Dave Chappelle the Comedy RelicAfter a decade of teaching Chappelle’s comedy to college students, a professor comes to terms with the fading relevance of the one-time GOAT.
‘The Closer’: Brenda Wins Case, Gets It OnWe’ll admit it: The gang really did a bang-up job on Part Two of the hotly anticipated (!), shocking (!), season finale of The Closer.
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‘The Closer’: Brenda’s Off the WagonLast night’s episode of The Closer delivered not only an engrossing, hard-to-solve case involving the poolside murder of an in-demand Orange County divorce lawyer (police procedural gold!) but also a hefty dose of Brenda Johnson’s Personal Life, resulting in a satisfying double-whammy that will undoubtedly get legions of viewers back in front of the tube next week for the second half of the episode.
‘The Closer’: We Will Not Be Sated by a Shower SceneNote to The Closer’s writers: Just because you finally dropped the early-menopause bomb and delivered a super-gory episode last week doesn’t mean you should hand things over to the interns and go out for cocktails.
‘The Closer’: Is Kyra Sedgwick Afraid to Play It Pretty?This week’s episode of The Closer finds Brenda Johnson and Co. settling into a good rhythm. At episode’s start, we learn that a girl has gone missing, and the department lays on the full-court press to track her down.
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‘The Closer’: Mummy Arms and Whipped CreamLast week’s premiere of The Closer kicked off the season with a triple-homicide bang and a jarring new handheld shooting style. They’ve thankfully ditched the technique this time around, so we’re brought back into the regular swing of things — which in Priority Murder Squad deputy chief Brenda Johnson’s nervous, fluttery world includes the discovery by construction workers of a mummified corpse, the presumed murder victim of a gangbanger turned politico who’s in cahoots with a corrupt preacher-man. Whew! This is truly the stuff of which gripping police procedurals are made.
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Critics Love to Love ‘The Closer’Kyra Sedgwick’s hit police drama returned to television this week for a third season, easily cajoling its way its way up to number one in its time slot. That’s no new achievement for the show, which has consistently drawn raves from audiences and reviewers alike
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