“Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost” solid entry in series
Tom Selleck is back in “Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost,” the seventh in the series of television movies based on characters in the collection of books written by the late Robert B. Parker.
In this installment though, Stone is no longer police chief of the fictional town of Paradise, Mass., but that doesn’t stop him from looking into the death of a teenaged girl he had once tried to help; and from getting unofficially involved in the case of a convicted murderer who he thinks is possibly innocent.
Stone is also still battling a couple of familiar demons – alcohol and his ex-wife.
Selleck continues to embody the character of Jesse Stone well in this film, which is liberally paced as usual, but this is a format that works satisfactorily with these stories and roles.
A definite plus is Stone’s relationship with Reggie (Joe the Dog), which adds a little bit of an amusing touch to the drama.
Although it would’ve been nice to see a little more of Kathy Baker as police officer and Stone ally Rose, overall, fans of these movies won’t be disappointed.
“Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost” airs at 8 p.m. Sunday on CBS.
Melissa Hayer
mhayer@opubco.com
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Is there a wake-up call to dedicated Jesse Stone fans to alert us when new one is done. We were watching Blue Blood but it got too complicated, too many cases, too many stupid stuff…why can’t we just have good series with no hype…we can see that on TV on the evening news, which we often turn off…oh well….back to Jane Eyre…..Bon
I couldn’t tell who the killer was with the night vision equipment on…who was the killer? Jesse said, “Don’t turn around —–” but he slurred his words and I couldn’t hear the name….
I also have the first 5 dvd’s and enjoy the series immensely. I was a little disappointed in this last one.
I’m getting a little tired of the same phrases – you can only do what you can do – the informations out there….
Also, the name thing – Jesse – is driving me nuts.
Oh well, I’ll keep watching, can’t hit a home run every time.
Right on! I got frustrated right off the bat. The TV went dead in the first few minutes of the show. Bad Storm. Why was Jessed fired. Why didn’t he get reinstated. Surley
his deputies related how he helped with the solving of the death in the conv Store
I have several books of Parkers, which are great reading for a none reader as I
also have all his DVD’s
Hope he gets reinstated soon, and wht Suitcase quit?
I’m not sure who the killer was. I thought he said Bill & at first I thought it was the new chief. Then I decided it was the aid at the rehab–not Val, the other one. My friend thought it was the doc at the rehab. No matter, we didn’t have enough info to feel good about our conclusions. Would like to know who the killer was & would like to have more info on Jesse’s situation.




We love Jesse Stone’s movies, but this one is just too depressing, even the dog is depressing and that is not something I want to spend two hours with. This one was the worst, the others were excellent and I purchased some of the DVD’s to re-watch them
First of all we didn’t know he had been fired for several minutes into the show but most of all why was he fired, who fired him, the so-called city committee? Probably.
The relationship with the lovely women at the car dealer was not necessary and the lack of answering his mail from a special friend did not compute..he knew it was there. I would think a caring ‘friend’ would have ripped it open immediately. SINCE HE KNEW IT WAS THERE AND PRODUCED IT.
The mix-match of cases amuses me, as one could have been simply eliminated with the stupid lawyer. That was a waste of good film.
We want to watch his 8th to 28th but not if the editors rewrite Robert B. Parker’s probably fine book and Selleck helped to rewrite it..Too much chatting about his name Jesse…not something a real cop would do.
Too much of those two scenes of his sleeping, dead drunk in his damn chair, who needs that? His dog acted better than he did on those two scenes..the dog knows alot but even his sorrowful face a that dog is too much.
I love the small town atmosphere and it appears to be filmed in ??? Maine???, someone tell me…by my e=mail Paradise, Ma is not stated in the state map of Mass… Bon