Season 1 opens with the LAPD's new Priority Murder Squad (PMS), soon renamed the Priority Homicide Division (PHD), under the direction of Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson investigates the murder of a technological genius. Brenda has recently joined LAPD after a long career in law enforcement, including with the Atlanta and Washington, D.C., Police Departments. We soon learn Brenda is originally from Atlanta, Georgia, was CIA-trained, and was recruited by her former married lover, Assistant Chief Will Pope. Brenda is resented as an outsider by much of the LAPD and seen as an adversary by Robbery-Homicide's Captain Taylor, who initially persuades her squad to request transfers en masse in an unsuccessful effort to force Brenda's resignation. Brenda soon wins over her assistant, Sgt. David Gabriel, and the grudging admiration of the team when she shows them why she is called a closer; but her battle is far from over. As the season progresses, we see Brenda struggle to establish her authority and earn the respect of her squad, despite the efforts of Taylor and Detective Lt. Andy Flynn to both undermine her authority and hamper her investigations. Slowly, one-by-one, Brenda wins over her team; and, by season's end, she has earned the loyalty of them all, even the hard-boiled Det. Flynn, as they stand united against Capt. Taylor's final attempt to remove Brenda from the squad.
Release Date
Jun 13, 2005
Episodes
13 episodes
CAST
Kyra Sedgwick
Brenda Leigh Johnson
J.K. Simmons
Will Pope
Corey Reynolds
David Gabriel
Robert Gossett
Russell Taylor
EPISODES
1
Pilot
Jun 13, 2005
2
About Face
Jun 20, 2005
3
The Big Picture
Jun 27, 2005
4
Show Yourself
Jul 4, 2005
5
Flashpoint
Jul 11, 2005
6
Fantasy Date
Jul 18, 2005
7
You Are Here
Jul 25, 2005
8
Batter Up
Aug 1, 2005
9
Good Housekeeping
Aug 8, 2005
10
The Butler Did It
Aug 15, 2005
11
L.A. Woman
Aug 22, 2005
12
Fatal Retraction
Aug 29, 2005
13
Standards and Practices
Sep 5, 2005
Details
Language
English
Country
Production
Network
Metadata
TMDB ID
3887