The Platform is the first episode of the sixth season.
Plot[]
When it appears one of their own shot an unarmed man on a busy Boston subway platform, the team must fight to find the real killer while clearing their detective's name. But with Internal Affairs breathing down their necks, it becomes clear that the circumstances surrounding this shooting are anything but clear.
Credits[]
Main Cast[]
- Angie Harmon as Detective Jane Rizzoli
- Sasha Alexander as Dr. Maura Isles
- Jordan Bridges as Officer Frankie Rizzoli, Jr.
- Idara Victor as Nina Holiday
- Bruce McGill as Detective Vince Korsak
- Lorraine Bracco as Angela Rizzoli
Guest Cast[]
- Adam Sinclair as Kent Drake
- Wendy Makkena as IAD Detective Hitchcock
- LaMonica Garrett as Sergeant Detective Simmons
- Tina Huang as Susie Chang
- Creagen Dow as Spike Wilson
- Marlane Barnes as Waitress Lauren
Co-Stars[]
- Jaime Collaco as Officer Garcia
- John Deignan as Detective Lewis
- Hugh B. Holub as Steve Barnes
- Christopher Wallinger as Uniform Cop
- David Crane as John
- Nick Benseman as Sean Hughes (Victim uncredited)
Quotes[]
Jane Rizzoli: I'm just saying that Kent Drake is not the name of a real person!
Maura Isles: I have seen his file and his picture. We had a videoconference interview
Jane Rizzoli: Tall? Dark? Handsome? Suit, slightly too large for his body? Because his superhero suit is underneath it
Maura Isles: He is not a superhero, he is a military-school graduate
Jane Rizzoli: Superhero
Maura Isles: Glasgow Medical School. Just finished a tour to Afghanistan
Jane Rizzoli: Marvel Superhero!
Maura Isles: Well, is that a good thing or a bad thing?
Jane Rizzoli: If you have to ask...
Jane Rizzoli: I was so worried about trying to avoid a hernia... of the entire body
Maura Isles: That's not what a hernia is
Jane Rizzoli: Yes, I know that!
Kent Drake: Please, feel free to ask me anything you like
Maura Isles: Well, I have worn those shoes working out, but I never really thought of them as a business attire
Kent Drake: Right, well, technically that's not a question, is it?
Maura Isles: No, I just don't find them suitable
Kent Drake: Unlike your 4 in heels.
Maura Isles: 3. And I often have business meetings.
IAD Det. Hitchcock: This is a simple question, detective: How did Frank seem this morning?
Jane Rizzoli: Fine! He was the same asshole that I have dealt with for the past
Jane Rizzoli: Well, you can't do an autopsy, 'cause you're Frankie's friend
Maura Isles: Right
Jane Rizzoli: And I can't watch the autposy, because I am Frankie's sister
Maura Isles: That is, in theory, true!
Maura Isles: The algorithms for facial recognition fall into two categories: geometric, which focuses on features, and photometric
Kent Drake: So, how long does this program usually take to find a match?
Maura Isles: A few minutes. A few days. Forever!
Vince Korsak: A PI-address and a log is more than we had
Nina Holiday: IP-address
Vince Korsak: What did I say?
Nina Holiday: PI-address
Vince Korsak: That'd comes as no surprise to you that I often don't know what you're talking about!
Trivia[]
- Wendy Makkena, who played IAD Det. Hitchcock played Sasha Alexander's sister Dr. Rachel Cranston on NCIS (2003). The two were never on the show at the same time, Makenna was written in 6 years after the death of Alexander's character.