Day 24: K-9 Lassie tracks down the suspect and leads them to another warehouse. They discover the mastermind cleverly disguised as Santa plus smelting equipment for gold. Further DNA testing shows that he was the father of all three of the criminals - triplet boys! They had been stealing gold and melting it down to sell as gold ingots. And just like that, the case is solved!! Good thing too since it's Christmas tomorrow!

Day 24a: Back at Maura's house some crafty person has hung mistletoe (Angela? Tommy? Frankie?) and as our heroes find themselves standing underneath it, they finally share a tentative yet intense first kiss! Merry Christmas to all. :)

Day 23..

 Day 23: Clutching at straws the team decides to try the K-9 unit and gives Lassie the watchman's cap of a deceased suspect. Officer Cesar Milan brings milk bones!

Day 23a: Meanwhile, the remaining suspect is hiding in the bushes with his trusty revolver...
Will the BPD find him? What will happen next? Can we wrap up this case in the one remaining day left? Stay tuned for the big Christmas Eve thrilling conclusion...

Day 22..

 Day 22: Maura enjoys the sleigh ride so much, she buys her own. Of course Jane challenges her to a race...

 Day 22a: Jane edges ahead...

 Day 22b: ...but Maura "Jimmie Johnson" Isles cuts her off at the bend...

 Day 22c: Maura wins and to the winner, the spoils. Jane gives her friend a great, big seemingly never-ending...kiss hug.

Day 22d: A friendly snowball fight breaks out after the hug... (The case is still stalled in case you were following along with the plot - what plot?)

Day 21..

Day 21: Winter Solstice! To celebrate, Jane takes Maura on a romantic fun sleigh ride. The case has gone cold for now..

Day 20..

 Day 20: Jane helps Maura with her "jab"...it's what platonic friends do of a morning after they've woken up from their sleepover wherein they snuggled all night long...

Day 20a: Frankie gets to test out the BPD new snowmobile - it's a stylish and easily seen orange colour. He makes sure to be safe with the correct head canon..i mean head gear!

Day 20b: Meanwhile, back to the case at hand - Maura has discovered that the 2 dead criminals are related - in fact have enough alleles in common to be twins! No wonder red crowbar was trying to steal the DNA evidence!

Day 19..

 Day 19: "Rizzoli" "Isles" our girls are, umm, rudely "awoken" by another crime scene call...

Day 19a: Criminal #3 is dead! His trusty red crowbar couldn't save him..but why was he breaking into the safe? Was there more than just gold ingots inside? Who killed him?

Day 18..

 Day 18: Another creepy criminal (this one has chest hair, eww and if you're keeping count, the criminal count is up to THREE) breaks into Maura's lab to steal DNA evidence... The accessory du jour is a stylin' red crowbar...

Day 18a: After entirely too much fun singing karaoke, Jane sleeps over at Maura's house..and like all platonic friends, they end up spooning...awww!