The Closer (TV series)
| The Closer | |
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| Created by |
James Duff Michael M. Robin Greer Shephard |
| Starring |
Kyra Sedgwick J. K. Simmons Corey Reynolds Robert Gossett G. W. Bailey Tony Denison Michael Paul Chan Raymond Cruz Phillip P. Keene Mary McDonnell Jon Tenney Gina Ravera |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 7 |
| No. of episodes | 109 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 42–60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | The Shephard/Robin Company Walking Entropy Warner Bros. Television |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Television Distribution |
| Release | |
| Original network | TNT |
| Original release | June 13, 2005 – August 13, 2012 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | Major Crimes |
The Closer is an American television police procedural, starring Kyra Sedgwick as Brenda Leigh Johnson, a Los Angeles Police Department Deputy Chief. Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, and CIA-trained, Brenda has a reputation as a closer—an interrogator who not only solves a case, but obtains confessions that lead to convictions and so "closing" the case. Deputy Chief Johnson sometimes uses deceit and intimidation to persuade a suspect to confess. The series ran on TNT from June 13, 2005, to August 13, 2012.
The Closer was created by James Duff and the Shephard/Robin Company in association with Warner Bros. Television. On Monday, July 11, 2011, the series began its seventh and final season, having finished its sixth season as cable's highest rated drama.The Closer's final six episodes began airing on Monday, July 9, 2012, with its finale airing on Monday, August 13, 2012. Following the finale, The Closer's spin-off Major Crimes premiered.
Each episode of The Closer deals with an aspect of the Los Angeles culture as it interfaces with law enforcement in the megacity. The show deals with complex and subtle issues of public policy, ethics, personal integrity, and questions of good and evil. The rather large character ensemble explores the human condition, touching on individual faiths, traditional religious influences in the lives and communities of contemporary society, and the breakdown and dysfunction of family systems, work teaming, and government responsibility. The first season began with Brenda Leigh Johnson arriving at the LAPD to lead the Priority Murder Squad (PMS), quickly renamed Priority Homicide Division (PHD), a team that originally dealt solely with high-profile murder cases (Seasons 1–4).
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