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The Closer
Season Four
SERIES: TNT, Monday 9:00p (60 minutes)

The Closer
Critic Score
Metascore: 74 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
8.7 out of 10
based on 4 reviews
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Starring Kyra Sedgwick, J.K. Simmons, G.W. Bailey, Michael Paul Chan, Raymond Cruz, Tony Denison, Corey Reynolds, and Robert Gossett

Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson is on the job again for the fourth season, but after selling her house, she's living in an apartment that doesn't allow cats.

GENRE(S): Crime, Drama
CREATED BY: James Duff
Michael M. Robin
Greer Shephard
FIRST AIR DATE: July 14, 2008

What The Critics Said

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80
Newsday Verne Gay
You'll be happy to know that every second -- particularly every second with Sedgwick onscreen -- is pretty much a joy.
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75
Entertainment Weekly Aubry D'Arminio
Brenda and Bill have enough reluctant chemistry and icky tension to make Clarice Starling and Hannibal Lecter proud. [18 Jul 2008, p.56]
70
Chicago Tribune Maureen Ryan
It's good news that much of Season 4 will focus on Brenda's investigative team and on police department politics.
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70
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen
Developments in Brenda's private life also lend the episode some comic relief, which makes "The Closer" a well-balanced prime-time drama that has improved markedly from its earliest episodes.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this tv show is 8.7 (out of 10) based on 7 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Suellen R. gave it a10:
Writers, actors, cast selection, all involved with this remarkable show get a high ten, most especially Kyra Sedgwick. She deserves a standing ovation every Monday night. Drama, melodrama, humor, diverse characters, great actoring, story content, this show has everything going for it. Keep up the great work. You're getting better every year.

Ted gave it an8:
Good show, good stories, still there is something disjointed about it all, and Sedgwick's character is not someone I'd want to marry.

Brandon S. gave it a6:
The Closer's a pretty good summer show. Season 3 was their best yet, but the premiere of Season 4 was dreadful. Hopefully they'll get it together again and let the supporting cast do something more than just give Brenda people to bark at.

Madge gave it a9:
How much do I love The Closer? The cast is fabulous and the stories funny, interesting, and intelligent. Keep it coming, TNT!

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