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Genre
  
Mystery film

Film series
  
Jesse Stone

Country
  
United States

7/10
IMDb

Director
  
Music director
  
Duration
  

Language
  
English

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Cast
  
(Jesse Stone), (Rose Gammon), (Luthor 'Suitcase' Simpson), (Thelma Gleffey), (Commander Healy), (Gino Fish)

Release date
  
May 20, 2012 (2012-05-20) (USA)

Based on
  
Writer
  
Robert B. Parker (based upon characters created in Jesse Stone books), Tom Selleck, Michael Brandman

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Jesse Stone: Sea Change

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Jesse (Tom Selleck) comes out of his forced retirement after the sheriff who replaced him dies when his police car explodes.

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Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt is a 2012 American television mystery film directed by Robert Harmon and starring Tom Selleck, Kathy Baker, and Kohl Sudduth. Based on the characters from the Jesse Stone novels created by Robert B. Parker, the film is about the police chief of a small New England town who returns from his forced retirement after his replacement is blown up in the town police car. Filmed on location in Nova Scotia, the story is set in the fictitious town of Paradise, Massachusetts. Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt is the eighth in a series of eight television films based on the characters of Parkers Jesse Stone novels. The film first aired on the CBS television network on May 20, 2012.

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Jesse finds himself struggling to get his job back as the Paradise police chief, and he is forced to rely on his cop intuition to sort through a maze of misleading clues and hidden meanings as he attempts to solve a shocking and horrifying mob-related double homicide.

Plot

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Jesse Stone still misses the Paradise, Massachusetts police chief position, which he lost because the current town council president, Carter Hansen (Jeremy Akerman), wanted his son-in-law, William Butler (Jeff Geddis), to have the job. A suspicious police cruiser explosion kills chief Butler and officer DeAngelo (Vito Rezza). Curiously, the former town council president, Hastings "Hasty" Hathaway (Saul Rubinek), appeared to know about the incident before the current town council president was officially notified. Jesse is reinstated as "temp chief" by Hansen and uncovers apparent (but unproved) police corruption involving Butler. Jesse discovers a possible clue: the characters "2AH10" written on the April 24 page of Butlers desk calendar.

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Jesse attempts to reassemble his team, starting with his deputy Luther "Suitcase" Simpson (Kohl Sudduth) and then longtime assistant Rose Gammon (Kathy Baker), but both have moved on to other pursuits after choosing to not work with Jesses replacement, thus Jesse is left to solve the case himself. State Homicide Commander Healy (Stephen McHattie) also returns, along with Jesses psychotherapist Dr. Dix (William Devane). Thelma Gleffey (Gloria Reuben) also remains in Jesses life, and continues to work as a sales associate at Hastys luxury car dealership. Gino Fish (William Sadler) is still in town as well, also still apparently in the illegal drug business while using his boxing business as a "front".

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Along the way, Jesse discovers that the most likely perpetrator of the cruiser explosion, a former associate of Gino, has apparently hanged himself. He learns from Amanda (Christine Tizzard), Ginos executive assistant, that Gino "has a boss", whose identity is a mystery. An otherwise routine traffic stop adds an additional clue: there is an assassin, Arthur "Art" Gallery (Robert Carradine), who has been following Jesse. Despite finding a "deer rifle" in the cars trunk, Jesse lets the man go with a warning: "Dont follow me around!" The flashlight which was attached to the barrel of the "deer rifle" would have been illegal for hunting game, a deer, but would be quite helpful, if not mandatory, for the assassins assumed purpose, the killing of a man, and Jesse made a mental note of that.

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To integrate all these seemingly disparate clues and to get to the truth, Jesse employs "carefully applied pressure" to former town council president and felon Hasty (and ultimately exposing Hasty as the true drug kingpin and Ginos boss).

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After Jesse asks Hasty about the 2AH10 clue, Hasty panics and calls his people, telling them they have to "move it up" (presumably Jesses murder, but also the scheduled April 24 drug sale). The events are rescheduled for later that day, although a daylight murder/drug sale is risky for all involved. ("Risk is the price you pay for opportunity", to paraphrase Hastys orders to his people.)

At the shipyard, Gallery tries to murder Jesse using his "deer rifle", but Jesse tricks him into exposing himself to deadly force and he proceeds to take him out with five shots from his .45 ACP semiautomatic pistol, which is always at Jesses hand. (To paraphrase Jesse, from an earlier episode, "Fire at the center of mass and continue to engage until the threat is eliminated.") Hasty hastily escapes via motor boat, and is now "on the run" and wanted for drug distribution, money laundering and conspiracy to murder sworn officers and others.

In the end, Simpson returns and it is implied that Rose may return as well. As Jesse has proved Hansens beloved son-in-law to be corruption-free, it is also assumed that Jesses position as chief is permanent, and not "temp chief" as Hasty preferred to call him. (When Jesse initially accepted this assignment, he replied to Hasty, "Not temp chief, just chief", and Hansen did not demur.)

The title "Benefit of the Doubt" refers to Jesses (and Dr. Dixs) belief that police officers who appear to be corrupt must be accorded the benefit of the doubt, until proved otherwise.

Cast

  • Tom Selleck as Jesse Stone
  • Kathy Baker as former Police Officer/Dispatcher Rose Gammon
  • Kohl Sudduth as former Police Officer Luther "Suitcase" Simpson
  • Gloria Reuben as Thelma Gleffey
  • Stephen McHattie as Captain Healy, State Police Homicide Commander
  • William Sadler as Gino Fish (boxing promoter and illegal drug dealer)
  • Robert Carradine as Arthur "Art" Gallery (assassin)
  • Jeff Geddis as Police Chief William Butler
  • Saul Rubinek as Hastings "Hasty" Hathaway (car dealer and former Paradise Town Council President)
  • William Devane as Dr. Dix (Jesses psychotherapist)
  • Jeremy Akerman as Carter Hansen (Paradise Town Council President)
  • John Beale as Dr. Perkins
  • Naomi Blackhall-Butler as State Police Officer
  • David Christoffel as H.Henry Uppman
  • Joe the Dog as Reggie
  • Brian Heighton as Stan
  • Christopher Killam as Steven
  • Sheena Larkin as Roses Mom
  • John Maclaren as Jim Gannon
  • Brian MacWilliam as Luthers Dad
  • Colm Magner as Hal the Doorman
  • Robert Racki as Mr. Thompson
  • Vito Rezza as Officer Anthony DAngelo
  • Bill Stevenson as Pianist
  • Christine Tizzard as Amanda
  • Filming locations

  • Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
  • Release

    The film first aired on the CBS television network on May 20, 2012. According to Selleck, this may be the last Jesse Stone film seen on the network. Selleck, however, said he is not finished with the Stone character. Selleck also commented that the Jesse Stone movies for TV are expensive to produce and that he had his "own money" in the last two, which accounts for his being credited as executive producer.

    Reception

    In his review in The New York Times, Neil Genzlinger wrote: "The film is in no hurry to reach its not-hard-to-guess resolution, but thats the way this series has always been. Its as if Mr. Selleck [was] personally keeping alive a slice of television history in a much faster-paced world."

    Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt was watched by 12.93 million viewers, the highest viewership of the night it aired.

    References

    Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt Wikipedia
    Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt IMDb Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt themoviedb.org