The Closer

Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson struggles to get over her past problems while dealing with co-workers who resent her jump to the elevated position of deputy police chief.

Brenda investigates the murder of a U.S. Congresswoman's daughter, who may have been targeted because of an online personal ad involving role-playing in a fantasy "rape" scene.

Brenda investigates the shooting of three youngsters, one of whom is the son of Taylor's friends.

After fishermen discover the badly decomposed bodies of a mother and daughter in the Los Angeles harbor, evidence points to ritual suicide. But Brenda's instincts tell her that there's more to these deaths.

In the third season premiere, budget cuts are hitting the LAPD hard, and Brenda must give up one of her team members to the counterterrorism unit -- or force Provenza into early retirement.

During a funeral for one of Flynn and Provenza's former police colleagues, the squad discovers the dead body of an unknown, buxom blonde in their old friend's casket.

In a special 70-minute extended episode, a young African-American girl is abducted on her way home from school, and in a race against the clock, the team must find out who took her and where she is.

The wife of a deputy district attorney is found dead on the beach, the apparent victim of a serial killer. The murderer's chosen weapon is a cattle prod that he uses to torture his victims prior to killing them.

Since Brenda's traumatic incident with a serial killer has left her shaken, the department psychologist takes her off investigative duty. To keep Brenda busy, Pope assigns her to a television reporter doing a story on the LAPD.

A teenage girl dies in an apparent suicide after accusing the son of an L.A. County sheriff of raping her. DANIEL BALDWIN ("Homicide: Life on the Street") guest stars.

The death of a family member motivates the squad. KEVIN BACON directs the episode.

Brenda's squad investigates a double-homicide involving a Tijuana drug cartel and police corruption. Plus, an article paints an unflattering picture of Priority Homicide.

A shootout leaves two cops and a teenage neo-Nazi dead, with lots of unanswered questions as to what happened and who else might have been involved. MARY McDONNELL guest stars.

A shooting in a school parking lot leaves one person dead, another person critically wounded and a car loaded with marijuana.

XANDER BERKELEY ("24") is a Texas detective investigating a similar crime to one in LA. Brenda's dad (BARRY CORBIN) arrives to take Charlie (SOSIE BACON). KEVIN BACON directs.