Kyra Sedgwick in TNT's The Closer - Associated Content: Johnson's personal life is giving some shades of color. She's got an FBI boyfriend (John Tenney) with whom she's serious but whom often keeps at bay when she's immersed in a case. Unless he can be of assistance. There's also remaining tension between Johnson and Pope, her ex who is (and was during their affair) married. We also see Johnson likes to eat. She's very concerned about her cat. she is? good. almost sasha temporarily lost me in season 1 when seemed like she was going to be mean to the cat ~ take to shelter. She dresses less than chic. huh. And keeps in touch with her parents in Atlanta. It's maybe not the most interesting of personal material, but it built over the course of the first season and gives the show material to play with in the future.
All the elements of this main character, professional and personal, are handled by the able and likable Sedgwick. She powers the show. Reynolds, Simmons, Gossett and Denison are part of The Closer's capable and ethnically diverse supporting cast (very diverse- two Black guys Gabriel and? the Commander I guess, one Latino, one Black woman, one Asian just now, Brenda to Tao-You're Chinese aren't you? Yes. Japanese wife., four white guys and Sedgwick). But it's also a very large supporting cast that may take you a few weeks to get straight.
One of the standouts is GW Baily (from all those Police Academy movies) as the grumpy veteran detective Provenza, a guy who initially dislikes Johnson but comes to appreciate her. One amusing scene in Season One involves Provenza doing a dead-on impersonation of Johnson's drawled "thank yoooou".
-Among the supporting cast is L&O's shrink, JK Simmons.