Rating: - For "The Closer" fans
"The Closer" is simply the best "cop show" around. It has enough of the procedural background to be convincing but what makes this show so enjoyable are the characters: Deputy Chief Brenda Lee Johnson (Kyra Sedgwick) and her group of detectives, her boss and former boyfriend Chief Will Pope, and her current boyfriend/FBI Special Agent Fritz Howard. Brenda is abrupt and abrasive but not unkind - she is simply too focused on solving the case to remember her manners, sometimes. This first season shows how she starts out as the resented outsider and wins over her elite squad of homicide detectives by closing unsolvable celebrity murders and getting full confessions from her suspects - hence her nickname "The Closer." By the end of season one, her team appreciates her talent and learns to live with her abrupt nature (and she learns to appreciate them a little, too).

I'm not a big fan of cop shows but the personalities of these characters is what makes "The Closer" so watchable! Great dialogue and excellent acting.

The one sucky thing about this DVD set is almost no special features - just a few deleted scenes. Some behind the scenes features, cast/crew commentary tracks, and other extras would make this a 5-star DVD set.