JESSE STONE: SEA CHANGE (2007)

Selleck is getting bored by the lack of fresh murders in the small town of Paradise, so he decides to start investigating, in his spare time, an unsolved murder from 1992.  Of course, as soon as he starts getting into the case...another teenage girl gets raped (what is up with this town and rape?  Jesus!) and his (already dim-witted) officer "Suitcase" wakes from his coma (Remember?  He got shot in the head in the last movie.) and starts waking around like a psychic crime solving robot Deputybot 2.0 rejected from an early draft of Twin Peaks.

I liked the main mystery, but this series is starting to get into a rut.  It's the same thing over and over.  Crime, Selleck moping around whimpering over his ex-wife, investigates crime, carries groceries over bridge with his dog, drinks a lot, solves crime, drinks more, The End.  Also, what the hell is up with that dog?  He's horrible.  First off, he lets his original owner get killed in Part 1, so Selleck adopts him and how does he repay him?  He lets an armed killer not only into the house, but in the same room with Selleck and he never barks once!!  Maybe it's because Selleck never pets him.

Mildly entertaining watch, but there's zero tension.  I was really hoping for something more substantial by this point in the series.  At least his goddamn ex-wife has finally quit calling as much.  Strong supporting cast.

Part 1 - Stone Cold (2005)
Part 2 - Jesse Stone: Night Passage (2006)
Part 3 - Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise (2006)
Part 5 - Jesse Stone: Thin Ice (2009)
Part 6 - Jesse Stone: No Remorse (2010)
Part 7 - Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost (2011)
Part 8 - Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt (2012)
Part 9 - Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise (2015)