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The Best Episodes of The Closer Season 7

Every episode of The Closer Season 7 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Closer Season 7!

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Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh 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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Closer Season 7 Episode 1 - Unknown Trouble
    8.1/10(413 votes)

    #1 - Unknown Trouble

    S7:E1

    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.

    Director:Nelson McCormick
    Writer:Michael Alaimo

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  2. The Closer Season 7 Episode 2 - Repeat Offender
    8.0/10(370 votes)

    #2 - Repeat Offender

    S7:E2

    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.

    Director:Steve Robin
    Writer:Steven Kane

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  3. The Closer Season 7 Episode 3 - To Serve with Love
    8.6/10(426 votes)

    #3 - To Serve with Love

    S7:E3

    Flynn and Provenza get into the usual trouble moonlighting as process servers when a man dies shortly after they serve him.

    Director:Michael Pressman
    Writer:Adam Belanoff

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  4. The Closer Season 7 Episode 4 - Under Control
    8.4/10(384 votes)

    #4 - Under Control

    S7:E4

    Tao's son works at a camp where a boy goes missing.

    Director:Rick Wallace
    Writer:Duppy Demetrius

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  5. The Closer Season 7 Episode 5 - Forgive Us Our Trespasses
    8.0/10(368 votes)

    #5 - Forgive Us Our Trespasses

    S7:E5

    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.

    Director:Roxann Dawson
    Writers:Jim Leonard, Leo Geter

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  6. The Closer Season 7 Episode 6 - Home Improvement
    8.0/10(350 votes)

    #6 - Home Improvement

    S7:E6

    A body turns up on a home construction site, while Brenda and Fritz weigh the expense of a high priced attorney.

    Director:Sheelin Choksey
    Writers:Mike Berchem, James Duff

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  7. The Closer Season 7 Episode 7 - A Family Affair
    8.3/10(382 votes)

    #7 - A Family Affair

    S7:E7

    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.

    Director:Anthony Hemingway
    Writer:Michael Alaimo

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  8. The Closer Season 7 Episode 8 - Death Warrant
    8.5/10(380 votes)

    #8 - Death Warrant

    S7:E8

    Brenda seeks Capt. Raydor's help in an investigation of possible police brutality; Brenda's attorney starts deposing the squad about the Baylor case.

    Director:Steve Robin
    Writer:Steven Kane

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  9. The Closer Season 7 Episode 9 - Star Turn
    7.9/10(364 votes)

    #9 - Star Turn

    S7:E9

    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.

    Director:Stacey K. Black
    Writer:Leo Geter

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  10. The Closer Season 7 Episode 10 - Fresh Pursuit
    8.4/10(370 votes)

    #10 - Fresh Pursuit

    S7:E10

    The squad investigates the death of a deputy sheriff; the judge considers dropping the charges against Brenda.

    Director:Michael M. Robin
    Writer:Adam Belanoff

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  11. The Closer Season 7 Episode 11 - Necessary Evil
    8.0/10(355 votes)

    #11 - Necessary Evil

    S7:E11

    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.

    Director:Nelson McCormick
    Writer:Duppy Demetrius

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  12. The Closer Season 7 Episode 12 - You Have the Right to Remain Jolly
    7.9/10(431 votes)

    #12 - You Have the Right to Remain Jolly

    S7:E12

    Fred Willard (Modern Family) guest stars as Santa Jack, the owner of a Christmas village who believes he could be the real Father Christmas.

    Director:Rick Wallace
    Writers:James Duff, Michael Alaimo

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  13. The Closer Season 7 Episode 13 - Relative Matters
    7.9/10(358 votes)

    #13 - Relative Matters

    S7:E13

    Brenda's parents return with surprising news that keeps Brenda's mind from her case.

    Director:David McWhirter
    Writer:Ken Martin

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  14. The Closer Season 7 Episode 14 - Road Block
    8.9/10(490 votes)

    #14 - Road Block

    S7:E14

    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.

    Director:Nelson McCormick
    Writer:Jim Leonard

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  15. The Closer Season 7 Episode 15 - Silent Partner
    8.6/10(396 votes)

    #15 - Silent Partner

    S7:E15

    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.

    Director:Arvin Brown
    Writers:Mike Berchem, James Duff

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  16. The Closer Season 7 Episode 16 - Hostile Witness
    8.4/10(362 votes)

    #16 - Hostile Witness

    S7:E16

    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..

    Director:Steve Robin
    Writer:Steven Kane

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  17. The Closer Season 7 Episode 17 - Fool's Gold
    8.2/10(394 votes)

    #17 - Fool's Gold

    S7:E17

    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.

    Director:Jon Tenney
    Writers:Ralph Gifford, Carson Moore

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  18. The Closer Season 7 Episode 18 - Drug Fiend
    8.3/10(335 votes)

    #18 - Drug Fiend

    S7:E18

    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.

    Director:Paul McCrane
    Writer:Duppy Demetrius

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  19. The Closer Season 7 Episode 19 - Last Rites
    8.6/10(408 votes)

    #19 - Last Rites

    S7:E19

    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.

    Director:David McWhirter
    Writer:Leo Geter

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  20. The Closer Season 7 Episode 20 - Armed Response
    8.6/10(387 votes)

    #20 - Armed Response

    S7:E20

    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.

    Director:Michael M. Robin
    Writers:Jim Leonard, Steven Kane

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  21. The Closer Season 7 Episode 21 - The Last Word
    9.1/10(596 votes)

    #21 - The Last Word

    S7:E21

    In the series finale, we bid a final farewell to Brenda Leigh Johnson. When a young man calls 911 to report seeing someone being buried in Griffith Park, police find not only her remains, but those of several other women who were kills as far back as two years ago. Brenda immediately suspects Philip Stroh and, despite departmental restrictions, sets out to finally tie him to the murders. Meanwhile, the witness who called 911 makes Brenda look at her life and future. 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.

    Director:Michael M. Robin
    Writers:Mike Berchem, James Duff

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Season 7 Ratings Summary

"Unknown Trouble" is the best rated episode of "The Closer" season 7. It scored 8.1/10 based on 413 votes. Directed by Nelson McCormick and written by Michael Alaimo, it aired on 7/11/2011. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Repeat Offender".