(EW.com) -- "The Closer" closed out Kyra Sedgwick's involvement in the series on Monday night, installing Mary McDonnell in her place, in a "new" series, "Major Crimes." 

While I have no inside information about how McDonnell was originally cast in "The Closer," I'm led to think, based on the premiere episode that aired after the "Closer" finale, that she was never intended to be the new star of the show. Because the new show is, I believe, an inevitable disappointment for hardcore "Closer" fans. As for those of us who are Mary McDonnell fans? Ambivalence reigns! 

First of all, the exit of Sedgwick's Brenda Leigh Johnson. (This is your SPOILER ALERT.) 

"The Closer" series finale brought closure to Deputy Chief Johnson's career, as she faced off with her long-running arch-nemesis, the serial rapist Philip Stroh (Billy Burke). Then Johnson abruptly accepted a new job (something like chief of bureau of investigations L.A. liason officer in the D.A.'s office -- it sounded like the longest-titled cushy job possible) and lit out, munching a signature bit of junk food. 

Over the years, "The Closer" had become a light-comedy crime show with heavy-handed humor performed not just by Sedgwick but also the supporting cast that has migrated over to "Major Crimes," especially G.W. Bailey, whose slow burns have become endless fuming, and, only by contrast to a lesser extent, Tony Denison, Michael Paul Chan, Raymond Cruz, and Phillip P. Keene. (I've always found it interesting that Denison and Chan are veterans of two, need I say superior, Michael Mann TV shows, Crime Story and Robbery Homicide Division -- indeed, many of Chan's gestures and body language when he enters a crime scene strongly echo his moves in RHD, and I'd bet that's where he picked up those good habits, from Mann's heavily-researched series.)  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What part of the plot needed a spoiler warning?
2. What does the article discuss that could spoil the series for someone who hasn't seen it?
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Q2:
1. What show needed a spoiler alert?
2. For which television program does the article provide a spoiler alert?
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Q3:
1. Was Kyra Sedgwick replaced?
2. Did another character come in the place of the protagonist of The Closer?
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Q4:
1. Who succeeded Kyra Sedgwick on the Closer?
2. Who was Kyra Sedgwick's replacement?
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Q5:
1. Did the Closer keep its original name when Kyra Sedgwick was replaced?
2. Did the Closer opt not to change names when Kyra Sedgwick left the series?
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Q6:
1. What did the Closer change its name to?
2. What new name did the series the Closer adopt?
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Q7:
1. Did the closer air at the beginning or end of the week?
2. Was the Closer on TV at the week's start or finish?
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Q8:
1. Was the arc of Kyra Sedwick's character complete?
2. Was the story regarding Krya Sedwick's character fully realized?
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Q9:
1. Did Kyra Sedgwick's character always face off against the same bad guy?
2. Was there an antagonist to Kyra Sedgwick's character?
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Q10:
1. Who was the antagonist to Kyra Sedgwick's character?
2. What bad guy was Kyra Sedgwick's character always trying to defeat?
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