This week on Rizzoli & Isles, Boston is in the grip of a heat wave. The episode opens with a nameless, faceless figure we assume to be the perp, a supposition that’s bolstered by the fact that he begins making stabby motions. …At ice cubes. Have we misjudged him? Nope; turns out he’s breaking up the ice to fill a bath with a dead body in it – the first of many cool-down techniques showcased in Rizzoli & Isles 5×11, “If You Can’t Stand the Heat.”
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Rizzoli & Isles 5×10 opens with a guy dousing a house with accelerent before setting it alight. Talk about a warm welcome to the episode (sorry). Read on for our recap of “Phoenix Rising”:
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As well as wrapping up some loose ends from the previous episode, Rizzoli & Isles 5×09 features a mummy and a stuffed panda. Read on for our recap of “It Takes A Village”:
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Since current showrunner Jan Nash took over from her predecessor, Janet Tamaro, at the beginning of season 5, a significantly larger portion of each episode has been dedicated to the crime of the week. Rizzoli & Isles 5×08 was heavily crime-focused even by season 5 standards, but there was still some lightheartedness thrown in for good measure. Read on for our recap of “Lost & Found”:
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