we believe in. This was really making an over kill over the movie's subject matter.In short, Tom Selleck-please stick with "Blue Bloods." You've got a winning show there all the way. Time for Jesse Stone to enjoy his retirement.