See One, Do One, Teach One

The casting is great, the writing snappy and it was a treat to see Billy Burke outside of the Twilight saga. Wonderful to see Angie Harmon on PrimeTime again, also Sasha Alexander! I'm glad that it's not obliquely PC nor horribly liberal as so many shows are wont to be. I like the exchange between the cast as that is something you see after several years together. Can't wait to see the upcoming series. Just enough intrigue, suspense, humor and crisp writing to keep it suspenseful. I love Lorraine Bracco as her mother (is she old enough to be her mother???)

I enjoy the fact they don't treat the viewers as stupid, allowing us to see the episode in an intelligent and forthright manner. You cheer for the protagonist, have a clear definition of the antagonist. Thank you, writers for bringing another great series to TNT.

The pilot episode, See One. Do One. Teach One. Is based on Tess Gerritsen's novel The Apprentice. Boston detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles find that a series of killings are similar to that of The Surgeon.

The serial killer Charles Hoyt, a former medical student that Rizzoli arrested. However he is in jail so this must be a copycat or someone Hoyt knew and trained.

Rizzoli goes to see Hoyt in prison but he is in no mood to give any information. He would rather play games and frustrate Rizzoli. Isles meanwhile finds out that this new killer has an interest in necrophilia.

They are joined by Special Agent Gabriel Dean from the FBI who is acting as an observer. Rizzoli distrusts him and Dean seems to know more than he lets on.

Although a gritty and grisly opening episode. Much of it was inspired by The Silence of the Lambs type of crime thrillers. In short hugely derivative with some plot holes.

Rizzoli going to her house when she made a breakthrough, not telling the FBI man what happened. When she arrives there is no police outside her house. She walks into a trap. It looked like bad writing than anything inspired.

Everything about the show is boring, generic, and stereotyped. The characters, the stories, the plot points.

Its like they ripped off a hundred other police shows and built something that cannot measure up to any of them. I give it 1/10 because the leads are cute. Not cool, not fun, not interesting, definitely not original. Just cute.

The only minor surprise was one use of the S word so I checked IMDB and apparently it was made for cable.

It did not elevate the uninspired dialog at all. This is a time filler, and given that it got 7 whole seasons, I'd say it fulfilled its purpose very well.

An excellent opening episode for what turned out to be an excellent series that went 7 seasons. Strong lead actors and a great supporting cast made this show a winner.

No spoilers for this episode but I'll bet after watching this one, you'll be back to watch more.

Recommended.