EPISODE
SEASON
Major Crimes - Season 1
Set in the Los Angeles Police Department, Major Crimes picks up where successful series The Closer leaves off, continues to follow the activities of the LAPD Major Crimes squad, charged with solving high profile crimes in the city of Los Angeles, along with the members of the squad.
28 May 1967, Passaic, New Jersey, USA
12 May 1963, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
26 April 1980, Los Angeles, California, USA
2 November 1980, Orange, California, USA
11 March 1972, Columbus, Ohio, USA
14 November 1991, Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA
26 February 1977, Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA
19 February 2001, Los Angeles, California, USA
14 November 1974, Bronx, New York, USA
17 June 1972, Surry County, Virginia, USA
August 13, 2012
Major Crimes displays both the strengths and the weaknesses of its predecessor, not surprisingly, since it comes from the same production team, and features almost the same cast.
August 13, 2012
Here's one thing you don't do: replace the star by making the dullest character from the old show the central figure of the new one.
August 13, 2012
A sharply written, acted and directed start that will hook fans immediately.
August 13, 2012
McDonnell makes a powerful center to build a show around, and she's utterly relatable as a strong woman doing her level best in a very difficult job.
August 13, 2012
I'm cautiously optimistic.
August 13, 2012
Comfort food for longtime fans in its solid whodunit structure and rhythms.
September 06, 2013
Major Crimes is more personal and that is what makes the show work.
August 13, 2012
This handoff is clean.
August 13, 2012
The series is off to a muddled start.
August 13, 2012
It just could be that very rare occasion when a spinoff equals or even exceeds the quality of the original.