The Closer

 OH - As it plays, even a cast of solid supporting actors (most notably JK Simmons of The Closer, Juno, and the Spider-Man movies and John Terry of Lost and 24) ...

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 Miss Cordy Well, the 2007 59th Annual Emmy Nominations were revealed this morning. Oh, don’t worry – I didn’t get up at the crack of dawn or anything. I stopped being that interested after Sarah Michelle Gellar was snubbed during the last season of Buffy. Or maybe it was when Josh Holloway was snubbed aft...

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...

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.