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Right man, wrong place.

There's no doubt Jesse Stone, a troubled cop fleeing the big city, is a less-than-ideal fit for a tiny New England enclave — just as Tom Selleck's Jesse Stone is a tough match for a broadcast climate that has little interest in movies, particularly those that attract an older audience. Yet take the time to spot his virtues, and it's clear TV and the town are lucky to have Jesse around.

The fifth in a series of films based on Robert B. Parker's books, Jesse Stone: Thin Ice (* * * out of four, CBS, Sunday, 9 ET/PT) returns Selleck to the role that represents his best TV work: a smart, brusque man who no longer has any patience for fools, himself included. Once again he's surrounded by a terrific cast, including Kathy Baker, Kohl Sudduth, Stephen McHattie, William Devane, Camryn Manheim and Leslie Hope.

The crimes merely set the stage for a moody, atmospheric film that's more interested in its characters than in the mechanics of its mystery. In the end, this is a movie about adults, for adults. In this youth-obsessed culture, CBS sometimes gets mocked for serving that audience — but that's less a comment on the network than it is on an advertiser-driven culture that values teenagers over their parents, and would rather their grandparents didn't exist at all.