The Closer

Smells Like Murder

Season 5, Episode 10, Aired 8/10/09

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The team digs through several suspects that surface after a man's body is found inside an oversized box. Brenda finds the case the perfect platform to play the role of teacher to Gabriel as he prepares for his detective exam. ''''When Brenda's niece, Charlie, gets out of hand, she and Fritz must consider ending her summer vacation with them.moreless

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Kyra Sedgwick

Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson
J.K. Simmons

Assistant Police Chief Will Pope
Corey Reynolds

Sgt. David Gabriel

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Smells Like Murder >> another perfect episode.

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By bry_bee, Jan 31, 2011 Report Abuse

A hated man was found in an oversized box. Brenda uses her case as a teaching tool for Sgt. David Gabriel's detective exam. Newlyweds, Brenda and Fritz think of making Charlie's holidays in Los Angeles shorter after a wild stunt she pulled on them.

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Kyra Sedgwick -- Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson
J.K. Simmons -- Assistant Chief Will Pope
Jon Tenney -- FBI Agent Fritz Howard
Corey Reynolds -- Sgt. David Gabriel
G.W. Bailey -- Detective Lt. Provenza
Anthony John Denison -- Detective Andy Flynn
Michael Paul Chan -- Lt. Michael Tao
Raymond Cruz -- Detective Julio Sanchez
Phillip P. Keene -- Buzz Watsonmoreless

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A large box is delivered to Major Case. Detective Lt. Provenza has the box put in Brenda's office after making sure it was not a bomb. When they open it they find a cooler with a dead body folded up inside. A number of suspects pop up pretty quick.moreless

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By jyarter, Jan 31, 2011 Report Abuse

A good old fashion who dun'it with a number of suspects and brilliant way of catching the murderer in the end.

Imagine just leaving a body in a box and using a storage place to hide it. Talk about confident. I would figure that eventually something would cause someone to check the box as it was the only contents of the storage facility. The debit card was a good idea but if you had taken fifteen million of someone else's money and killed them I would make sure to know when the date was up on that debit card or paid it seven years in advance.

After all the running around, I thought it was the step-father myself as the car was left at their house, Brenda gets the brilliant idea of wiring four boxes with sound and video and send one of each to the four suspects. Whomever doesn't open the box knows what's in it therefore gives themselves away as the killer.

It was the logical person in the end as I am not sure the girlfriend could have done this and the other man would have been a crime of passion if he killed him. This was a premeditated crime planned out and executed.

Interesting story with some small little quirks to it, but otherwise pretty straight forward. Thanks for reading...moreless

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- Original International Air Dates: United Kingdom: September 2, 2010 on More4 Czech Republic: November 5, 2010 on Prima Canada: January 28,2011 on W Channel Turkey: February 10, 2011 on CNBC-e Finland: March 17, 2011 on MTV3 Canada: June 24,2011 on W Network Edit
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- Fritz: (about Charlie) Would you really have arrested her? Brenda: No. I would have let you do it. Edit
- Wallace: Money like that, that was life changing. It changed my life. Brenda: It certainly did. It turned you into a killer. Edit
- Brenda: Buzz, what kind of a car do you drive? Buzz: A Prius. Why? Oh, no. No, no. Brenda: We-we'll take such good care of it. Buzz: It's brand-new and I just washed it. Brenda: I promise. Good care. Thank you very much. Buzz: Please, just... don't bring it back with any blood in it or bullet holes. Chief Pope: (sarcastically) Good luck. Buzz: Thanks. Edit
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