The Closer

Episode Info

Final: 7x21 -- The Last Word (Aug/13/2012)

A young street hustler sees what appears to be a man burying a woman in Griffith Park, prompting an investigation Brenda is convinced will lead to Philip Stroh. But Brenda's obsession with Stroh threatens not only her career, but also her life.

Cast

Kyra Sedgwick As Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson	J.K. Simmons As Assistant Chief Will Pope
Corey Reynolds As Detective Sgt. David Gabriel	Robert Gossett As Commander Russell Taylor
G.W. Bailey As Detective Lt. Louie Provenza	Anthony John Denison As Detective Lt. Andy Flynn
Michael Paul Chan As Detective Lt. Michael Tao (S03–S07, recurring previously)	Raymond Cruz As Detective Julio Sanchez
Phillip P. Keene As Buzz Watson (S04-S07, 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

Reviews

wiggle46 Reviews: 13

It will not be the same!Rating: 1 likes, 1 dislikes June 15, 2005 the first episode of The Closer, I fell in love at once. Brenda Leigh Johnson, the funny flynn and Provenza, Gabriel, Tao, Sanchez, Buzz and Pope. The whole team of major crimes are/were great. Great in acting, funny, the always responsabel Gabriel, ugh the whole show is GREaT. Read more Review posted on Tuesday, August 14th 2012 at 7:24 am

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7x21: The Last Word recap: The episode begins with Brenda being driven into a crime scene. Turns out, her team received an anonymous call regarding the dead body of a woman being found near Hollywood. The cell phone used to make the call was also dumped nearby, and it’s registered in the name of Douglas Grant an estate agent. Grant as it turns out had reported the cell phone stolen, the last night. The victim, Brenda is informed was raped and then strangled. She is also informed that, bodies of other women with a similar fate, have been discovered nearby. The only difference is unlike the rest, the victim who has just been found, hasn’t decomposed yet... read more.

7x20: Armed Response recap: The episode begins with cops patrolling in a chopper, being informed about a distress call. Other cops then drive to the scene and find a person lying on the road. Turns out, it’s a man and he is dead. His head seems severely battered from the looks of it, and he is wearing some sort of a uniform which looks exactly like that of a cop’s. Provenza concludes that the man was employed by some security agency. Andy later check the victim’s ID and finds out that his name is Danny Chaidez. It is also discovered that Danny was shot in the face at close range, by a shotgun. Provenza is also informed that Danny had earlier called in a suspicious activity earlier; a possible break-in into an empty house... read more.

7x19: Last Rites recap: The episode begins with an old woman handing a piece of paper to a man she addresses as Brother Adam, and who is probably a priest. He is told by her that, he has to go to the address written on the piece of paper she has handed to him. Later he pays the address a visit. He enters the apartment and calls out for someone named Dr. Hanlan. He then sees a note left by the doctor on a table in the apartment that reads “I’m on call, had to run. Arnold Basky is in bedroom down the hall”. The priest then enters the bedroom, and sees Mr. Basky lying on the bed covered from head to toe. He asks Mr. Basky if he would like to be anointed or if he would like his confession heard, but gets no reply... read more.

7x18: Drug Fiend recap: The episode begins with David’s girlfriend making it clear to him that, she wouldn’t brunch with his family without him. He then asks his girlfriend Anne to accompany him to a crime scene, after which they can proceed to the family brunch. Anne then sits near the crime scene and looks on, while David gets to work. David later tells Brenda that the victim’s name is Dr. Christopher Brady, who is a 41 year old gastroenterologist. He further informs her that Dr. Brady shares his office with another Doctor named Steven Parr, who is an oncologist and specializes with dealing in the cancers of the head and neck. The victim’s body was found in his office by a janitor, while cleaning... read more.

7x17: Fool's Gold recap: The episode begins with Provenza not picking up his phone, with Andy reminding him that, it’s been ringing the whole day. He tells Andy he knows who is calling, but she ought to call 911 instead. Turns out, it was Provenza’s ex Liz who was calling him, and who lands up at the precinct as she needs to talk to him. She then hands him a receipt saying she sold their wedding ring, and as per their divorce settlement the ring was supposed to be worth $500, but she got only $49 for it. She then asks him for the $500, as she needs the money to pay for Frank’s medicines. Andy tells Liz how sorry he is to hear this, but Provenza tells Andy that Frank is just a dog... 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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