The Closer

The Closer

Deputy Police Chief Brenda Johnson 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.

Genre: CrimeDramaMystery

Cast:Kyra SedgwickJ.K. SimmonsCorey ReynoldsRobert GossettG.W. BaileyJon TenneyPhillip P. KeeneTony DenisonMichael Paul ChanRaymond CruzGina RaveraJonathan Del ArcoRyan Van de Kamp BuchananMary McDonnellRansford DohertyFrances SternhagenBarry CorbinJames Avery


1Season 4

S4.E1 ∙ Controlled Burn

Mon, Jul 14, 2008

Brenda investigates the murder of a woman and the wild fire she was found in, complicated by the reappearance of Bill Croelick who is either the likeliest suspect or the best resource she'll ever have to find the killer.

2Season 4

S4.E2 ∙ Speed Bump

Mon, Jul 21, 2008

The team investigates the hit-and-run death of one of Flynn's old cases, and Brenda works on her political skills when it turns out the case may lead to a Hollywood director and his wife.

3Season 4

S4.E3 ∙ Cherry Bomb

Mon, Jul 28, 2008

A girl is dead. At Commander Taylor's entreaty, Brenda steps beyond her purview to bring a high school rapist protected by his intimidating policeman father to justice.

4Season 4

S4.E4 ∙ Live Wire

Mon, Aug 4, 2008

A murdered man wearing a wire is discovered in an alley. Once he's identified, his ties to an FBI drug case put Brenda in conflict with Fritz.

5Season 4

S4.E5 ∙ Dial M for Provenza

Mon, Aug 11, 2008

Carjackers compromise Priority Homicide's successful murder-for-hire sting operation when they make off with Lt. Provenza's car, containing all the compiled evidence.

6Season 4

S4.E6 ∙ Problem Child

Mon, Aug 18, 2008

A 13-year-old boy goes missing, and the more Brenda's team looks into it, the more they can't find anyone who wouldn't want him dead.

7Season 4

S4.E7 ∙ Sudden Death

Mon, Aug 25, 2008

Det. Julio Sanchez' little brother Oscar is shot and killed, leaving Julio beside himself with grief and seeking his killer any way he can, which threatens the investigation.

8Season 4

S4.E8 ∙ Split Ends

Mon, Sep 1, 2008

A movie studio hair-stylist is found beaten to death, making her physically abusive, soon-to-be-divorced husband the prime suspect.

9Season 4

S4.E9 ∙ Tijuana Brass

Mon, Sep 8, 2008

Brenda takes on the Catholic church and the obnoxious Ricardo Ramos as the team investigates the deaths of two Mexican policeman while facing the possible end of the Priority Homicide unit.

10Season 4

S4.E10 ∙ Time Bomb

Mon, Sep 15, 2008

Brenda and her newly christened Major Crimes Division investigate the victim of a crude pipe bomb that exploded too soon, a case that leads them to disaffected teens with a plot that will make one of the team a deadly target.

11Season 4

S4.E11 ∙ Good Faith

Mon, Jan 26, 2009

Dr. Morales calls in a favor when he believes a suicide is murder, interfering with Brenda planning her wedding with her parents.

12Season 4

S4.E12 ∙ Junk in the Trunk

Mon, Feb 2, 2009

Brenda's personal day is ruined when the body of an obese jewel thief is found in the trunk of his car, without the diamonds he stole.

13Season 4

S4.E13 ∙ Power of Attorney

Mon, Feb 9, 2009

Brenda and her team match wits with a sex offender's lawyer in a case involving murder and a serial rapist, and when Deputy DA Garnett forces an unpalatable plea bargain, no one is prepared for the result.

14Season 4

S4.E14 ∙ Fate Line

Mon, Feb 16, 2009

Fritz' sister, a newly-discovered 'intuitionist', assists Brenda and her team with a case that involves text messages that imply a murder and a suicide that isn't what it seems.

15Season 4

S4.E15 ∙ Double Blind

Mon, Feb 23, 2009

Brenda and Fritz both deal with cases on the day before their wedding; Provenza puts his foot down, resulting in a resignation.