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Old 06-15-09 | 01:56 PM
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The Closer -- Season 5 Thread -- Monday's at 9pm on TNT

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Brenda snoops into the abduction of a greedy financier being investigated for investment fraud, but she soon suspects he may have staged the kidnapping. Meanwhile, Provenza continues to exhibit bizarre behavior; and Brenda's cat tries to scratch through a medical problem.



Hope Kitty gets better.

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Old 06-15-09 | 02:00 PM
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Re: The Closer -- Season 5 Thread -- Monday's at 9pm on TNT

Paolo Turbay who played Jimmy Smits wife on Cane 2 years ago joins the show as a new detective on a recurring basis.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1168174/
Old 06-16-09 | 11:24 AM
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Re: The Closer -- Season 5 Thread -- Monday's at 9pm on TNT

How many pet owners give their pets an IV?

Love the show, but come on.
Old 06-16-09 | 01:13 PM
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My DVR cut off at the end, right after she found the body. Did I miss anything?
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Re: The Closer -- Season 5 Thread -- Monday's at 9pm on TNT

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Brenda declares "Ok, now it's a murder." Fade to black...

This is the problem with casting on TV shows. You hire a high profile actor like Miguel Sandoval as the chauffeur and you know right away that he's the kidnapper. I kept expecting Allison Dubois to wake up any moment from a dream.

I guess he sent the money to his son located in some country with no extradition treaty?
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I like the new detective. She seems to be the complete opposite of Brenda.
Old 06-16-09 | 05:35 PM
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Re: The Closer -- Season 5 Thread -- Monday's at 9pm on TNT

I didn't really get why Brenda was not allowed to initially speak to the family. I know they said that the kidnapper's told them not to involve the police, but didn't they report the kidnapping to the police in the beginning and that is how they knew about the guy's disappearance and to start investigating it?

Is every episode now going to feature Brenda butting heads with the FBI or involving Fritz in some way? I guess they need to create conflict somehow since Brenda's team now respects her and has her back, unlike when the series first started.
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Re: The Closer -- Season 5 Thread -- Monday's at 9pm on TNT

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I didn't really get why Brenda was not allowed to initially speak to the family. I know they said that the kidnapper's told them not to involve the police, but didn't they report the kidnapping to the police in the beginning and that is how they knew about the guy's disappearance and to start investigating it?
The family went to the bank requesting the money and since the FBI froze the accounts, that's how the police got involved. Technically the family didn't contact the police - the bank/FBI did. i agree, the "you can't talk to the family" was rather silly but given how horrid the wife was, I think less was more anyway.
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Re: The Closer -- Season 5 Thread -- Monday's at 9pm on TNT

Although I still watch it, I have to admit that this show has really gone downhill quality wise. It's easy to figure out who did it within the first couple of minutes of an episode usually, and now they seem to be introducing a teenage girl for no good reason (Brenda is going to be taking care of her for her brother, since the girl is too hard to handle).

Anyone else still watching?
Old 08-06-09 | 08:56 AM
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I'm still watching and I somewhat agree. The storylines this season just haven't had the impact/intensity of the last few seasons and the cases do seem pretty obvious. I'm hoping things will pick up soon.
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I still watch and like the show, but yeah it's very predictable. I liked having them bring in Mary McDonnell as Captain Raynor and I thought she was suppose to be a nemesis to Brenda, but that kind of fell flat on it's face. I hope there is a bigger payoff with Brenda and that serial killer lawyer we saw earlier in the season.
Old 08-06-09 | 01:16 PM
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Re: The Closer -- Season 5 Thread -- Monday's at 9pm on TNT

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and now they seem to be introducing a teenage girl for no good reason
I think the reason is to give Sedgwick's daughter a job since that's who she is.
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Re: The Closer -- Season 5 Thread -- Monday's at 9pm on TNT

Really? I had no idea.

Anyone know how many more episodes this season?
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Re: The Closer -- Season 5 Thread -- Monday's at 9pm on TNT

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Anyone know how many more episodes this season?
I believe there are 5 remaining in the season, but TNT has done some goofiness with this show in the past where is aired like the final three in December/January.
Old 08-11-09 | 03:48 PM
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Re: The Closer -- Season 5 Thread -- Monday's at 9pm on TNT

There are two more, since Sosie Bacon is supposed to be in the last four, and the final episode, -which I guess will be the payoff to the storyline, -will be directed by her father, Kevin Bacon.
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Re: The Closer -- Season 5 Thread -- Monday's at 9pm on TNT

5 more episodes left. However, the big quesion is if they will air consecutively. As Rfduncan mentioned, TNT might do some goofy scheduling and air episode 14 and 15 during the Holidays, which they have done in the past.
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Re: The Closer -- Season 5 Thread -- Monday's at 9pm on TNT

Hope to see them all in a row as well. I hate when they have a couple of episodes months after. It makes it difficult to remember any continuing storylines (like the lawyer killer, etc).
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The Closer "The Life" 12/07/09

REMINDER: The 1st of 3 episodes air tonight.
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When a 12-year-old boy is found murdered in a gang hangout, and two gang members from the same gang are murdered, Brenda and the MCD think a retaliation is occurring between two hoods, but evidence points elsewhere...
Old 12-07-09 | 01:33 AM
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Re: The Closer -- Season 5 Thread -- Monday's at 9pm on TNT

Nice to have it back even for only 3 episodes. TNT's scheduling of this show is just strange. Last year they aired 10 episodes during the summer and 5 in January/February. Now this year they air 12 in the summer in 3 in December.
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The Closer "Make Over" 12/14/09

REMINDER: The 2nd of 3 episodes air tonight.
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The conviction of a woman found guilty of poisoning a banker is overturned when a laboratory essential to proving the case comes under scrutiny. The subsequent re-trial forces Brenda to ask Provenza's former partner for help tying up loose ends. Unfortunately for the team, more scrutiny occurs when they all discover Provenza's former partner is no longer the man he used to be. The importance of the case may ruin Brenda and Fritz's planned vacation.

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