Last night was the final show of THE CLOSER! It was a good one!
In the closing seconds Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson was faced with the reality that her whole career was about to become a case study of how NOT to run the major crimes division of the LAPD. An aggressive lawyer vowed to bring charges against HER for numerous tactics and past behavior! The show closed as she tried to imagine her life unraveling, her career over.
She has spent years tracking down the bad guys and then administering justice on her own terms. Week after week I watched her lie, skirt the law, direct her team to do slightly illegal activities and then face down the establishment as well as the criminals. She'd justified her behavior and played the crooks like pawns. In her opinion, anything she did was o.k! She performed her own brand of police work wearing fabulous clothes, carrying a huge black bag and sporting smeared nightmarish lipstick! She was flawed in many ways, yet she always got her man!
Her bumbling team of officers provided the comic relief! She taught them to lie and ignore the law as well. They loved and respected her so much they gladly obeyed. The end always justified the means. Her outrageous demands were followed by a phony southern smile and "THANK YEEEW."
The series provided a GREAT STORY!
I loved it! Go figure! Honeybuns knew not to talk, ask a question or need anything between 8-9 p.m. on Monday nights. Often he would come home to find me standing directly in front of the TV watching intently to be sure I didn't miss any clues that would be critical in solving the crime. They were usually revealed in the first few minutes of each episode, you know! I refused to cook, answer the phone, run errands or socialize in any way during that time period. Talk about an obsession!
Half of my addiction to this show was trying to see if I could solve the problem of "who dun it" before she did. That rarely happened. Most of the time there was a weird twist at the end that no one saw coming! The relationships that developed and Brenda Leighs confusion and obsession with "ding dongs" provided the other half of the entertainment.
TODAY I'M IN GRIEF AND WITHDRAWAL.
BUT....I've learned that every episode of THE CLOSER can be purchased and reviewed over and over again! Yep, the set of DVD's is on my Christmas List! Perhaps being snow bound this next winter won't be as boring as long as Brenda Leigh is available on my TV screen anytime I please. It'll be a good change of pace from my typical Monday night routine!
I used to laugh at women that watched soap operas! How could ANYONE be that SILLY as to become attached to TV, FICTIONAL characters? Only the illiterate or boring get wrapped up in sit-coms? RIGHT? RIGHT!? hhhmmmmnnnn!
Brenda Leigh and I have been humbled.
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