You Have the Right to Remain Jolly (5 Dec. 2011)

A Christmas village Santa is killed in a zip-line accident, and the village's other Santa comes under suspicion. Meanwhile, Brenda's lawyer informs her that his retainer has run out and she needs to pay him $25,000.

Director:

Rick Wallace

Writers:

James Duff (creator), James Duff,

Stars:

Kyra Sedgwick, J.K. Simmons, Corey Reynolds

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Kyra Sedgwick	...	Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson
J.K. Simmons	...	Assistant Chief Will Pope
Corey Reynolds	...	Sgt. David Gabriel
Robert Gossett	...	Commander Taylor
G.W. Bailey	...	Lt. Louie Provenza
Tony Denison	...	Lt. Andy Flynn
Michael Paul Chan	...	Lt. Mike Tao
Raymond Cruz	...	Detective Julio Sanchez
Phillip P. Keene	...	Buzz Watson
Mary McDonnell	...	Captain Sharon Raydor (credit only)
Jon Tenney	...	Agent Fritz Howard
Fred Willard	...	Santa Jack
Christine Woods	...	Casey Watson
Ransford Doherty	...	Coroner's Investigator Kendall
Lauren Bowles	...	Donna

Storyline

After Santa "Randy" is killed in a freak accident during a children's event at the North Pole, the team has to investigate Santa "Jack" (Fred Willard) to see if he was involved, turning this accident into a murder. But the team can't seem to keep Santa "Jack" far away enough from his Rum-filled Egg Nog to get a court admissible confession.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 December 2011 (USA)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Well, And Merry Christmas to You, Too

On first viewing I thought Fred Willard (who I like) was way over the top, with everyone standing around waiting for his ad libs to end.

But today, on fourth viewing, I have to say the episode stands up very well - and is very funny.

This series brought together a group of my favourites - I was so excited to see them all the opening season. I admire them all - the only actors whose work I didn't know were Phillip P. Keene as Buzz and Jon Tenney as Brenda's husband (later discovered he went to college with my sister-in-law). At first I didn't recognise Tony Denison (Flynn) but then rewatched some of his earlier work - great to see him portray a totally different character.

This is the first time I ever purchased a DVD of anything, the first three seasons of The Closer. Well worth it. About my favourite series of all time.