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  • Jul 11, 2011
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  • Jul 11, 2011
The Closer

Summary "They'll bring you in. She'll make you talk." Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson (Kyra Sedgwick) is a police detective who transfers from Atlanta to Los Angeles to head up a special unit of the LAPD that handles sensitive, high-profile murder cases. Despite a tendency to step on people's toes, Johnson manages to convert even her...

Created By: James Duff

  • TNT
  • Jul 11, 2011
  • TNT
  • Jul 11, 2011
The Closer
Season 7
7 Seasons
Season Premiere: Jul 11, 2011
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
78
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 18 User Ratings
7.7
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Summary "They'll bring you in. She'll make you talk." Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson (Kyra Sedgwick) is a police detective who transfers from Atlanta to Los Angeles to head up a special unit of the LAPD that handles sensitive, high-profile murder cases. Despite a tendency to step on people's toes, Johnson manages to convert even her...

Created By: James Duff

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Episode 1 • Jul 11, 2011 • 43 m
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.
Episode 2 • Jul 18, 2011 • 43 m
Repeat Offender
Pope becomes interim chief after Delk's death, but he doesn't cancel Raydor's investigation into Brenda. Meanwhile, Major Crimes tackles a case involving a house sitter who was killed while the family who hired her was on vacation.
Episode 3 • Jul 25, 2011 • 43 m
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.
Episode 4 • Aug 1, 2011 • 43 m
Under Control
The death of a young boy hits close to home for Lieutenant Tao, and Brenda continues to duck Raydor's investigation.
Episode 5 • Aug 8, 2011 • 43 m
Forgive Us Our Trespasses
While Major Crimes tackles a case involving the death of a cross-dressing minister, the entire team is served in the Terrell Baylor case - except for Gabriel.
Episode 6 • Aug 15, 2011 • 43 m
Home Improvement
While Major Crimes tries to figure out who killed a registered sex offender and buried him under a retaining wall, Brenda tries to find a way to pay for her new high-priced defense attorney.
Episode 7 • Aug 22, 2011 • 43 m
A Family Affair
An escort appears to have died from an overdose, but her mother, a Phoenix police officer, insists it's not true. Meanwhile, Raydor's continuing investigation makes Brenda comes to terms with a shocking reality.
Episode 8 • Aug 29, 2011 • 43 m
Death Warrant
While Major Crimes tries to stop a hit ordered from prison by a Mexican drug cartel, Brenda's attorney begins the uncomfortable task of find the leak in the department.
Episode 9 • Sep 5, 2011 • 43 m
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.
Episode 10 • Sep 12, 2011 • 43 m
Fresh Pursuit
Brenda's attorney's efforts at requesting a summary judgment in her case are interrupted when the team is called out to investigate the murder of a deputy sheriff.
Episode 11 • Nov 28, 2011 • 43 m
Necessary Evil
As Brenda suspects a good Samaritan high school coach of murdering his new principal to cover instances of pedophilia, Captain Raydor catches Pope off guard with the surprise announcement of her retirement.
Episode 12 • Dec 5, 2011 • 42 m
You Have the Right to Remain Jolly
A Christmas village Santa is killed in a zip-line accident, and the village's other Santa comes under suspicion. Meanwhile, Brenda's lawyer informs her that his retainer has run out and she needs to pay him $25,000.
Episode 13 • Dec 12, 2011 • 43 m
Relative Matters
Brenda and Fritz butt heads when the FBI appears to sabotage her murder investigation because her main suspect is under their surveillance, and Brenda's parents come to town for the holidays with some bad news.
Episode 14 • Dec 19, 2011 • 42 m
Road Block
The police commissioner's wife tries to claim that her car was stolen to cover up for her drunken vehicular homicide, but Brenda sees right through her lies.
Episode 15 • Dec 26, 2011 • 43 m
Silent Partner
When Major Crimes finds Peter Goldman's card on a murdered witness to Turell Baylor's death, new questions and suspects emerge in the Baylor case that could ultimately prove Brenda's innocence in the federal suit against her.
Episode 16 • Jul 9, 2012 • 43 m
Hostile Witness
Brenda is willing to go to extreme lengths to prove that a sleazy defense attorney from her past is actually his client's accomplice in a rape/murder case.
Episode 17 • Jul 16, 2012 • 43 m
Fool's Gold
Flynn and Provenza fail to detect a robbery-homicide in progress at a cash-for-gold store, leading to a messy and awkward investigation for Major Crimes.
Episode 18 • Jul 23, 2012 • 43 m
Drug Fiend
The murder of a doctor who treats cancer patients hits close to home for Brenda and gets her in hot water with Pope.
Episode 19 • Jul 30, 2012 • 44 m
Last Rites
Brenda gets in more trouble with Pope when the Catholic Church stonewalls her investigation into a priest's murder. Meanwhile she also faces pressure at home caring for her sick father.
Episode 20 • Aug 6, 2012 • 43 m
Armed Response
While Brenda returns early after her mother's death to help Major Crimes solve the murder of a security guard, Raydor uncovers the leak in the department from Brenda's Turell Baylor case.
Episode 21 • Aug 13, 2012 • 50 m
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.
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Jul 6, 2011
When The Close comes to a close, we'll lose one of the best TV detectives of the past decade. [11 Jul 2011, p.33]
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80
Jul 8, 2011
So The Closer is still the same fast-paced cop drama. It's just that now we also have the subtext of finding out what road we take to the close.
By David Hinckley FULL REVIEW

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dijavantewow
Aug 23, 2011
I am new to The Closer, but I've watched every episode this season, and am in the process of catching up with the whole series now because I find it so great. It's good police drama and it's quite funny. It's too bad this is the last season.
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shoeone
Jul 29, 2011
I just watched my first episode ever of "The Closer." Entitled "To Serve with Love," it was one of the funniest things I have seen on TV in a while. I had not tuned into "The Closer" earlier, because I thought that it was just another procedural cop drama. I was wrong, there's a lot more to it than that. Many of the cast members are recognizable from other successful series and movies, and so far I haven't found a single thing to dislike. Since this is the last year of the show, it looks like I'm going to have to start investing in some DVD's to catch up on the series. Live and learn.
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SEASON 7
75
Jul 11, 2011
The Closer may be the most comfortable old shoe on all of television; slip it on and be assured of no blisters. In fact, the cast (and not just Sedgwick) is so competent, the characters' tics so familiar; and the format and formula so firmly etched in "ceeement" (as Brenda might say) that it all feels almost too comfy.
By Verne Gay FULL REVIEW
75
Jul 11, 2011
It's not top-notch Closer; everyone and everything feels a smidge tired. Yet however grating the premiere may be, the series remains undeniably winning--just like Brenda herself.
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60
Jul 11, 2011
What follows shows how Johnson exploits and also struggles in this "element," but the problem, as usual in The Closer, is that the cops' experience here is more familiar than believable.
By Nathan Pensky FULL REVIEW
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Mauricedobis
Jul 12, 2011
The Closer finds the right balance between the 7 bodies on the floor and the neurotic cat owner with a very understanding husband, it will be truly missed. I just hope Kyra won´t pull a Tribbiani because sometimes brilliance comes at a cost.
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SEASON 7
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Ravens1294
Jun 24, 2014
The only season I have watched this show and it is pretty good. Kyra does a good job acting and some of the cases are very interesting. Nothing really special though
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