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The Closer Season 7 Episodes
Season 7 Episode Guide
21 Episodes 2011 - 2012
Episode 1
Unknown Trouble
Mon, Jul 11, 201143 mins
Deputy Chief Brenda Lee Johnson and her Major Crimes unit investigate multiple deaths - 5 men and 2 women - at the home of rap singer Chris Brooks, known as C-Game. A large amount of money was found at the scene and the police suspect drug dealer Antwone Decker of being behind the killings. Jealousy is at the root of it all. Meanwhile, Brenda learns that she and the LAPD are being sued for the wrongful death of Terrell Baylor, a gang member and murder suspect who was released and returned to his home. The suit alleges the police knew he would be killed by his fellow gang members. Chief Delk puts Captain Raydor in charge of a detailed review of how the case was handled.
Episode 2
Repeat Offender
Mon, Jul 18, 201143 mins
With the sudden death of Chief Delk, Will Pope becomes Interim Chief while also keeping his old position as a cost-saving measure. The funeral is barely over when Major Crimes is called out on a case. Dead is Ashley Reed, a journalism student house-sitting for the family friends who find her on their return from a holiday. Obviously deceased for several days (five) by the time found, she had also babysat for Alex Banks, one of her professors who was known to have had an affair with another of his students. As Major Crimes picks apart the professor's life, a recovered laptop points them in the right direction. Meanwhile, as Commander Taylor bemoans his loss of advancement, Capt. Raydor, ready to end her investigation, continues only at Interim Chief Pope's insistence.
Episode 3
To Serve with Love
Mon, Jul 25, 201143 mins
Provenza enlists the help of Flynn and Buzz to track down and serve a subpoena on Steven Hirshbaum. It's all unofficial, and the lawyer behind the subpoena has promised to pay $2000. With Buzz's technical expertise, they soon find him and serve the subpoena, but before they can even leave the site, the man is shot in the back and thrown out the window of his hotel room. It all gets just a bit complicated for them when it turns out the victim isn't Hirshbaum but a look-alike actor named Scott Esposito. Hirshbaum, recently convicted of embezzlement, was supposed to be under FBI protection, but now no one knows where he is. Brenda surmises that someone had followed Provenza to commit the crime.
Episode 4
Under Control
Mon, Aug 1, 201143 mins
With Brenda being interviewed by Captain Rayder over the death of a suspect she released, Lt. Mike Tao becomes the senior officer in charge of searching for a missing 9-year-old boy. The boy's parents are divorced and hostile, with the mother now living with her new boyfriend, an ex-Las Vegas policeman who has a history of domestic abuse. The boy, found floating in a swimming pool more than a mile away, rode his new bike to summer camp that morning - a camp where Lt. Tao's son, Kevin, was a teen counselor to the lad. The autopsy, however, reveals death by drug overdose rather than drowning. While trying to solve the case, Brenda does everything she can to avoid Raydor and her needling about getting a lawyer against the impending lawsuit.
Episode 5
Forgive Us Our Trespasses
Mon, Aug 8, 201143 mins
Brenda and the Major Crimes squad turn out in force when a funeral parlor director reports to the coroner's office a dead body delivered without a death certificate. The late Pastor Wycoff was well known in his local community, but his family is clearly hiding something. When police find ligature marks on his neck, his wife reveals that her husband committed suicide, but that doesn't explain women's apparel found in the motel room where he died. What they're not so prepared for is that the pastor was a cross-dresser and the clothing his. Meanwhile, Brenda is beginning to feel the pressure when lawyer Peter Goldman serves everyone on the squad - all except Sgt. Gabriel - in a $20 million wrongful death suit in the case of Terrell Baylor.
Episode 6
Home Improvement
Mon, Aug 15, 201143 mins
Summoned from meeting with her recommended attorney, Gavin Q. Baker III (whose daunting retainer fee leaves her touchy and volatilely irritable), Brenda looks into the death of registered sex offender John David Dale, found wrapped and buried at the base of an illegally constructed retaining wall in an elite neighborhood. While most regard the incident as good riddance to bad rubbish, Brenda finds it more than odd that John David Dale's body was discovered thanks to a complaint ostensibly e-mailed from John David Dale himself while he was dead. Meanwhile, Fritz makes an arrangement with Gavin so Brenda can retain his council.
Episode 7
A Family Affair
Mon, Aug 22, 201143 mins
An escort appears to have died from an overdose, but her mother, a Phoenix police officer, insists it's not true. Meanwhile, Raydor's continuing investigation makes Brenda comes to terms with a shocking reality.
Episode 8
Death Warrant
Mon, Aug 29, 201143 mins
Convict Ray Diamond requests a deal from Brenda and David in order to share a hot tip about a hit issued from the drug cartel operating within prison walls. Before police can determine its validity, Ray dies, throat cut, thereby verifying the hit - but on who? Deputy District Attorney Andrea Hobbs' case seems targeted, so Brenda and Fritz join her protection team to safeguard all. Meanwhile, Gavin Q. Baker III (Brenda's lawyer) conducts a round of depositions to all involved in Major Crimes, setting about finding the leak. The team's not stupid: now everyone knows there's a leak.
Episode 9
Star Turn
Mon, Sep 5, 201143 mins
Brenda and the Major Crimes team investigate the death of Bob Michaels, father of aspiring pop star Missy Michaels. Found at the bottom of a cliff after a 5-day disappearance while hiking, it has the appearance of a suicide. Medical examiner Dr. Morales determines that Bob's been dead for twelve hours or so, which raises the question of what he'd been doing for the previous four and a half days. Further examination finds pepper-spray on his face along with blue candy and a pizza in his stomach, suggesting deception at best, murder at worst. Ambitious parents are at the root of it all. Meanwhile, the Baylor family offers to settle the lawsuit against Brenda and the city, but the language in the settlement isn't as clear as Brenda's lawyer or Capt. Raydor would like.
Episode 10
Fresh Pursuit
Mon, Sep 12, 201143 mins
Brenda's attorney's efforts at requesting a summary judgment in her case are interrupted when the team is called out to investigate the murder of a deputy sheriff.
Episode 11
Necessary Evil
Mon, Nov 28, 201143 mins
As Brenda suspects a good Samaritan high school coach of murdering his new principal to cover instances of pedophilia, Captain Raydor catches Pope off guard with the surprise announcement of her retirement.
Episode 12
You Have the Right to Remain Jolly
Mon, Dec 5, 201142 mins
After Santa "Randy" is killed in a freak accident during a children's event at the North Pole, the team has to investigate Santa "Jack" (Fred Willard) to see if he was involved, turning this accident into a murder. But the team can't seem to keep Santa "Jack" far away enough from his Rum-filled Egg Nog to get a court admissible confession.
Episode 13
Relative Matters
Mon, Dec 12, 201143 mins
Brenda and Fritz butt heads when the FBI appears to sabotage her murder investigation because her main suspect is under their surveillance, and Brenda's parents come to town for the holidays with some bad news.
Episode 14
Road Block
Mon, Dec 19, 201142 mins
Major Crimes investigates after a car belonging to Police Commissioner Jay Meyers kills 19 year-old college freshman Gracie Ann Gates in a hit and run accident. Detective Flynn witnessed the accident - with the car driving in the wrong lane - but the commissioner's wife Gail, driving while drunk, claims her car was stolen while she was at dinner with her daughter and some of her friends. Brenda suspects her from the outset, but Chief Pope wants her to go slow (until he learns of her near arrest the previous summer for drunk driving ). She could now be charged with murder rather than manslaughter - and that's exactly want Brenda wants to do to get her firmly off the streets.
Episode 15
Silent Partner
Mon, Dec 26, 201143 mins
Brenda and Major Crimes investigate the murder of James Turner, known within the One-Ten-Crips as J-Rock and found executed in a car registered to the late Terrell Baylor along with lawyer Peter Goldman's business card in his pocket. Goldman, who represents the Baylor family in their wrongful death suit against Brenda and the LAPD, had visited Reggie Moses in San Quentin the previous day. Reggie, in turn, made a call after their meeting to Martin Evans, a former gang member who Brenda is certain ordered Baylor's death. Proving it could bring an end to Goldman's civil suit, but Brenda wants more than that. As the investigation starts, Sanchez privately but firmly warns Brenda that anything she says or does in the squad will be leaked to Goldman, and to trust no one.
Episode 16
Hostile Witness
Mon, Jul 9, 201243 mins
Assisting another LAPD division, Brenda and Major Crimes investigate the murder of Gwyneth Adler, a nurse found drugged and raped in a motel bedroom rented by George Harris, who, at check-in, requested two keys, suggesting he had a partner. In court, Brenda finds herself up against defense attorney Philip Stroh, whom she knows is a serial rapist and murderer. Never able to prove it, her testimony leads to a mistrial with the judge giving the prosecution four weeks to start over again. Harris had been charged with rape the previous year, but the case was dropped when the victim, Nathalie Baldwin, disappeared and couldn't testify in court. Nathalie is now located but just wants to forget about her ordeal. Using Nathalie, Brenda sets up a sting to trap Stroh, but it doesn't quite go as planned, and Brenda is called on the carpet and ordered to leave Stroh alone.
Episode 17
Fool's Gold
Mon, Jul 16, 201243 mins
Provenza's first ex-wife Liz arrives at Major Crimes to ask his help in getting her money back from a jewelry shop where she sold her wedding ring. Flynn and Provenza question an attractive clerk and Liz's ring is returned. The problem seems to be solved until they witness the clerk running out of the store with a male accomplice. When the detectives re-enter the shop to find the place ransacked, Flynn and Provenza are horrified to realize they allowed a robbery to happen right under their noses.
Episode 18
Drug Fiend
Mon, Jul 23, 201243 mins
The murder of a doctor who treats cancer patients hits close to home for Brenda and gets her in hot water with Pope.
Episode 19
Last Rites
Mon, Jul 30, 201244 mins
The L.A.P.D. runs into trouble with the Catholic Church after a priest is found murdered in an elementary school playground. Brenda's parents are in town so that her father can receive treatment from a specialist. With both her father's health and the murder case demanding so much time, Brenda neglects some of those closest to her and suffers unforeseen consequences.
Episode 20
Armed Response
Mon, Aug 6, 201243 mins
Brenda returns to work early to investigate the shooting death of a security guard outside an abandoned home. Her efforts are slowed by DDA Baldwin's interference in the case. Already pushed to the limit, Brenda must also cope with the news that Raydor and Pope have discovered the leak in the department.
Episode 21
The Last Word
Mon, Aug 13, 201250 mins
Major Crimes gets a call after police find a serial killer's burial ground in Griffith Park containing the bodies of at least five young women. Though the most recent killing occurred the previous evening, the grave had been dug at least two days prior. The masked killer's latest burial was interrupted and pointed out by an underage street hustler and his adult john, who went off to a quiet corner to be alone. The most recent victim made a purchase at a department store where CCTV footage shows she met a man - someone who knew well enough to keep his back to the cameras - who Brenda is convinced is lawyer and serial rapist Philip Stroh. Getting Chief Pope and others to believe her, however, is more difficult, but Brenda isn't going to let Stroh get away this time and is willing to sacrifice her future with the LAPD to get him, even if it means using the nearly-killed underage hustler as jail bait.