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November 30, 2007
Two-hour "Closer" makes it a merry Christmas
Why do so many of the men in my life hate the TNT crime drama "The Closer?" My fiance, and the better part of the Connecticut Post sports department, roundly mock me for my love of this show. I don't get it.
I think the show is fab, and that LAPD Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson (played with seemingly bottomless gusto by Kyra Sedgwick) is one of the best female characters on TV. My fiance hates her obviously fake Southern accent. I say it's appropriate to her character, who is SUPPOSED to be larger than life.
But I digress. The point of this post is to inform you that TNT is airing a two-hour "Closer" Christmas special on Monday at 8 p.m.
In the special, Brenda finds herself solving a triple homicide and armored car robbery around the holidays. Coincidentally, one of the suspects is from Georgia (where Brenda is from) and runs back home the second he sniffs trouble. Thus Brenda and her ever-steady beau, FBI Agent Fritz Howard (Jon Tenney, the perfect deadpan foil to Sedgwick's nuttiness) head south to catch the criminal, and spend a little time with Brenda's parents (Barry Corbin and Frances Sternhagen). Before you know it, Bren, Fritz, mom, dad, the suspect and Brenda's cranky colleagues Lt. Flynn and Lt. Provenza (Tony Denison and GW Bailey) are in an RV heading to LA.
The ep periodically goes over the top, but is at its best when showing the toll Brenda's tough,demanding job takes on her. There are some lovely moments between Sedwick, Sternhagen and Corbin, including a genuinely moving finale.
I guess Brenda and "The Closer" aren't for everyone. But I love it, and am grateful for any extra time I get to spend with the show and its characters.
Posted by amanda on November 30, 2007 5:20 PM
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