The Closer: The Complete 5th Season (2009/Warner Bros. DVD)
Picture:
B- Sound: B- Extras: C Episodes: B+
Welcome
back to Major Crimes Division, lead by Deputy Chief Brenda, she and her
specialized task force solves any crime from fraud to murder. Tough as nails, sharp as a knife Brenda is
always determined to uncover the truth and serve up justice with style. Along with her division supporting her they
cut through red tape, garbage, and bodies to find their victim or villain. As a cop, she is any man's peer and role
model, but as a woman at home she deals with various family affairs and
personal drama. In season 5 while she can outsmart, catch and stop any killer,
can she handle her toughest job yet... taking care of a teenager?
This series is a suspenseful and well written. Set in L.A.
with a high profile murder cases, The
Closer is about a team of investigators to uncover the truth when
a murder happens. The team
members all each specialize in particular area's of investigating a crime
scene to uncover clues or recreate what happened. The character
Brenda Johnson however, is the only woman in the task force, she
leads the team, often noticing key things or clues that the others miss,
she helps and directs the team to catching the killer. Along with Brenda's social wit and Southern
charm, she always catches her man... ahem, killer.
This was a much better series than I thought it would be, even in its Fifth Season and is a great series for
those who like crimes, murder mystery and a bit of action and drama as well. The series is roughly hour-long episodes,
starts with usually a body (a dead body) and they must somehow find out how and
why did get there. What is great about
this series is that it sets up the 'scene' in which a murder(s) takes place but
through it's cast of characters explains through the scene how the murder
happens. For those who like to test
their own wit, see if you can figure out the murder before the episode ends. Extras include unaired scenes, on the seen
location filming map, and gag reel.
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Episode 1: Produce of Discovery
4 members of a family are found murdered, who was the murderer? Brenda and her team soon uncovers that maybe
the 4 victims were unintended and soon leads them to another case above even
them.
Episode 2: Blood Money
When a con artist disappears and a huge ransom appears, no one thinks he is
worth it. But he has a long line of list
of all the people he cheated... all none too sympathetic about him.... all of
them possible suspects.
Episode 3: Red Tape
When Detective Gabriel get caught up in a shooting, he fires back at someone
who shot at him, but when the shooter's gun can't be found, Gabriel instead is
the one being investigated by internal affairs for possibility of shooting an
unarmed teenager.
Episode 4: Walking Back the Cat
Brenda looking into a missing gay drug dealer at a rave.... unfortunately
things get far more complicated when she finds her 'John Doe' was an informant
for the FBI.
Episode 5: Half Load
When an ex-convict is shot on holy grounds in a volatile neighborhood, the
Major Crimes Division must treat lightly, not unless they want to end up in a 4
way gang war.
Episode 6: Tapped Out
An internet womanizer know as the 'Intrigue' is found dead in a garage, but
after sleeping, recording and posting on the internet of his woman conquests...
what women doesn't want him dead?
Episode 7: Strike Three
When officers are found shot dead Neo Nazis are suspected. However, Chief Brenda fight with Capt. Raydor
of internal affairs to prove they died with honor, and that it wasn't a just a
hate crime.
Episode 8: Elysian Fields
A cold case is reopened when a murder is found murdered and his previous
murders were found, but then who killed the murderer? Does murdering a murderer means it's not
murder?
Episode 9: Identity Theft
A man claims to have murdered a cheating witch doctor, but when evidence and
testimony don't match up is he covering for his schizophrenic son?
Episode 10: Smells like Murder
A murder case literally falls into Major Crimes Division when a body is mailed
into their office, thing is, the body has be dead for sometime.
Episode 11: Maternal Instincts
Brenda and Charlie find themselves in a middle of a high school shooting. Who was shooting and what was going on?
Episode 12: Waivers of Extradition
Murderers sure are fashionable nowadays, who's going to believe the Major
Crimes Division when people say they saw a ninja!
Episode 13: The Life
A group of gangbangers are found dead along with a 12 year old, is this a beginning
of a turf war? Who would shoot a kid?
Episode 14: Make Over
An old case of Provenza is about to be let go, unless Provenza's former partner
can get the killer testify again... unfortunately for Provenza... he is now a
she.
Episode 15: Dead Man's Hand
Chief Brenda and Capt Raydor must work together to solve a detective's abuse
case when the evidences don't add up.
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Picture and
sound are the same as previous volumes we have covered on this site. Te first five seasons of the series are also available for HD download at this link:
http://bit.ly/HD_TheCloser
- Ricky Chiang
