The Closer Returns on November 28

A scene from "You Have the Right to Remain Jolly" Episode of 'The Closer'
A scene from "You Have the Right to Remain Jolly" Episode of 'The Closer' - Photo Credit: Mercedes Heinila/TNT

TNT’s set a November 28, 2011 return date for the last five new episodes of the seventh season of the police drama The Closer. The series will wrap-up in 2012.
 
The Closer stars Kyra Sedgwick, Jon Tenney, J.K. Simmons, Robert Gossett, Corey Reynolds, Tony Denison, G.W. Bailey, Michael Paul Chan, Raymond Cruz, Phillip P. Keene, and Mary McDonnell. McDonnell will reprise her character (‘Captain Sharon Raydor’) in TNT’s new series Major Crimes, which premieres after the conclusion of The Closer.
 
TNT also announced the series’ upcoming guest stars and brief plot descriptions:
 
In the five new episodes airing this winter, the cast will be joined by several additional guest stars. In the show’s 100th episode, “You Have the Right to Remain Jolly,” airing Monday, Dec. 5, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT), Fred Willard guest stars as Santa Jack, the owner of a Christmas village who believes he could be the real Father Christmas. Brenda’s parents, played by guest stars Frances Sternhagen and Barry Corbin, return on Monday, Dec. 12, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT) in “Relative Matters,” the second holiday-themed episode of the season, with surprising news that keeps Brenda’s mind from her case.
 
Mark Moses and Elizabeth Perkins will guest-star in “Road Block” on Monday, Dec. 19, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT), as the LAPD’s Police Commissioner and his wife, Gail, who may be in trouble when Brenda becomes determined to uncover a scandal one of them tried to cover up. And in the winter finale, “Silent Partner,” airing Monday, Dec. 26, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT), Brenda seeks help from a businessman, played by guest star Jason George, with old ties to the neighborhood where Turell Baylor was murdered.
 
The Closer Synopsis:
 
Over the past six and a half years, Sedgwick’s Chief Johnson and the LAPD’s Major Crimes unit have put some of Los Angeles’ most brutal killers behind bars. With her keen investigative instincts and brilliant interrogation techniques, Brenda usually closes her cases by eliciting a confession through sometimes-questionable methods. This summer, Brenda’s tactics resulted in a civil lawsuit that raised scrutiny over her controversial style and revealed a mysterious leak in her division. Although the original suit was settled, Brenda is now the target of a federal civil rights suit. Special guest star Mark Pellegrino (Lost) returns this winter as Brenda’s lawyer to defend her against the mounting federal investigation by prosecutor Peter Goldman, played by returning guest star Curtis Armstrong (American Dad).
 
Source: TNT – November 11, 2011