The Closer: Season 7
Season 7 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The Closer Season 6.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 7 Progress Shield
Unknown Trouble
Jul 11, 2011 · 46 min
Brenda and the squad investigate the owner of a hip-hop record label when one of his rap artists and six innocent bystanders are gunned down. The case hits home for Gabriel who kno
Repeat Offender
Jul 18, 2011 · 46 min
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 inclu
To Serve with Love
Jul 25, 2011 · 46 min
Flynn and Provenza get into the usual trouble moonlighting as process servers when a man dies shortly after they serve him.
Forgive Us Our Trespasses
Aug 8, 2011 · 46 min
A family works to protect their late minister's reputation from scandal. Meanwhile, most of the Major Crimes Division is subpoenaed, raising suspicions about the one who wasn't.
Home Improvement
Aug 15, 2011 · 46 min
A body turns up on a home construction site, while Brenda and Fritz weigh the expense of a high priced attorney.
A Family Affair
Aug 22, 2011 · 46 min
The team investigates the puzzling death of a fellow officer's daughter. Elsewhere, Captain Raydor advances in her meticulous audit of Brenda's unit and begins to sharpen focus on
Death Warrant
Aug 29, 2011 · 46 min
Brenda seeks Capt. Raydor's help in an investigation of possible police brutality; Brenda's attorney starts deposing the squad about the Baylor case.
Star Turn
Sep 5, 2011 · 46 min
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
Fresh Pursuit
Sep 12, 2011 · 46 min
The squad investigates the death of a deputy sheriff; the judge considers dropping the charges against Brenda.
Necessary Evil
Nov 28, 2011 · 46 min
The death of a high school principal who had been trying to raise test scores at his school to prevent it from being closed causes Brenda and Fritz to fight over who has control of
You Have the Right to Remain Jolly
Dec 5, 2011 · 46 min
Fred Willard (Modern Family) guest stars as Santa Jack, the owner of a Christmas village who believes he could be the real Father Christmas.
Relative Matters
Dec 12, 2011 · 46 min
Brenda's parents return with surprising news that keeps Brenda's mind from her case.
Road Block
Dec 19, 2011 · 46 min
The LAPD's Police Commissioner and his wife, Gail, may be in trouble when Brenda becomes determined to uncover a scandal one of them tried to cover up.
Silent Partner
Dec 26, 2011 · 46 min
Brenda seeks help from a businessman, played by guest star Jason George (Grey's Anatomy), with old ties to the neighborhood where Turell Baylor was murdered.
Hostile Witness
Jul 9, 2012 · 46 min
Brenda encounters her nemesis, Philip Stroh. the defense attorney she suspects is a murdering rapist. Obsessed with taking him down, she pulls a shock-and-awe courtroom stunt that
Fool's Gold
Jul 16, 2012 · 46 min
Provenza tries to help his ex-wife locate her wedding ring, but he stumbles into red-faced fumbles that include a robbery, an evidence-destroying canine and a frenetic appraiser.
Drug Fiend
Jul 23, 2012 · 46 min
Investigating the death of a beloved cancer doctor hits too close to home for Brenda who's already upset after learning that Pope is monitoring everything she does.
Last Rites
Jul 30, 2012 · 46 min
The murder of a priest puts the squad on a collision course with the Catholic Church and drives a wedge between Brenda and Chief Pope. Meanwhile, Brenda’s parents are in town while
Armed Response
Aug 6, 2012 · 46 min
Brenda finds a young couple involved to in the investigation by accident after finding two people dead outside in the street Brenda has no idea that the DA is watching her every mo
The Last Word
Aug 13, 2012 · 46 min
In the series finale, we bid a final farewell to Brenda Leigh Johnson. When a young man calls 911 to report seeing someone being buried in Griffith Park, police find not only her r