1126 Look out Christians; we’ve got us a live one

The new crime drama, The Closer, starring Kyra Sedgwick playing a CIA-trained interrogator who takes over an almost all male special police homicide unit in Los Angeles, premiered tonight. We watched it and found the main character, Brenda Johnson, the super-sweet, quirky Southern Belle quite convincing. Sort of a female Lt. Columbo with quirks and surprises and hunches.

But Oh surprise, surprise! The murderer is a “good Catholic girl,” pure and virginal who still lives with her mother, and is so homophobic that she smashes the victim beyond recognition when she discovers her “lover” is a lesbian.

There were no commercials, just product placement--and of course, that obvious anti-Christian bias. But that’s becoming increasingly common, particularly in crime shows.

Photo of Sedgwick as Brenda Johnson