The Closer (TV Series) Homewrecker (2007) User Reviews

Who's says telly can't be strong

[lazyaceuk · 9/10 · 17 November 2008]

So The Closer is back. And what a way to return.

Faced with budget cuts and the need to reduce her crew Brenda Lee faces a gruesome crime of family carnage and the one suspect, at least as far as the ever cheery Flynn is concerned, is off balance and full of drugs.

So another trip with Brenda and co as they sort through the chaff and finally solve the crime.

And what an ending. Generally the possible suspect does dance from one character to the next but never as explosively as in this episode. The fact that it is a hate crime, and involves the death of a 12 year old girl making the final pay off even more poignant.

Great episode.

Kevin Sheridan is SO POWERFUL

[artistsumo · 10/10 · 12 October 2020]

I LOVE THE CLOSER, have it on almost every night as I am working in my studio. I've seen this episode 4 times and stop everything when it is on, especially when Kevin Sheridan enters the story. His character tragically discovers he's the son of a bigamist. Mr. Sheridan plays it with such brilliantly heartbreaking emotion, it moves me to tears every time. Part of what interests me while watching his performance is that he looks very much like one of my sons, who is just about his age and is half Japanese.

I Wish I Were Dead

[biorngm · 8/10 · 11 June 2019]

The squad is called to an L.A. house where three persons are dead from apparent knife wounds; identified as a father, mother and daughter. The officers go through the rooms noting evidence being recorded by Buzz for the court. Provenza notes a letter opener being the possible murder weapon. A Patrol Officer, first to enter attic by smashing through glass window, finding Eric Wallace, detected from audio of cell phone heard by detectives on below floor. They escort Wallace to an ambulance, Gabriel accompanies Eric to hospital, Brenda issues orders to other officers on scene.

The whole episode centers on the roles of three male guest cast members, primarily two young performers playing their respective parts exceptionally, namely at HQ in front of Brenda. This story was a believable scenario of a father living a double life, with two families separated in Lompoc CA and Los Angeles; he leads a bigamist's part, ending tragically for himself and his affluent family members when a son finds him at their Los Angeles home. The confrontation between the Lompoc son and his father ends with death to the immediate members, including a twelve-year-old sister.

Brenda conquers the dilemma by finding a cell phone belonging to a Mr. Reichter, connecting him to a home in Lompoc, with employment at the Federal Correctional Facility. DMV pictures of the men proved to be the same person, existing under two different names in two cities. Kim Reichter, poor son in Lompoc, confronts his father who insults him recognizing him as an inmate identifying the young man to the L.A. wife. Kim Reichter murders the father and mother with a letter opener found on the father's desk. When the young daughter enters the area, she is murdered as well, eliminating witnesses. Clothing is removed belonging to Eric and Brenda uses the blood-stained clothes as evidence to implicate, getting a confession of the crimes from Kim.

Watch and learn how the son learns of the double life of his father, quite by accident, when borrowing his father's car; how the Los Angeles offspring leads a different lifestyle than the less fortunate son from a smaller hometown.

Curioser and curioser

[lor_ · 25 July 2023]

Fabulous detailing and a strong balance between the "crime of the week" and the ongoing issues of the team, here facing severe budget cuts that affect their ability to solve crimes and even threaten their employment makes this a special segment of the series.

Tastefully but forcefully grabbing the viewer is the intro: each team member being videotaped at the crime scene walking us through the awful picture of three family members lying on the floor in their blood, viciously stabbed to death. Surviving son played by Kyle Gallner is found cowering in the attic, clearly the prime suspect of murdering his sister and parents. It's up toKyra to get the goods on him.

She's terrific, starting with her dramatic ("acting class worthy") reenactment for the kid how his parents were being killed, when he claims to have slept through the mayhem. She's brilliant at tearing down the kid's story, but in the process the crime begins to look far more complicated than at first appeared to be.

Wonderful ensemble acting for this whodunit, but Kyra delivers the rock-solid, in character brilliance to make it a classic.

Barbecue is a Noun, Not a Verb

[mkelly54 · 8/10 · 24 June 2021]

This is one of the best episodes in the series, though there is one minor error. Though if you're from the South, it's a big one.

In the closing scene, Brenda returns home to find all of Fritz's possessions scattered in every room. Including a "barbecue (gas grill) in the bathroom."

Any Southerner over the age of 35, and many younger Southerners, would never call a gas or charcoal grill a barbecue. To Southerners, barbecue is a noun, you eat it. Barbecue is slowly cooked in a deep pit or a lie arge smoker. Grills are used to prepare many types of food, including steaks, chicken, veggies, seafood etc.

Thank you for letting me bring this to your attention. Thank you.