Dead Man's Hand

Dead Man's Hand
Series	The Closer
Season	5
Episode	15
Airdate	December 21, 2009
Written by	Duppy Demetrius & Ken Martin
Directed by	James Duff
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Episode list	Season 5

“	The obstacles that you're talkin' about are the justice system and I can't create charges out of thin air. I need an evidence.	”
— Brenda Leigh Johnson

Brenda investigates the case of a female police officer who denied being a victim of spousal abuse prior to her husband being shot by a cop answering a domestic disturbance call. Meanwhile, Fritz has news that could change his and Brenda's life together.

The Victim

• Detective Ally Moore
  • FID detective under Captain Sharon Raydor's command.
  • Apparently being abused by her husband Shawn Moore.

• Shawn Moore
  • Detective Ally Moore's supposedly abusive husband.
  • Claimed to have been killed in self-defense by Sergeant Ryan Dunn.
  • Murdered by his wife in a plot to get the mortgage insurance on their house.

The Suspects

• Shawn Moore
  • Supposedly abusing his wife Detective Ally Moore.
  • Claimed by Sergeant Ryan Dunn to have fired at him, forcing Dunn to kill him.

• Sergeant Ryan Dunn
  • First responding officer to Detective Ally Moore's 911 call.
  • Supposedly killed Shawn Moore in self-defense.
  • Was having an affair with Ally and was manipulated by her to cover up the murder.
  • Lost his job though not his freedom over his actions as he was duped and didn't conspire with Ally.

• Detective Ally Moore
  • FID detective under the command of Captain Sharon Raydor.
  • Faked being abused by her husband to murder him.
  • Was having an affair with Sergeant Ryan Dunn.
  • Murdered her husband to collect their mortgage insurance and covered it up with Dunn's help.

Trivia

• Lieutenant Andy Flynn humorously depicts Captain Sharon Raydor as the Wicked Witch of the West on the murder board. While originally starting as a simple stick figure, it grows to include a broomstick added by Provenza and later a house over her head. At one point when Sharon is in the room, Commander Russell Taylor hides the drawing from sight by placing a picture over it so that Sharon doesn't see it but he uncovered it again once she left the room.