8.1/10377 votes#1 - Unknown Trouble
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 7/11/2011
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
7.9/10334 votes#2 - Repeat Offender
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 7/18/2011
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
8.5/10379 votes#3 - To Serve with Love
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 7/25/2011
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
8.2/10348 votes#4 - Under Control
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 8/1/2011
Tao's son works at a camp where a boy goes missing.
Director: Rick Wallace
Writer: Duppy Demetrius
7.9/10338 votes#5 - Forgive Us Our Trespasses
Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 8/8/2011
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
Writer: Jim Leonard, Leo Geter
7.9/10318 votes#6 - Home Improvement
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 8/15/2011
A body turns up on a home construction site, while Brenda and Fritz weigh the expense of a high priced attorney.
Director: Sheelin Choksey
Writer: Mike Berchem, James Duff
8.1/10350 votes#7 - A Family Affair
Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 8/22/2011
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
8.4/10345 votes#8 - Death Warrant
Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 8/29/2011
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
7.9/10331 votes#9 - Star Turn
Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 9/5/2011
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
8.3/10335 votes#10 - Fresh Pursuit
Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 9/12/2011
The squad investigates the death of a deputy sheriff; the judge considers dropping the charges against Brenda.
Director: Michael M. Robin
Writer: Adam Belanoff
7.9/10323 votes#11 - Necessary Evil
Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 11/28/2011
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
7.8/10389 votes#12 - You Have the Right to Remain Jolly
Season 7 Episode 12 - Aired 12/5/2011
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
Writer: James Duff, Michael Alaimo
7.9/10325 votes#13 - Relative Matters
Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 12/12/2011
Brenda's parents return with surprising news that keeps Brenda's mind from her case.
Director: David McWhirter
Writer: Ken Martin
8.8/10441 votes#14 - Road Block
Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 12/19/2011
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
8.6/10367 votes#15 - Silent Partner
Season 7 Episode 15 - Aired 12/26/2011
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
Writer: Mike Berchem, James Duff
8.3/10335 votes#16 - Hostile Witness
Season 7 Episode 16 - Aired 7/9/2012
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
8.1/10361 votes#17 - Fool's Gold
Season 7 Episode 17 - Aired 7/16/2012
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
Writer: Ralph Gifford, Carson Moore
8.2/10305 votes#18 - Drug Fiend
Season 7 Episode 18 - Aired 7/23/2012
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
8.5/10367 votes#19 - Last Rites
Season 7 Episode 19 - Aired 7/30/2012
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
8.5/10354 votes#20 - Armed Response
Season 7 Episode 20 - Aired 8/6/2012
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
Writer: Jim Leonard, Steven Kane
9.0/10544 votes#21 - The Last Word
Season 7 Episode 21 - Aired 8/13/2012
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
Writer: Mike Berchem, James Duff
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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...
Genres:CrimeDramaMystery
Network:TNT
Season 7 Ratings Summary
"Unknown Trouble" is the best rated episode of "The Closer" season 7. It scored 8.1/10 based on 377 votes. Directed by Nelson McCormick and written by Michael Alaimo, it aired on 7/11/2011. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Repeat Offender".