was justified. At the end of the series, with Stroh dead, Provenza gains full command of Major Crimes though he remains a Lieutenant. Provenza arranges for Buzz to attend the police academy to become an actual detective while Julio takes his promotion and transfer. In the final scene of the series, Provenza gives a speech assuring everyone that together, they will continue bringing down the bad guys and making Major Crimes great for years to come. Provenza suggests that with the team he has he could go on solving crimes forever. Personality Unlike most of the squad, Provenza is usually only referred to by his last name or rank of Lieutenant to the point that even his grandchildren call him Lieutenant. When Rusty Beck learns that his first name is Louie, Provenza tells him that "unless you outrank me or I divorced you, my name is Lieutenant." On another occasion, while discussing the possibility of him taking over Major Crimes if Sharon Raydor is promoted to Assistant Chief, Provenza admits that everyone calling him "Captain" rather than "Lieutenant" would be like changing his name. An old-school detective, Provenza disagrees with many of Johnson's decisions, but nevertheless harbors a grudging respect for her abilities as a detective and gradually becomes one of her most loyal supporters; he is instrumental in rallying the squad when she is in trouble with the ethics board. He has recently been left in her debt due to a foul-up he had with Flynn, and she forces him to pay off the squad for helping keep him and Flynn out of the fire. At first resenting Captain Raydor as the MCD's new commanding officer, Provenza comes to respect Raydor as an intelligent and shrewd investigator and Lt. Provenza himself earns Capt. Raydor's respect as she notices how he inspires the unit by his example in his dogged determination to catch the violent criminals that the MCD is pursuing. Provenza has been divorced five times and is shown to be bitter about it, frequently mentioning his ex-wives in a less-than-stellar way. His failed marriages are a running joke with Andy Flynn commenting at Provenza's sixth wedding that "marriage is a beautiful thing. That's why Provenza does it so much." At one point, Provenza's first wife Liz tells Flynn that Provenza's exes hold meetings once a month and she invites Flynn to come as they consider him the fifth