After watching the Season 6 finale of Rizzoli and Isles, it is no shocker to me that they only lasted one more season. In short: they tried too hard. This show started in Season 1 with good crime stories and interesting plot twists, but they had another side to the show that most crime shows avoid or skip...the family and friends. The jokes. The funny side moments and the best friend relationship. They showed cops and MEs lives outside of their job and that was what made this show. Now in Season 6, they took those things away (or showed less of them) and ending up making it just like any other cop show with way too many plot twists and unnecessary suspenseful moments. Sometimes the episode didn't even cover everything and left plot holes because they were trying to fit so much into one episode.
This season finale having the stalker/payback storyline along with Vince getting married was too much for one episode. Trying to include additional crimes and storylines in the last few episodes prior also didn't help with keeping the plot clear and made some of the stories hard to follow.
They did start off well with Alice's (stalker/payback) storyline, with Jane having to figure out clues and always having Alice one step ahead, but in this season finale, it seems like they gave all of that up and just had her come back as a killer. This idea doesn't follow through with how smart her previous tactics were and ends up ruining the suspense of what will Alice do next.
Knowing that this storyline continues into Season 7, along with (mostly likely) additional episode crimes, I can only imagine that the show will lose it's focus of what it began with. If this is how the show was meant to continue, I think it did well ending in Season 7. If only they would have stuck with how great their show was in Season 1.
This season finale having the stalker/payback storyline along with Vince getting married was too much for one episode. Trying to include additional crimes and storylines in the last few episodes prior also didn't help with keeping the plot clear and made some of the stories hard to follow.
They did start off well with Alice's (stalker/payback) storyline, with Jane having to figure out clues and always having Alice one step ahead, but in this season finale, it seems like they gave all of that up and just had her come back as a killer. This idea doesn't follow through with how smart her previous tactics were and ends up ruining the suspense of what will Alice do next.
Knowing that this storyline continues into Season 7, along with (mostly likely) additional episode crimes, I can only imagine that the show will lose it's focus of what it began with. If this is how the show was meant to continue, I think it did well ending in Season 7. If only they would have stuck with how great their show was in Season 1.
