The Closer

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Prev: 7x15 -- Silent Partner (Dec/26/2011)

In the winter finale of THE CLOSER, the federal lawsuit against Brenda comes to a head when another murder occurs related to Turell Baylor’s death. Brenda seeks help from a businessman (guest star Jason George) with old ties to the neighborhood for help solving the case. Meanwhile, Brenda’s lawyer (guest star Mark Pellegrino) and the Baylor family lawyer (guest star Curtis Armstrong) face off in court.

Cast

Kyra Sedgwick As Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson	J. K. Simmons As Assistant Police Chief Will Pope
Corey Reynolds As Sgt. David Gabriel	Robert Gossett As Commander Taylor
G. W. Bailey As Detective Lt. Provenza	Anthony John Denison As Detective Andy Flynn (as Tony Denison)
Michael Paul Chan As Lieutenant Mike Tao (S03– , recurring previously)	Raymond Cruz As Detective Julio Sanchez
Phillip P. Keene As Buzz Watson (S04- , recurring previously)	Jon Tenney As FBI Agent Fritz Howard
[Select Character Guide]Assistant Police Chief Will PopeDeputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh JohnsonDetective Irene DanielsDetective Irene DanielsDetective Julio SanchezDetective Lt. Andy FlynnDetective Lt. ProvenzaFBI Agent Fritz HowardSgt. David Gabriel • view full cast list, character guides

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7x15: Silent Partner recap: The scene opens with Peter Goldman, the attorney, visiting Moses, and informing him about the appeal that has been put forth by him. But he makes its amply clear, that would be in lieu of suing Brenda and the LAPD. It is shown that he is trying to get Moses to testify against Brenda. It is shown that seemingly, Goldman has gotten the names of the people who murdered Baylor. Striving to convince Moses to testify, Goldman lists the names, just as bait, Moses is apparently disturbed on hearing the names. Despite the distress he is going through, Moses refuses to relent; but says that if Goldman can expedite his release, he will say anything against Brenda. His freedom is paramount to him. Next it is shown that Flynn and Provenza are investigating a crime scene along with their unit. A man is found dead in a car, registered to Terrell Baylor as the team finds out... read more.

7x14: Road Block recap: The scene opens with Flynn chatting with Provenza on the radio while driving. Just then he sees a young girl ride past him on a motorbike and meet with a terrible accident. While it’s being shown that the girl is being thrown off the bike; images of her from childhood to adulthood are shown intermittently. Trying to avoid an impact, a startled Flynn swerves his car to one side. It’s a hit and run!! Flynn tells Provenza to send help and goes to check on the victim and finds her conscious. Reassuring her that help is on the way, he asks her if she is fine. She replies, “my dad’s gonna be so mad”. She tells him her name is Gracie. And on being asked about whether she saw the car that hit her; she replies that she only saw the headlights. Just when she begins telling Flynn that she is fine, a thick stream of blood is shown flowing from the back of her head onto the road... read more.

7x13: Relative Matters recap: The scene open with two FBI Agents running surveillance on a man named Eric Shaw. They watch as Shaw goes up to a man and starts to beat him up. They continue to film the encounter and then see Shaw drive away. They follow him after calling 911 that the man who Shaw beat up is still alive, but he is going to require care. However, when Major Crimes arrive on scene, the man is dead from two bullets in his head. Commander Taylor asks where Johnson is and they tell him that her parents flew in from Atlanta. The Lieutenants are upset that the FBI didn’t tell them anything else. Sanchez says that the victim is Paul Burke. Provenza says that they are not going to give the FBI the name until they get the identity of the man who beat him up. Meanwhile, Clay, Johnson’s father, talks to Fritz about how they can’t stay with the other children because they are too busy... read more.

7x12: You Have the Right to Remain Jolly recap: The scene opens with Buzz at Santa’s North Pole Village with his sister, Casey. They watch as Santa is about to arrive via zip line. A woman screams in the crowd and the Santa coming down the zip line can’t stop. He crashes into a chimney and falls to his death. Another Santa comes out of a shed and looks up. He walks back in quickly. Later, Major Crimes arrives and Brenda Johnson thanks Buzz for bringing her up to speed. Sgt. Gabriel says that someone tampered with the brakes. Lt. Taou says that the breaking mechanism was tampered with after the inspection earlier. Lt. Provenza comes up and says that Randy Mann is the victim and that he had a wife named Lisa and a girlfriend named Carmen. Buzz says that Randy is not the real Santa. Casey intervenes and says that Buzz means that Randy isn’t the owner of the Village, Santa Jack. She says that she saw him run back into a shed. Provenza asks Buzz to introduce them to Casey, but she already knows everyone... read more.

7x11: Necessary Evil recap: The scene opens with Captain Raydor arriving at a crime scene. Lt. Provenza comes up and says that he was the first on the scene after a 911 call. She asks who else arrived and Lt. Flynn is there as well. As Raydor questions as to what happened, the rest of the Major Crimes Division pop up from the car that is crashed into a pole, including Brenda Johnson. She says that she came with Sgt. Gabriel. Raydor says that since they have a Federal case against them, they need to make sure that everything is perfect. The victim who was shot two times is John Reed, a Principal at Polk High School. Johnson tells Raydor that Reed’s wife informed them of the crime. Gabriel tells Johnson that Mrs. Reed called the police after Reed called and told him that he was on his way home the usual way. Johnson tells him to make sure that the 911 call came after she spoke to Reed. They go back to the car and Flynn tells Raydor that it was a 9mm Semi-Automatic that was used. Raydor asks how they know that and Flynn says that there are 7 bullet holes which mean that the gun had a clip. Raydor asks if they are certain that it was a single shooter... read more.

Crew

Creator: James Duff
Executive Producer: James Duff, Michael M. Robin, Greer Shephard, Kyra Sedgwick, Rick Wallace
Co-Executive Producer: Steven Kane, Adam Belanoff
Supervising Producer: Adam Belanoff
Producer: Leo Geter, Duppy Demetrius

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Recurring Guests