Angie Harmon directed the 100th episode of Rizzoli & Isles

Season 7 of Rizzoli & Isles was hard for fans because it marked the end of the show. The characters everyone cared about were about to go their own ways.

Saying goodbye was just as difficult for the cast, but they had a reason to celebrate: reaching 100 episodes. The show actually went a little beyond that, but 100 was special because Angie Harmon got to direct it.

In an interview with PARADE in 2016, Angie Harmon shared what it was like to be with the cast and how she felt when she learned she would direct the episode.

"Well, this week we were more celebrating because it was the 100th episode. Being able to direct that was such an honor, and I just feel so special, so lucky, and so blessed. To be honest, I feel very believed in," she said. "The fact that they gave me No. 100 … I was going, 'Are you sure?” They were like, 'Yes. Absolutely.' When we just finished, there were lots of tears, just simply because my crew was excited for me, and we really did have a blast."

Harmon added that her castmates were her second family and that playing Jane for the last few times kept her going. "This is my second family, and we’ve all been through a lot. I think people are just trying to not think about it. We’re just trying to stay pleasant and be in whatever moment we’re in. When I’m exhausted, and I think there is no way that I can put one foot in front of the other, I just think, 'You do this as some of the last moments that you’re going to get to experience Jane Rizzoli,' and then all of a sudden, then I’m fine again, and I can keep going."