TV Jots

Suddenly It All Makes Sense

Gotta give Deputy Chief Brenda Johnson (Kyra Sedgwick) her due props because she’s one smart gal.

On “Walking Back the Cat,” the June 29 episode of TNT’s mega-hit crime drama The Closer, Brenda is caught telling the next in a fairly long series of lies to suspects in the case of a murdered gay man.

When called on the duplicitous behavior by her new husband and veteran FBI agent Fritz Howard (Jon Tenney) after she lays the blatant whammy on a sneaky club owner during an interrogation, the following exchange occurs discretely out in the hallway:

Fritz (angry): Brenda, if the FBI lies in an interview, our case can get thrown out of federal court.

Brenda (shocked): You’re willing to just sit there and let this guy eat bagels and lie up a storm?

Fritz: Well, what would you do differently?

Brenda: When suspects lie to us, we have to lie back. For heaven’s sakes, Fritzy. If we all stop lying to each other, how will we ever find out the truth?

You have to admit that’s certainly one way to look at human nature. Their future kids are going to have a helluva hard time getting away with stuff, though, no?