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It is a sad event when a television series ends despite the flaws to some viewers who want to be producers, too. Get your own series is the call out to the critics, if you do not like what you see, get your own to find how difficult it can be to please everyone. Major Crimes came to a close with plenty of action, drama and a satisfactory ending. Lieutenant Provenza and Rusty Beck got their man Stroh in a one-sided shootout, Phillip was not given the opportunity to shoot the lieutenant because Mr. Beck entered and shot Stroh five times, dead at the scene.

Miserable little Dylan got what he deserved when Lt. Tao shot him through the door of the house he was working; it was as pleasurable to see Tao shoot Dylan as Rusty shoot Stroh.

Clues leading to the showdown were purchases Stroh had made in bulk which were not for someone flying out of the country, i.e. cases of food and some liquor. Plan A for Stroh was indeed the charter plane he had pre-paid, but his plans changed when LAPD gathered at the airport for his arrival to board. Instead, Stroh had his alternative transportation on the yacht Ms. Bechtel, but Provenza had seen the picture in the home of slain Tammy Bechtel and sought a look around after he had viewed Tammy's body on the floor of her home. Stroh was to kill no more when all was over and done due to Rusty intervening on Provenza's behalf.

I could have done without the epilogue speech but the camera shot to the roses on the empty desk of the late Commander wrapped it up for me; buy the premise buy the program, that simple. Thank you creator, producers and writers for making this series enjoyable to watch; and to the actors, I thank you for a professional job well done.

This has been a really enjoyable series. Being a big fan of the show, it makes me sad to see the ending episodes filled with such ridiculousness. Detective Provenza going Dirty Harry with his repeated assertions of how Stroh was not going to be taken alive was bad enough but then to have Rusty spring up out of nowhere to shoot Stroh five times took any feel of the scene being anything like a real life situation off the table. Maybe I missed something but how did Provenza explain why he shot Stroh with Rusty's gun and why he had to shoot him five times? For a show that seemed to love detail this was a bit disappointing.

They just had to have one more episode with plain clothes (and old) detectives being backed up by SWAT. And then one of the oldest detectives goes after the bad guy completely alone. Who writes this stuff. SWAT handles barricades suspects. The writing on this show had deteriorated to nearly farcical by 5th season. But they managed to take what could have been a good story. They had a good pair of bad guys. But they had to keep the regulars up front. I'm guessing there are swat guys all over the country rolling their eyes (at least). Watching this stuff. I can only hope that this idea of calling suspects "threat-actors is some Hollywood wet-dream. And not reality. They tried, they had a good story idea but it was maddening to watch. All of that was bad enough. But the very ending where they had all the regulars in one room and contrived a way to show each face on camera while their names mentioned. They hit a new low for cheesy series-ending stories. Thank God they've opened up a spot on the schedule. I hope they come with something more realistic and less PC. The original show was great. And the first couple of seasons were ok. If you haven't seen this episode yet. If you like realism, don't waste your time here.