After watching seven seasons of The Closer, I was happy to spend more time with the Major Crimes Division officers, especially the crusty Detective Provenza (G.W. Bailey) and Detective Andy Flynn (Tony Denison), whom over the course of the original series, became comic relief, and then the heart of the team. “To Protect & to Serve,” a Season 2 episode of The Closer, focused on the pair, is the best episode of the series.
When Major Crimes starts out, Provenza is butting heads with Raynor before settling in as her second-in-command, but he never loses his charm.