The BEST episodes written by Hunt Baldwin
#4 - The Life
The Closer - Season 5 - Episode 13
When an adolescent boy is found murdered where members of the Tres Colores gang frequently spend time, the subsequent murders of two more gang members point Brenda and the team to gang warfare. Unfortunately, the evidence trail leads them in a different direction.
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#11 - Unquiet Mind
Longmire - Season 2 - Episode 1
A prison transfer goes awry and Walt urgently pursues a serial killer and his fellow escapees, who have taken hostages, up a mountain. Facing an impending storm with very limited resources, Walt’s mettle is put to the test and hypothermic hallucinations force him to face his past.
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#15 - Out of Focus
The Closer - Season 2 - Episode 6
Brenda and the team find themselves wading through a long list of suspects when a celebrity photographer takes a fatal fall from his hotel room balcony. Once the cause of death is determined, the motive points to a big time actor with something to hide. In the meantime, Brenda starts to feel like Fritz is behaving strangely, making her realize that superstars may not be the only ones who have secrets to keep.
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#17 - Please Allow Me
The First Lady (2022) - Season 1 - Episode 3
Frustrated by the male dominated world of media and politics, Eleanor holds the White House’s first all-female press conference and grows closer to journalist Lorena “Hick” Hickock. Betty’s public announcement of her breast cancer diagnosis shifts opinion of the Ford Administration away from Jerry’s controversial pardon of Nixon and makes Betty a popular figure among American women. After Barack gets clobbered in the midterms, Michelle launches a new healthy school lunch program, which prompts a stalled Congress to enact new legislation.
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#18 - Cracked Pot
The First Lady (2022) - Season 1 - Episode 4
Years before first entering the White House, Eleanor discovers Franklin’s marital indiscretions, which push her to socialize with more independent, politically active women in the salons of New York City. While Jerry rises through the ranks in Congress, a stubborn shoulder injury drives Betty to seek help from a doctor, who prescribes addictive pain medication. After toddler Sasha is rushed to the hospital with meningitis, Michelle vows to hold Chicago’s inadequate healthcare system to task by working to improve it from the inside.
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#20 - L.A. Woman
The Closer - Season 1 - Episode 11
Brenda finds herself at odds with the FBI in a struggle to gain control of the murder investigation of a well-known businessman. Deciding to work in tandem, Brenda finds herself working directly with Fritz, who was assigned to the case. After discovering that the FBI has ulterior motives in the investigation, Brenda's relationship with Fritz is put under further strain.
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#22 - The Person in Your Ear
Rabbit Hole - Season 1 - Episode 4
Armed with the data stolen from Arda, Weir is in go-mode to unveil the truth behind Valence's shocking death and enlists Hailey’s help to exploit a member of Crowley’s network. Meanwhile, US Treasury investigator Edward Homm may finally be ready to cooperate and help find Crowley. Liv, Weir's ex-wife, is dragged back into his world of secrets, and we see a new side of The Intern, the only member of Weir's original team spared in the explosion.
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#23 - Pilot
Longmire - Season 1 - Episode 1
Struggling since his wife’s death and at the urging of his daughter, Longmire knows that the time has come to turn his life around. With the help of a female deputy new to the department, he becomes reinvigorated about his job and committed to running for re-election. When an ambitious young deputy decides to run against him for sheriff, Longmire feels betrayed but remains steadfast in his dedication to the community.
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#25 - Gilgamesh
Rabbit Hole - Season 1 - Episode 7
Weir and his team are in desperate straits. With the Shared Data Act about to pass, Weir's paranoia about Ben and anxiety over Crowley begin to get the better of him as he tries not to disappear down a rabbit hole of possibilities. Hailey watches with mounting concern while Homm's celebrity grows on Morgan Shaw's podcast. Agent Madi receives a mysterious note, and Liv gets a delivery.
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#28 - Sudden Death
The Closer - Season 4 - Episode 7
The entire squad searches for the person who shot Detective Sanchez's brother; the case is jeopardized by an overzealous detective and a leak within the department.
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#29 - Borderline
The Closer - Season 2 - Episode 11
Leaving the scene of an accident to get to a multiple homicide scene, Brenda finds herself unable to drive the streets of L.A. which she worked so hard to learn. Once she gets to the crime scene, she and the PHD are faced with another challenge: the murdered bodies are nowhere to be found. In order to solve this case, they must first search for the victims before they can hunt for the killer.
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#30 - Old Money
The Closer - Season 6 - Episode 11
One of Brenda's detectives is ambushed on the street, and the main clue to figuring out the motive behind the attack is a garbage bag containing more than $37,500. The investigation then turns into a race to clear the detective's name over allegations of witness tampering.
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#31 - Asslane
Fastlane - Season 1 - Episode 20
A methamphetamine ring has been going on for some time and Van and Deaq are sent in to try and end its distribution. Billie splits them up. Van tries to get close to the distributor, a porn producer, and Deaq infiltrates the manufacturers, two adrenaline junky brothers. Things start to go bad when they have to bring in someone to mark the meth and she gets caught.
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#32 - You Are Here
The Closer - Season 1 - Episode 7
When a judge is murdered in Griffith Park, Brenda's investigation takes an unexpected twist. Her best witness, or perhaps her prime suspect, is his teenaged son with autism. Challenged by the boy's behaviors, but convinced he has the clue to unraveling the case, Brenda must try to understand his disability, and thereby learn what he knows. Meanwhile, she must keep his mother, and the child protective system from taking custody of the boy, limiting her access to him, and the killer.
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#33 - Speed Bump
The Closer - Season 4 - Episode 2
Brenda and the team must determine if a murder was revenge or mere coincidence when a recently released murderer turns up dead, the victim of a hit-and-run. As usual, Brenda's personal life isn't much better: she must deal with a recently incapacitated Fritz.
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#34 - Slippin'
The Closer - Season 2 - Episode 3
Things are not as they seem when Brenda and the team investigate the accidental murders of three college students caught in the middle of a gang shootout. Brenda must also continue her attempts at keeping her relationship with Fritz under wraps while her mother remains in town.
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#35 - Before And After
Trust Me (2009) - Season 1 - Episode 1
When Mason wins a promotion within the advertising agency, he must leave behind his best friend Connor. This forces them to reexamine their relationship as both brotherly friends and colleagues in the fiercely competitive ad agency world.
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#36 - Damage Control
Trust Me (2009) - Season 1 - Episode 7
Conner and Mason both find themselves in situations of financial hardship that convince them they need to search for employment elsewhere; Sarah encounters setbacks that lead to others competing to take over one of her accounts.
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