Kyra Sedgewick--The Closer's Greatest TV Character

I am not a regular TV watcher. I take in the news and movies and sometimes watch the History Channel and Discovery or the Food Channel. Sometime, by accident, I may happen to hit the wrong switch. Or I might just tune over to something different because I'm curious about a series title. Well that's what happened to me when I found "The Closer," and I'm now almost an addict to this show. Yep, I absolutely hate the commercials and the pauses they bring when something really exciting is just on the verge of happening. Thank heavens for the Mute button! The Closer has only been running for just less than two years, since June of 2005, but it's zoomed to the top in ratings and is slated for a third season run. Like the immensely popular series, "24 " there's somewhat of a thread of relationships and troubles that continues show after show, but each show is about an entirely new set of special crimes to solve. "The Closer," in case people aren't aware, is an hour-long detective show set in Los Angeles, and it focuses in on the crimes being investigated by this one LA. precinct headed by a woman. Kyra Sedgewick's Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson has been transferred from her Atlanta office to head up a special units division that tackles very high profile and sensitive cases. Well, here comes Miss Brenda, a pretty, southern drawling lady who talks like butter couldn't melt in her sweet little mouth. . . that is, until she gets riled up. And does she get riled up! Sedgewick does an absolutely brilliant job every week in portraying a quirky, very smart, cagey woman doing a difficult job with all sorts of obstacles.