After taking a bullet in the Season Finale during a siege of the precinct, Jane Rizzoli is honored as a hero at a public event. The celebration is short-lived, however, when disaster strikes. The ensuing case reunites Jane with an old high-school flame, Sgt. Major Casey Jones (guest star Chris Vance), who may be just the person she needs to heal her emotional scars.
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Three months after the shooting at the precinct, Jane is ready to get back to work, but has to wait for a doctor to sign off that she is ready for duty. At an award ceremony for officers who showed extraordinary efforts in the line of duty, Jane begins bonding with a fellow recipient, Abby, but after the award ceremony is over, Abby's car explodes. Meanwhile, Angela and Frank are getting divorced and someone from Jane's past returns.