The Closer

The team investigates the killing of a family. Budget cuts force Brenda to choose between giving up one member of her team to another unit and forcing one of them into early retirement.

The body of a murder victim is uncovered along with Lt. Provenza's business card. When the bullet is traced to a gang weapon that had been turned 15 years prior, Deputy Chief Johnson is forced to contend with political activist Father Jack.

At a retired cop's funeral, Lt Provenza and Lt. Flynn discover something quite unexpected along with the corpse.

A recently released sex offender is accused of kidnapping a child. With time running out, Detective Gabriel goes too far. Deputy Chief Johnson must deal with Gabriel and also get the pedophile to re-confess.

An old man's confession to seven murders leads Deputy Chief Johnson to investigate the sudden deaths at his nursing home.

Brenda must solve a murder while sharing her squad with Homeland Security.

When two Catorce gang members are shot to death, Brenda and her squad must solve the murders before a gang war erupts. Meanwhile, Brenda has her own personal health scare when she finally visits the doctor.

It looks to be the return of a serial killer when two bodies turn up dead. With the knowledge that he kills in sets of three, Chief Pope charges Brenda and her squad to hunt down the killer before the third victim is taken.

In an effort to get good PR for the department, Deputy Chief Johnson takes a journalist on a ride-along, but when the Crown Vic is targeted and shot at, Brenda is forced to live under 24-hour police protection.

When a Chinese business woman is found dead on the tour bus she and her husband operate, Brenda and the squad must dig deep to investigate her past life.

A car belonging to a Department of Homeland Security employee is found wrecked at the bottom of Mulholland Drive. Priority Homicide is brought in to uncover the details surrounding the driver's death.

Deputy Chief Johnson's investigation into a famous Hollywood divorce attorney found floating in his swimming pool is under heavy scrutiny.

Under intense pressure, Brenda has forty-eight hours to break a new witness' alibi and get her case back on track. Meanwhile, Brenda's relationship with Fritz is in danger as secrets loom.

An armed robbery investigation is handed over to PHD. When a witness flees to Atlanta, Brenda uses it as an excuse to travel home with Fritz. The uncooperative witness becomes a big burden to the entire family and stands to ruin Christmas.

Without the proper paperwork and with a reluctant participant, Brenda's trip back West proves difficult. In order to convince her witness to cooperate, Brenda must lead him to believe a few of her lies. His plans get in the police's way.