I was very happy that they renewed this series. Even
though it's not quite as good as "The Closer' (we still miss
Brenda), the acting and writing is solid. It has a really
large cast.
They have added a new obnoxious D.A., played by Emma
Rios. In the premiere episode, she is kind of mean to
Rusty and he takes a dislike to her. Rusty still has
to testify against the serial killer from last season. I
love how we're getting to know all of the characters in more
depth.
I guess we won't see Brenda's husband around much any
more, since he's now starring in the new TNT show "King and
Maxwell"... Make sure you tune in to both this show
and that one. Both are very good.
More Information:
Major Crimes – Season 2 – Premiere: Monday, June
10, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT)
Television’s
favorite squad of detectives has entered bold new territory
with this hit crime drama that ranked as basic cable’s #1
new series of 2012. The elite team of Major Crimes
is back, headed by two-time Oscar® nominee Mary
McDonnell as Los Angeles Police Captain Sharon
Raydor, GW Bailey as Lieutenant Provenza,
Tony Denison as Lieutenant Andy Flynn,
Michael Paul Chan as Lieutenant Mike Tao,
Raymond Cruz as Detective Julio Sanchez,
Kearran Giovanni as Detective Amy Sykes,
Phillip P. Keene as tech expert Buzz Watson
and Jonathan Del Arco as Dr. Morales.
Graham Patrick Martin returns as Rusty
Beck, a homeless teen and material witness taken in by
Captain Raydor, and Robert Gossett
guest-stars as Assistant Chief Russell Taylor. This season,
Nadine Velazquez joins the ensemble as
Deputy District Attorney Emma Rios. Major Crimes
focuses on how the American justice system approaches the
art of the deal as law enforcement officers and prosecutors
work together to score a conviction. The series is produced
by The Shephard/Robin Company and
Walking Entropy, Inc., in association with
Warner Bros. Television. James Duff,Greer Shephard, Rick Wallace
and Michael M. Robin serve as executive
producers.
VIDEO: MAJOR CRIMES AND KING &
MAXWELL PREMIERING MONDAY, JUNE 10
Summer’s biggest crime dramas kick off Monday, June 10 at
9/8c with Major Crimes and King & Maxwell.
Tom Berenger to Guest-Star on TNT’s
Hit Drama Major Crimes
Tom Berenger is set guest star in three
episodes this summer on TNT‘s hit drama
seriesMajor Crimes, which is set
to kick off its second season in June.
Berenger won a Golden Globe® for his performance in
Platoon and has starred in several other major films,
including The Big Chill, Someone to Watch Over
Me and Major League. Berenger was also
nominated for an Emmy® for his role in hit television series
Cheers. His more recent work includes his role in
box office hit Inception and Primetime Emmy award
winning appearance in the television miniseries
Hatfields & McCoys.
In Major Crimes, Berenger will play Captain
Sharon Raydor’s estranged husband of 25 years, Jackson
Raydor. A brilliant lawyer, Jackson has taken a long break
from working to follow his real passion, gambling, but he
returns to Los Angeles to work as a court-appointed
attorney. Charming and charismatic, Jackson becomes fast
friends with Rusty but Sharon continues to remain wary.
Ben Feldman to Guest-Star on TNT’s
Hit Drama Major Crimes
Ben Feldman is set to be a guest-star
this summer on the hit TNT drama seriesMajor
Crimes. Feldman is best known for his roles on
the television series Mad Men and Drop Dead
Diva. His film credits include The Perfect Man
and Cloverfield.
In Major Crimes, Feldman will play Jason
Andrews, a budding television writer taken by Tao and
Sanchez on an informative LAPD ride-along that swiftly gets
out of hand. As the officers of Major Crimes delve deeper
and deeper into a startling discovery, Jason’s presence
becomes more and more problematic.
Season 2
Episode
Synopses
"Final Cut" – Monday, June 10, at 9
p.m. (ET/PT)
The squad scrambles to garner a
confession when the pregnant wife of a big-time film
director is found murdered. Meanwhile, just as things seem
to fall into place under Raydor’s leadership, new Deputy
D.A. Emma Rios (new cast member Nadine Velazquez)
challenges Raydor’s intentions as Rusty’s guardian.
Directed by Roxann Dawson
Written by Leo Geter
Created by James Duff
"False Pretenses" – Monday, June 17,
at 9 p.m. (ET/PT)
A complex murder-suicide case has the
department reeling. Meanwhile, when Rusty receives a
mysterious and threatening letter Emma demands that he be
relocated. Torn between her desire to protect Rusty and
professional duty to the case, Raydor is forced to seriously
consider Emma’s request.
Directed by Arvin Brown
Written by Michael Alaimo
Created by James Duff
"Under the Influence" – Monday, June
24, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT)
A meddling television writer-producer
(guest star Ben Feldman) accompanies Sanchez and Tao
on a ride-along so he can get an inside look at the LAPD.
But what starts out as a simple outing quickly gets out of
hand. And Rusty employees some unfair help when his teacher
makes him re-write an essay.
Directed by David McWhirter
Written by Duppy Demetrius
Created by James Duff
"I, Witness" – Monday, July 1, at 9
p.m. (ET/PT)
The LAPD flies a material witness into
Los Angeles to testify, but in a horrible turn of events
their witness winds up as the key suspect in an entirely new
murder. Personal and professional stress takes a toll on
Flynn. And the squad takes bets when Rusty brings a girl
from class to hang out with him at the department.
Directed by Steve Robin
Written by Adam Belanoff
Created by James Duff
"D.O.A " – Monday, July 8, at 9 p.m.
(ET/PT)
The squad investigates a brutal murder,
but they soon find that dark secrets are at the root of an
apparent drug bust gone wrong. Meanwhile, Raydor’s estranged
husband of 25 years, Jack Raydor (guest star Tom Berenger)
returns to Los Angeles to work as a court-appointed
attorney. Charming and charismatic, Jack becomes fast
friends with Rusty but Sharon continues to remain wary.
Directed by Paul McCrane
Written by Ralph Gifford & Carson
Moore
Created by James Duff
Production Biographies
James Duff
Executive Producer/Creator/Writer
James Duff began his professional
writing career with the Broadway drama Home Front,
which was later re-titled The War at Home before
having a successful worldwide run in London, Stockholm,
Athens, Tel Aviv, Johannesburg, Brussels, Amsterdam and
Australia. The play was made into a feature film starring
Kathy Bates, Martin Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Kimberly Williams
and Carla Gugino. Duff’s play A Quarrel of Sparrows
went from regional theater productions to off-Broadway’s
Promenade Theatre and won a Dramalogue Award during its run
in Los Angeles.
Duff has written three television
films: Without a Kiss Goodbye, Betrayed: The Story
of Three Women and Doing Time on Maple Drive,
which earned him an Emmy®
nomination. In series work, he has written and produced
episodes for Popular, Felicity, Wolf Lake
and The Agency. He also created and produced The
Closer and the series The D.A. with Greer
Shephard and Michael M. Robin. In 2007 he was nominated for
the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Award.
Additionally, Duff wrote an
episode of Enterprise, as well as four pilots:
Long Island Fever, Texas Graces, 911 Fifth
Avenue and The Travel Agency.
Greer Shephard
Executive Producer
A co-founder of The Shephard/Robin
Company, Greer Shephard is former vice president of drama
series programming for ABC. In that role, she supervised
both drama development and current series programming.
Shephard began her television career in
1989 as a manager of comedy and drama development at Walt
Disney Television. She joined ABC in 1991 as associate
director of current series programming. She was promoted to
director, dramatic series development, in 1993, and then
elevated to vice president in 1995.
During her tenure at ABC, Shephard
helped develop the Peabody Award-winning Nothing Sacred;
the Emmy® and Golden Globe®-winning The Practice;
Robert Altman’s Gun; Cracker; and
Relativity. Shephard then served as a producer on
Nothing Sacred and C-16 before launching The
Shephard/Robin Company. She has since directed episodes of
The Closer, Nip/Tuck, Trust Me and State of
Mind.
Michael M. Robin
Executive Producer/Director
Michael M. Robin is an award-winning
producer and director who has worked on such high-profile
series as NYPD Blue, Nip/Tuck and TNT's The
Closer, Rizzoli & Isles, Major Crimes and
Dallas. He has earned Producing Emmys® for NYPD
Blue and L.A. Law as well as three Golden Globes®
for NYPD Blue, L.A. Law and Nip/Tuck.
Robin formed The Shephard/Robin Company
with Greer Shephard in 1998. Their producing success
includes Nip/Tuck, The Closer, Longmire, Major Crimes,
Trust Me, State of Mind, The D.A., Popular and
Brutally Normal.
In his more than two decades in the
television industry, Robin has directed 11 drama pilots,
including the pilots for TNT's The Closer, Rizzoli
& Isles, Major Crimes and Dallas. He has
directed a total of 19 episodes of The Closer and
three episodes of Rizzoli & Isles.
Robin began his career as a production
assistant on the hit series L.A. Law, where he worked
his way up to producer in the fourth season and later
received an Emmyfor his work on the series.
He then segued to CopRock as a producer,
where he made his directorial debut.
Robin continued directing as the
supervising producer on Civil Wars while also
evolving into a co-executive producer on NYPD Blue.
His four years of work on NYPD Blue earned him a
second Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series, in addition to a
nomination for Outstanding Director for a Drama Series.
After an 11-year association with
Steven Bochco, Robin struck out on his own to co-create,
executive-produce and direct multiple episodes of the drama
series C-16, as well as launch The Shephard/Robin
Company with Greer Shephard.
Rick Wallace
Executive Producer/Director
Rick Wallace began his professional career as the artistic
director of Pegasus Productions, a theatre company in Los
Angeles. He started directing television in 1981 on the
much-acclaimed series Hill Street Blues.
Wallace came to The Closer as executive producer in
its fifth season, having directed five episodes over the
first four years of the series. He has directed episodes of
more than 35 other series and has won three Emmys®
for Outstanding Drama Series. He was nominated twice for
Outstanding Directing in a series. His directing credits
include episodes of Hill Street Blues, LA Law,NYPD Blue, Murder One, Law & Order: S.V.U.,
and Sleeper Cell. Wallace has served as an executive
producer and director on such series as L.A. Law,
City Of Angels, Philly, Peacemakers,
Commander In Chief, Men In Trees and Women’s
Murder Club. Wallace has directed seven television
pilots, including Doogie Howser M.D. and The
Pretender, which he also executive-produced.
Wallace lives in Los Angeles with his wife and children.
Andrew J. Sacks
Co-Executive Producer
Academy AwardÒ
winner Andrew Sacks started his career as a project
coordinator with Landmark Entertainment Group, helping to
create a theme park in Oita, Japan. After returning to the
United States, he began his work in television on the series
Beverly Hills, 90210.
Sacks continued to work on several
projects for Spelling, Touchstone and Warner Bros.
Television. His feature credits include The Opposite of
Sex; Shirley MacLaine’s directorial debut, Bruno;
and Adaptation, directed by Spike Jonze. He has
worked on several projects for The Shephard/Robin Company,
including Brutality Normal, Elementary and
Beck and Call, as well as co-producing the series The
D.A and producing TNT's The Closer, both with
executive producer James Duff.
In 2004, Sacks won an OscarÒ
for producing the short film Two Soldiers. The
following year, he, he was invited to become a member of the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Sacks is a member of the Board of
Directors for the Sunshine Kids Foundation. This non-profit
organization, for which The Closer and Major
Crimes cast member G.W. Bailey is Executive Director,
serves children with cancer from all over the United States
and Canada.
The opinions in these articles are those of the writer and do not
necessarily reflect the opinions of The TV MegaSite or its other volunteers.
We need more episode guide recap writers, article
writers, MS FrontPage and Web Expression users, graphics designers, and more, so
please email us
if you can help out! More volunteers always
needed! Thanks!
