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]

By RikerDonegal(podcast@mail2tv.com) 06.00 Flashpoint 07.00 The Closer 11.30 The Incredible Hulk Flashpoint. Episode 19. "Remote Control" Bank robbery; wife taken hostage. How do they do it? The Closer. Season 5, Episode 5. "Half Load" Good guy shot in a bad neighbourhood. The ending is a tad over the top (saved somewhat by Flynn's sour demeanor) but this is yet anther strong episode. And a good episode for Sanchez who does some mighty clever detective work to kickstart the investigation. I like the way the show uses it's large cast and (in this episode) brings back some recurring/previous characters and makes good use of them, too. The Incredible Hulk. Episode 10. "Life and Death" by James Parriott of Defying Gravity.   [read the full post]

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 podcast@mail2tv.com (RikerDonegal) 10.30 Royal Pains 11.30 The Closer 12.30 NewsRadio Royal Pains. Episode 2. "There Will Be Food" Ballerina keeps fainting. Lots to like here. 1. Hank is a genuine nice guy hero. One character describes him as the Robin Hood of medicine at one point and it fits. Considerable kudos to Mark Feuerstein for pulling this off. A lesser performer might not have been able to make us like Hank as he runs around saving the world and being everybody's best friend. But Feuerstein makes it work, even in these cynical times. The Closer. Season 5, Episode 2. "Blood Money" Rich guy kidnapped. NewsRadio. Season 3, Episode 9. "Stocks" Mr. James offers Beth some stock tips.   [read the full post]

By podcast@mail2tv.com (RikerDonegal) 09.00 Royal Pains 11.00 The Closer 12.30 NewsRadio 01.00 Greek Royal Pains. Episode 1. "Pilot" A doctor is blacklisted and moves... The Closer. Season 5, Episode 1. "Products of Discovery" An entire family is killed. By mistake. The closing moments of this episode go to the very core of why this is such a fantastic show, and why Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson is truly one of television's best ever detectives/characters. These two sides of her (imperfect) nature are why fans love Brenda so much. NewsRadio. Season 3, Episode 8. "Movie Star" James Caan visits. Greek. Season 2, Episode 4. "Gays, Ghosts and Gamma Rays" Casey likes Max. Rusty investigates a mysterious Kappa Tau member.   [read the full post]

By Rich Heldenfels The Closer" was a solid enough episode. Not the best I've ever seen of the show, but good enough. As much as it focuses on a criminal case every week, "The Closer" is still a character show; Brenda's worries about her cat, and Provenza's grumpy streak, were as significant as the crimebusting. N...

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) 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 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 RikerDonegal(noreply@blogger.com) 01:00 The Closer 02:00 House 08:00 Columbo 10:00 90210 11:00 Beverly Hills 90210 The Closer. Season 4, Episode 6. "Problem Child" Dark stuff. He might only be 13 but the child at the centre of this story is a disturbed individual. He's the victim. And, as the team investigates, they discover that a lot of people had a lot of very good reasons for wanting him dead. In many ways it's more like a Without A Trace episode than an episode of The Closer, because the story really paints a full picture of the victim and who he was. Superb storytelling. Only on House! Highlight? The Closer (dark story) 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 Eric The Closer - Raymond Cruz, Kyra Sedgwick. This new episode of THE CLOSER “Sudden Death” was by far one of the best of the season. There are so many great things about this episode that I have decided to write the top 5 things I love ...

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.

The Closer (TV) Provenza's job is at stake after one too many mistakes.

 CA - Aug 5, 2008 The closing scene between actors Kyra Sedgwick and Jon Tenney was raw and heated. Tenney played Fritz's anger perfectly, and Sedgwick nailed Brenda's ... The Closer: Live Wire TV Squad all 2 news articles

By MysterLynch(noreply@blogger.com) Stars: Kyra Sedgwick, J.K. Simmons, Corey Reynolds, Robert Gossett, G.W. Bailey The Closer has managed to maintain a high standard of quality over three seasons. Anyone that enjoys smart strong characters and quality storylines will enjoy season three of The Closer.

Meanwhile, on orders from Assistant Police Chief Will Pope (JK Simmons), Brenda has been told to let a reporter with the LA Times follow her investigation. ... TV Review: The Closer Cinema Blend The Closer: A Lukewarm Return Tonight TheDay

By Rebecca Wright Created by James Duff and the Shephard/Robin Company which also produces Nip/Tuck, The Closer centers on Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson (Kyra Sedgwick), who was brought from Atlanta to Los Angeles by Assistant Police Chief Will Pope (J.K. Simmons) to lead up a new special murder inves...

By Jason the TVaholic Kyra: Right. Kyra: Did I what? Question: I was wondering what you have learned as an actor from being on The Closer? Season four of The Closer premieres Monday, July 14th. The first episode kicks things off with a “Controlled Burn” and is very good. Look for a review in the near future.

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 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 Tonight’s episode, “Grave Doubts” offered a closer look into some of the chief characters in the series. Brenda’s father has discovered she’s “living in sin” with Fritz, her FBI boyfriend. She’s beside herself and doesn’t know quite what to do. In fact, halfway through this episode Brenda...

A number of notable TV on DVD releases reviewed recently including: The Closer - The Complete Second Season - an excellent show with well thought out scripts, interesting stories, developed characters, and some very funny moments; Roots - 30th Anniversary Edition - one of those progra...