# Rizzoli & Isles 08/16/10:  Ooh, such fanservice!

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 17, 2010, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rizzoli-isles-08-16-10-ooh-such-fanservice/550495 "2010-08-17T03:01:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rizzoli-isles-08-16-10-ooh-such-fanservice/550495/21 "2010-08-18T16:55:12Z")

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> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
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> I quite disagree. On R&I [Sasha Alexander]looks rather generic; was much more distinctive on _NCIS_.

I just realized why Ms. Alexander looks better, to me at least, on R&I than NCIS. On the newer show, she smiles much more and is generally nicer. Isles is generally happy in her work, which brings her into regular contact with her best friend; by contrast, Todd was frequently ambivalent about NCIS (if only because she had moved from a job she knew well to one where she had to be trained again), and could just barely stand one of her coworkers most of the time.

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**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rizzoli-isles-08-16-10-ooh-such-fanservice/550495/22 "2010-08-18T18:44:14Z")

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That’s a good point, **Skald** , but sometimes pissed-off chicks can be HOT.

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rizzoli-isles-08-16-10-ooh-such-fanservice/550495/23 "2010-08-18T19:56:26Z")

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I guess we have to agree to disagree. To me, Kate on _NCIS_ was so utterly meh that I never could understand the UST between here and DiNozzi. But Dr. Isles is a hottie and a half.

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**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rizzoli-isles-08-16-10-ooh-such-fanservice/550495/24 "2010-08-18T19:59:39Z")

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> [@BrainGlutton](#):
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> I guess we have to agree to disagree. To me, Kate on _NCIS_ was so utterly meh that I never could understand the UST between here and DiNozzi. But Dr. Isles is a hottie and a half.

While I’d not call Kate _meh_, I’m also not prepared to concede there was genuine unresolved sexual tension between her and DiNozzo. There’s smoldering between _Ziva_ and DiNozzo; I think Kate genuinely disliked Tony, and vice versa.

And, yes, I recall that she wept for him when she thought he was dying of the plague, and that he was emotionally affected when she did, in fact, perish. The fact that they’re capable of sympathy of one another doesn’t mean that either of them wouldn’t have been happier if the other had worked elsewhere.

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