10. How was your day, Honey? 
Episode: She Works Hard for the Money (1×04)
“Aww, Jane.”
“What?”
“I think that’s really…that’s really sweet.”
“Oh, gross. Okay, give me the wine.”
Rin says: Do these two ever spend time apart? Honestly. It’s like they spent all day chasing a killer, Maura helped a girl who was shot and Jane killed a man, and after all they really want to do is chill out and have chinese take-out together. You just know going off the size of those wine glasses that they’re going to hit the couch after this and watch some old movie, and then Maura will be too tired and had too much to drink to go home so she just stays the night.
…I feel like I just wrote a bit of fanfiction. BUT THAT’S TOTALLY WHAT HAPPENED YOU GUYS. You know it’s true.
I also liked how share-y Jane was during this scene, with the whole stuff about college and how she didn’t want her dad to spend all his money on her etc. And Maura responds by being starry-eyed.
Sophy says: I can’t wait for the day Rin actually writes Rizzoli & Isles fanfiction. It’ll be a rainbow-bath. Um.
My favourite part about this dinner date is how casual it is. It’s not a big deal. It’s not even a deal, because the two of them, wine, Chinese food – it’s just obvious. It’s just Action! Action! Action! Dinner. And possibly further action WHAT WE DON’T KNOW OKAY THEY STOPPED FILMING BUT DO RIZZOLI AND ISLES CEASE TO BE WHEN THE CAMERA TURNS OFF? WHAT’S THAT? THEY DO? SHUT UP?
Oh Maura. She’s so smitten. Look at her clutching at her heart as she gazes upon Jane’s sulky face.
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09. Workplace harassment.
Episode: Money for Nothing (1×05)
“Wanna get a drink?”
“Will it have gold flecks in it?”
“Heh. No.”
Rin says: OUTRIGHT FLIRTING. Maura practically does a 
while she says the gold flecks bit. And it’s adorable how afterwards they’re both just 
Sophy says: RIDICULOUS. Meanwhile I bet Jane had trouble sleeping that night, because she felt bad about denying her woman flecks. In fact I’m convinced that the next day she bought another block of that chocolate and painstakingly scraped the flecks out. And transported them to the bar in a little test tube. And sprinkled them into Maura’s drink when she wasn’t looking. And then Maura was all ” 
”
ACTION! WHAT?
Rin says: HEHE picking out gold flecks. She’d be just like Jack and the red gummi bears.
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08. Matching outfits. Same bed.
Episode: Born to Run (1×07)
“You wanna race, huh?”
“I wanna race.”
Rin says: What kind of person does a marathon with somebody else just because they wanted to spend more time together doing other things. Even though they already spend 24/7 with each other? Like, if Sophy asked me to run a marathon with her I’d tell her ‘no’ until my throat was sore.
And they have MATCHING PUKE OUTFITS. And talked about runners high. And and. At the end when they finish and hug, it’s like they got married or something and they’re welcoming Maura into the Rizzoli family.
Sophy says: I’m sorry but I am just not ready to stop laughing at the idea of me asking you to run a marathon. Or just the idea of me running a marathon.
BUT I MEAN, OKAY. RIN IS SO RIGHT. Look at them. It’s like Jane just told them Maura’s going to have their baby. What? That’s not possible? SHUT UP. TURKEY BASTER.
Rin says: Turkey Baster. 
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07. Yay Maura! Throw peanuts at your brother-in-law!
Episode: The Beast in Me (1×09)
“And you, you’re a genius.”
“Heh. Yes. I am.”
“And a humble one too.”
“What? It only takes 150 IQ points to be a genius.”
“What, so you’re a dumb genius?”
Sophy says: HANDS. GIGGLES. ADORING GAZE. PEANUTS. I CAN’T.
I like to think of this as the tail-end of that intimate family gathering they had after engagement/pregnancy was announced.
And meanwhile how unbearably cute is this dialogue? DUMB GENIUS? I CAN’T? And all teasing aside, how much is Jane secretly in bewildered awe of Maura’s brain? When she meets new people, instead of getting a photo of Maura out of her wallet, she just tells them her wife is a genius. And also, she gets a photo of Maura out of her wallet.
Rin says: And the photo would be in one of those lame frames that says, ‘My Girlfriend <3 <3′
I loved this because suddenly Maura is very involved and very much a part of the Rizzoli family craziness. The whole episode was Maura’s lack of a family, and how she never felt that comfort and support, and now here she is finding her new family outside of work. This is the family she gets to choose.
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06. Romantic date.
Episode: Sympathy for the Devil (1×03)
“Do I look stupid?”
“Ha, ha. No. Are you kidding? Really? You don’t know? You’re gorgeous, my friend.”
Sophy says: I love the way the writer added “my friend” on the end of that, like if they weren’t careful the characters might end up naked on the floor or something? I always feel that way watching this show. It’s a tightrope walk, and there’s just this huge pool of GAY below. With a sign saying ‘Skinnydippers Only’.
Rin says: A rainbow-coloured pool of gay
Apart from loving that Maura finds Jane gorgeous (i.e. she has eyes), she also finds Jane’s lack of awareness to be amusing and endearing too. As in, Janespants/Mauraslackofpants.
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05. Jane teaches Maura how to use her ~weapon.
Episode: I’m Your Boogie Man (1×08)
“You look good. Ha, ha.”
“Do I look bad-ass?”
“Yeah, you look like a bad-ass.”
Sophy says: LOOK AT THEM. SO SHINY. I love how this is such a cheesy bow chicka wow wow guy/girl cliche, reinvented for our womance, to give it that extra little kick of GAY GAY GAY.
And I particularly love this moment in connection with the moment above, because it’s like… Jane needs reassurance from Maura about not being too butch and Maura needs reassurance from Jane about being butch enough??? I can’t??? THEY COMPLETE EACH OTHER? TAMBOURINE???
Rin says: KEEP BEATING THAT TAMBOURINE UNTIL THE COWS COME HOME 
NEVER GIVE UP
This is all kinds of adorable, because really? Maura trying to look bad-ass is just adooraaabbbllleee. Also, when Jane’s ~teaching she laughs a little at Maura and then Maura goes into 12-year-old-girl-with-a-crush mode by chucking a ‘You’re laughing at me.’ It’s the cutest.
Oh and, jsyk. Jane thinks Maura looks good. 
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04. Jane is okay with murder if it protects Maura.
Episode: The Beast in Me (1×09)
“Who tipped him off?”
“Not me. You said not to. Think the message is pretty clear though.”
“Don’t mess with my family.”
“You do what you need to do to protect family.”
Rin says: I’m beginning to think I’m okay with murder as long as it protects Jane/Maura.
:-S
Sophy says: FAMILY. I CAN’T. I JUST. ACTION.
I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking family isn’t about sex. You’re all ‘INCEST IS ILLEGAL, SOPHY OF ROPHY.’ AND I’M ALL WHATEVER, MAURA/JANE ARE FAMILY IN THE LANNISTER WAY, DEAL WITH IT. Um.
Rin says: 
But really. Cutest little family work-unit. And isn’t this what is kind of great about the show too? You have your two strong female-leads, and the men are the sidekicks.
And the purple gloves.
Sophy says: Totally. Has there been a show that is this dominated by woman power since Buffy? I’m going to stubbornly say no.
And the purple gloves?
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03. Maura lets Jane know she’s here for her, and then they smile like two fools in love.
Episode: When the Gun Goes Bang, Bang, Bang (1×10)
“If you wanna talk about your brother or just avoid the subject, I’m here.”
“I know.”
Sophy says: Oh look, another romantic cliche for our two leads. I’m beginning to think the writers are doing this on purpose. Nothing says ‘soulmates for life type thing’ like elevator doors closing on dreamy gazes.
I loved how this scene showed us how close Jane and Maura are; how they’re even closer than they appeared to be when the season started and Maura was bumping Jane’s nose back into place and the lights were dimming and the violins swelled… um. Point is they’re family now, as mentioned above. And a big part of what makes their bond so special is that they know exactly how to handle one another. Jane can talk with Maura. Jane can not talk with Maura. I’m here. I know.
Rin says: HAHAH honestly. For a second I thought they were going to cut to a scene of a meadow full of sunflowers, with Jane and Maura running towards each other in slow-motion. In a sex way.
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02. You can’t just give someone a baby tortoise and not expect people to talk.
Episode: See One. Do One. Teach One (1×01)
“Oh. They’re kind of cute when they’re small.”
“I told you.”
Rin says: I bet the next day Jane’s neighbour came knocking on the door and was all, “So, you got a new baby tortoise huh? Things must be getting pretty serious.”
Sophy says: This was the moment that really sold me on the show. It was the moment I knew that it wasn’t going to matter how pedestrian or absurd the show might be in terms of its procedural side – it wasn’t going to matter that I’m not normally into procedurals, full stop. What was going to keep me coming back was the chemistry between these two leads, both as actors and as characters and absolutely motherfucking adorable things like BABY TORTOISES BEING GIVEN SO THAT ONE DAY WHEN SAID BABY TORTOISE GETS BIG AND FAT AND WADDLES AROUND THE HOUSE THEY CAN BE TWINSIES???
Don’t be fooled by the guns and lab coats. This is what Rizzoli & Isles is all about.
Baby tortoises and gay.
Rin says: I’m pretty sure no one’s major priority when watching this show is to find out whodunit. We already know the answer is Jane/Maura at Jane’s house. It’s definitely the baby tortoises and gay.
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01. The gayfest that was ‘I Kissed A Girl.’ 
Episode: I Kissed A Girl (1×06)
“Right. But did you know that sex releases immunoglobulin A?”
“It’s a good thing you’re not my type.”
“What do you mean I’m not your type? That is so rude.”
“Your table’s ready, miss.”
“Oh, my… Put this on.”
“No. I’m undercover. Follow me.”
“I need you to swab my neck for DNA.”
Sophy says: Lol, I don’t even know that it’s possible to talk about this episode. Except perhaps to say that I had to pause when they were in bed together because I was giggling so hard I couldn’t hear the dialogue, and okay the writers are SO doing it on purpose and I think my actual words to Rin at that moment, may exactly precisely have been “WHAT? HOW IS THIS NOT A GAY SHOW????!”
And except to say that the fact that Jane was kissed by a lady and it wasn’t Maura is so profoundly cruel that I can’t. But that I really don’t mind at all, because Jane taking her jacket off and wanting Maura to put it on is the best thing in the entire known gay universe??? I don’t know?? Patriarchal values straight out of the 1950s are really cute on women????? Jane loves Maura? xoxo Rophy?
Rin says: This was always going to be on the top of the pile of ‘How Is This Not A Gay Show’ because really, HOW IS IT NOT???!! This episode always has me giggling into a puddly-mess because of how just.. absurdly outright gay it is? And of course we had to include the entire episode as number one, because if we tried to pick out moments we were in danger of having the top ten scenes be only from this episode. The other episodes would get jealous and riot with signs.
I’m pretty sure the number one in my heart would be the same as Soph’s. WHEN JANE TRIES TO GIVE MAURA HER JACKET. Like. Have you ever?????
Sophy says: I HAVE NEVER.
Rophy says: Rizzoli & Isles. The gayest not gay gay show ever. Catch the second season starting July 11 10/9c on TNT.
Need more convincing?
“MAURA/JANE ARE FAMILY IN THE LANNISTER WAY, DEAL WITH IT.”
BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
And also… ew.
HAHA!
“I like to think of this as the tail-end of that intimate family gathering they had after engagement/pregnancy was announced.”
Where do you guys come up with this stuff?
lol
I would quote the whole article if I could, everything was brilliantly funny
You guys are awesome
And the purple gloves.
hahaha this is great.
my favorite ‘yup, they’re gay’ moment was when Frankie Jr. went over to Jane’s house at like, 2 am, saw Maura there, and completely nonchalantly just said, “hey, what’s up.” I can’t remember the episode but it was priceless.
You guys are hilarious!! I missed you funny reviews. And OMG YES! Everything you said, just yes! When I started watching the show, right from their first scene I was like “wait? really? omg is this a lesbian cop show?!” but then, of course it wasn’t, and yet, it couldn’t be more gay! I really hope they never change. Because, even if nothing truly ever happens, by season 3 they will already be the best married duo of all time. Even all the press they’re getting keeps pointing out their womance. You’re not fooling anybody girls. Rizzoli & Isles are soulmates. Plus, I really love the female leadership of the show.
“You can’t just give someone a baby tortoise and not expect people to talk.” Bahahahaha!
I’m so happy it’s finally back. It’s been a looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong wait!
I have never even heard of this show, but since it’s the 11th now, I am going to look up the new series when it starts.
omg, you guys are fucking hilarious. i’m dying right now.
RIZZLES!
Omg i love those two like, fierce
It’s not even about the chemistry – ok it’s mostly about the insane chemistry between those girls – it’s that the writers acknowledge that chemistry and write to it (isn’t it true that the show was supposed to be mainly about Rizzoli – like in the books – but after Sasha and Angie read together they changed the whole prospect to R&I?? i read that somewhere).
As you noticed, they keep putting them in situations that are normally reserved to lovers or at least possible-future-lovers!
Like, really, who ever thought about covering their friend if she dressed a bit skanky? you ONLY do that to your gf when you don’t want other ppl to get a glimps of her full gorgeousness, haha, and there are so many examples like that. The ending is a blatant one, with Maura running slow mo’ towards Jane’s fallen body.. that one is soooo reserved for the lover in mainstream media.
Like i said, i (am in) love R&I!
AMEN.
Seriously. I thought this was a gay show when I turned it on. I was seriously shocked when it wasn’t.
But it’s so SO gay. It’s not even “TNT. We know drama.” when this show is on. This show is so not gay gay that they change it to “TNT. We know lesbians.”
And c’mon. You don’t just give someone a baby turtle and gold flecked chocolate and get mud baths together unless you are secretly incredibly gay. It’s happening.
It’s like, this show isn’t REALLY gay gay. But I ain’t even mad. Y’know? You guys just get it. Thanks for being awesome and hilarious.
ok ok ok i’ll watch this now.
i’ll try to catch up quickly because tortoises? jackets?
i wasn’t sold before but now i’m there.
You weren’t sold before when I told you to watch it? *scoffs*
Soo, I watched a few of the series 1 episodes to catch up (1×01, 1×06, 1×10) and then watched the S2 premiere and – holy ****, how is this not a gay show? It’s the gayest show I’ve ever seen! Jane and Maura can hardly go 5 minutes without staring into each others eyes and/or touching gratituously. Every conversation looks like it’s going to end with them jumping each other. Seriously, this show is so gay, if you type the title into Word, the text automatically becomes rainbow-coloured. It’s so gay, there are Christian fundamentalists trying to get it banned from churches. It’s so gay, Mini McGuiness can stand next to it and look like a bona fid heterosexual. It’s so gay, Effy watched one episode and immediately gave up on ever winning the gayest race.
The ultimate moment for me would have to be 1×06, when Jane tries to give Maura her jacket. Not just because of the painfully-traditional-but-somehow-cute-on-women protective instinct, but moreso because when Jane saw Maura looking all hot, her immediate reaction was to remove her clothes. (And I, for one, don’t blame her).
You’re right, I don’t think anyone watches for the procedural side. To be honest, the blandness of that side of the show is kinda putting me off watching the rest of S1, though I’ll probably keep up with S2 while it’s on. I reckon it would be 1000 times better if it was nothing but 40 minutes of Jane and Maura hanging out and sharing totally-not-gay-but-totally-gay moments, perhaps intercut with shots of Jane shooting bad guys in the face.
RE: staring into eyes/touching gratuitously
there’s a drinking game for that
omg i need to stalk rophy more i can’t believe i’m only seeing this beautiful list now ughhhhh <3333
the gayness of this show. i can't and never will and <3
I find it so adorable when fans are such “fans” of a show that they push it to be something else. I haven’t watched the show…yet…still downloading…But I have high hopes that the writers would slap us all in the face when they make the two characters love each other more than friends <3
I find this countdown so damn adorable and so true. I started watching this show a few months back and I was in awe at the chemistry the two have. It shocks me to this day that the writers try to play it off as “just friends” because given your extremely accurate list, Maura and Jane are much more than friends. Their chemistry is the only reason to watch the show, to see that one night too much wine is passed around and clothes get thrown everywhere.
This was a hilarious list! Also, the writers keep trying to pair them with male love interests, and the chemistry is hardly ever there, and when it is it doesn’t compare at all to R/I. Plus all of their love interests last for like one episode, probably because the writers know they don’t match up.
It’s kind of similar to how we know neither of them will ever die. Neither of them will ever settle down with anyone but each other.
This show is gayer than a tree full of rainbow parrots on Liberace’s patio. Ugh I can’t.
Do you think they would ever ~go there? Like, in the last 5 minutes of the last episode or something. They don’t even need to kiss or w/e, but, do something that makes it obv they’ve realized their glorious eternal love. These are the things I agonize over.
Also pretty please consider doing recaps for the eps in season two?? You bitches are so much more hilar than Snarker and company. Legit.
Possibly the moment I found this was the best moment of my life.
& besides the fact that I wholeheartedly agree that Maura & Jane belong together, your dialogue was FUCKIG HYSTERICAL.
When you were talking about how the writers always have to be careful, otherwise the characters might end up naked on the floor. That they’re walking a tightrope with a pool of gay below them.
“it’s all about baby tortoises and gay.”
I really can’t remember the last time I laughed so hard. I AM DYING.
YOU’RE MY NEW FAVORITE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD
Wow, thanks! Always glad to welcome new people into our little corner of fandom.
Just read all of the other comments.
R & I fans are officially the best motherfzxcking fans ever.
HOLY FRICKEN PERFECTION! this is just.. I can’t even..
Wow. I was like, pissing myself laughing THEE WHOLE WAYTHROUGH READING THIS!
I think, yeah, you could give someone a baby tortoise and gold-flecked chocolate even if youre not in love with her.
I would give it to my best friend!
But Rizzoli and Isles are still ( maybe ) gay, because:
-their intensive eye sex ( which I never do with my best friend)
-they are so different, they have nothing in common, but are the bestest friends, though.
-Maura never had a best friend and suddenly Jane is her best friend, her FIRST best friend?
And even Jane is now totally into Maura, she never meets other friends since she knew Maura. Its like they were married.
- They can not be one day without each other.
-Jane is such a tomboy.
-Maura has always trouble with men.
-They sometimes smiling each other and blushing…
And lots of more things.
I would never, ever give Rin a baby tortoise. I don’t want to risk losing what we have.
ALSO. I’m like, two eps behind on Rissoles and you’ve just reminded me of that fact. Now I have a little stockpile of episodes for Christmas.
omg i cant believe this the things you guys are writing are so true and this is my favorite show of all time.
Pleeeeeeeeeeeese do one of these for second season. Please?
(bribes could be arranged)
We’re listening….
to my plea or to my offer of a bribe?
if the latter then, as Isles says, “Name it”
I’m not gay or one of these people who want everything to be about romance. In fact usually with me romance in a series annoys me, but Jane and Maura are different. The writters of this show are daring to go were no detective show has been before and i hope they have the know how to bring jane and maura together in the show, this is more than romance its fresh to every other detective series and thats why the writters have to see it through and allow jane and maura to become an item, as a crime series addict i am as interested in the charchaters private lives as i am the cases they work which has never happened with me in any other crime shows i watch, if the writters fail to bring jane and maura togther then one half of the show fails as viewers are not just interested in the crime side of this show, and if half your show fails you don’t just loose viewers you eventually go off air so do the right thing for the show writters and bring jane and maura together.
I think my totally, “How SHOW NO GAY?!!” moment was Jane staring down Maura’s top in “I Kissed a Girl”. I mean seriously?! She’s looking at those things and thinking, “My god. If I had whipped cream right now…” YOU KNOW IT TO BE TRUE!!!!
And you totally know they’re gay because:
- Maura keeps diagnosing or arresting men to scare them off (I mean Marphan’s syndrome? I.JUST.CAN’T!)
-Jane keeps “dating” unavailable men
-They both undress eachother with their eyes at least three times per episode
-I don’t think either of them ever sleep in their own beds
-Jane wears dresses for Maura…need i say more!!!???
lol I need to show this to one of my best friends because it’s actually kind of scary. I friendship is similar to theirs yet she’s straight and I am bi but we are best friends.
ALL THE PEOPLE THAT THINK THEY ARE GAY ARE STUPID ASSES. YOU PERVERTS ARE ACTING LIKE YOU DO NOT HAVE A BEST FRIEND THAT YOU ARE CLOSE TO. YOU GUYS ARE ACTING LIKE YOU NEVER GAVE A FRIEND A PRESENT, OR LAID DOWN IN THE SAME BED. SO WHAT THEY SMILED AT EACH OTHER. THE FACT THAT YOU PERVERTS SIT IN FRONT OF A T.V ALL DAY AND LOOK FOR THINGS THAT YOU THINK ARE GAY, BUT REALLY ANY GOOD FRIEND OR PERSON MIGHT DO FOR SOMEONE ELSE IS SAD AND PATHETIC. STOP BEING LOSERS AND GO OUT SIDE OR GET A DATE
one really has to question your motives for coming all the way to this site and posting your hate. hahaha you know what they say about the worst homophobes, dont worry we dont see it as a bad thing. peace man
just like “Xena the warrior princess” Xena and Gabriel. except they dont kiss or something
Interestingly enough, as a straight girl, I watched the show the first time and thought… Hold up hold up, wtf are these two doing trying to fight the on/off screen chemistry they have? I recognise that the show was never going to be about the crime or cases but the two strong women & their private lives! But I think instead of writers telling the story about their private lives, they’re telling us a story about their love they have for each other! Secretly they know it, writers know it, fans see it & ship it like there’s no Tamaro! So can we just all get over it please & give Jane & Maura that moment they lock lips for the first time! Thanks!
And oh, as straight as I am, I once had a “friendship” like this… Chemistry and all with my friend! In the end we both admitted it, kissed & eventually had sex! It’s the scariest thought for a straight girl to finally realise the have strong feeling for their girlfriend but, it’s also ok to acknowledge those feelings… Doesn’t make you gay! You are attracted to whoever you are attracted to… Male/female, don’t think it’s that important! And JSYK I totally enjoyed & loved this post!!!!!! Amazing job! Xx
“Soulmates for life type thing” that is so Imagine Me & You
Loved the top 10
… but really as the majority of gay… let Rizzoli & Isles be in the closet, we sure all know how that works
LOL
denial denial, obvious obvious obvious, denial, so lovely XD
So glad to see it’s not just me that noticed the obvious gayness of Rizzoli and Isles!
I whole-heartedly agree. There are endless “How are they not gay?” moments. That angry guy that wrote in all caps: first of all you spelled truth wrong, you moronic idiot. Second, have you actually seen the show? Obviously not. Because if you had, you would have realized there’s so much more to their relationship. Third, I agree with Dana.
Also, you guys should totally do this for seasons 2 and 3!
Lolz, I swear I did not see the obvious until reading this. You should watch it now they have a baby together!
I can’t quote one thing because it’s all just toooooo damn amazing! I laughed so hard :’D
It had to be the entire sixth episode as number.. It just had to be!!
This really is the definition of “How is this not a gay show?” Because they use every excuse to just touch each other, sleep in the same bed, or just gaze at each other. Like Wtf JTam!!
Jane looks down Maura’s top. I kid you not. In I kissed a girl, she looks right down there. Isn’t Maura The One Who Has Chemistry With Abby in NCIS?