The Closer

The Walkers hold their collective breath as Ojai's newest wine, which just might save the company, is submitted at a local festival. Justin and Rebecca (Dave Annable, Emily VanCamp) hide life-changing secrets from each other. Nora (Sally Field) has a secret crush on a younger man (guest s...

for some reason, doing a drawling, dead-on impression of Kyra Sedgwick's character in "The Closer"). What follows is woefully garbled and tiresome, ...

An amalgamation of Holly Hunter's character of “Grace” from “Saving Grace” and a lot of Kyra Sedgwick's “The Closer”, Special Agent Bloom, able to imagine ...

Harmon will join the ranks of Holly Hunter ("Saving Grace"), Kyra Sedgwick ("The Closer"), Jada Pinkett-Smith ("hawthorne") and Jane Kaczmarek ("Raising the ...

the mother of Charlotte's first husband Trey on ''Sex and the City'' and now plays the mother of Brenda, Kyra Sedgwick's character on ''The Closer...

By podcast@mail2tv.com (RikerDonegal) 05.30 Cougar Town 06.00 The Closer 07.00 House 08.00 Castle Cougar Town. Episode 3. "Don't Do Me Like That" 10th date jitters. The Closer. Season 5, Episode 9. "Identity Theft" Brenda suspects that a murderer's confession is false, and she finds herself playing 'mother' for the first time. Sosie Bacon joins the cast and makes a great first impression as a 'daughter' for Brenda. I immediately liked the character and feel that this will be good for the show. House. Season 6, Episode 4. "Instant Karma" Rich guy, with sick kid. Castle. Season 2, Episode 4. "Fool Me Once" Con man. More, please!! Highlight? Castle (a blast) Yet Another TV Review Podcast Yet Another TV Review Book Yet Another Film Review Blog Follow Me on Twitter One Year Ago   [read the full post]

We just really enjoyed it," recalled Kevin, who is married to actress Kyra Sedgwick, star of TV crime show "The Closer." "We've been following it ever ...

By Vibe In the second season of "The Closer," Brenda (Golden Globe® award winner Kyra Sedgwick) copes with challenges both personal and professional. For the Atlanta transplant heading up the Priority Homicide Division of the Los Angeles Police Department, her position on this elite detecti...

In The Closer, Deputy Police Chief Brenda Johnson (played by Emmy Award winner Kyra Sedgwick) runs the Priority Homicide Division of the LAPD with an ...

By RikerDonegal(podcast@mail2tv.com) Cougar Town. Episode 2. "Into the Great Wide Open" The Closer. Season 5, Episode 8. "Elysian Fields" Cold case. Tom Skerritt guests as an ex-cop breaking rules to try and solve an old case that haunts him. Brenda must repeatedly cross swords with him, however (thanks to flashbacks to an episode from last season) we can see that Brenda is, herself, haunted by an unresolved case from her past. It's a nice contrast and the script (by Michael Alaimo) doesn't beat it to death. It's there. We can see it. But it has no other bearing on the story. House. Season 6, Episode 3. "The Tyrant" House returns to work. Arrested Development. Season 3, Episode 7. "Prison Break-In" Castle. Season 2, Episode 3. "Inventing the Girl" Model.   [read the full post]

By RikerDonegal(podcast@mail2tv.com) 05.00 Cougar Town 05.30 The Closer 01.00 House 02.00 Castle The Closer. Season 5, Episode 7. "Strike Three" Brenda and Raydor clash while investigating cop deaths involving the shooting of a civillian. The final conversation between Raydor and Brenda is worth the price of admission. House. Season 6, Episode 2. "Epic Fail" Foreman takes charge, and must deal with a patient constantly posting his symptoms on the Internet. And we did. He did. I yawned. Castle. Season 2, Episode 2. "The Double Down" Castle makes a bet with two other detectives, as to who can solves their respective case first. Highlight? The Closer (Mary McDonnell) Yet Another TV Review Podcast Yet Another TV Review Book Yet Another Film Review Blog Follow Me on Twitter One Year Ago   [read the full post]

By RikerDonegal(podcast@mail2tv.com) 06.00 Accidentally On Purpose 06.30 The Closer 09.00 House 11.00 Castle Accidentally On Purpose. Episode 1. "Pilot" Billie gets pregnant from a one-night stand. Almost. The Closer. Season 5, Episode 6. "Tapped Out" Fake cop. House. Season 6, Episode 1. "Broken" Castle. Season 2, Episode 1. "Deep in Death" Highlight? The final scene was superb. I've watched it more than once. When they do stuff like that, I feel that the writers have a wonderful handle on these characters and are intent on delivering a realistic and mature couple. Highlight? House (Hugh Laurie and Andre Braugher) Yet Another TV Review Podcast Yet Another TV Review Book Yet Another Film Review Blog Follow Me on Twitter One Year Ago   [read the full post]

By RikerDonegal(podcast@mail2tv.com) 05.00 Arrested Development 08.00 The Incredible Hulk 09.00 The Closer 01.00 NewsRadio Arrested Development. Season 2, Episode 18. "Righteous Brothers" The Closer. Season 5, Episode 4. "Walking Back the Cat" Fritz asks Brenda to do him a small favour. Quietly. Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. A side-splittingly hilarious episode of The Closer where all of the comedy is driven by the characters. The chemistry between Brenda and Fritz drives much of the laughter, the chemistry between Provenza and, well, everybody else, drives the rest... NewsRadio. Season 3, Episode 13. "Led Zeppelin Boxed Set" Matthew inadvertently hits Bill, and becomes... King Of The Office.   [read the full post]

I think Kyra Sedgwick will win — The Closer has never been more popular, and the public and Emmy voters love her character in this show...

By podcast@mail2tv.com (RikerDonegal) 05.00 Better Off Ted 05.30 The Closer 06.30 Flashpoint 01.00 The Incredible Hulk The Closer. Season 5, Episode 3. "Red Tape" Did Gabriel shoot an unarmed kid? The Closer takes one of the most often-used storylines of TV cop shows and turns it into pure gold. While the mechanics of the case were a bit basic and a bit lame, the character aspects of the story were simply superb. The complex relationship between Brenda and Gabriel got a major going over in this one and it was a joy to watch. Flashpoint. Episode 18. "The Perfect Family" Kidnapped baby. Consistently remarkable television. The Incredible Hulk. Episode 8. "The Hulk Breaks Las Vegas"   [read the full post]

By Jacqueline Cutler Still, it’s usually tough to remember precisely what actors wore – unless it’s something exciting. The latest version of the TV fashion icon is a natty pink trench coat that Brenda (Kyra Sedgwick) wears on TNT’s The Closer, ending its fifth season on Monday, Aug. 24.

By Rich Heldenfels This season has seen the appearance of Brenda's niece (played by the real-life daughter of star Kyra Sedgwick and hubby Kevin Bacon), who is a family troublemaker ending up with Brenda and Fritz because no one else can handle her. In last night's episode, she received a package of pot brown...

By TV Guide This week on TNT's The Closer, Brenda butts heads once again with the FID's Capt. Raydor, when two cops and a civilian are shot dead during a pull-over. On with the recap... Since a civilian was killed by officers, the Force Investigation Division's Capt. Sharon Raydor (guest star Mary McDonnel...

By Mikaela You know, I was pretty excited when it was announced that Mary McDonnell would be doing an extended guest spot on The Closer–two strong women going toe-to-toe sounded like a lot of fun. Too bad I was wrong–the presence of McDonnell’s internal affairs-type cop has highlighted what’s made T...

By TV Guide As TNT's The Closer kicked off its fifth season, Brenda tackled a quadruple homicide, butted heads with an FBI agent, and came to a sad realization about an ailing loved one. Oh, and in a delicious piece of irony, chocolate helped save the day! On with the recap... Read More > The Closer

By RikerDonegal(podcast@mail2tv.com) 07.30 The Big Bang Theory 08.00 The Closer 09.00 House Amusing example of one of the show's oft-used plots: Sheldon's quirky ways annoy the others. The opening ten minutes are the best: Sheldon forces Penny into giving him a lift to work. Once he sets about learning to drive the humour is more predictable and less specific to these characters and this show. Lots of past sitcoms (Perfect Strangers and Taxi spring to mind) have shown us what happens when quirky characters learn to drive (or navigate the hallways of the DMV). The Closer. Season 4, Episode 15. "Double Blind" Brenda works a robbery/murder case on the day of her wedding. House. Season 5, Episode 15. "Unfaithful" Sick priest.   [read the full post]

By RikerDonegal(podcast@mail2tv.com) 06.30 The Big Bang Theory 07.00 CSI 08.00 Greek 09.00 The Closer 10.00 Lie To Me The Big Bang Theory. Season 2, Episode 2. "The Codpiece Topology" Leonard dates Leslie. CSI. Season 6, Episode 8. "A Bullet Runs Through It, Part Two" The teams continues to deal with the overwhelming evidence in the aftermath of the gun battle. And Gil figures out who shot the police officer. Greek. Episode 22. "Spring Broke" The gang head to the beach. The Closer. Season 4, Episode 13. "Power of Attorney" The suspect's clever lawyer is, himself, the suspect's partner in crime. Highlight? The Closer (clever) Yet Another TV Review Podcast Yet Another TV Review Book Yet Another Film Review Blog   [read the full post]

By Jason the TVaholic News & Notes Tonight, CBS has the first season finale of Worst Week. Medium (NBC): New. Allison is showing weird behavior after going to a crime scene. The Closer (TNT): New. Amy Sedaris guest stars as a psychic that says she can help with a case. Plays again later.

By TV Guide This week on TNT's The Closer, Brenda is forced to make "a deal with the devil" in order to apprehend a serial rapist. Here now the recap. It's night as police approach a house with stealth. A man runs out the back. Police dogs pursue the suspect up a tree. Inside, a woman, Jessica, lay murdered. The C...

By Allison Waldman Filed under: Episode Reviews, Reality-Free S04E11) "It's what you do. When you're a hammer, everything in the world looks like a nail." -- Pope to Brenda Continue reading The Closer: Good Faith (winter premiere) Permalink | Email this | | Comments

By RikerDonegal(podcast@mail2tv.com) The Closer. Season 4, Episode 10. "Time Bomb" Teenagers plan to go on a killing spree in this untypical episode. One of them is dead before the episode starts (it is his death that starts the investigation) and a second one is dead in police custody by the mid-part of the episode. After that, the police assume that the threat is over. But the script leaves enough questions unanswered to keep the viewer (and Brenda) unconvinced. The tension builds until most of the regular characters are caught in the middle of a long, graphic gun battle. Slow-motion violence is not normally what you expect to see on The Closer, but when they go this route they really pull out all the stops. It's stunning television. And makes for a great cliffhanger when Sanchez takes t...   [read the full post]

By RikerDonegal(podcast@mail2tv.com) 07.00 The Closer 08.00 CSI 09.00 Prison Break 11.15 NewsRadio The Closer. Season 4, Episode 9. "Tijuana Brass" Surely this is one of the show's cleverest endings ever? Brenda sends the bad guy to prison under the wrong name. She uses the name of the man that he has marked for death. And when he is killed (which we learn in the closing seconds) it means that his intended victim is free to start a new life with new name. Clever Brenda. CSI. Season 6, Episode 4. "Shooting Stars" It doesn't look or feel like a CSI episode. Gil and Catherine follow tracks (from a crime scene) out into the desert and find themselves exploring a vast underground complex. With 11 dead bodies. From a cult.   [read the full post]

By Aleks Chan Saving Grace: Erik Heinila; The Closer: Ben Kaller It may have been The Closer (airs Mondays at 9 p.m. on TNT) that started the performance-over-plot trend we see a lot of in summer TV, but it should be said it... Saving Grace: Erik Heinila; The Closer: Ben Kaller

By dan@duckyxdale.com (Duckyxdale & GiveMeMyRemote) First up we tackle the mid-season shows we're looking forward to (including returning faves): Dollhouse, Cupid, Castle, Leverage, Truth in Advertising, Lost, 24, Battlestar Galactica, Damages, Nip/Tuck.   Don't forget that some of our favorite summer shows finish their runs as well......

By Bernard Avishai There are some obvious reasons for this. Bush. The economy, or at least the television version of it, since the worst effects have not yet been felt. The war. The pundits (who shouldn't be the only ones to have some fun). But I think there is something else. The candidate.

By noreply@blogger.com (RikerDonegal) Harry O. "Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On" Mixed bag. While there are elements of greatness here, there is no real indication of the great television series that would follow and I can understand why this (first) pilot was not picked up in 1973. What makes this worth watching (and re-watching) is the central performance of David Janssen as Harry Orwell: the actor is superb and the script gives him a superb character to play with. Orwell is more world weary than any other private eye that television has given us, and Janssen ensures that this is conveyed by every word and gesture that the detective makes. He rides the bus, has a bullet lodged in him and is more of a womanizer than other TV heroes. But he's all the more real for it. The story is good but meand...   [read the full post]

By RikerDonegal(noreply@blogger.com) The Closer. Season 4, Episode 7. "Sudden Death" A very sad episode (and a great performance from Raymond Cruz) as the brother of one of the best dressed cops on TV gets shot down in the street near his house. The episode tells a good story and delivers are lot of great moments for several of the characters. It's one of those outings where we get to observe the whole team in a moment of crisis and it's fascinating to watch how everyone reacts to Sanchez and to see who reaches out to him and how. The Closer has a great ensemble, but it's not an ensemble show and episodes like this make me wish that it was. Highlight? The Closer (sad) Yet Another TV Review Podcast Yet Another TV Review Book   [read the full post]

By Jane St. Clair A chopper descends as the team holds Sanchez and carries him in. Provenza tells them he probably has a collapsed lung, and he’s lost a lot of blood. Brenda gets in the ‘copter with him. Provenza tells Julio to hang in there; Sanchez tells Provenza (I love that he calls him “sir”) that he ran, and h...

By Lisa My second pick is barely a second pick, more like a tied for first pick, is Kyra Sedgwick (Brenda in The Closer). Even with the great writing and directing on the show, a lesser actress would have given us a one dimensional Brenda bordering on a cliché. Kyra Sedgwick has made Brenda so real and complex, my feelings as a viewer for her character are real and complex. The writing, directing, cast – everything about the show is award worthy, but the show was appropriately named The Closer, because in the end the show is what it is because of Kyra’s Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson. Drama Series – I’m going with Lost. I enjoy both Boston Legal and House, but last season of Lost was incredible.   [read the full post]

By LillyKat(lilly_of_philly@hotmail.com) Do the folks over at The Closer know how to do their season finales or what? Yikes. Wow. Yikes. Detective Sanchez. New episodes of The Closer will return to TNT in January 2009. If you missed any episodes from the summer season, catch up on the show anytime over on the show’s official Web site.

By Lisa As the investigation moves forward, we see glimmers of our feisty Brenda Leigh. She's pissed. We also get a great scene with the coroner. All the coroners on this show are weird, and so far this weirdo is my favorite. I so love when he tries to flirt with Gabriel, especially since he's getting more overt, and Gabriel has finally caught on and gotten uncomfortable. Then there's the sponge ... the wipes ... how many times did Gabriel wipe himself off that day?  Loved Brenda with the priest, Brenda with her squad, and what about Brenda with Pope, Taylor and the reporter ... Hi, I'm Brenda and I'm now in charge of every criminal investigation.  All shall work for me.  We go from the demise of priority homicide to the rise of this major case squad - lots of new potenti...   [read the full post]

By rheldenfels And aren't Fritz and Brenda a little old to be having the kid conversation? According to IMDB, Jon Tenney is 46 and Kyra Sedgwick turned 43 today, and I don't get the impressiont their characters are supposed to be significantly younger.

By range The Closer is an American police drama starring Kyra Sedgwick, who plays a Deputy Chief of Police at the LAPD. Sedgwick plays Brenda Leigh Johnson, an ex-CIA interrogator. She is a southern belle and her easy going charm has surprised more than one criminal during an interrogation. She alwa...

By Lisa Loved The Closer this week:  Dial M for Provenza.  After all the intensity so far this season, it was kind of fun to have such a light episode and I LOVE Jennifer Coolidge, the guest star as the woman trying to kill her husband. She’s always funny.  One of the best scenes was at the end with Provenza and Pope and watching them bond over their settlements.  I would have liked to have seen a little more Fritz, but at least he got a couple of good lines in early on and then there’s his killer smile. Do they still do synchronized swimming? Loved The Closer this week:  Dial M for Provenza.  After all the intensity so far this season, it was kind of fun to have such a light episode and I LOVE Jennifer Coolidge, the guest star as the woman trying to kill her husband. She...   [read the full post]

By Tempo Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson of "The Closer" (8 p.m. Monday, TNT) doesn't like to feel powerless. The wedding will be one big hurdle for Fritz and Brenda this season, and Sedgwick said the issue of children will come up again. Told that it’s hard to picture the work-obsessed Brenda as a dot...

By Jayden Scott Fandom: The Closer Pairing: Brenda Johnson/Irene Daniels Rating: PG Summary: A longing is defined as "a strong, persistent desire or craving, especially for something unattainable or distant," Daniels looked it up in the dictionary. ...

By range The Closer is an American television police drama series. The show, which focuses upon the character of Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson (Kyra Sedgwick), is shown on TNT (Turner Network Television). Since its inception, the show has chronicled the cases of Johnson, who comes from Atlan...

By tvgal@seattlepi.com (Melanie McFarland) Fortunately these factors don't smother the story into submission; rather, they lend a new dynamic to the relationships between Brenda Leigh Johnson (Kyra Sedgwick) and her genteel but domineering mother, Willie Rae (Frances Sternhagen), and father, Clay (Barry Corbin). Yup, if it'...

By Tempo The Closer" and "Saving Grace" both return Monday, "The Closer" for a two-hour holiday special (7 p.m., TNT) and "Grace" for the start of a four-episode miniseason (9 p.m., TNT). And though it would make for an easier metaphor, it’s not quite fair to pit the shows against each other...

During the recent season of The Closer, Tarrant County's Barry Corbin had a recurring guest role as the father of Deputy Chief Brenda Johnson, the lead character played by Kyra Sedgwick. He reprises the role in a special two-hour holiday episode of The Closer airing Monday, part of a busy y...

Til Death Do Us, Part 2 (TV) Brenda comes out on top is this season three finale.

By Mel Odom At the gravesite, Brenda arrives and puts a hold on the burial. That upsets everyone there. She takes Flynn and Provenza to task for not calling her in and for moving the body. (This is a definite cue that the episode is not going to be one of the more serious ones. Both of the detectives are far too p...

By Mel Odom Anthony John Denison (whose face you’ll also remember from dozens of television shows) play sharp-dressed Detetective Andy Flynn. Robert Gossett stars as Commander Taylor, a rival division head who was once Brenda’s most vicious enemy within the department.

Golden Globe Winner Kyra Sedgwick previews an all new season of her hit show "The Closer."

The Closer\'s" G.W. Bailey vists the A&C studio to talk about the show\'s third season premiere.