The Closer

Brenda and the squad investigate the owner of a hip-hop record label when one of his rap artists and six innocent bystanders are gunned down.

As the LAPD undergoes a major realignment, Brenda and her team investigate the murder of a young girl who was house-sitting.

Flynn and Provenza decide to make easy money by serving court papers for a lawyer.

The team searches for a missing boy who attends the summer camp where Lt. Tao's son works. Meanwhile, Captain Raydor makes a troubling suggestion to Brenda as she continues her audit of the Major Crimes unit.

The squad investigates the death of a minister with a scandalous secret and the family who will do anything to protect his name and their church.

A home construction site becomes a crime scene when a body turns up underneath a retainer wall. Brenda considers taking on a high-priced lawyer, but unfortunately for Fritz, the retainer fee could require cutting back on several luxuries.

The squad helps out a fellow law enforcement officer by investigating the mysterious death of her daughter.

Brenda receives a tip about a murder-for-hire involving a major drug cartel, but since the case doesn't fall under her jurisdiction, she solicits Captain Raydor's help in investigating.

Major Crimes investigates the disappearance of a stage father; the Baylor family offers to settle.

The squad investigates the shooting death of a deputy sheriff as the judge in the civil case against Brenda decides whether or not to drop the charges against her.

When a high school principal is shot while trying to turn his school around in the midst of a scandal, Brenda and her detectives soon realize their case overlaps with an existing FBI investigation.

Holiday cheer is interrupted when Santa's entrance into a Christmas Village via a zip line goes horribly wrong.

The murder of a man under FBI surveillance puts the federal agents in hot water with the L.A.P.D.

The Major Crimes Division investigates a hit-and-run murder of a young girl on a bicycle.

The federal lawsuit against Brenda comes to a head when another murder occurs related to Turell Baylor's death.

Brenda thinks she has finally cornered her longtime nemesis, lawyer and suspected rapist and murderer Philip Stroh (guest star Billy Burke), when his latest client shows signs of cracking under pressure.

Provenza gets trapped into helping his first ex-wife, Liz (guest star Diedre O'Connell), recover her wedding ring after she got ripped off by a shady gold buyer.

In a case that hits too close to home for Brenda, a well-liked cancer doctor is brutally killed and his drug supply wiped clean.

The murder of a priest puts the squad on a collision course with the Catholic Church and drives a wedge between Brenda and Chief Pope.

A young couple hanging out in someone else's house find themselves in hot water when a security guard and decorated veteran winds up dead in the street outside.

A young street hustler (guest star Graham Patrick Martin) sees what appears to be a man burying a woman in Griffith Park, prompting an investigation Brenda is convinced will lead to Philip Stroh.