With the surprise announcement last week that The Closer would be ending after seven seasons, I began to think about how the series would end. The six season has danced around the fact that change in the department is coming and Brenda may be in a new position soon. However, she's steadfastly clung to her current position of head of Major Crimes and no one can force her to do something she doesn't want to do.
Still, Brenda getting promoted and leaving her team behind would be a fitting end to the show. She came to Los Angeles under hostile conditions and proved herself to the team and any doubters, solving case after case with grit and tenacity. Now, she's more or less settled into a comfortable position and it would be a good time for her to slip into another role.
"High Crimes" has Chief Delk directly asking Brenda about replacing Pope and she declines, partially out of an illogical loyalty to Pope. Certainly, she done her fair share by making Pope look good for hiring her, so I don't see why Brenda feels that Pope deserves anything extra.
The case involves marijuana dispensaries being robbed, so Provenza, the crotchety old man, came out. Delk, luckily, views his actions with amusement and not an impulse to get rid of the old, useless guy. The twist was predictable once Tao shot the glass and nothing happened, but there were enough laughs in the episode to make it worth watching.
The scene of Brenda and Fritz arguing really epitomizes their relationship. Fritz shows that he cares about her and doesn't want her to get hurt, so he gets a little pushy about Brenda taking Pope's job. She throws it back into his face rather indignantly. Neither are right in the situation--Fritz could have been more diplomatic--but Brenda, as always, is off in her own world. Fritz has a dangerous job as well and she doesn't seem the mind if he's in harm's way, and only seems to care about his job when she needs information. Somehow, Fritz puts up with all her crap.
Score: 8.7/10
