Is The Closer a better show? I haven't seen Rizzoli and Isles yet. But the main character of The Closer kept annoying the living shit out of me. It was like the writers felt like they had to keep apologizing for having a girrrrrullll in the main role. "We're so sorry! We'll make her eat junk food all the time! We'll make her really absent-minded! Please, please forgive her for being female and professionally competent!" Maybe that's not how other people saw her, but I did, so I quit watching after one season.