7. Born to Run — Episode — Rizzoli & Isles

7. Born to Run

A marathon turns into a moving crime scene when a shooter begins targeting runners during the race. Jane and Maura, who had planned to compete in the race, instead find themselves racing to catch the killer before another runner goes down. The crowded and impassable city forces Jane and Maura to conduct their investigation on the ground and in secret so the hundreds of thousands of spectators don't become casualties of a mass panic.

Plot summary and ending

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Complete story — includes the ending

The Homicide Division gets a new boss, Lt. Sean Cavanaugh ( Brian Goodman ). While running the Massachusetts Marathon for charity, Jane & Maura are put under pressure to "quietly" solve the unwitnessed shooting deaths of two young men. During the clandestine investigation, they discover there is an intended third victim and also learn who the murderer is after discovering the murders are connected to a rape 15 years earlier. The pressure is on to prevent the leak of these past and future incidents to both the press and the half-million participants and spectators in order to avoid a dangerous mass panic episode.

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