‘Rizzoli & Isles’ season 7 spoilers: Sasha Alexander tees up series finale
After a week off due to the Olympics, “Rizzoli & Isles” is returning to TNT on Monday night with a particularly special episode. After all, this one marks the directorial debut of one Sasha Alexander with the show, and it’s also going to further along the story that brings us to the series finale.
Based on where we are right now, we’re starting to think that this finale could have many characters going in different directions by the time this September 5 episode rolls around. After all, Jane has a new opportunity, and many other characters are thinking further about the future. This is a subject that Alexander touches on further while setting up this story to TVLine:
“I feel that our writers and producers and Jan Nash have serviced all of the characters in the most beautiful way, until the very end, straight through to the finale. I do think that they send off these characters with hope, with love, with friendship and family… all of the things that you would want to see happen to them. With Jane and her new job, and Maura as well, we’re dealing with two independent women who have been very career-minded and who are leaving after seven seasons unmarried, with no children. We’re seeing them grow and make choices to live differently. That’s a beautiful thing, because all you ever want to see when you’re committed to any series is that growth. We are left feeling that everyone will stay close, but we are moving on.”
Alexander also teased that she is hoping to develop and star in a new project in the future, which of course is something that we would be down for. While we do think that this show could have gone on for another season or two without a problem, there is something to be said about going out while you are still culturally relevant and there is an audience that will miss you. Hopefully, these same people will follow the cast to their next projects, whatever they may be. They should all have a chance at pilot season moving forward, and that comes after a nice break in the action.