Rizzoli & Isles

Season 2

We Don't Need Another Hero

1. Near the end of the episode Dr. Isles references Dr Phil Zimbardo's well know prison study and attributes it to Yale University. In fact Dr. Zimbardo conducted this study at Stanford University where he continues to serve on the faculty.

Living Proof

1. 'Sasha Alexander' was pregnant at the time of filming.

Sailor Man

1. The ship shown docked near the start is the amphibious transport dock USS New York. Her bow section was built using steel salvaged from the wreck of the World Trade Center.

Brown Eyed Girl

1. In this episode we learn for the first time that Jane Rizzoli is left-handed.

Don't Hate the Player

Rebel Without a Pause

Bloodlines

1. Lola Bridges ("Lily") is the daughter of Jordan Bridges ("Frankie Rizzoli, Jr.").
2. In the scene in Maura's office where she and Jane discuss Sabrina's schizophrenia, Maura takes a book down from her shelves. On the side of the book, opposite from the spine is the name J.Tamaro.
3. Frost says that he's a fan of horror movies, and Lee Thompson Young, who played Frost, was also in the 2007 film "The Hills Have Eyes 2".
4. Frost mentions that Helen had genealogies from William Hobbs and John Proctor. Both men were accused of witchcraft, though of the two, only John Proctor was executed.

My Own Worst Enemy

Gone Daddy Gone

Remember Me

1. When Jane first talks to Charles Hoyt, on his bedside table is a book by Tess Geritsen, the author whose book series inspired this show.
2. Charles Hoyt, states Eagles do not drink water. In actual fact they do.
3. Maura corrects Hoyt's "trivia" about Eagles nit drinking water later in the episode.

Can I Get a Witness?

1. During the courtroom scene, the defense attorney refers to the murder weapon as "fruit of the poisonous tree." This is a metaphor used in the legal profession to describe evidence obtained illegally or as the result of a warrant obtained due to illegal evidence or testimony.
2. When Mr. Stanley is scolding Angela about the jelly touching other doughnuts, there is a doughnut in the case with a bite taken out of it.

He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother

Seventeen Ain't So Sweet

1. At the reunion, Maura (Sasha Alexander) asks Jane, "Is that your bête noire?" Bête Noire is the title of an episode on NCIS important in Sasha Alexander's character Caitlin Todd's storyline.
2. In tue scene where Jane and Frost are searching Rory's car. They are in the trunk with the ALS and the see a spot that floresces. Jane says that it's blood, but blood does not floresce under UV light. It shows up as a black spot because it absorbes the light not reflects it. What the saw could have been among other thing semen but definitely not blood.
3. The high school photo of Jane Rizzoli found by Frost is Angie Harmon''s actual high school picture.

Don't Stop Dancing, Girl

Burning Down the House

1. In the hospital when Maura says "Anyone of those men or women convicted could want me dead" her voice and mouth do not match up with the words.