Episode
The Closer: Necessary Evil
Overview
The death of a high school principal who had been trying to raise test scores at his school to prevent it from being closed causes Brenda and Fritz to fight over who has control of the case because an already existing FBI investigation causes the cases to overlap.
Details
- Series
- The Closer
- Season
- Season 7
- Episode
- Episode 11
- Air date
- 2011-11-28
- Runtime
- 46 min
Episode context
Necessary Evil is Episode 11 in Season 7 of The Closer. It aired on 2011-11-28. The runtime is 46 min.
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The squad investigates the death of a deputy sheriff; the judge considers dropping the charges against Brenda.
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