WARNING: Long preamble. If you just want to get to the Sasha is Awesome parts, skip to the gigantic OKAY.




You know how you can go your whole life without realizing either that something exists or how fabulous it is? That’s how I was about cheese for about 18 years. Until then, I’d only had Kraft singles, and had no idea that that’s about the least interesting example of cheese – if you can call it that – you can get. So when patient housemates introduced me to the delights of cheese soft (mmmm, Camembert) and hard (Gruyère!), it was like stepping into a fantastic kingdom that had all along been just across the road, not even particularly well hidden by rose briars or whatever. How could I have missed it for so long??

So it has been for me with Sasha Alexander (incidentally, an avowed cheese lover herself). Even though I lived with someone who was mildly obsessed with Dawson’s Creek, I didn’t watch it myself and had no idea SA played Pacey’s sister. I knew of NCIS as a CBS ratings stalwart, but it wasn’t my cup of tea, so I was oblivious to Kate Todd’s illustrious presence for two seasons and her exceptionally shocking death). It wasn’t till Rizzoli & Isles that I first encountered Sasha’s Awesomeness as an actor, and that turned out to be a springboard to appreciating some of her other dimensions (out of the gutter, people, it’s only the second paragraph!).

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Okay, now I'm basically just doing this for amusement :-).  I found a German review of the Rizzoli & Isles pilot, and put it through both Google Translate and Reverso.net.  The translations are even worse than for the French review I posted a couple of days ago, but the hilarity factor is proportionately higher!  However, if any real German speakers want to provide better renditions, please feel free.   As we know by now, what's important is that the subtext comes through in multiple languages ...

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Title: The Things We Don’t Give Up (5/6)
Author: reversatility
Fandom: Rizzoli & Isles
Pairing: Jane/Maura
Disclaimer: All characters you recognize belong to Tess Gerritsen and/or the producers of Rizzoli & Isles.
Spoilers: No
Rating: R
Words: 3,193
Author’s notes: Can be read as a stand-alone, although it’s a sequel to my story Over the Line, which you might take a look at if you’re curious as to how Jane and Maura got to where they are now. The Things We Don’t Give Up is set very soon after the end of Over the Line, some time after 1.05 Money for Nothing, before 1.09 The Beast in Me.
Also, a special thanks to fewthistle for her kind and helpful response to a language question I had.

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Apologies for the delay in this update, but better late than never, right ... and at least it's not next year yet!

Title: The Things We Don’t Give Up (4/6)
Author: reversatility
Fandom: Rizzoli & Isles
Pairing: Jane/Maura
Disclaimer: All characters you recognize belong to Tess Gerritsen and/or the producers of Rizzoli & Isles.
Spoilers: Yes (any more info, and you’d be spoiled for the story, but hey, I’m sure everyone has seen Season 1 in its entirety ...)
Rating: Uh, soft NC17? Hard R?
Words: 3,269
Author’s notes: Can be read as a stand-alone, although it’s a sequel to my story Over the Line, which you might take a look at if you’re curious as to how Jane and Maura got to where they are now. The Things We Don’t Give Up is set very soon after the end of Over the Line, some time after 1.05 Money for Nothing, before 1.09 The Beast in Me.

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This extract from the August 20, 2009 draft of the pilot script (here are Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6) covers the final scenes.  They play out pretty differently in lots of interesting respects, and there are several things that Jane/Maura shippers should find pleasing, including physical contact!

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Another extract from the August 20, 2009 draft of the pilot script (here are Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5).  Doesn't offer the subtext overload of the last extract, but there are some interesting insights into both Jane and Maura and their relationship. 

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Title: Three Questions
Author: reversatility
Fandom: Rizzoli & Isles
Pairing: Jane/Maura
Disclaimer: Jane and Maura belong to Tess Gerritsen and the producers of Rizzoli & Isles.
Spoilers: None
Rating: PG13
Words: 153
Author’s notes: I haven’t forgotten that I owe you Chapter 4 of The Things We Don’t Give Up, it’s just not quite ready yet, sorry. I hope this little holiday drabble will help tide you over. I originally wanted to see if I could write it in 100 words (in the style of redwingx’s outstanding works), but I ended up going with my favorite number instead: 153. To channel Maura Isles for a second, it has many interesting properties, not the least of which is (1 cubed)+(5 cubed)+(3 cubed) = 153 (and who knew numbers had their own Wikipedia entries?).
Also, a priest is mentioned, but I haven’t read the Gerritsen books, so this piece no doubt fails to follow the book canon!
Geez, the notes are going to be longer than the story. Stopping now except to make ...
Dedications: To sunsetwriter, author of many excellent Alex/Olivia (Law and Order: SVU) holiday pieces, and fewthistle, author of (among other things) an amazing Helena/Myka (Warehouse 13) series, and who just wrote me a lovely Helena/Myka ficlet.


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Continuing the series of extracts from the August 20, 2009 draft of the pilot script (here are Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4), this is my favorite extract, from the beginning of Act 4, and includes a couple of scenes that were never aired.  The second one is just between Jane and Maura, and it's a beauty. 

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Title: The Things We Don’t Give Up (3/6)
Author: reversatility
Fandom: Rizzoli & Isles
Pairing: Jane/Maura
Disclaimer: All characters you recognize belong to Tess Gerritsen and/or the producers of Rizzoli & Isles.
Spoilers: None
Rating: R
Words: 2,289
Author’s notes: Can be read as a stand-alone, although it’s a sequel to my story Over the Line, which you might take a look at if you’re curious as to how Jane and Maura got to where they are now :-). The Things We Don’t Give Up is set very soon after the end of Over the Line, some time after 1.05 Money for Nothing, before 1.09 The Beast in Me.
Oh, and there's an extended flashback in this chapter - I think I marked it pretty clearly, so hopefully it won't be confusing.

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More in the series of extracts from the August 20, 2009 draft of the pilot script (here are Parts 1, 2, and 3).  As a comparison with the scenes between Jane and Maura at Maura's apartment I posted last, you can see how Jane and Dean's interactions in Jane's apartment were written.  The chemistry is scripted, but for many of us, it translated pretty poorly on-screen.

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Okay, folks, here it is!  Continuing the series of extracts from the August 20, 2009 draft of the pilot script (here are Parts 1 and 2), this extract has the scenes from when Jane leaves her apartment to go to Maura's, till when she wakes up and, well, sneaks out. 

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Here's another extract from a draft of the pilot script of Rizzoli & Isles dated August 20, 2009 (you can find a link to the first extract here).  Not the bed scene, but that'll be next!

One thing in general that's different in this draft of the pilot is the extent to which Jane and Maura are initially "fighting" over Dean. I know in the aired pilot both of them expressed interest, but I feel like the aired version suggested that Dean was primarily interested in Jane, and that Maura was, by and large, yielding him to her because she wasn't that interested herself. 

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Okay, taking a quick break from writing The Things We Don't Give Up to bring you extracts from a draft of the pilot script of Rizzoli & Isles dated August 20, 2009, when it was still just called Rizzoli.  There are some interesting tidbits and divergences from the aired pilot.  I plan on posting several more extracts as I get to them, including the famous "bed scene," as well as a scene that never made it to air where Jane tells Maura about the first person (and yes, I use "person" deliberately!) who broke her heart.

This first extract introduces Maura, and then there's the scene with Jane, Maura, and Korsak examining the first body.

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Title: The Things We Don’t Give Up (2/6)
Author: reversatility
Fandom: Rizzoli & Isles
Pairing: Jane/Maura
Disclaimer: All characters you recognize belong to Tess Gerritsen and/or the producers of Rizzoli & Isles.
Spoilers: None
Rating: R
Words: 1,822
Author’s notes: Can be read as a stand-alone, although it’s a sequel to my story Over the Line, which you might take a look at if you’re curious as to how Jane and Maura got to where they are now. The Things We Don’t Give Up is set basically very soon after the end of Over the Line, some time after 1.05 Money for Nothing, before 1.09 The Beast in Me.

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Title: The Things We Don’t Give Up (1/6)
Author: reversatility
Fandom: Rizzoli & Isles
Pairing: Jane/Maura
Disclaimer: All characters you recognize belong to Tess Gerritsen and/or the producers of Rizzoli & Isles. 
Spoilers: None
Rating: PG13 (to R)
Words: 552
Author’s notes: Can be read as a stand-alone, although it’s a sequel to my story Over the Line, which you might take a look at if you’re curious as to how Jane and Maura got to where they are now :-). The Things We Don’t Give Up is set very soon after the end of Over the Line, some time after 1.05 Money for Nothing, before 1.09 The Beast in Me.  


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