The Closer (2005)
Deputy Police Chief Brenda Johnson (Sedgwick) runs the Priority Homicide Division of the LAPD with an unorthodox style. Her innate ability to read people and obtain confessions helps her and her team solve the city's toughest, most sensitive cases.
Cast: Kyra Sedgwick, J.K. Simmons, Corey Reynolds, Robert Gossett, G.W. Bailey, Michael Paul Chan, Jon Tenney, Anthony John Denison, Phillip P. Keene, Raymond Cruz, Gina Ravera
The Last Word
Brenda puts her career on the line to prove that Philip Stroh is guilty of murder, even though she has no hard evidence or smoking gun.
Armed Response
A young couple hanging out in someone else's house find themselves in hot water when a security guard and decorated veteran winds up dead in the street outside. But Brenda finds her investigation stifled by the watchful eye of the District Attorney's office. Meanwhile, Raydor and Pope finally pinpoint the leak in the department.
Last Rites
The murder of a priest puts the squad on a collision course with the Catholic Church and drives a wedge between Brenda and Chief Pope. Meanwhile, Brenda's parents are in town while her father continues his cancer treatments.
Drug Fiend
In a case that hits too close to home for Brenda, a well-liked cancer doctor is brutally killed and his drug supply wiped clean. But the case could have a much wider reach than anyone suspects. To make matters worse, Captain Raydor has a new assignment that leaves Brenda questioning her loyalty to Pope. And Gabriel makes a significant life change.
Fool's Gold
Provenza tries to help his ex-wife locate her wedding ring, but he stumbles into red-faced fumbles that include a robbery, an evidence-destroying canine and a frenetic appraiser.
Hostile Witness
The seventh and final season resumes with Brenda tangling with her nemesis, lawyer and suspected rapist-murderer Philip Stroh. Brenda pulls a shock-and-awe courtroom maneuver that may jeopardize an entire case, putting her at odds with the new D.A.
Silent Partner
When Major Crimes finds Peter Goldman's card on a murdered witness to Terrell Baylor's death, new questions and suspects emerge in the Baylor case, and could ultimately prove Brenda's innocence in the civil suit against her.
Road Block
Brenda and her team look into a hit and run accident that killed a girl who was riding her bike, the scope of the case gets bigger as Brenda finds out either the commissioner or his wife may be hiding something.
Relative Matters
Brenda's parents coming back into town could complicate her next case because of news that could distract her from figuring out if the FBI missed anything after a man they had been tracking ends up dead.
You Have the Right to Remain Jolly
Brenda and her team with the help of Fritz's sister must figure out if anyone was behind the reason for Santa's entrance into a Christmas Village went wrong due to a faulty zip line that may have led to Santa's death.
Necessary Evil
The death ofa high school principal who had been trying to clear his school from scandal suddenly causes Brenda and Fritz to fight over who has control of the case because an already existing investigation causes the cases to overlap.
Fresh Pursuit
The team investigates the mysterious death of a sheriff's Deputy; a major decision is made in the civil suit against Brenda and the L.A. P.D.
Star Turn
While Major Crimes investigates the death of an aspiring teenage pop star's father, Brenda contemplates whether to accept what appears to be a generous offer to settle her case.
Death Warrant
Things are about to get complicated for Brenda and she will have to do something unusual she will need to ask for help in a drug cartel case that doesn't fall under major crimes jurisdiction. Meanwhile Brenda's lawyer begins taking depositions from each team member and as he does so discover something unexpected.
A Family Affair
Brenda's team looks into whether an officer had anything to do with her daughter's death, as the audit into the lawsuit against Brenda continues Captain Raydor looks into whether detective Sanchez can provide anything else about the death of Turell Baylor
Home Improvement
The squad has to find out why it a body makes a construction site suddenly become a crime scene. Fritz may have to give up some luxuries because of brenda's next case.
Forgive Us Our Trespasses
The family of a prominent minister could find itself in big trouble while also trying to protect the church, as the squad looks into the crime. Major crimes could find itself in an interesting situation after someone doesn't get a subpoena, leaving everyone on the squad wondering who and why that person didn't get the subpoena to question what might happen next.
Under Control
The trouble for Brenda only continues as captain Raydor makes a suggestion that Brenda may not like while the audit of her unit continues because of a particular case. The team's next case could get too close to home for Lieutenant Tao because the boy who is missing goes to the camp where the lieutenant's son works during the summer.
To Serve with Love
To make some easy money on the side by serving a convicted embezzler, Flynn, Provenza and Buzz get in trouble when their actions result in the death of a man hired to be his impostor.
Repeat Offender
Brenda has to figure out how house sitting led to the death of a young lady. As the fallout from the civil lawsuit continues Captian Rader has to broaden her investigation to include the LAPD while the realignment within be in LAPD gets started.
Unknown Trouble
While the team investigates a massacre that included an up and coming rapper, Delk begins a major restructuring at Major Crimes, including a surprising new boss for Brenda.