IN 1989 WHEN MAGNUM P.I. WAS CANCELLED, WE ALL KNEW TOM SELLECK WAS UP TO SOMETHING BIG. FINALLY, WE KNOW WHAT IT WAS, THE JESSE STONE MADE FOR T.V. MOVIES. BECAUSE HIS CHARACTER, DETECTIVE STONE, WAS WRITTEN TO BE IN HIS 60'S, THE STUDIO REQUIRED SELLECK TO DISAPPEAR FOR 15 YEARS TO AGE APPROPRIATELY AND PREPARE FOR THIS ROLE. SURE, THEY LET HIM GALLIVANT AROUND THE SET OF QUIGLEY DOWN UNDER AND VARIOUS OTHER WESTERNS IN ORDER TO PAY THE BILLS, BUT FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, SELLECK WAS ORDERED NOT TO HAVE A "HIT." TRUE TO HIS WORD, HE NEVER EVEN CAME CLOSE. WAS IT WORTH IT?...I LIKE TO THINK SO. IN THIS MOVIE, SELLECK PLAYS AN ALCOHOLIC COP FROM L.A. WHO'S BASICALLY EXILED TO A SMALL TOWN IN MAINE FOR FUCKING UP ON THE JOB. OVERQUALIFIED, AND DRUNK AS SHIT, DETECTIVE STONE IMMEDIATELY BEGINS CLEANING UP WHAT SEEMED TO BE A CRIME-FREE TOWN. AS STONE, SELLECK MASTERS ONE-LINERS SUCH AS "FREEZE," "MORE COFFEE," AND "YES, I'M DRINKING." I WAS BLOWN AWAY. IN ALL SERIOSITY THOUGH, THESE MOVIES ARE ACTUALLY LIKE REALLY GOOD T.V. SHOWS. THERE'S FOUR OUT THERE RIGHT NOW AND ONE IN PRODUCTION. THE FIRST IS STONE COLD. I STRONGLY RECOMMEND IT. -TMJ
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