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05.30 Cougar Town
06.00 The Closer
07.00 House
08.00 Castle

Cougar Town. Episode 3. &quot;Don&apos;t Do Me Like That&quot; 10th date jitters.

The Closer. Season 5, Episode 9. &quot;Identity Theft&quot; Brenda suspects that a murderer&apos;s confession is false, and she finds herself playing &apos;mother&apos; for the first time.

Sosie Bacon joins the cast and makes a great first impression as a &apos;daughter&apos; for Brenda. I immediately liked the character and feel that this will be good for the show.

House. Season 6, Episode 4. &quot;Instant Karma&quot; Rich guy, with sick kid.

Castle. Season 2, Episode 4. &quot;Fool Me Once&quot; Con man.

More, please!!

Highlight? Castle (a blast)
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<pubDate>23 Oct 2009 14:15:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Opinion: Cougar Town, The Closer, House, Arrested Development, Castle</title>
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Cougar Town. Episode 2. &quot;Into the Great Wide Open&quot;

The Closer. Season 5, Episode 8. &quot;Elysian Fields&quot; 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&apos;s a nice contrast and the script (by Michael Alaimo) doesn&apos;t beat it to death. It&apos;s there. We can see it. But it has no other bearing on the story.

House. Season 6, Episode 3. &quot;The Tyrant&quot; House returns to work.

Arrested Development. Season 3, Episode 7. &quot;Prison Break-In&quot;

Castle. Season 2, Episode 3. &quot;Inventing the Girl&quot; Model.
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<pubDate>07 Oct 2009 09:13:31 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Opinion: Flashpoint, The Closer, The Incredible Hulk</title>
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06.00 Flashpoint
07.00 The Closer
11.30 The Incredible Hulk

Flashpoint. Episode 19. &quot;Remote Control&quot; Bank robbery; wife taken hostage.

How do they do it?

The Closer. Season 5, Episode 5. &quot;Half Load&quot; Good guy shot in a bad neighbourhood.

The ending is a tad over the top (saved somewhat by Flynn&apos;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&apos;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. &quot;Life and Death&quot; by James Parriott of Defying Gravity.
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<pubDate>26 Sep 2009 01:16:38 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Opinion: Better Off Ted, The Closer, Flashpoint, The Incredible Hulk</title>
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05.00 Better Off Ted
05.30 The Closer
06.30 Flashpoint
01.00 The Incredible Hulk

The Closer. Season 5, Episode 3. &quot;Red Tape&quot; 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. &quot;The Perfect Family&quot; Kidnapped baby.

Consistently remarkable television.

The Incredible Hulk. Episode 8. &quot;The Hulk Breaks Las Vegas&quot;
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<pubDate>11 Sep 2009 17:21:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Opinion: Tue, Jun 16, 09 - Royal Pains, The Closer, NewsRadio</title>
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10.30 Royal Pains
11.30 The Closer
12.30 NewsRadio

Royal Pains. Episode 2. &quot;There Will Be Food&quot; 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&apos;s best friend. But Feuerstein makes it work, even in these cynical times.

The Closer. Season 5, Episode 2. &quot;Blood Money&quot; Rich guy kidnapped.

NewsRadio. Season 3, Episode 9. &quot;Stocks&quot; Mr. James offers Beth some stock tips.
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<pubDate>21 Jun 2009 18:41:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Opinion: Tue, Jun 9, 09 - Royal Pains, The Closer, NewsRadio, Greek</title>
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09.00 Royal Pains
11.00 The Closer
12.30 NewsRadio
01.00 Greek

Royal Pains. Episode 1. &quot;Pilot&quot; A doctor is blacklisted and moves...

The Closer. Season 5, Episode 1. &quot;Products of Discovery&quot; 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&apos;s best ever detectives/characters.

These two sides of her (imperfect) nature are why fans love Brenda so much.

NewsRadio. Season 3, Episode 8. &quot;Movie Star&quot; James Caan visits.

Greek. Season 2, Episode 4. &quot;Gays, Ghosts and Gamma Rays&quot; Casey likes Max. Rusty investigates a mysterious Kappa Tau member.
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<pubDate>21 Jun 2009 09:47:00 PDT</pubDate>
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The Closer&quot; was a solid enough episode. Not the best I&apos;ve ever seen of the show, but good enough. As much as it focuses on a criminal case every week, &quot;The Closer&quot; is still a character show; Brenda&apos;s worries about her cat, and Provenza&apos;s grumpy streak, were as significant as the crimebusting. N...
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<pubDate>08 Jun 2009 17:52:18 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Opinion: Tue, Feb 24, 09 - The Big Bang Theory, The Closer, House</title>
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07.30 The Big Bang Theory
08.00 The Closer
09.00 House

Amusing example of one of the show&apos;s oft-used plots: Sheldon&apos;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. &quot;Double Blind&quot; Brenda works a robbery/murder case on the day of her wedding.

House. Season 5, Episode 15. &quot;Unfaithful&quot; Sick priest.
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<pubDate>07 Mar 2009 08:16:58 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Opinion: Tue, Dec 16, 08 - Prison Break, Mission: Impossible, The Closer, NewsRadio</title>
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The Closer. Season 4, Episode 10. &quot;Time Bomb&quot; 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&apos;s stunning television. And makes for a great cliffhanger when Sanchez takes t...
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<pubDate>22 Dec 2008 05:20:58 PST</pubDate>
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07.00 The Closer
08.00 CSI
09.00 Prison Break
11.15 NewsRadio

The Closer. Season 4, Episode 9. &quot;Tijuana Brass&quot; Surely this is one of the show&apos;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. &quot;Shooting Stars&quot; It doesn&apos;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.
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<pubDate>10 Dec 2008 14:38:34 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Opinion: Fri, Oct 17, 08 - The Closer, House, Harry O</title>
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Harry O. &quot;Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On&quot; 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&apos;s all the more real for it. The story is good but meand...
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The Closer. Season 4, Episode 7. &quot;Sudden Death&quot; 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&apos;s one of those outings where we get to observe the whole team in a moment of crisis and it&apos;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&apos;s not an ensemble show and episodes like this make me wish that it was.

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<pubDate>30 Sep 2008 11:44:23 PDT</pubDate>
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01:00 The Closer
02:00 House
08:00 Columbo
10:00 90210
11:00 Beverly Hills 90210

The Closer. Season 4, Episode 6. &quot;Problem Child&quot; Dark stuff. He might only be 13 but the child at the centre of this story is a disturbed individual. He&apos;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&apos;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.

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<pubDate>23 Sep 2008 18:24:17 PDT</pubDate>
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 	Written by Jane St. Clair <br />
A chopper descends as the team holds Sanchez and carries him in. Provenza tells them he probably has a collapsed lung, and he&#8217;s lost a lot of blood. Brenda gets in the &#8216;copter with him. Provenza tells Julio to hang in there; Sanchez tells Provenza (I love that he calls him &#8220;sir&#8221;) that he ran, and h...
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<pubDate>19 Sep 2008 19:20:22 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;THE CLOSER&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &#8220;Sudden Death&#8221; (S04E07) Review | Daemon&amp;amp;#39;s TV</title>
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The Closer - Raymond Cruz, Kyra Sedgwick. This new episode of THE CLOSER &#8220;Sudden Death&#8221; 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 ...
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<pubDate>25 Aug 2008 18:31:27 PDT</pubDate>
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And aren&apos;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&apos;t get the impressiont their characters are supposed to be significantly younger.
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<pubDate>19 Aug 2008 08:39:39 PDT</pubDate>
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 The Closer (TV)
Provenza&apos;s job is at stake after one too many mistakes.
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<pubDate>12 Aug 2008 10:22:00 PDT</pubDate>
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The closing scene between actors Kyra Sedgwick and Jon Tenney was raw and heated. Tenney played Fritz&apos;s anger perfectly, and Sedgwick nailed Brenda&apos;s ...
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<pubDate>05 Aug 2008 10:46:38 PDT</pubDate>
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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.
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 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. ...
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<pubDate>14 Jul 2008 22:55:44 PDT</pubDate>
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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...
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<pubDate>11 Jul 2008 12:44:47 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Opinion: Interview With Kyra Sedgwick of The Closer on TNT</title>
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 	Written by Jason the TVaholic <br />
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 &#8220;Controlled Burn&#8221; and is very good. Look for a review in the near future.
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<pubDate>01 Jul 2008 18:14:59 PDT</pubDate>
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 	Written by range <br />
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...
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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...
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Tonight&#8217;s episode, &#8220;Grave Doubts&#8221; offered a closer look into some of the chief characters in the series. Brenda&#8217;s father has discovered she&#8217;s &#8220;living in sin&#8221; with Fritz, her FBI boyfriend. She&#8217;s beside herself and doesn&#8217;t know quite what to do. In fact, halfway through this episode Brenda...
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