- Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles find themselves investigating a death that occurred during the re-enactment of of a Revolutionary War battle organized by a university professor, Dwayne Cravitz. They soon determine that far from being an accident, the shooting was from a sniper who was actually out to kill Cravitz. A DNA sample leads them to believe that the shooter is someone from his past. Maura meanwhile is thrown for a loop when her mother, the rich and beautiful Constance Isles, drops in for an unexpected visit. They have a strained relationship however with Mrs. Isles not quite sure how to be a mother to her daughter and Maura feeling intimidated and reduced to babbling in her presence.—garykmcd
- During Boston colonial history professor Dwayne Cravitz's annual Revolutionary War battle reenactment, a garbage man participant is fatally shot, but with modern snipe ammo in ricochet, later followed by a shooting from the street at the participants pub after-drink. The only DNA lead traces back to old abuse allegations, a twisted family drama. Meanwhile it takes blunt Jane to make Maura's haughty celebrity adoptive mother Constance Isles, in Boston for her latest art installation exhibition, realize she can't take Maura for granted and posh isn't always superior.—KGF Vissers
- A Revolutionary War re-enactment becomes the scene of a real killing when a soldier turns up dead. Maura's extensive knowledge of American history becomes important as she and Jane try to solve the case. And Maura's brilliant mother, Constance Isles, comes to Boston for an art exhibit.—TNT Publicity
- On a re-enacting battlefield in Boston, red coats and patriot forces line up and take aim at each other. Puffs of smoke come out of the muskets and soldiers fall to the ground. They shoot and advance, with people falling at each stage. After another round of shooting, a patriot soldier falls to the ground -- with a hole in his back.
At Maura's house, she shows Angela how to make croissants from scratch, assuring her it's as easy as coq au vin. Yea, right. Jane tries to get Maura to relax in anticipation of her mother's visit. Her mom has never been to her house -- they usually go to one of her parents' houses in Europe. Angela will be staying with Jane to make room for Maura's mom to stay with her.
Jane and Maura both get called away.
On the battlefield, they find Gabe Buckner dead. He's a 27-year-old garbage man who was dressed as a rebel blacksmith. Lt. Cavanaugh shows up to the handle the media, telling everyone to play it as an accident for now. Jane interrupts "Commanding Officer Gen. Ezekiel Parker" of the 17th brigade as he tries to move a cannon. He's really Dwayne Kravitz. Maura knows him as a professor and expert on colonialism.
Frankie brings over Maggie McGee, the victim's girlfriend.
Back at the station, she says the other re-enactors didn't like him and call him a "fahb" -- far be it from authentic. (Try it with a bad Boston accent.) Apparently his buttons were a poly-cotton blend.
In the morgue, Korsak works up to asking Maura about his chest pains. He just had a physical but she tells him to see a cardiac specialist. Maura digs something out of the victim. It's a .22 caliber bullet with something n it. It ricocheted before it hit him.
They wonder why the shooter wouldn't fire again if Gabe wasn't the target. Maura identifies the residue -- it ricocheted off the iron cannon.
Back at the crime scene, they set a laser on the cannon and aim it to see where the shot came from. Maura slips off her fancy pumps and climbs a tree.
Korsak makes friends with a parakeet, scooping it up in Frankie's hat. He names it Starsky.
Maura finds gun oil on the tree and Frost finds a casing on the ground. It's mangled, which means the gun jammed, which is why he didn't fire again.
Jane and Maura go see the professor, who can't tell them who was standing where. He waxes rhapsodic about colonial times and introduces them to Nicole, his teaching assistant, who is working as a "slave" to experience colonial times.
Jane is appalled, but Maura tells her it's an honor to get the teaching assistant job. Maura gets a call that freaks her out. Her mom is a day early. She starts hyperventilating.
Inside, Korsak has Angela look after his parakeet. Maura asks Angela if she can cook an 11 course dinner for her mother. Instead, they call a French chef at a local restaurant.
The local news broadcasts the sniper story and the phones start ringing. Jane begs off, leaving Frankie to fill in for her.
Back at her house, Maura worries what her mother will think. Mom (Jacqueline Bisset) arrives. They air kiss. "Country mice, meet city mice," Jane mutters to her mom.
Around the table, Maura's mom explains she'll be lecturing next month in Stockholm. Jane says it was nice of her to stop off in Boston to see her daughter. Mom explains she's actually in town for an art installation. They offer her dessert, but she says, in French, that she's tired and has to go. Jane is rankled. Maura thought her mom was staying in her guest house, but she explains the museum is putting her up at the Ritz. She'll see them tomorrow at the gallery opening.
After she leaves, Jane struggles for words. She tells Maura she used to pretend she was adopted and had a chic mother. Maura just wanted a mom who cut the crusts off her sandwiches.
Jane gets a call. There's been another sniper shooting.
They find the same .22 caliber casing. Maura looks at the victim and reports he wasn't shot, he died of cardiac arrest. Korsak worries about his own chest pains.
Back in the morgue, a news report says that the town's "Liberty Days" tourism is being hurt by the shootings.
Maura cuts the second victim open and finds he had no cardiac disease, but essentially died of fright.
Maura is out of sorts and says it's hard to have her mom in town and not see her.
Frost comes in and reports the bullets are at least 30 years old, which is why the gun would have jammed. It came from a gun used in the army from 1950 to 1970.
They each get calls from their mothers. Angela is having a Starsky emergency.
Maura looks at the parakeet and concludes he has avian flu, but no one wants to tell Korsak he'll be dead soon.
Korsak reports that Gabe's re-enactors are giving him a 17th century wake at a bar, but they have to have period costumes to get in. Maura knows someone who can hook them up. Her mom called to cancel dinner, explaining there are no guests allowed at the private dinner. Korsak protests that Maura's not a guest, she's her daughter.
At the wake, Maura shows up in a petticoat and silk frock. Jane ends up in a peasant's dress. Korsak and Frost are dressed as soldiers. The professor leads the eulogies.
Jane glances out the window and sees something that catches her eye. There's a shadowy figure in a car across the street. She yells out "Gun!" seconds before bullets break the pub glass.
The police run outside after the shooter, but he or she gets away. Gabe's girlfriend Maggie was outside smoking and saw that it was a white car.
Back at the station, they wonder if the second shooting was staged to distract them from focusing on the re-enactors. Frost gets a report of a white Chevy near the bar that was also near the re-enactment park. It's registered to Kathleen Dunn, who was a record for food stamp fraud.
They find a teenager named Benjamin mowing the lawn out in front of her house. Her mother tells her to watch her mouth and she asks for their search warrant. They leave empty handed.
Back at the station, Korsak tells Jane that her mother is a miracle worker and Starsky is doing great. Maura strolls in all doled up for her mother's gallery opening. She's going. Maura sees Korsak snacking on fiber crackers and puts them together with his all bean lunch. She realizes he's not having heart problems, he's eating too much fiber and is gassy.
Frost and Korsak insist Jane go to the gallery opening with Maura. She confesses to Jane that she replaced Starsky.
At the gallery, Maura finds that she's not on the guest list. Jane flashes her badge to get in. Maura's mom's art is modern involving water bottles.
She greets them and Jane points out they had to crash because Maura wasn't on the list. Maura tells her mom her water bottles are "witty and full of pathos."
Jane asks Maura to get her a drink so she can talk to Constance. Jane tells Constance that not staying with Maura, canceling dinner and not putting her on the guest list hurt Maura's feeling. Mom says she didn't want to be in Maura's way. Jane thinks Constance missed things when Maura was growing up and now she's turning it around on Maura by saying she's too busy. Constance confesses she wasn't any good at being a mother. She's called away to give a speech for her patrons.
Jane get a call from Frost reporting that Kathleen Dunn was Prof. Kravitz's TA 18 years ago but dropped out as a freshman a month after she filed a rape charge against him. It was never prosecuted.
Jane and Korsak talk to Kathleen again. They find Kathleen's stepfather owned the same kind of old army rifle. Jane asks why she went after him now. She says she wanted to change history.
Back in the hallway, Maura comes up with DNA from the tree. Kathleen confessed, but they found the DNA was male.
Korsak brings in a picture of Ben. They know he's her son. Kathleen thinks Ben doesn't know the truth, but Jane says he does. Then she says Ben has an alibi and was at a going away party. They know she fabricated it to protect him. She knew he wouldn't stop, so she took the third shot at the pub.
Kathleen begs them to arrest her instead, saying Ben's going on to a better life. She took him to the airport this morning, but they figure he didn't get on the plane.
Prof. Kravitz speaks to a class of student, including Ben with a gun in his waist band. Jane, Frost and Korsak come in, but Ben sees them and aims at Kravitz. Jane talks him down, saying she'll tell the DA it was an accident and not to do this to his mother. Jane distracts him long enough for Frost and Korsak to disarm him.
Later, Maura grabs drinks with Jane and Angela at the bar. She's surprised to see her mother come in. Jane says she must have wanted to say good-bye before she left. Constance settles in and announces she's up for a hamburger. Jane teases her for wanting a milkshake and Constance misses the jokes. Jane sees the family resemblance.
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