good back-story, and good acting

an ambitious but ultimately ineffective debut endeavor.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

I like the pace of Jesse Stone TV movies. They are too slow for some folks, but the pauses give the discriminating viewer time to guess at what Jesse is turning over in his head. I thoroughly enjoy the banter between him and his psychologist friend and Capt Healey. As a man who survived all the banter that accompanies time in the military, I actually get a kick out of hearing the dialogue.Jesse is rehired as chief after some police are killed in a car bomb. He is caught between not liking one of the dead and wanting justice even if it proves the dead cop was innocent of a crime. There is some touching of old friendships and a few surprises. We get a small hint of something to come but it is hard to actually piece all of what we see together and know how it will play out.I enjoyed it very much, hope you will too.

This series is awesome; a great depiction of flawed characters with the politics of a small town.With extensive background in law enforcement, both my wife and I appreciated and found this to be very accurate, despite the Hollywood influences. Cops, unfortunately, do deal with many of the same problems; alcohol, marriage, and relationship problems. Tom Selleck does a great job with Robert Parker's character. You can feel the loneliness and isolation in Jesse Stone.In addition, the depiction of ugly death scenes is right on; no restraint. This is a great way to spend 90 minutes.

The problem with the Jesse Stone series in general is that they try to incorporate the various shows in relationship to his personal life. In other words, we get side tracked here and that's not very good.This episode was another perfect example here. More should have been stated about the grieving father-in-law. Was the son-in-law an innocent victim when Butler's car was fire-bombed? Who was Arthur? Was he just a hit-man? Saul Rubinek's character of Hasty was hastily put together. All of a sudden, he was a big deal in this.Rose (Kathy Bates) briefly appears. She always seems so depressed here. One wonders if she is just under contract to fulfill her role as Rose.The show was slow-moving and basically uneventful considering that a car bombing killing two police officers should have generated much more interest.

Maybe my expectations were too high? I've enjoyed previous "episodes" in this series of TV movies. There is always great scenery in which these stories take place.In this particular movie, the viewer gets shot out of their chair by a very unexpected jolt. It's all down hill from there. I was able to zip past all of the boring commercials, but most of the core of this movie was filled with scenes where the audience member is left wondering, "why?" I got a bit tired of watching Jesse and his dog "think." I would have turned this off and read a book had my wife not been there.It finally ended with some sort of sudden "baiting" by our drinking and mentally disturbed hero. I was glad it was over. There was a lot of potential, but action was not the focus of this movie.Watch at your own risk.