Phillip Stroh is a defense attorney and serial rapist/killer during The Closer and Major Crimes . Stroh acted as a major recurring enemy for Brenda Leigh Johnson and the Major Crimes Division until his death in “ By Any Means, Part 4 ”.
The Closer was created by James Duff and the Shephard/Robin Company in association with Warner Bros. Television. On July 11, 2011, the series began its seventh and final season, having finished its sixth season as cable's highest-rated drama. The Closer ' s final six episodes began airing on July 9, 2012, with its finale airing on August 13, 2012.
The Closer was created by James Duff and the Shephard/Robin Company in association with Warner Bros. Television.
Peter Goldman (Curtis Armstrong): The Baylor family attorney whose personal agenda belies his own accusations against the Major Crimes squad. (Season 7) The Closer is filmed at Raleigh Studios in Hollywood, and on location in Los Angeles.
Peter Goldman (Curtis Armstrong): Lawyer representing the Turrell Baylor family, who subsequently is on a mission to destroy Brenda's reputation. Subsequently appears in the five part episode Hindsight of the spinoff series Major Crimes.
"The Closer" The Last Word (TV Episode 2012) - Graham Patrick Martin as Rusty Beck - IMDb.
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GabrielIn the end of The Closer, Gabriel is transferred to the D.A.'s Office's Bureau of Investigation to act as liaison officer to the LAPD when Brenda Leigh Johnson becomes its Chief. Before this, Gabriel is clearly distrusted by the squad due to his inadvertently acting as the leak.
It just felt like time, mostly for me as an artist, time for me to do something else. There really wasn't an epiphany. It was just the idea of doing a Season 8 I think felt daunting to me and overwhelming, and sort of just didn't feel right.
At the end of The Closer, Brenda wants to capture Phillip Stroh. She shoots Stroh several times in self-defense but does not finish him off despite being implored to do so by Rusty Beck. Fatefully, Stroh survives his injuries.
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Kitty is euthanised in the season 5 episode 3, because of old age and health problems, and Brenda is very upset over her death. Fritz gets Brenda a kitten named Joel at the end of season 5; ironically, now that she actually has a male cat, Brenda occasionally refers to Joel as "she".
Bill was arrested and found guilty for the murder and sent to prison. Three years later the real Lisa Barnes was found dead of a methamphetamine overdose and the case was reopened. Bill was freed and later the body was identified as a rape victim named Samantha Jones.
In season 7, it is revealed that Gabriel's girlfriend is the mole feeding inside information about Major Crimes to defense attorney Peter Goldman.
In the finale of “The Closer,” who was revealed as the mole, and how and why did Brenda Leigh Johnson leave her job? A. Well, the mole was revealed in the secondto- last episode, titled “Armed Response.” It was Ann Mason (Shanti Lowry), the girlfriend of Det.
It was a reveal a year in the making, and one done with a twist on the penultimate episode of "The Closer" (Mon., 9 p.m. ET on TNT). Gabriel was revealed as the informant, but he was just as stunned as the rest of the team that the information was coming from him.
The Closer premiered on June 13, 2005 and concluded on August 13, 2012. Each season is organized around a central theme, which drives both the criminal plot and Brenda's personal storyline. The crime story expands on an element of the theme, and often parallels or mirrors events in Brenda's personal life. The series concluded with its seventh ...
When an emergency phone call to Major Crimes Division is cut short, Chief Pope decides to take over the investigation, fearing a public relations disaster. Everyone starts noticing abnormal changes to Chief Pope's behavior as his lack of tact during the investigation could remove Pope's name as a candidate for the new Chief of Police.
The murder of a Russian call girl goes to Priority Homicide because her clients include some of Los Angeles' most high-profile VIPs. But as Brenda investigates the involvement of Russian mobster Nikolai Koslov and a crooked customs agent, she meets with opposition from Assistant Police Chief Pope, whose motives are not totally by the book. With the FBI trying to protect Koslov, their informant, Brenda sets him up to be killed by his own gang, even refusing to arrest him when he confesses (see "Fresh Pursuit" ).
In Season 2, Brenda is now established as leader of Priority Homicide, with her team firmly behind her. The theme for Season 2 is partnerships, which is established as the opening episode explores a partnership within the LAPD and another in Brenda's life.
When the murderer of the daughter of a wealthy producer was paroled after eight years, her mother initiated a campaign of harassment against the man, now living in a halfway house. When the man turns up dead, Priority Homicide must investigate, with the girl's parents soon their prime suspects. But is the halfway house where the man lives all it seems to be, or does it keep a secret Brenda and the team must uncover?
August 15, 2005. ( 2005-08-15) 5.11. Arriving to arrest a butler, who failed to show in court where he was on trial for the murder of his employer, the young widow of one of L.A.'s wealthiest men, Brenda and her squad find him dead, an apparent suicide.
The investigation into the murder of an owner of a trendy restaurant is complicated by Brenda's odd behavior.
A girl is dead. At Commander Taylor's entreaty, Brenda steps beyond her purview to bring a high school rapist protected by his intimidating policeman father to justice.
Brenda Leigh Johnson: You're under arrest for the sexual assault of Michelle Clarke - and if you think that bein' the son of a sheriff's commander made you popular at school, just wait until you get to prison. Convicts even play some of the same games as you and your best buds. I imagine you'll end up in their... "cherry picking' club"...
Brenda's investigation into the rape and murder of a young girl begins to affect her emotions, and in order to close the case she makes an unlikely deal.
Lt. Tao shows Mrs. Phillips and her son Austin pictures from the California Sex Offender Locator. Although the interface shown on camera is not the actual one, the locator is part of sex offender registry operated by the California Attorney General's office under the terms of Megan's Law.
Later, he offered to open his old cases to stop future crimes and when the serial killer known as Burning Man began striking again , Stroh used the opportunity to back the police into a corner and make a deal with him, then take the chance to escape while the police focused on catching Burning Man.
During the meeting, Stroh claims that he and Rusty changed each other's destinies. After getting the terms of the deal fulfilled, Stroh murders the judge and escapes, leaving the message "find Jesus of Nazareth" and an arrow on the wall. He later makes it seem like he's buying a rifle to draw the police away and successfully escapes the city. Sharon Raydor believes that the true deal Stroh is giving them is the chance to catch the killer, who they call Burning Man in exchange for him having a chance to escape. Raydor eventually realizes he was tracking the killer through astrology and DDA Rios is able to identify the killer as Markos Christakis, a man Stroh had defended as a juvenile for disfigurement charges. With the help of an astrologer, they locate and capture Christakis who tells them the advice Stroh gave him on escaping which includes being prepared in advance and leaving no witnesses.
It was revealed that Stroh came back to the U.S. to find his mother, Gwendolyn Stroh, after her accounts in Cyprus were closed by her step-son, Hunt Sanford, and therefore Phillip had no more money to use. One of the reasons Stroh wanted to spy on the LAPD was to use them to find his mother who had changed her name and social security number and Dylan was unable to find her. To push the LAPD in the right direction in finding his mother, Phillip murdered Jim Bechtal, Phillip's former stepfather and ex-husband of Gwendolyn.
Having discovered Dylan's double-cross, Stroh kidnapped his girlfriend Ella and hung her in order to force Dylan into transferring every cent of the money into Stroh's own BitCoin wallet. Dylan succeeded and Stroh prepared to leave Ella hanging before Major Crimes arrived and killed Dylan. Stroh warned the squad that they had the choice to chase him or spend their resources saving Ella before taking off in the young woman's car.
Stroh attempted to catch Provenza in a trap by calling Provenza's cell phone, but Provenza anticipated the trick and was able to get the drop on Stroh. Dropping his knife, Stroh surrendered and challenged Provenza to shoot him, knowing that Provenza would never shoot an unarmed man.
Afterwards, Stroh was thrown into solitary until they decide what to do with him.
Phillip Stroh is a defense attorney and serial rapist/killer during The Closer and Major Crimes . Stroh acted as a major recurring antagonist for Brenda Leigh Johnson and the Major Crimes Division until his death in “ By Any Means, Part 4 ”.
Taylor and Raydor take an active role in attempting to combat the leaker, and the legal matters do not reach a final resolution until the series' end, in the episode "The Last Word". On December 10, 2010, TNT announced that the seventh season of The Closer, which began production in the spring of 2011, would be the last.
Each episode of The Closer deals with an aspect of the Los Angeles culture as it interfaces with law enforcement in the megacity. The show deals with complex and subtle issues of public policy, ethics, personal integrity, and questions of good and evil. The rather large character ensemble explores the human condition, touching on individual faiths, traditional religious influences in the lives and communities of contemporary society, and the breakdown and dysfunction of family systems, work teaming, and government responsibility. The first season began with Brenda Leigh Johnson arriving at the LAPD to lead the Priority Murder Squad (PMS), quickly renamed Priority Homicide Division (PHD), a team that originally dealt solely with high-profile murder cases (seasons one to four).
During the final season, Brenda finds herself in civil legal difficulties as a result of the events in "War Zone" (season six, episode eight), and the LAPD concludes that a disloyal subordinate must be generating information leaks from within MCD. Taylor and Raydor take an active role in attempting to combat the leaker, and the legal matters do not reach a final resolution until the series' end, in the episode "The Last Word".
Warner Home Video has released all seven seasons of The Closer on DVD in Region 1.
The third-season finale holds the record for the largest live + 7-day audience for a single episode of an ad-supported cable series with 9.55 million viewers in 6.88 million households. Live + 7 day (DVR) data for the season reflect 30–40% audience growth in three key age-based demographic groups. Season four's premiere slipped slightly from the season-three opening, with live + same-day ratings showing a 3% decline in audience from the previous year's opener. For its Season Six premiere, on July 12, 2010, the show reached an estimated 7.66 million viewers.
The Closer 's debut was viewed by more than 7 million viewers according to Nielsen Media Research and was the top-rated premiere episode ever of any original scripted series on basic cable. The second- (8.28) and third-season (8.81) premieres broke the previous record.
The series ran on TNT from June 13, 2005 to August 13, 2012. The Closer was created by James Duff and the Shephard/Robin Company in association with Warner Bros. Television. On July 11, 2011, the series began its seventh and final season, having finished its sixth season as cable's highest-rated drama. The Closer ' s final six episodes began airing ...
Production. The Closer is filmed at Raleigh Studios in Hollywood, and on location in Los Angeles. In an interview, James Duff once described the show as "a valentine to Los Angeles.". LAPD insignia, police livery and emblems are all accurate, and the show has considerable cooperation from the LAPD.
Each episode of The Closer deals with an aspect of the Los Angeles culture as it interfaces with law enforcement in the megacity. The show deals with complex and subtle issues of public policy, ethics, personal integrity, and questions of good and evil. The rather large character ensemble explores the human condition, touching on individual faiths, traditional religious influences in the lives and communities of contemporary society, and the breakdown and dysfunction of family systems, work teaming, and government responsibility. The first season began with Brenda Leigh Johnson arriving at the LAPD to lead the Priority Murder Squad (PMS), quickly renamed Priority Homicide Division (PHD), a team that originally dealt solely with high-profile murder cases (Seasons 1–4).
During the penultimate season, Brenda finds herself in civil legal difficulties as a result of the events in "War Zone" (Season 6, Episode 8) , and the LAPD concludes that there must be a disloyal subordinate generating information leaks from within MCD. Taylor and Raydor take an active role in attempting to combat the leaker and the legal matters do not reach a final resolution until the series' end, in the episode "The Last Word".
Looks like love... The Closer is a U.S. television series. It premiered on TNT on June 13, 2005 and concluded August 13, 2012, after 109 episodes. The series was created by James Duff, and produced by Greer Shepherd. The series follows LAPD Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson, commander of the Priority Murder Division ...
The show concluded its seventh and final season on August 13, 2012, after a total of 109 episodes. The series premiere of Major Crimes, a continuation spin-off of The Closer, was aired directly after the final episode.
On December 10, 2010, TNT announced that the seventh season of The Closer, which began production in the spring of 2011, would be the last. The channel said that the decision to retire the show was made by Kyra Sedgwick. On January 30, 2011, the media announced that the final season would add six episodes to the usual fifteen episode order, ...
The first season began with Brenda Leigh Johnson arriving at the LAPD to lead the Priority Murder Squad (PMS), quickly renamed Priority Homicide Division (PHD), a team that originally dealt solely with high-profile murder cases (Seasons 1–4).
characters. This is a list of characters from the television series The Closer, which ran from 2005 to 2012 on TNT in the United States. The series centers on the officers of the LAPD's Priority Murder Squad (season 1), renamed Priority Homicide Division (seasons 1-4), then renamed the Major Crimes Division (seasons 4-7).
Captain Sharon Raydor ( Mary McDonnell ): An internal-affairs officer who is introduced during season 5, initially to investigate a shooting in which Sgt. Gabriel is accused of misconduct; later she takes on the case of the controversial death of a material witness who had been in Brenda's custody. Often described as a stickler for the rules, Sharon's constant scrutiny of Major Crimes earns her the distrust of Brenda and her squad. Later, Sharon encourages Brenda to apply for chief of police. In Major Crimes, Sharon takes over Brenda's former squad, but despite initial friction over her hire, she earns their respect. She takes in a material witness in the Philip Stroh case, Rusty Beck, first as a foster child, then eventually as her adopted son, and in later seasons of the show falls in love with Lt. Andy Flynn and marries him. She dies of a heart attack during the last season.
The series centers on the officers of the LAPD's Priority Murder Squad (season 1), renamed Priority Homicide Division (seasons 1-4), then renamed the Major Crimes Division (seasons 4-7). Many of these characters reappeared in the spin-off series Major Crimes .
In the Major Crimes episode Dead Drop, Morales' father visits from Uruguay and it is revealed that Morales is from a family of police officers, is the only one to take a different path and has lied about his role in the investigations for years to make his father proud.
Reappears in the spinoff Major Crimes where he attempts to have Rusty killed by Wade Weller, one of Stroh's former clients and a fellow serial killer. Failing at that, Stroh pretends to cooperate with authorities in exchange for a life sentence, murders a judge and escapes, fleeing the country.
Terrence Hynes (Robert Clendenin ): A socially inept LA County Coroner's Forensics Support Technician with an odd sense of humor. Hynes is responsible for preparing a body to be brought to the Coroner's office for autopsy, and for assisting the Medical Examiner. He is pursuing medical studies during early seasons, and last appears as Dr. Hynes, a medical examiner for the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office, in season 5.
Phillip Stroh ( Billy Burke ): A criminal defense lawyer who specializes in defending accused sex offenders, he first appears as the attorney for a suspected rapist, and demands access to all of the LAPD's evidence against his client in exchange for the name of the man's partner.