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s07e21 · 2012-08-14 · 01:00
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Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson transfers from Atlanta to Los Angeles to head up a special unit of the LAPD that handles sensitive, high-profile murder cases. Despite a tendency to step on people's toes, Johnson manages to convert even her strongest adversaries with her unique ability to get to the truth, and more importantly, to close cases.
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13 this season · 109 totals01e01 Pilot 2005-06-14 01:00
Pilot
A seemingly routine murder investigation by the LAPD Robbery-Homicide Division is interrupted by the arrival of Deputy Chief Brenda Johnson, the new head of the LAPD's Priority Murder Squad. An outsider from Atlanta in her first week of service, Brenda has already begun to face the resistance of long-time high-ranking officers, particularly Capt. Taylor of Robbery Homicide, as well as the questionable confidence of her own squad, who have decided to request transfers en masse. Only her assistant, Sgt. Gabriel, seems willing to try to work with her.Determined to show them what she is capable bringing to the Squad, Brenda embarks on the investigation undeterred. Her victim is a woman killed in the home of technology genius with the secret to a multi-million dollar piece of software, found by his quiet, religious assistant. Drawing on the skills of her officers, particularly Lt. Tao's forensic and technological talents, Brenda soon discovers her victim may be more than meets the eye. But when a former flame, Agent Fritz Howard of the FBI lends a hand, both her investigation and her private life take unexpected turns, leading her to a startling conclusion to the case. In the end she proves to the Squad she is, as billed, a closer.
s01e02 About Face 2005-06-21 01:00
About Face
Brenda and the team must investigate the murder of high-profile model Heather Kingsley, who dies as a result of nicotine poisoning, applied to her scalp via her hair conditioner. Suspicion quickly falls on her movie-star husband, Dean, whose philandering ways and false claims of a pre-nuptual agreement make him the likely killer. As Brenda investigates, she is drawn into the world of celebrity beauty, where illusion is everything, and the standard high. When she undergoes a make-over to meet the Dean's discarded lovers one-by-one, each of whom appears to have a motive to murder, Brenda realizes there may be more to this case than a man trying to get out of a marriage. At the same time, she is slowly seduced by the superficial glamour, which seems to impress her colleagues, and Fritz. As the real killer emerges, Brenda comes to the realization that she can only be who she is, and that the rest is just an illusion.
s01e03 The Big Picture 2005-06-28 01:00
The Big Picture
Brenda investigates the death of a high-priced Russian call girl whose client list reveals the name of Danny Booth, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer and close friend of Brenda's boss, Pope. Brenda's investigation into the murder also puts her in the FBI's headlights, and in a possible conflict with Fritz.
s01e04 Show Yourself 2005-07-05 01:00
Show Yourself
Brenda forms an alliance with a man while searching for a sniper, but her trust is put to the test when he manipulates and out-maneuvers her, causing a gang backlash.
s01e05 Flashpoint 2005-07-12 01:00
Flashpoint
Brenda's investigation into the murder of a psychiatrist and the drug trial he was conducting is disrupted when Pope leaks confidential information that Flynn uses against her.
s01e06 Fantasy Date 2005-07-19 01:00
Fantasy Date
Brenda works to solve the rape and murder of a congresswoman's daughter.
s01e07 You Are Here 2005-07-26 01:00
You Are Here
Priority Homicide investigates the murder of a judge, and Brenda must bond with his autistic son to find the killer.
s01e08 Batter Up 2005-08-02 01:00
Batter Up
Brenda is asked to prove a hate crime, but Taylor's interference may finally be enough to ruin the case.
s01e09 Good Housekeeping 2005-08-09 01:00
Good Housekeeping
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.
s01e10 The Butler Did It 2005-08-16 01:00
The Butler Did It
Brenda tangles with a meddling deputy D.A. as she investigates the possible murder of a butler made to appear as suicide.
s01e11 L.A. Woman 2005-08-23 01:00
L.A. Woman
The investigation of the murder of a Middle Eastern businessman and his bodyguard is complicated by the FBI who believe the case to be related to terrorism.
s01e12 Fatal Retraction 2005-08-30 01:00
Fatal Retraction
Brenda is asked to help keep a criminal imprisoned when the woman he was convicted of murdering shows up recently dead, and her actions alienate everyone. Meanwhile, Captain Taylor makes a fateful decision about supporting one of his men.
s01e13 Standards and Practices 2005-09-06 01:00
Standards and Practices
Captain Taylor makes his move against Brenda, meaning she must juggle concerns of an I.A. investigation with solving the murder of a famous producer.