History Awesome / RizzoliAndIsles

* "In Plain View" deals with a criminal who wants payback on his abusive father. The police find him holding the latter at gunpoint, but he is remorseless and sneers he wouldn't have the guts to kill him. Rizzoli, clearly disgusted by having to save this {{Jerkass}}, decides to use reverse psychology on the suspect, daring them to shoot him with the agreement to not say a word about it. He relents at this, but it makes sure the asshole father is not a complete KarmaHoudini and [[OhCrap has his own moment of pant shitting terror]].

* In "Dance With The Devil", Lieutenant Cavanaugh learns that Paddy Doyle, Maura's biological father, was the one responsible for the death of Cavanaugh's wife and son. Cavanaugh confronts Doyle with the intention of killing him. Maura then reveals that her biological mother Hope, one of the few people Doyle loves, is testifying against Doyle [[ReversePsychology but does so in a way that makes it look like she wants Cavanaugh to kill Doyle]]. This causes Cavanaugh to spare Doyle because living with the knowledge that the woman he loved testified against him is a far better form of revenge.

* Cavanaugh gets one when he tells off Rizzoli's {{Jerk Ass}} [[{{AlcoholicParent}} Alcoholic Father]] after he openly insults [[NiceGuy Tommy]], the one person who was willing to forgive and accept him for his parental failures.

* Korsack gets one for taking on a mother-son duo of serial killers who have him shackled in his basement, bleeding from a blow to the head. Despite being incapacitated, injured, and knowing what these two have done previously, he never loses his cool, goading the male killer on being a Momma's Boy and even snarking at him while the young man angrily cuts into his throat with a scalpel. He manages to turn the pair against each other to the point where mother actually shoots son, and buys enough time for Jane to burst in and shoot the deranged mother. Then Korsack tells his friends to call for an ambulance, not for himself, but for his would-be killers.

* Korsack gets one for taking on a mother-son duo of serial killers who have him shackled in his basement, bleeding from a blow to the head. Despite being incapacitated, injured, and knowing what these two have done previously, he never loses his cool, goading the male killer on being a Momma's Boy and even snarking at him while the young man angrily cuts into his throat with a scalpel. He manages to turn the pair against each other to the point where mother actually shoots son, and buys enough time for Jane to burst in and shoot the deranged mother. Then Korsack tells his friends to call for an ambulance, not for himself, but for his would-be killers.

* A trio of girls get one for taking down a corrupt and sleazy teacher who'd driven one of their friends to attempt suicide. By each one claiming to be the driver of the car that ran him down, they are able to exploit LoopholeAbuse to create reasonable doubt, and get away with it.

** And then when his new apprentice tries to zap her with the stun baton, Korsak [[BigDamnHeroes smashes through the locked door]] and drops the corrupt guard with a split-second DoubleTap. Hoyt dies watching his SawnSong collapse like a house of cards.

** And then when his new apprentice tries to zap her with the stun baton, Korsak [[BigDamnHeroes smashes through the locked door]] and drops the corrupt guard with a split-second DoubleTap.

** Jane still bears the scars from when Hoyt literally pinned her hands to the ground. She gets her revenge later in the episode by putting a bullet into both of his hands at once, telling him, "We match."

--> '''Jane:''' '''''[[SwordOverHead I]]''''' ''WIN!!'' (*''[[HoistByHisOwnPetard stabs him with the very scalpel he used on her and Maura]]*'') And you're going to Hell alone!

* A trio of girls get one for taking down a corrupt and sleazy teacher who'd driven one of their friends to attempt suicide. By each one claiming to be the driver of the car that ran him down, they are able to exploit LoopholeAbuse to create reasonable doubt, and get away with it.

** Jane still bears the scars from when Hoyt literally pinned her hands to the ground. She gets her revenge later in the episode by putting a bullet into both of his hands at once, telling him, "We match."

* A ''victim'' gets one in "Brown Eyed Girl". Sophie, a 17-year-old girl who had aged out of the (literally AxeCrazy) predator's preferred age group, was about to be "replaced" by Mandy, a cop's daughter. Isles discovers that she had been a captive for 4 years, and ''still'' fought to the death to protect Mandy, a total stranger. The kid died a '''''hero'''''.

* Jane still bears the scars from when Hoyt literally pinned her hands to the ground. She gets her revenge later in the episode by putting a bullet into both of his hands at once, telling him, "We match."

* A ''victim'' gets one in "Brown Eyed Girl". Sophie, a 17-year-old girl who had aged out of the (literally AxeCrazy) predator's preferred age group, was about to be "replaced" by Mandy, a cop's daughter. Isles discovers that she had been a captive for 4 years, and ''still'' fought to the death to protect Mandy, a total stranger. The kid died a '''''hero'''''.

* Jane still bears the scars from when Hoyt literally pinned her hands to the ground. She gets her revenge later in the episode by putting a bullet into both of his hands at once, telling him, "We match."

--> '''Jane:''' '''''[[SwordOverHead I]]''''' ''WIN!!'' (*''[[HoistByHisOwnPetard stabs him with the very scalpel he used on her and Maura]]*'') And you're going to Hell alone!

---> '''Jane:''' '''''[[SwordOverHead I]]''''' ''WIN!!'' (*''[[HoistByHisOwnPetard stabs him with the very scalpel he used on her and Maura]]*'') And you're going to Hell alone!