In the Women's Murder Club
Watching Women's Murder Club is like having a deja vu of Rizzoli & Isles. Angie Harmon basically plays almost the same character, except here, there is no doubt that she's into the gentlemen:
Lindsay Boxer became obssessed with/object of desire the Kiss Me Not serial killer; Jane Rizzoli was the object of desire/became obssessed with The Surgeon Charles Hoyt.
Kiss Me Not's modus involves torturing women and sewing their mouths into neat little cross stitches. KMN's logic has to do with him being the Prince Charming to the fairy tale princesses he victimizes. I would have known more if the last three episodes were in the folder. Meanwhile, Charles Hoyt targets couples. Ties up the husband and makes him watch while he rapes the wife. Hoyt nearly succeeds with that when he held Rizzoli and Maura Isles hostage. Would have completed it too if Rizzoli had not gone all BAMF on him. You do not threaten Jane's LLBFF.
Lindsay Boxer wears a lot of jeans and a leather jacket. Jane Rizzoli wears a lot of tank tops + v-neck shirts + blazer + slacks.
Lindsay Boxer is friends with a medical examiner in a girls' club kind of way. Jane Rizzoli is Life Long Best Friends Forever with Chief Medical Examiner Maura Isles in an ambiguously gay duo kind of way.
Lindsay Boxer is friends with a Deputy District Attorney who pukes at the sign of blood or an open corpse. Jane Rizzoli is partners with Detective Frost, who used to puke at any sign of blood or any kind of corpse.
Lindsay Boxer's partner Jacobi is old enough to be her father and loves her very much. Jane Rizzoli's old partner Korsak is also old enough to be her father and also loves her much much. Jacobi isn't afraid to say so; Korsak leaves it unsaid because Rizzoli will kick his ass if he says it out loud.
Lindsay Boxer adopts the victim's dog in the pilot episode; Jane Rizzoli adopts the victim's dog in the pilot ep. Martha is a big dog while Jo Friday is a wee one.
Lindsay Boxer has an FBI guy and her ex-husband/boss show up on her doorstep; Jane Rizzoli has had her childhood love interest Joey Grant/boss and an FBI guy show up on her doorstep. Boxer sleeps with ex-husband/boss. Rizzoli slept with the FBI guy. If Boxer sleeps with the FBI Guy, the circle will be complete.
You watch the very last item in a folder marked "Complete Season 1" and then you find out that it's missing the last three episodes. And that's just when the FBI Guy and the mysterious Kiss Me Not serial killer makes paramdam and start to make life hell for Jane Rizzoli. I mean, they tipped us off about this serial killer who has a thing for Inspector Boxer in the pilot, forget about it for 9 episodes, and ta-dah, he's back.
If in the next three episodes, Boxer is really targeted by the Kiss Me Not killer, then it would very much be like The Surgeon targeting Jane. Now if only it weren't too hard to get decent sources for those last three episodes.
Rizzoli & Isles is still more fun to watch than this one. Women's Murder Club is sort of like a procedural mixed with Sex and the City. Except they are heavy on the crime and less on the female bonding. Oh, the women do have personal issues. Like Boxer dealing with her ex-husband showing up again two years after their divorce, only now he's her boss and he's about to remarry to an environmentally conscious kindergarten teacher. The DDA has commitment issues and balances a doctor and the Public Attorney. The Medical Examiner's husband is a cop who got shot on the job and is now in a wheelchair. The Reporter is younger than everyone else and they make potshots whenever this becomes obvious. Shouldn't you be going kilig over the Backstreet Boys or N'Sync or something? The Reporter sort of looks up to Boxer as an idol/big sister. There could have been romantic tension potential there, but of course, Angie Harmon would not go there. It's just so fun that Sasha Alexander manages to rope her in that subtext in Rizzoli & Isles. Hehehe.
What's fun though is that there was this one episode mostly set in a retirement home and a resident there mistakes Boxer for her daughter, who had moved to Boston(!), did not enjoy wearing skirts, and whom she is constantly pestering to find someone and settle down already. Oh, is that you, Jane Rizzoli?
Lindsay Boxer became obssessed with/object of desire the Kiss Me Not serial killer; Jane Rizzoli was the object of desire/became obssessed with The Surgeon Charles Hoyt.
Kiss Me Not's modus involves torturing women and sewing their mouths into neat little cross stitches. KMN's logic has to do with him being the Prince Charming to the fairy tale princesses he victimizes. I would have known more if the last three episodes were in the folder. Meanwhile, Charles Hoyt targets couples. Ties up the husband and makes him watch while he rapes the wife. Hoyt nearly succeeds with that when he held Rizzoli and Maura Isles hostage. Would have completed it too if Rizzoli had not gone all BAMF on him. You do not threaten Jane's LLBFF.
Lindsay Boxer wears a lot of jeans and a leather jacket. Jane Rizzoli wears a lot of tank tops + v-neck shirts + blazer + slacks.
Lindsay Boxer is friends with a medical examiner in a girls' club kind of way. Jane Rizzoli is Life Long Best Friends Forever with Chief Medical Examiner Maura Isles in an ambiguously gay duo kind of way.
Lindsay Boxer is friends with a Deputy District Attorney who pukes at the sign of blood or an open corpse. Jane Rizzoli is partners with Detective Frost, who used to puke at any sign of blood or any kind of corpse.
Lindsay Boxer's partner Jacobi is old enough to be her father and loves her very much. Jane Rizzoli's old partner Korsak is also old enough to be her father and also loves her much much. Jacobi isn't afraid to say so; Korsak leaves it unsaid because Rizzoli will kick his ass if he says it out loud.
Lindsay Boxer adopts the victim's dog in the pilot episode; Jane Rizzoli adopts the victim's dog in the pilot ep. Martha is a big dog while Jo Friday is a wee one.
Lindsay Boxer has an FBI guy and her ex-husband/boss show up on her doorstep; Jane Rizzoli has had her childhood love interest Joey Grant/boss and an FBI guy show up on her doorstep. Boxer sleeps with ex-husband/boss. Rizzoli slept with the FBI guy. If Boxer sleeps with the FBI Guy, the circle will be complete.
You watch the very last item in a folder marked "Complete Season 1" and then you find out that it's missing the last three episodes. And that's just when the FBI Guy and the mysterious Kiss Me Not serial killer makes paramdam and start to make life hell for Jane Rizzoli. I mean, they tipped us off about this serial killer who has a thing for Inspector Boxer in the pilot, forget about it for 9 episodes, and ta-dah, he's back.
If in the next three episodes, Boxer is really targeted by the Kiss Me Not killer, then it would very much be like The Surgeon targeting Jane. Now if only it weren't too hard to get decent sources for those last three episodes.
Rizzoli & Isles is still more fun to watch than this one. Women's Murder Club is sort of like a procedural mixed with Sex and the City. Except they are heavy on the crime and less on the female bonding. Oh, the women do have personal issues. Like Boxer dealing with her ex-husband showing up again two years after their divorce, only now he's her boss and he's about to remarry to an environmentally conscious kindergarten teacher. The DDA has commitment issues and balances a doctor and the Public Attorney. The Medical Examiner's husband is a cop who got shot on the job and is now in a wheelchair. The Reporter is younger than everyone else and they make potshots whenever this becomes obvious. Shouldn't you be going kilig over the Backstreet Boys or N'Sync or something? The Reporter sort of looks up to Boxer as an idol/big sister. There could have been romantic tension potential there, but of course, Angie Harmon would not go there. It's just so fun that Sasha Alexander manages to rope her in that subtext in Rizzoli & Isles. Hehehe.
What's fun though is that there was this one episode mostly set in a retirement home and a resident there mistakes Boxer for her daughter, who had moved to Boston(!), did not enjoy wearing skirts, and whom she is constantly pestering to find someone and settle down already. Oh, is that you, Jane Rizzoli?