The Closer: Season 5

2009 · 15 episodes · ★ 8.6

What Season 5 of The Closer

Brenda Johnson, deputy chief of the Los Angeles Police Department and a former CIA-trained interrogator, leads her team through a season full of very different cases. Her reputation as a closer comes from getting confessions that lead to convictions, and here she puts her methods to the test with each new crime. A quadruple homicide in a house points suspicion at the husband, an abandoned car covered in blood points to a kidnapping, and Sergeant Gabriel has to answer to Internal Affairs after a shootout. Meanwhile, several male colleagues question her work out of jealousy and insecurity, but Brenda keeps her cool and keeps investigating.

15episodes

Jun 8, 2009released

Dec 21, 2009final episode

11.5 hrtotal runtime

Season 5 Episodes

5x01 Products of Discovery
Jun 8, 2009 · 46 min · ★ 8.8
While investigating the homicide of an entire family, the team once again finds themselves entangled in an FBI case. They also find themselves distracted by an unusually surly Provenza.
Directing: Michael M. Robin · Writing: Michael Alaimo · Starring: Lombardo Boyar, Lee Tergesen, Zilah Mendoza, Jacqueline Pinol
5x02 Blood Money
Jun 15, 2009 · 46 min · ★ 8.3
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.
Directing: Rick Wallace · Writing: Steven Kane · Starring: Kaj-Erik Eriksen, Debra Monk, Miguel Sandoval, Mercedes Mason
5x03 Red Tape
Jun 22, 2009 · 46 min · ★ 8.9
Sgt. Gabriel comes under investigation for shooting a homicide suspect when the facts don't add up. The internal investigation gets in the way of the original murder investigation, leaving the entire team tied up in knots.
Directed by: Rick Wallace · Written by: Duppy Demetrius · Starring: Karl Makinen, Andrew Lawrence, Ed O'Ross, Daniel Kash
5x04 Walking Back the Cat
Jun 29, 2009 · 46 min · ★ 8.7
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.
Directing: Steve Robin · Writing: Leo Geter · Starring: Rodney Rowland, Jack Blessing, David Hewlett, Joyce Guy
5x05 Half Load
Jul 6, 2009 · 46 min · ★ 8.7
When a reformed gang member is murdered, the case takes the team back to a familiar neighborhood where they find themselves unwelcomed. Brenda must figure out a way to solve what appears to have been a missed-mark murder and bring peace to an unstable community.
Directing: Roxann Dawson · Writing: Mike Berchem, Ken Martin · Starring: Jeremy Ray Valdez, Mark Rolston, Don Franklin, J. J. Soria
5x06 Tapped Out
Jul 13, 2009 · 46 min · ★ 9.0
When an internet matchmaker is murdered, the team finds themselves investigating the matchmaker's early-stage television show. Adding to the craziness is a fake officer, who turns everything upside down. In an effort to school himself on the inner workings of Brenda's group, Pope decides to work as one of the team.
Directed by: Adam Arkin · Written by: Adam Belanoff · Starring: Andy Daly, Erica Piccininni, Kathryn Meisle, Grace Johnston
5x07 Strike Three
Jul 20, 2009 · 46 min · ★ 9.0
A high-profile shoot-out has left two policemen and a teenage boy dead leads to numerous mysteries spinning around the case. Enter Force Investigation Division bigwig Sharon Raydor, who upends Brenda's investigation with her merciless snooping.
Directing: Nelson McCormick · Writing: Steven Kane · Starring: Lori Alan, Richard Tyson, Ray Porter, Derek Phillips
5x08 Elysian Fields
Jul 27, 2009 · 46 min · ★ 8.7
When a man believed to have murdered two young women is found dead in Elysian Fields, evidence points to his victims' families. Brenda and the team must then wade through the suspects to find the true killer.
Directed by: Nicole Kassell · Written by: Michael Alaimo · Starring: Georgina Cates, Aviva Baumann, Eileen Grubba, Tom Skerritt
5x09 Identity Theft
Aug 3, 2009 · 46 min · ★ 8.8
Brenda must reopen the case of a murdered psychiatrist when the man claiming to have committed the crime gives a statement that doesn't quite match the actual events. Based on evidence of the man's acquaintance with the doctor, Brenda believes there is a cover-up and sets out to unearth the truth. Willie Rae throws a roadblock in her path when she pops in for a visit, which actually appears to be an attempt to dump Brenda's handful of a niece onto the newlyweds during for the duration of summer break.
Directing: Rick Wallace · Writing: James Duff, Steven Kane, Ken Martin · Starring: Cynthia Watros, Michael Arden, Sosie Bacon, Steve Tom
5x10 Smells Like Murder
Aug 10, 2009 · 46 min · ★ 8.9
The team digs through several suspects that surface after a man's body is found inside an oversized box. Brenda finds the case the perfect platform to play the role of teacher to Gabriel as he prepares for his detective exam. When Brenda's niece, Charlie, gets out of hand, she and Fritz must consider ending her summer vacation with them.
Directing: Michael M. Robin · Writing: Duppy Demetrius · Starring: Sosie Bacon, Annie Corley, Scottie Thompson, Tim DeZarn
5x11 Maternal Instincts
Aug 17, 2009 · 46 min · ★ 9.0
Caught in the crossfire of a shootout, two people end up dead and one remains in critical condition. Now Brenda and the team must figure out the the intended crime and the intended victim in order to determine the perpetrator. Brenda and Fritz disagree as they continue to struggle with Charlie, and Provenza drastically alters his lifestyle.
Directing: David McWhirter · Writing: Leo Geter · Starring: Inbar Lavi, Sosie Bacon, Mandy June Turpin, Norma Maldonado
5x12 Waivers of Extradition
Aug 24, 2009 · 46 min · ★ 8.9
When a serial killer's spree crosses from Texas to California, Brenda must work with Detective Curt Landry, her Texan equivalent. The two match wits and find themselves going toe to toe as each tries to gain control of the case and the way in which they solve it.
Directed by: Kevin Bacon · Written by: Adam Belanoff · Starring: Sosie Bacon, Fiona Gubelmann, Geoff Meed, Connor Trinneer
5x13 The Life
Dec 7, 2009 · 46 min · ★ 8.7
When an adolescent boy is found murdered where members of the Tres Colores gang frequently spend time, the subsequent murders of two more gang members point Brenda and the team to gang warfare. Unfortunately, the evidence trail leads them in a different direction.
Directing: Steve Robin · Writing: John Coveny, Hunt Baldwin · Starring: Stephanie Beatriz, Moe Daniels, Catalina Maynard, Carlos Sanz
5x14 Make Over
Dec 14, 2009 · 46 min · ★ 7.1
The conviction of a woman found guilty of poisoning a banker is overturned when a laboratory essential to proving the case comes under scrutiny. The subsequent re-trial forces Brenda to ask Provenza's former partner for help tying up loose ends. Unfortunately for the team, more scrutiny occurs when they all discover Provenza's former partner is no longer the man he used to be. The importance of the case may ruin Brenda and Fritz's planned vacation.
Directing: Rick Wallace · Writing: Michael Alaimo · Starring: Roxanne Hart, Edith Fields, Dan Donohue, Stephen Martines
5x15 Dead Man's Hand Season Finale
Dec 21, 2009 · 46 min · ★ 7.1
Capt. Raydor (special guest star Mary McDonnell) approaches Major Crimes about delicately looking into a possible case of spousal abuse involving one of her female officers. On the home front, Fritz becomes increasingly irritated at feeling ignored by Brenda.
Directing: James Duff · Writing: Duppy Demetrius, Ken Martin · Starring: Brooke Langton, Jackson Hurst, Dan Sachoff, Jonathan Del Arco