The finale of "The Closer" only had to do one thing -- provide an ending for Brenda Leigh Johnson and her time with the LAPD. But because its spinoff, "Major Crimes," was premiering immediately afterward, the last episode also needed to give Brenda an exi more

It's not every long running series that gets to plan out its finale to the note like  The Closer did, and as fans we had a great opportunity to see a show we love to not only go out on top, but on a unique high with " The Last Word ."  A more

We said goodbye to one of the greatest crime fighters created for television tonight on the series finale of “The Closer.” http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2012/08/13/the-closer-series-finale-the-last-word-tv-recap/?mod=WSJBlog

One of the things I'll miss most about Brenda Leigh Johnson is her sweet tooth: that secret compulsion and most shameful addiction indulged by the Deputy Chief of the LAPD's Major Crimes Division whenever she reaches for that overstuffed top desk drawer, more

The Closer wasn't just any procedural. What made this TNT hit into the most successful cable show of all-time was not only its willingness to take risks, but how the real drama was unfolding between characters, not cases. Come along with us now as w more

The last two years of watching The Closer  have all come down to " Armed Response ." Were you satisfied with the conclusion of one of the biggest story arcs ever to grace the major crimes department? While I didn't want it to be Ann because it s more

If you’ve been waiting for over a year to learn the identity of the mole on “The Closer,” it was revealed tonight. But, it wasn’t as nearly as satisfying as it should have been. http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2012/08/06/the-closer-season-7-episode-20 more

Although I saw the last minutes of " Last Rites " coming somewhere around the halfway mark of the hour, the impact of what occured wasn't obscured by the foreboding in the least. If anything, Kyra Sedgwick's incredible emotional response was literally hai more