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Rizzoli & Isles Season 6 Episodes
Season 6 Episode Guide
18 Episodes 2015 - 2016
Episode 1
The Platform
Tue, Jun 16, 201542 mins
A young female corpse is found inside a dumpster, so the detectives seek her boyfriend 'Spike' as prime murder suspect. The pursuit of Spike in a subway station leads Frankie to kill a man found unarmed, triggering an Internal Affairs investigation. Closer investigation by the team reveals that the man's gun gun was removed from the scene by somebody who later links to the crime. Frankie has moved into a new apartment, disclosed as Angela tries to rid herself of an uncle's unsightly but free armchair. Maura welcomes Kent Drake, an apprentice coroner who served as doctor in Afghanistan, onto her staff, testing each-other.
Episode 2
Bassholes
Tue, Jun 23, 201543 mins
The death of professor of poetry Mark Harris, who didn't get tenure, on his boat during a bass fishing tournament requires a murder investigation. The victim won improbably regularly such competitions, about to win big nationally. His competitors were convinced that he was cheating, nut unlike many of them also cheated. He was having an affair with female judge Linda Hendrickson, who was cheating for him, without his knowledge, but he didn't intend to compromise his marriage and disapproved of her fraud. During the investigation, Jane draws the flirtatious attention of angler Skeet Martin, who goes to great lengths to impress her but has to settle for watching the sunset in his boat together. Losing a bet to Korsak, Frankie must take care of a bag of flour and carry it as his baby for a day.
Episode 3
Deadly Harvest
Tue, Jun 30, 201543 mins
Jane and Maura are called out to the BCU "Body Farm" (an academic research facility dedicated to the study of human decomposition) when a murder victim is found buried in a shallow grave among the research corpses. Angela has secrets she is keeping buried from Jane.
Episode 4
Imitation Game
Tue, Jul 7, 201543 mins
A family's minivan bumps into the rear of truck with a refrigerator strapped in the back, which opens and a male corpse falls into the van. The pickup of the fridge was made before 9am so the team tries to find witnesses that might have seen who dumped it. Maura running the victims prints through the database alerts FBI art theft agent Burns: he was an internationally most-wanted criminal, so whatever brought the man to Boston must have been major. Fibers covered in paint recovered from the victim's body send Maura and Jane to the Boston Museum of Art. Although the emphatically uncooperative director insisted that nothing was stolen, fearing a costly PR disaster, the team discovers that a 20 million dollar painting was swapped for a replica, and traces it down to a bloody finale. Meanwhile Angela expects unqualified Frankie to repair his father's miserable plumbing in Korsak's bar.
Episode 5
Misconduct Game
Tue, Jul 14, 201543 mins
The crime lab loses one of their own. The team must set aside their personal feelings for the one they lost, & try to find out why their team member died & whether he/she was conducting illegal work on the side. Isles must accept that she cannot help with the investigation & Rizzoli has to adjust to working & solving the crime with another quick witted medical examiner.
Episode 6
Face Value
Tue, Jul 21, 201543 mins
The team finds good news after a murder in that there is a witness. The bad news is the witness suffers from Prosopagnosia, commonly known as facial recognition blindness, and can't recognize the killer. The Rizzolis prepare for a visit from a scheming cousin.
Episode 7
A Bad Seed Grows
Tue, Jul 28, 201542 mins
When a 16-year-old girl is murdered and left in a cage, Jane and Maura must overcome the ethical dilemma of a psychiatrist and the stiff opposition of a fussy prosecutor in order to find the killer. Meanwhile, Jane has couch issues, and Frankie is seeing UFOs.
Episode 8
Nice to Meet You, Dr. Isles
Tue, Aug 4, 201543 mins
Boston's top fashion jeweler, who sells to celebrities and other luxury clients is murdered, with the trail unexpectedly leading to Maura's estranged father, who finally learns how she felt after his marriage collapsed. The case also links to the 'bling gang' of casino Indian allied with Ten Mohs, whose tribal mates, notably Raya Sororo and Karina, are after a long-lost diamond of allegedly even greater cultural value.
Episode 9
Love Taps
Tue, Aug 11, 201543 mins
The murder of a college student takes an odd turn when Jane and Maura discover he had 32 girlfriends. Uncovering who killed him and why leads them into a world of app developers, virtual boyfriends and relationships built on lies. Meanwhile, Korsak finally introduces everyone to the new woman in his life.
Episode 10
Sister Sister
Tue, Aug 18, 201543 mins
Old Mona Evans drifts in her home pool, apparently attacked by the Rottweiler she lovingly prepared for dog shows, but in fact was fatally poisoned with strychnine, found in the dog's dinner she consumed as he smelled the danger. The nasty neighbor Dolores frequently complained about the dog, denies any action as she's about to move and hints at rare family visits and a noisy row. Korsak prevents the dog being hastily put down by animal control, finding him harmless and friendly, so preps Jane to walk him at a dog show in case a jealous competitor -eternal seconds are questioned- attempts again killing him, which yields a confession from Mona's junk daughter Sara, but Maura finds she used a negligible dose of regular rat poison, while Mona died from less of the other, stronger kind. Mona's 'good' daughter was the only one aware the ancestral home, which Mona refused to sell, could fetch triple its value for a new hospital wing project. Maura has her own way to handle Kent's stolen kiss and reluctance to inform a victim's family.
Episode 11
Fake It 'Til You Make It
Tue, Aug 25, 201543 mins
An enigmatic corpse in Boston is hard to identify, sharing a Los Angeles murder victim's similar name and fingerprints, so the case must be investigated jointly with the LAPD. Although Frankie craves a 'paid holiday' in California, which Jane loathes, the latter must go while Maura has a different budget to pay a simultaneous visit and enjoys exploring relaxed L.A. as well as a like-minded colleague. While they wade through false identities and covers, the home team looks into Jane's accounts having been hacked, which crime turns out related with the arson of her apartment. Korsak agrees to double-date Ron and Angea with his Kiki.
Episode 12
5:26
Tue, Sep 1, 201543 mins
Maura's forensic team further proves that someone anonymously claims the arson of Jane's apartment, so she's taken off active duty and put under Boris Martin's competent close protection at home, which she asks Frankie to keep from Angela as long as possible. The same criminal meant the time mechanism to be found and serve as a warning, or a decoy, and is the one who hacked Jane's accounts, all showing worrisome intelligence.
Episode 13
Hide and Seek
Tue, Feb 16, 201642 mins
The Boston PD team rush to find out who kidnapped Maura from a fake crime scene in the middle of the night and why. She meanwhile manages to secretly loosen her cuffs and tries to reason with her abductor, who is however psychologically trained and vindictive, dead-set to use her as bargaining chip in a trap for Jane, whose identity thieving hacker is pulling the strings, while she has nightmares including late lab assistant Susan doing autopsy on Maura.
Episode 14
Murderjuana
Tue, Feb 16, 201642 mins
A security guard in a weed store stops a robbery. The guard is shot and wounded as he kills one of the thieves. The police have lots of questions that go unanswered. Rizzoli and Isles search for the dead robber's accomplice. Later Rizzoli continues her efforts to protect Isles and Angela.
Episode 15
Scared to Death
Tue, Feb 23, 201642 mins
A female corpse found in an abandoned building turns out to be the first murdered client of a "fear club" which scares people for $100 at ever-changing locations, anonymously online, yet the system must have been infiltrated. Korsak and Nina learn from an IT professor that the program code signature identifying the hacker responsible for Jane's problems, which raises new questions. An engagement ring in Korsak's desk starts speculations and suggestions about when and how he should propose to Kiki.
Episode 16
East Meets West
Tue, Mar 1, 201642 mins
When a gun battle rages in a quiet neighborhood, leaving one dead, Jane and Maura are thrown into the secretive world of an Eastern European gang. Maura comes down with a fever while juggling work and play, and Angela and Kent prescribe several home remedies that have a surprising effect.
Episode 17
Bomb Voyage
Tue, Mar 8, 201642 mins
The team finds themselves on the crime scene in a minefield, after a jogger hears an explosion and finds a severed finger, they the bloodily dismembered rest of the corpse. The team investigates after the bomb squad saved Vietnam veteran Korsak, who actually stood on a mine, he and Kiki discuss the dangers of the job, causing him to fear she may reconsider marrying him. Victim John Franklin was the charismatic boss of an NGO which organizes explosives removal in areas where the US officials aren't welcome over for that job, but there were internal tensions about spending donations on actual work or HQ benefits. Ron asks Angela to attend a Paris conference with him. Nina finds the hacker targeting Jane and Maura, only to discover she has been released from jail, and is most uncooperative.
Episode 18
A Shot in the Dark
Tue, Mar 15, 201642 mins
When a state trooper is killed in Maine, the getaway car is traced back to the mastermind of the attacks on Jane. The team must now unravel the mystery of the mastermind's obsession with Jane in order to keep her safe, and turn the hunter into the hunted.