This Was The Saddest "Rizzoli And Isles" I Have Ever Seen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                              And, hopefully, there will never be another!  When Art and Life come together, the results can sometimes be joyous and brilliant, or they can be horrifically tragic.   Last night's episode was the latter.  I do not know its title, but it might as well have been called "Loss."

                               As some of my girls know, the show was sent into a tailspin last Spring by the real life suicide of actor Lee Thompson Young, who played Detective Barry Frost. The 29-year-old, who seemed to have it all, also suffered from bi-polar disorder, which caused him to end his life.

                                 How was this to be dealt with, on the show?  It would have to.  The previous season was curtailed somewhat, because of the devastation left in the wake of Young's passing.  The crew needed a chance to regroup, and figure out a way to respectfully deal with his death.

                                  The Season Opener, last week, which was exciting, hinted initially, that Frost was on vacation.  The segment ended with Korsak getting a call, confirming Frost's demise in a car accident.

                                     This week's episode dealt with it, head on.  Writing an actor out of a show is one thing, when the actor goes on to other projects or careers. It is an altogether different matter, when the real life actor is dead, as is the character.  It made the audience feel the characters' grief in a more intense way, and I truly believe that when the actors, all of whom did, broke down on camera, that was not acting; that was the genuine thing.  It must have been hard for everyone to film this episode, and my hat goes out to all of them.

                                        This was kept in check by a young girl suffering another kind of loss--what turned out to be witnessing the death of her boy friend in an execution by a drug dealer. In spite of the tragedy, Rizzoli got this piece of scum.

                                          The church scene was almost painful to watch. The coffin draped with the American flag.  The bagpipes playing "Amazing Grace."  Better that than "Danny Boy!"  I agree!!!!!!!!!!
Angie Harmon's eulogy was touching, but nothing matched her break down at the end.  I just wanted to turn the TV off, after that, and went to bed.

                                             But my beloved, who comforts me in ways small and large, reminded me it was time for "Judge Judy," our nightly laugh before bedtime!  It did the trick!

                                               Kudos to "Riizzoli And Isles" cast and crew for an extremely moving episode.

                                               May they never have to go through something like this again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                                 And Lorraine, as Angela, made lasagna!!!!!!!!!!!!