An otherwise routine traffic stop adds an additional clue: there is an assassin, Arthur 'Art' Gallery, who has been following Jesse. He learns from Amanda, Gino's executive assistant, that Gino has a boss, whose identity is a mystery. Gino Fish is still in town as well, still apparently in the illegal drug business while using his boxing business as a 'front'.Īlong the way, Jesse discovers that the most likely perpetrator of the cruiser explosion, a former associate of Gino's, has apparently hanged himself. Thelma Gleffey remains in Jesse's life, and continues to work as a sales associate at Hasty's luxury car dealership. State Homicide Commander Healy also returns, along with Jesse's psychotherapist Dr. Jesse attempts to reassemble his team, starting with his deputy Luther 'Suitcase' Simpson and then longtime assistant Rose Gammon, but both have moved on to other pursuits after choosing to not work with Jesse's replacement, thus Jesse is left to solve the case himself. Jesse discovers a possible clue: the characters '2AH10' written on the April 24 page of Butler's desk calendar. Jesse is reinstated as 'temp chief' by Hanson and uncovers apparent (but unproved) police corruption involving Butler.

Curiously, the former town council president, Hastings 'Hasty' Hathaway, appeared to know about the incident before the current town council president was officially notified. A suspicious police cruiser explosion kills chief Butler and officer DeAngelo. Jesse Stone still misses the Paradise, Massachusetts police chief position, which he lost because the current town council president, Carter Hanson, wanted his son-in-law, William Butler, to have the job. The film first aired on the CBS television network on May 20, 2012. Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt is the eighth in a series of nine television films based on the characters of Parker's Jesse Stone novels. The story is set in the fictitious town of Paradise, Massachusetts. Parker, the film is about the police chief of a small New England town who returns from his forced retirement after his replacement is blown up in the town police car. Based on the characters from the Jesse Stone novels created by Robert B.

Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt is a 2012 American made-for-television crime drama film directed by Robert Harmon and starring Tom Selleck, Kathy Baker, and Kohl Sudduth.

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