Jesse Stone comes out of involuntary retirement after the new chief who replaced him was blown up, along with another officer in their police car. Jesse is forced to solve the crime on his own since all the other officers have quit.
When the man who replaced Jesse as Paradise Police Chief was killed when his car was blown up. Jesse is asked to return and he goes to the crime scene and the evidence leads people to believe that the man may have been corrupt. And Jesse, who didn't like him because he took his job, says that he is allowed the benefit of the doubt. Jesse finds himself alone because Suitcase and Rose left when the other Chief took over. Jesse suspects that Hasty might know something, and a guy is following Jesse.—[email protected]
THE CHIEF IS BACK ON THE JOB. When a shocking double homicide rocks the quiet town of Paradise, Jesse Stone (Tom Selleck) is forced back into action at the request of the town council which replaced him in the first place. His police department nearly emptied of staff by a new Chief of Police, he has to rely on his expert intuition to sort through a maze of misleading clues as he attempts to unravel the mysterious murders. All the while continuing his struggle to excise his inner demons and resist crawling into a Johnny Walker Red alcoholic haze. He elicits assistance from many diverse sources in his search for the information he needs to solve the murders. These sources include his analyst (William Devane), a Massachusetts State Patrol Captain (Stephen McHattie) who has come to also be a comrade, former employees (Kathy Baker and Kohl Sudduth), a Mob kingpin (William Sandler), and even a felon who once saved Jesse's life and was the man who originally brought him to Paradise to be the Chief of Police (Saul Rubinek).
