| “ | Isn't it? I mean, you haven't even asked one real question about my life, not even a, you know, "Gosh, Rusty, what a crappy situation you've got having to spend your sixteenth birthday working as a street treat." | ” |
— Rusty Beck | ||
Series finale. When a street kid sees what appears to be a man burying a woman in a Griffith Park he calls the police, and the police soon find more bodies buried nearby. Despite a lack of hard evidence, Brenda becomes convinced that the investigation will lead to the door of her old enemy, ruthless ruthless defense attorney and suspected serial rapist Phillip Stroh. However, her obsession with Stroh begins to threaten not only her career, but also her life.
The Victim[]
The Suspects[]
- Phillip Stroh, defense lawyer and previously suspected serial rapist
Evidence[]
Closing the Case[]
Brenda's Story[]
Guest Cast[]
Locations[]
Episode Notes[]
- First appearance of Rusty Beck who becomes a main character on the spin-off show Major Crimes.
- Brenda leaves the LAPD for a job as Chief of the District Attorney's Office's Bureau of Investigation. Andrea Hobbs warns her it will be more administrative though she can still work in the field if she wants at times, but she has no choice as she gets into serious trouble with the LAPD for her assault on Phillip Stroh. While she is cleared of shooting him, she is not cleared of attacking him and given her past with Turrell Baylor, she knows it will cause a lot of issues so she quits and takes Hobbs' offer. She takes Gabriel with her as a liaison officer. In season 3 of Major Crimes, Fritz reveals that she's considering a new job in Washington DC, though if she takes it or how Fritz's decision to take a job as Deputy Chief in charge of the Special Operations Bureau of the LAPD will affect it is unknown. As shown by a staged argument in season 6 of Major Crimes, Fritz and Brenda remain married, but it is never stated if she took the job or not.
- Though Phillip Stroh is finally arrested, his storyline continues into the spinoff series Major Crimes ending in the series finale “By Any Means, Part 4”.