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.
Four family members are killed in their home - innocent victims in an attempted execution of a trial witness, all because the killer went to the wrong address.
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s05e02Blood Money2009-06-1601:00⌄
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Blood Money
s05e02 ·
2009-06-16 ·
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Brenda and her team step into the delicate kidnapping case of a real estate mogul accused of fraud, which is complicated by frozen assets, an FBI case, obnoxious relatives, and a victim who may not be victimized.
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s05e03Red Tape2009-06-2301:00⌄
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Red Tape
s05e03 ·
2009-06-23 ·
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When Sergeant Gabriel wounds an unarmed suspect, Brenda finds herself at odds with the FID Captain - a woman who is as single-minded and as intense as she is - jockeying for position and Gabriel's career.
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s05e04Walking Back the Cat2009-06-3001:00⌄
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Walking Back the Cat
s05e04 ·
2009-06-30 ·
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Special agent Howard asks Brenda for Major Crimes' help in finding a "missing person;" however, when that person turns out to be a murdered drug dealer-turned FBI informant, the sparks begin to fly.
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s05e05Half Load2009-07-0701:00⌄
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Half Load
s05e05 ·
2009-07-07 ·
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A reformed former convict is shot and killed outside a community center in gang territory. The team tries to solve the crime while Brenda tries to assure a public that has grown wary and skeptical of police cooperation.
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s05e06Tapped Out2009-07-1401:00⌄
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Tapped Out
s05e06 ·
2009-07-14 ·
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Brenda deals with a psychotic wannabe detective who holds the keys to her case involving the murder of a pick-up artist. Unfortunately, he also holds her evidence and Chief Pope's career in his delusional hands.
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s05e07Strike Three2009-07-2101:00⌄
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Strike Three
s05e07 ·
2009-07-21 ·
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Two officers are shot and killed in the line of duty; however, Captain Raydor's internal investigation could jeopardize Major Crimes' chances of finding the killers.
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s05e08Elysian Fields2009-07-2801:00⌄
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Elysian Fields
s05e08 ·
2009-07-28 ·
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Brenda works with a retired detective on a case involving an accused killer who is murdered, but they clash because Brenda wants to find the killer's killer while the detective is more concerned about closure for the killer's victims.
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s05e09Identity Theft2009-08-0401:00⌄
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Identity Theft
s05e09 ·
2009-08-04 ·
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When a confessed killer gets an important detail of the murder wrong during his allocution, Brenda suspects that he may be covering for his schizophrenic son. Meanwhile, Brenda gets a visit from her mother and teenage niece.
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s05e10Smells Like Murder2009-08-1101:00⌄
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Smells Like Murder
s05e10 ·
2009-08-11 ·
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A cooler containing a body over three years dead comes to Major Crimes, leading Brenda to consider four hostile suspects. Meanwhile, Brenda's niece outstays her welcome with Brenda and Fritz.
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s05e11Maternal Instincts2009-08-1801:00⌄
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Maternal Instincts
s05e11 ·
2009-08-18 ·
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Brenda uses her niece Charlie without her knowledge to uncover a motive after a schoolyard shooter kills one teenager and leaves another seriously wounded.
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s05e12Waivers of Extradition2009-08-2501:00⌄
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Waivers of Extradition
s05e12 ·
2009-08-25 ·
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Texas authorities help Major Crimes catch a serial killer, but will Brenda allow the killer to be extradited to Texas to face the death penalty? Meanwhile back at home, she must decide whether Charlie can stay and live with Fritz and her.
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s05e13The Life2009-12-0802:00⌄
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The Life
s05e13 ·
2009-12-08 ·
02:00
When the younger brother of a gang leader and two other gang members are killed, Major Crimes suspects that they are victims in a gang war; however, when a stolen ATM card is recovered at the scene of the crime, a new motive emerges.
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s05e14Make Over2009-12-1502:00⌄
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Make Over
s05e14 ·
2009-12-15 ·
02:00
Major Crimes runs into a problem when it is forced to reopen an old murder case and discovers that the detective who closed it (Provenza's ex-partner) had a sex change and is now a woman.
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s05e15Dead Man's Hand2009-12-2202:00⌄
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Dead Man's Hand
s05e15 ·
2009-12-22 ·
02:00
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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