• Air date: 11 Jul '11 21 episodes
      Deputy Police Chief Brenda Jean Johnson transfers from Atlanta to LA to head up a special unit of the LAPD that handles sensitive, high-profile murder cases. Johnson's quirky personality and hard-nosed approach often rubs her colleagues the wrong way, but her reputation as one of the world's best interrogator eventually wins over even her toughest critics.
  • List of Episodes (21)
    • 1. Unknown Trouble

      11 Jul '11
      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. The case hits home for Gabriel who knows two of the victims from church. Meanwhile, Chief Delk is getting ready to announce the department’s new organizational chart just as Brenda becomes the target of a civil suit against the police department.
    • 2. Repeat Offender

      18 Jul '11
      Brenda has to figure out how house sitting led to the death of a young lady. As the fallout from the civil lawsuit continues Captian Rader has to broaden her investigation to include the LAPD while the realignment within be in LAPD gets started.
    • 3. To Serve with Love

      25 Jul '11
      Flynn and Provenza get into the usual trouble moonlighting as process servers when a man dies shortly after they serve him.
    • 4. Under Control

      01 Aug '11
      Tao's son works at a camp where a boy goes missing.
    • 5. Forgive Us Our Trespasses

      08 Aug '11
      A family works to protect their late minister's reputation from scandal. Meanwhile, most of the Major Crimes Division is subpoenaed, raising suspicions about the one who wasn't.
    • 6. Home Improvement

      15 Aug '11
      A body turns up on a home construction site, while Brenda and Fritz weigh the expense of a high priced attorney.
    • 7. A Family Affair

      22 Aug '11
      The team investigates the puzzling death of a fellow officer's daughter. Elsewhere, Captain Raydor advances in her meticulous audit of Brenda's unit and begins to sharpen focus on Detective Sanchez.
    • 8. Death Warrant

      29 Aug '11
      Brenda seeks Capt. Raydor's help in an investigation of possible police brutality; Brenda's attorney starts deposing the squad about the Baylor case.
    • 9. Star Turn

      05 Sep '11
      Brenda can't understand what led to a father's disappearance just as his daughter's single was about to hit the charts making her famous very quickly. Brenda has an opportunity to make her lawsuit disappear by settling with the family that brought it against her but that deal may not be as good as everybody hoped it would.
    • 10. Fresh Pursuit

      12 Sep '11
      The squad investigates the death of a deputy sheriff; the judge considers dropping the charges against Brenda.
    • 11. Necessary Evil

      28 Nov '11
      The death of a high school principal who had been trying to raise test scores at his school to prevent it from being closed causes Brenda and Fritz to fight over who has control of the case because an already existing FBI investigation causes the cases to overlap.
    • 12. You Have the Right to Be Jolly

      05 Dec '11
      Fred Willard (Modern Family) guest stars as Santa Jack, the owner of a Christmas village who believes he could be the real Father Christmas.
    • 13. Relative Matters

      12 Dec '11
      Brenda's parents return with surprising news that keeps Brenda's mind from her case.
    • 14. Road Block

      19 Dec '11
      The LAPD's Police Commissioner and his wife, Gail, may be in trouble when Brenda becomes determined to uncover a scandal one of them tried to cover up.
    • 15. Silent Partner

      26 Dec '11
      Brenda seeks help from a businessman, played by guest star Jason George (Grey's Anatomy), with old ties to the neighborhood where Turell Baylor was murdered.
    • 16. Hostile Witness

      09 Jul '12
      Brenda encounters her nemesis, Philip Stroh. the defense attorney she suspects is a murdering rapist. Obsessed with taking him down, she pulls a shock-and-awe courtroom stunt that jeopardizes a case and lands her in hot water with the new D.A..
    • 17. Fool's Gold

      16 Jul '12
      Provenza tries to help his ex-wife locate her wedding ring, but he stumbles into red-faced fumbles that include a robbery, an evidence-destroying canine and a frenetic appraiser.
    • 18. Drug Fiend

      23 Jul '12
      Investigating the death of a beloved cancer doctor hits too close to home for Brenda who's already upset after learning that Pope is monitoring everything she does.
    • 19. Last Rites

      30 Jul '12
      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. Meanwhile, Brenda’s parents are in town while her father continues his cancer treatments.
    • 20. Armed Response

      06 Aug '12
      Brenda finds a young couple involved to in the investigation by accident after finding two people dead outside in the street Brenda has no idea that the DA is watching her every move Capitan Raydor and Chief Pope find out who the leak is.
    • 21. The Last Word

      13 Aug '12
      In the series finale, we bid a final farewell to Brenda Leigh Johnson. Stay tuned to the next show, Major Crimes, which will pick up from the moment The Closer ends. A large portion of the characters are moving to the new show. to work under the new supervisor of Major Crimes, Captain Sharon Raydor.