The Closer (TV Series) Speed Bump (2008) User Reviews

One of my favorite "Closer" episodes!

[allworkpeace · 9 November 2011]

Start with the fact that almost every episode is top notch, with an intriguing and often kind of off-beat mystery. Then add the usual circuitous route, but ultimately logical, path that Brenda takes to trap her suspect, and "The Closer" is rarely a disappointment. But the "Speed Bump" episode takes the denouement to a new high--or low:

Warning: Spoiler!:

It's always a hoot to watch the reruns of this episode when the murderous team of old ladies, played by the wonderful character actors Wendy Phillips and Jenny O'Hara, ends up in a knockdown-drag out cat fight on the floor of the interrogation room!

It's special scenes like this one that set my favorite episodes apart in one of our favorite crime series.

In peace, Debbie Jordan

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Goof for episode "Speed Bump" IS a 'goof'

[Gaivar · 28 July 2008]

The goof shown for the episode of "The Closer" entitled "Speed Bump" says Lt Provenza sent flowers to the paroled rapist/killer... Actually, it is Anthony John Denison's character, Lt Andy Flynn, who admits sending the flowers. Additionally, the line in the goof attributed to Kyra Sedgewick's character, Deputy Chief Brenda Lee Johnson, is correct as is... It would in fact be a DEFENSE attorney's job to suggest an alternate theory of the crime by bringing up the Lieutenant's harassment of the parolee, and implicating the detective as a potential suspect. The result of that would be to establish a basis for reasonable doubt.