Thursday, August 7, 2008

What I'm Watching: The Closer

The Closer: Season 4, Episode 4 "Live Wire" (B+)

I'm happy to see the show trend itself towards a more serious tone, with all the tension brewing between Brenda and Fritz, sure to come to a head sooner or later. The brilliance of this show is its seamless integration of the drama and the comedy - evident earlier with Fritz waiting outside Brenda's interrogation room, the break-up of Sergeant Gabriel and Detective Daniels, and that bumbling reporter's continual interference in the departmental investigations. I've heard there's a Provenza-centric episode coming up - I'm rather excited for that. This is one of the best casts on television, and I especially love when characters are zeroed in on for specific episodes (season two did a tremendous job of that).

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