The Closer

Brenda and the squad investigate the owner of a hip-hop record label when one of his rap artists and six innocent bystanders are gunned down. The case hits home for Gabriel who knows two of the victims from church. Meanwhile, Chief Delk is getting ready to announce the department’s new organizational chart just as Brenda becomes the target of a civil suit against the police department.

Stars: Kyra Sedgwick,J.K. Simmons,Corey Reynolds
Director(s): James Duff,Michael Alaimo
Writer(s): James Duff,Michael Alaimo

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.

Stars: Kyra Sedgwick,J.K. Simmons,Corey Reynolds
Director(s): James Duff,Steven Kane
Writer(s): James Duff,Steven Kane

Flynn and Provenza get into the usual trouble moonlighting as process servers when a man dies shortly after they serve him.

Stars: Kyra Sedgwick,J.K. Simmons,Corey Reynolds
Director(s): James Duff,Adam Belanoff
Writer(s): James Duff,Adam Belanoff

Tao's son works at a camp where a boy goes missing.

Stars: Kyra Sedgwick,J.K. Simmons,Corey Reynolds
Director(s): James Duff,Duppy Demetrius
Writer(s): James Duff,Duppy Demetrius

A family works to protect their late minister's reputation from scandal. Meanwhile, most of the Major Crimes Division is subpoenaed, raising suspicions about the one who wasn't.

Stars: Kyra Sedgwick,J.K. Simmons,Corey Reynolds
Director(s): James Duff,Leo Geter
Writer(s): James Duff,Leo Geter

A body turns up on a home construction site, while Brenda and Fritz weigh the expense of a high priced attorney.

Stars: Kyra Sedgwick,J.K. Simmons,Corey Reynolds
Director(s): James Duff,James Duff
Writer(s): James Duff,James Duff

The team investigates the puzzling death of a fellow officer's daughter. Elsewhere, Captain Raydor advances in her meticulous audit of Brenda's unit and begins to sharpen focus on Detective Sanchez.

Stars: Kyra Sedgwick,J.K. Simmons,Corey Reynolds
Director(s): James Duff,Michael Alaimo
Writer(s): James Duff,Michael Alaimo

Brenda seeks Capt. Raydor's help in an investigation of possible police brutality; Brenda's attorney starts deposing the squad about the Baylor case.

Stars: Kyra Sedgwick,J.K. Simmons,Corey Reynolds
Director(s): James Duff,Steven Kane
Writer(s): James Duff,Steven Kane

Brenda can't understand what led to a father's disappearance just as his daughter's single was about to hit the charts making her famous very quickly. Brenda has an opportunity to make her lawsuit disappear by settling with the family that brought it against her but that deal may not be as good as everybody hoped it would.

Stars: Kyra Sedgwick,J.K. Simmons,Corey Reynolds
Director(s): James Duff,Leo Geter
Writer(s): James Duff,Leo Geter

The squad investigates the death of a deputy sheriff; the judge considers dropping the charges against Brenda.

Stars: Kyra Sedgwick,J.K. Simmons,Corey Reynolds
Director(s): James Duff,Adam Belanoff
Writer(s): James Duff,Adam Belanoff

The death of a high school principal who had been trying to raise test scores at his school to prevent it from being closed causes Brenda and Fritz to fight over who has control of the case because an already existing FBI investigation causes the cases to overlap.

Stars: Kyra Sedgwick,J.K. Simmons,Corey Reynolds
Director(s): James Duff,Duppy Demetrius
Writer(s): James Duff,Duppy Demetrius

Fred Willard (Modern Family) guest stars as Santa Jack, the owner of a Christmas village who believes he could be the real Father Christmas.

Stars: Kyra Sedgwick,J.K. Simmons,Corey Reynolds
Director(s): James Duff,James Duff
Writer(s): James Duff,James Duff

Brenda's parents return with surprising news that keeps Brenda's mind from her case.

Stars: Kyra Sedgwick,J.K. Simmons,Corey Reynolds
Director(s): James Duff,Ken Martin
Writer(s): James Duff,Ken Martin

The LAPD's Police Commissioner and his wife, Gail, may be in trouble when Brenda becomes determined to uncover a scandal one of them tried to cover up.

Stars: Kyra Sedgwick,J.K. Simmons,Corey Reynolds
Director(s): James Duff,Jim Leonard
Writer(s): James Duff,Jim Leonard

Brenda seeks help from a businessman, played by guest star Jason George (Grey's Anatomy), with old ties to the neighborhood where Turell Baylor was murdered.

Stars: Kyra Sedgwick,J.K. Simmons,Corey Reynolds
Director(s): James Duff,James Duff
Writer(s): James Duff,James Duff

Brenda encounters her nemesis, Philip Stroh. the defense attorney she suspects is a murdering rapist. Obsessed with taking him down, she pulls a shock-and-awe courtroom stunt that jeopardizes a case and lands her in hot water with the new D.A..

Stars: Kyra Sedgwick,J.K. Simmons,Corey Reynolds
Director(s): James Duff,Steven Kane
Writer(s): James Duff,Steven Kane

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.

Stars: Kyra Sedgwick,J.K. Simmons,Corey Reynolds
Director(s): James Duff,Ralph Gifford
Writer(s): James Duff,Ralph Gifford

Investigating the death of a beloved cancer doctor hits too close to home for Brenda who's already upset after learning that Pope is monitoring everything she does.

Stars: Kyra Sedgwick,J.K. Simmons,Corey Reynolds
Director(s): James Duff,Duppy Demetrius
Writer(s): James Duff,Duppy Demetrius

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.

Stars: Kyra Sedgwick,J.K. Simmons,Corey Reynolds
Director(s): James Duff,Leo Geter
Writer(s): James Duff,Leo Geter

Brenda finds a young couple involved to in the investigation by accident after finding two people dead outside in the street Brenda has no idea that the DA is watching her every move Capitan Raydor and Chief Pope find out who the leak is.

In the series finale, we bid a final farewell to Brenda Leigh Johnson. When a young man calls 911 to report seeing someone being buried in Griffith Park, police find not only her remains, but those of several other women who were kills as far back as two years ago. Brenda immediately suspects Philip Stroh and, despite departmental restrictions, sets out to finally tie him to the murders. Meanwhile, the witness who called 911 makes Brenda look at her life and future.

Stars: Kyra Sedgwick,J.K. Simmons,Corey Reynolds
Director(s): James Duff,James Duff
Writer(s): James Duff,James Duff