Major Crimes 

The Closer (2005) spin-off series, which follows Captain Raydor of the Los Angeles Police Department.

Creator:

James Duff

Stars:

Mary McDonnell, G.W. Bailey, Tony Denison

4 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Mary McDonnell	...	Sharon Raydor 105 episodes, 2012-2018
G.W. Bailey	...	Louie Provenza 105 episodes, 2012-2018
Tony Denison	...	Andy Flynn 105 episodes, 2012-2018
Michael Paul Chan	...	Mike Tao 105 episodes, 2012-2018
Raymond Cruz	...	Julio Sanchez 105 episodes, 2012-2018
Phillip P. Keene	...	Buzz Watson 105 episodes, 2012-2018
Kearran Giovanni	...	Amy Sykes 105 episodes, 2012-2018
Graham Patrick Martin	...	Rusty Beck 105 episodes, 2012-2018
Jonathan Del Arco	...	Dr. Fernando Morales 69 episodes, 2012-2018
Ransford Doherty	...	Kendall 59 episodes, 2012-2017
Kathe Mazur	...	D.D.A. Andrea Hobbs 55 episodes, 2012-2018
Robert Gossett	...	Russell Taylor 50 episodes, 2012-2016

Storyline

This "Closer" spinoff follows cases handled by the Major Crimes division of the LA Police Department. The 7-member team is headed by Capt. Sharon Raydor, whose intellectual smarts combined with a calm, even temperament help a team of experts solve high-profile murder cases. In addition to running the show, Raydor helps guide and protect her teenage charge, a witness in a horrific crime, who finds a safe refuge among members of the major-case squad.

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Plot Keywords:

female protagonist | los angeles police department | scene of the crime | murder suspect | criminal investigation | 

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Taglines:

Leading with convictions.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Tom Berenger and G.W. Bailey previously co-starred together in the film Rustlers' Rhapsody.

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Goofs

A running action throughout the series was to casually slip the Miranda Warning to people they wanted to question and get them to essentially sign away their rights and was a carry over from The Closer. In 2010 though, the US Supreme Court ruled that an explicit acknowledgment that the person understands their Miranda Rights must be given. This explicit question-acknowledgment rarely was ever done which would invalidate any confession.

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Connections

Referenced in Late Night with Seth Meyers: Steven Tyler/Ali Larter/Nate Morton (2016)

User Reviews

Please Please dump the Rusty character

My wife and I were big fans of The Closer so when it went off the air we gave Major Crimes a chance. I'm still not a huge fan of Mary MCDonnell but she's alright. The rest of the old cast that made it through to Major Crimes is just great, and the few additions are fine as well. But we just can't stand the Rusty character.

For us the Rusty character ruins the flow of the show. We enjoy one Major Crime per episode and find the Rusty story to be a disturbing diversion from what is going on in each episode. It was okay for four or five episodes but it should have been killed a long time ago.

We don't feel the Rusty character adds anything to the show, on the contrary we are bothered every time he shows up. I'm sure the actor Graham Patrick Martin is fine, its just the character we don't like. I'm getting more and more irritated by Rusty every episode.

Every time the Rusty character shows up we go into smartphone mode with one eye on the screen to see when we should refix our attention on Major Crimes instead of the weather, email, Facebook, or news on our phones.

Please Please Please lose the Rusty character and don't replace that character with another side story.

Details

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 August 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Major Crimes

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

43 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD