Tension between Captain Raydor and Major Crimes escalates as Chief Pope asks Brenda to discretely investigate the abuse of one of Raydor's detectives. Meanwhile, Fritz has news that could ch... Read allTension between Captain Raydor and Major Crimes escalates as Chief Pope asks Brenda to discretely investigate the abuse of one of Raydor's detectives. Meanwhile, Fritz has news that could change his and Brenda's life together.Tension between Captain Raydor and Major Crimes escalates as Chief Pope asks Brenda to discretely investigate the abuse of one of Raydor's detectives. Meanwhile, Fritz has news that could change his and Brenda's life together.
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- TriviaFlynn draws a stick figure of Capt. Raydor on the Murder Board with a witch's pointy hat. Provenza adds a broom, saying she "needed" one. Later, a whirling house caught in a tornado is added to the drawing, a la The Wizard of Oz.
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Captain Sharon Raydor: I would also like to say that I'm fully aware that at the beginning of this investigation I was a terrible bitch.
Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson: I'd... say it was more in the middle, a-and near the end.
Captain Sharon Raydor: But I still believe that if you had talked the husband earlier, that he might...
Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson: He might still be alive. Yes, I thought about that. And about how I might have resisted talking to him, because...
Captain Sharon Raydor: Because I suggested it.
Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson: It's possible. Um, but um, I did want to say that, uh... I-I do think it might be beneficial for the LAPD if we...
Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson: [overlapping Sharon] ... were to work a bit better together.
Captain Sharon Raydor: [overlapping Brenda] If you'd just do as I say.
[both laugh nervously]
Captain Sharon Raydor: The thing is...
Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson: We just don't like each other.
Captain Sharon Raydor: No. We don't. Oh, my goodness, no.
Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson: No, we don't.
Not only does the basic starting point (as told in plot outline and shown immediately after opening inter-titles) of Brenda having to work *together* with Captain Raydor offer enough potential for great story, but the case of the week itself is fantastically complex. They really did save the best *case* for the last this season. Continuity-wise, it is a perfect, deliciously ironic, follow-up to Brenda and Raydor's previous encounter. And the *closing* of this case really makes for gripping viewing. There is *no* plodding. To use a classic catch-line, I pity the fool who has to face *both* Brenda and Raydor.
The characters of Brenda and Raydor are front and center, but the others do get an amazing amount of attention as well. And all the actors give everything they have, meaning every single scene is compelling viewing. It's the little details that flesh out newer characters like Raydor and reveal new, but consistent sides of the familiar ones that make this such a rewarding episode. *Everyone* feels like a real person. The amazing Mary McDonnell *almost* steals the show by giving her iciest portrayal of Raydor yet, but the script is so carefully thought out that it prevents such a thing from happening.
All this means the episode is *so* packed it ends up running over the end credits! It does not have the most laughs or a truly unexpected and adrenaline-charged chase sequence like a certain episode did, but there is so much drama and complex issues here that this really could not be any better. Also, take careful note how this finale deals with the official Theme of the Season, Change. Lesser shows don't even have seasonal themes! One thousand words is not enough space to list all the reasons for why this is pure gold. One just has to admit that this deserves the full 10/10.
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