If you haven't caught "The Closer," you are missing out on a very interesting and intelligent show! Kyra Sedgwick stars as Deputy Chief Brenda Lee Johnson of the LAPD's Priority Homicide Unit. The drama, now in its second season, features one homicide case per episode. Johnson is a transplant from Atlanta and her new boss is her former boyfriend, who still secretly carries a torch for her. She has a reputation as a CIA-trained "closer," a person who has special interrogation skills, that extract the hidden truth out of suspects.

She spent the first season earning the loyalty of her staff, conquering internal politics, and getting her life in order in L.A. She ends up hooking up with Fritz, an FBI agent friend from her past and the romance has reached the living-together stage. Sedgwick has created an amazing character in Johnson, who can range from outright hilarity with her; clumsiness, affinity for sweets and huge purse, to a fierce presence as an interrogator.

Definitely worth watching!

by Sheila Talley, 2006, butyoudontlooksick.com