Last night's episode of "Rizzoli And Isles," entitled "No One Mourns For The Wicked," might be the this season's best, and most poignant, episode. For the latter, wait for the next post, which will explain this.
But, girls, if you are one of those folk, like me, whose avocation is serial killers, this was the episode for you. It started out with Jane and Maura doing a recreational presentation of a crime scene to a panel of law enforcement professionals. The case involved was one close to Jane--a couple murdered by her personal nemesis, serial killer Charles Hoyte, played by Michael Massee in a dream sequence so chilling it had me squirming. Not only for his performance, but for this little boy, (meant to represent Charles as a child, perhaps????) who had a stranglehold on this adorable puppy. It was almost too much.
They are joined at the presentation by Dr. Victoria Nolan, a renowned forensic
psychologist, who has written a book called "The Three Faces Of Evil," profiling some renowned serial
killers, chief among them Jane's deceased nemesis, Charles Hoyte. Which is what triggers the dream. However, the performance of the evening here is given by guest star Jessica Tuck as Dr.Victoria Nolan, the sickest bitch you could ever hope to see, and I hope we do, indeed see more of her.
Dr. Nolan, at first, drips sugar and spice; dining with Jane and Maura, gorging of Angela's homemade lasagna. answering the latter's questions about her profession and the nature of serial killers. Quite a lot is learned about them here, for those who do not already know--the abused childhoods, the ability to blend into any social fabric, and the fact--and this is important for this particular episode--that when a serial killer is female, they work in teams. Think about it--Myra Hindley and Ian Brady, Charles Starkwether and Caril Fugate, Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez; the last two known as the "Lonelyhearts Killers," and whose story was turned into the camp classic "The Honeymoon Killers" (1969), with Shirley Jones and Tony LoBianco!!!!!!!!!! What a hoot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And that is "The Honeymoon Killers," not "The Honeymooners," darlings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Everything is going fine at the presentation, until the discovery is made that the two dummies created to replicate the victims are not dummies, but actual bodies--of security guards on duty. A crime scene is roped off, meaning the killer of these two is in the midst.
I want to tell you, when that assistant, Jack (played by Nick Gehlfus) showed up as part of Dr. Nolan's book promotion entourage, I knew instantly he was involved. And I thought he was THE ONE. Except the writers had something more insidious in mind.
Through some feminine wiles, Dr. Nolan charms Lieutenant Vince Korsak (Bruce McGill) into inviting her and Jack over to his house for coffee, to see his beloved dogs, as she professes to being an avid dog lover. The next thing we know, Korsak is tied up in his basement to pillars, so that the whole thing has the visual look and feel of an S and M club. With both Dr. Nolan and Jack cracking the whip!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It turns out that in the course of this investigation, there was this young girl, whose family was murdered, say twenty years ago. The girl was never found, because, being young, she went into the foster care system. It turns out that the girl was Victoria Nolan, and, in an odd way, she had reason to murder her parents. For years, her father was sexually abusing her, while her mother simply looked the other way. When Daddy impregnated Daughter, the baby, a boy, was put up for adoption. After getting rid of her parents, and growing to adulthood, the deranged psychologist tracked her son down, and made her into what she now was--a serial killer--by teaching him to systematically strangle puppies with no emotional detachment! Some mother love, huh?????? These two outdo Sante and Kenny Kimes. And you know how much we just love them, darlings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Korsak, to buy time for his pups, as well as himself, goads Jack about being a Mama's boy, and it almost works. But THIS Mama, with a steel plated heart, shoots her own son instead. Just as Jane rushes in, and shoots Victoria, but she is alive, as she is handcuffed, and taken away.
Like I said, Jessica Tuck stole the show as Victoria. Her monologue on her evolution into a serial killer is one of the best basic explanations for one I have ever heard. The writers had certainly done their homework, and, by keeping her alive, I hope Dr. Nolan is brought back in a future episode. What a nasty piece of work she is!!!!!!!!!! You know we just LOVE her, darlings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
However, I would not want to be her patient. This episode was SO good, that, when it is repeated before the new one next Tuesday at 8PM, I think I will watch it.
It was just a fun filled evening, girls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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