Jane (surprise, surprise) ended up rescuing Maura in the 1st hour last night, as we knew she would since Maura was already in the promo's for the following ep.
What was a neat surprise was that TPTB saved Maura and yet kept the mystery alive by assuring us the kidnapper was not working alone. Unfortunately, before Jane could beat a name of his accomplice out of Maura's kidnapper, he died.
The other good news from last night was that Jane & Maura have not magically forgotten the stress of this abduction (like they did 4 seasons ago when Dom Deluise's son kidnapped Jane) and are both still dealing with the aftermath. Especially important since the mastermind is still out there.
As for "be still the Rizzles beating hearts", I guffawed when Maura in the 2nd ep looked like she was going to start kissing Jane's neck in front of Kent. (She and Kent were both stoned at the time and Maura thought Jane looked quite "edible".) Instead she just ran her fingers through a very uncomfortable Jane's hair, looking for "cheese curls".
I really felt for Jane this week, when I wasn't laughing at her predicament.
Can't wait for next week.
I still want to blame everything on Kent.
