Why HEART is important in a story

I stayed away from the show RIZZOLI & ISLES 

until earlier this year when I got a deal on Season 1.

The promo photos like the one above had led me to think 

it was a police procedural made shallow by two plastic leads.


But the series had heart, humor, and compassion

I decided to try the series of bookson which the show was based.

The heart, friendship, and humor were not in the books.  
The gory details of the murders weretoo dominant for me.
The books literally leftme cold.

The heart of the show was revealed in how it treated the suicide of 
Lee Thompson Young who played Detective Frost.

The show dealt with Lee’s death in a way that was not just respectful to the actor 
and the role that he had filled in the company of actors, but also to his character. 

His desk remained empty except for the action figure he kept there for two seasons afterwards.


Lee's character Frost appeared in spirit in various episodes.


And the sense of his loss was an ongoing theme throughout the remaining four seasons.





If you haven't tried  RIZOLLI & ISLES,give it a shot.
HAVE YOU EVER STUMBLED UPON A TV SERIES AND LOVED IT ONLY TO FIND IT HAD BEEN CANCELLED?