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The Worst Episodes of The Closer

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...

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  1. Background image for Show Yourself
    7.7/10(554 votes)

    #1 - Show Yourself

    S1:E4

    Brenda and the Priority Homicide Team investigate a sniper who is killing gang members in and around MacArthur Park. Offering assistance is an ex-Army colonel who believes the sniper to be his son. As an all-out gang war looms, Brenda tentatively accepts his assistance.

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  2. Background image for L.A. Woman
    7.7/10(637 votes)

    #2 - L.A. Woman

    S1:E11

    Brenda finds herself at odds with the FBI in a struggle to gain control of the murder investigation of a well-known businessman. Deciding to work in tandem, Brenda finds herself working directly with Fritz, who was assigned to the case.

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  3. Background image for Four to Eight
    7.7/10(460 votes)

    #3 - Four to Eight

    S3:E7

    When two Catorce gang members are shot to death, Brenda and her squad must solve the murders before a gang war erupts. Meanwhile, Brenda has her own personal health scare when she finally visits the doctor.

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    Director:Arvin Brown
    Writer:Ken Martin
  4. Background image for Good Faith
    7.7/10(362 votes)

    #4 - Good Faith

    S4:E11

    Brenda and the team investigate an apparent suicide that the medical examiner believes was actually a murder.

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  5. Background image for Batter Up
    7.8/10(521 votes)

    #5 - Batter Up

    S1:E8

    When a gay man is murdered, seemingly the latest victim of a string of hate crimes, Brenda must confront prejudices inside and out of the LAPD. Meanwhile, Flynn and Taylor step up their efforts to undermine Brenda once again, but with unexpected effects, as the team begins to rally around Brenda.

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    Director:Arvin Brown
    Writer:James Duff
  6. Background image for Aftertaste
    7.8/10(473 votes)

    #6 - Aftertaste

    S2:E4

    Brenda and the PHD investigate a high-profile case when a woman is brutally murdered at L.A.'s trendiest restaurant. On the home front, Brenda tries to keep a low profile as she closes in on her 40th birthday.

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    Director:Arvin Brown
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  8. Background image for Culture Shock
    7.8/10(443 votes)

    #7 - Culture Shock

    S3:E10

    When a Chinese business woman is found dead on the tour bus she and her husband operate, Brenda and the squad must dig deep to investigate her past life.

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    7.8/10(406 votes)

    #8 - Live Wire

    S4:E4

    A man wearing a surveillance wire is shot to death at point blank range in downtown Los Angeles, while interpersonal relationships on the squad force Brenda into a corner.

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    Director:Elodie Keene
  10. Background image for Blood Money
    7.8/10(363 votes)

    #9 - Blood Money

    S5:E2

    Brenda and the team are called in to investigate the questionable disappearance of a shady financial investor. The team is a mess with Daniels now in another division, Gabriel doing double duty, and Provenza with behavior more curious than usual. In the meantime, Brenda and Fritz deal with a sick Kitty.

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    Director:Rick Wallace
  11. Background image for Flashpoint
    7.9/10(538 votes)

    #10 - Flashpoint

    S1:E5

    Brenda enters the high-stakes world of pharmaceutical research, when a drug trial for new anti-addiction medication lead to the death of one of the principal investigators. Nothing is quite as it seems as she investigates the high-powered president of the drug company sponsoring the trial, the seemingly easy-going psychiatrist and the teenaged participants in the study.

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    Director:Craig Zisk
  12. Background image for You Are Here
    7.9/10(520 votes)

    #11 - You Are Here

    S1:E7

    A judge is murdered in Griffith Park and Brenda's investigation takes an unexpected twist when her best witness, or perhaps her prime suspect, is his teenage son with autism. Challenged by the boy's behaviors, but convinced he has the clue to unraveling the case, Brenda must try to understand him in order to learn what he knows.

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    7.9/10(487 votes)

    #12 - Blue Blood

    S2:E1

    Brenda and her team race against the clock to get to the truth, as things don't add up when an LA cop turns up dead. Meanwhile tension increases between the Priority Homicide Division and the Robbery-Homicide Division.

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  14. Background image for Out of Focus
    7.9/10(455 votes)

    #13 - Out of Focus

    S2:E6

    Brenda and the team find themselves wading through a long list of suspects when a celebrity photographer takes a fatal fall from his hotel room balcony. In the meantime, Brenda starts to feel like Fritz is behaving strangely, making her realize that superstars may not be the only ones who have secrets to keep.

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    7.9/10(449 votes)

    #14 - Borderline

    S2:E11

    Leaving the scene of an accident to get to a multiple homicide scene, Brenda finds herself unable to drive the streets of L.A. which she worked so hard to learn. Once she gets to the crime scene, she and the PHD are faced with another challenge: the murdered bodies are nowhere to be found. In order to solve this case, they must first search for the victims before they can hunt for the killer.

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    7.9/10(425 votes)

    #15 - Lover's Leap

    S3:E11

    A car belonging to a Department of Homeland Security employee is found wrecked at the bottom of Mulholland Drive. Priority Homicide is brought in to uncover the details surrounding the driver’s death, but the investigation leads Brenda a lot closer to home then she expected.

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    Director:Jesse Bochco
  17. Background image for Speed Bump
    7.9/10(411 votes)

    #16 - Speed Bump

    S4:E2

    Brenda and the team must determine if a murder was revenge or mere coincidence when a recently released murderer turns up dead, the victim of a hit-and-run. As usual, Brenda's personal life isn't much better: she must deal with a recently incapacitated Fritz.

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  18. Background image for Fate Line
    7.9/10(406 votes)

    #17 - Fate Line

    S4:E14

    Fritz's sister agrees to use her psychic powers to help the Priority Homicide Division resolve one of their cases, and while her abilities appear to help her understand how Brenda works, they don't seem to stop her from offering misguided advice.

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    Director:James Duff
  19. Background image for Walking Back the Cat
    7.9/10(357 votes)

    #18 - Walking Back the Cat

    S5:E4

    Once again working with Fritz and the FBI, the team helps get to the bottom of a murder which occurred amidst a drug ring investigation. Also again, Brenda finds FBI feathers ruffled by her unorthodox methods.

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    Director:Steve Robin
    Writer:Leo Geter
  20. Background image for The Big Bang
    7.9/10(357 votes)

    #19 - The Big Bang

    S6:E1

    After a man is murdered while taking pictures of the stars from his balcony, the squad suspects the crime is somehow connected to the woman with whom he was having an affair. But their investigation is hindered by a missing murder weapon, as well as the difficult adjustment of moving into a new office.

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  21. Background image for In Custody
    7.9/10(337 votes)

    #20 - In Custody

    S6:E3

    While investigating a suspicious suicide, the squad wades into a nasty child-custody dispute between a dying man and his meth-addicted ex-wife. Meanwhile, Pope applies for the police chief job, but Brenda might have something to say about whether or not he gets it.

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  22. Background image for Jump the Gun
    7.9/10(313 votes)

    #21 - Jump the Gun

    S6:E7

    A bank robbery supposedly committed by a known gang of thieves leaves a security guard dead. It also leaves a lot of unanswered questions about the prime suspects and why this latest robbery doesn't fit their regular pattern. Meanwhile, Pope gets some news about his chances at becoming the city's police chief.

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    Writer:Leo Geter
  23. Background image for High Crimes
    7.9/10(322 votes)

    #22 - High Crimes

    S6:E12

    Chief of Police Tommy Delk (guest star Courtney B. Vance) assigns Major Crimes a seemingly minor case involving the armed robbery of several medical marijuana dispensaries. But when one of the robberies turns into a murder, the case becomes a test of Brenda’s readiness to move up in the department.

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  24. Background image for Repeat Offender
    7.9/10(353 votes)

    #23 - 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.

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    Director:Steve Robin
  25. Background image for Star Turn
    7.9/10(350 votes)

    #24 - 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.

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    Writer:Leo Geter
  26. Background image for You Have the Right to Remain Jolly
    7.9/10(414 votes)

    #25 - 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.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Show Yourself" is the worst rated episode of "The Closer". It scored 7.7/10 based on 554 votes. Directed by Michael M. Robin and written by Wendy West, it aired on 7/4/2005. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "L.A. Woman".