JESSE STONE: NIGHT PASSAGE (2006)

This was kinda cool...Part 2 is actually a prequel to Part 1 and tells of Selleck's introduction to Paradise.  It also means that that one character I liked from Part 1 (and was unwisely killed off) is back!  Anyway, so following his divorce, Selleck get fired from his job as a cop in California (for being drunk on duty) and then hired by the small town of Paradise, MA to be their police chief.  Not because he's good, but because he's a drunk and therefore theoretically easy to control since the top city dude is a crook.

That's the main story, but there's a few interesting minor stories also to keep you entertained.  NIGHT PASSAGE is nothing deep, but I enjoyed delving deeper into the citizens of Paradise.  Sadly though there's still the drawback of it being a TV movie. The budget is too low, some of the visual effects look absolutely horrible, the dialogue is even cheesier than the first film(!!!) and the commercial break pauses are super distracting. 

Worth a watch for sure.  I'm really enjoying this dorky series so far.

Part 1 - Stone Cold (2005)
Part 3 - Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise (2006)
Part 4 - Jesse Stone: Sea Change (2007)
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)