This is a series of made for TV movies based on the literary character Jesse Stone and adapted from the book series written by Robert B. Baker. I found them on Netflix a few months ago and have been doing my best to watch them since I saw the first episode. Seeing as how I didn't have much to do over the last two nights in the hospital with my new born girl these movies provided a good way to pass the time in the confining hospital room.
There's nothing overly complicated about this series but I've got to admit the simplicity of this series is refreshing as is the conservative character Jesse Stone himself. Basically this is a cop show with Tom Selleck as Jesse Stone as he solves the daily mystery of this episode. Then each episode also explores the small town of Paradise and the cast of characters around Jesse Stone. The cool thing about this series is that it has continuity: things that happen in one episode effect the other episodes and are commented on in other episodes. I really like that because it shows me some attention to detail is being considered when these shows are made. This also shows me that people care about the show to continue with the continuity of it. But this series isn't so steeped in continuity that you have to watch them in chronological order. I watched them in the order of release date and this episode actually the "origin" episode was made second.
This episode is where Jesse Stone first comes to Paradise and takes the job as Chief of police of the town and the small mystery that evolves from it. This town they've built around Jess Stone has a Stephen King kind of feel to it. By that I mean, as a viewer, you really start to connect with people, architecture, and the over all setting of the show, much like Stephen King does a lot with his small towns in his books. You get a real good feel for the small town setting, it basically becomes another character in the show, much like the town does in a King novel. Another good about this show is that the characters stay true to themselves. What I mean by this is that they won't dive out of character for dramatic or insane plot devices, no matter what - so far anyway - they remain completely true to themselves. The screenwriters really know these characters and the actors/actresses who play these characters do a great job of creating fully fleshed out characters.
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