The Closer is an American crime drama, starring Kyra Sedgwick as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson, a Georgia police detective who arrives in Los Angeles to lead the Priority Murder Squad (later Priority Homicide Division), a team that deals only with high profile murder cases. At the end of summer season four, the squad was retasked to handle a range of crimes including fraud and kidnapping, and renamed the Major Crimes Division.
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The Closer is an American crime drama, starring Kyra Sedgwick as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson, a Georgia police detective who arrives in Los Angeles to lead the Priority Murder Squad (later Priority Homicide Division), a team that deals only with high profile murder cases. At the end of summer season four, the squad was retasked to handle a range of crimes including fraud and kidnapping, and renamed the Major Crimes Division.
The Closer was created by James Duff and the Shephard/Robin Company in association with Warner Bros. Television. The 15-episode fourth season premiered July 14, 2008, and unlike previous seasons, ran in two parts, with a ten-week summer season and a five-week winter season. Its 15-episode fifth season began on June 8, 2009.
The main cast is led by Kyra Sedgwick as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson, and consists largely of an ensemble of detectives who make up the LAPD's fictional Major Crimes Division. Other main characters include Johnson's superior officer...
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