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Major Crimes (Season 4)

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4.01 – A Rose Is a Rose
aired on June 8, 2015
Directed by: David McWhirter | Written by: Duppy Demetrius


With Philip Stroh apparently out of the country, and Sanchez returning from a five month suspension and anger-management training, the team investigates a murder that seems to be linked to a recent series of home invasions. Rusty starts covering the investigation for his journalism class, but he switches to researching the murdered runaway whom the team wasn’t able to identify.
4.02 – Sorry I Missed You
aired on June 15, 2015
Directed by: Sheelin Choksey | Written by: Kendall Sherwood


The team has to look into a carjacking after the speeding driver, pursued by police, makes it to LA, fatally crashing only for the trunk to pop open and the car’s owner, shot to death, falling out onto the road. Rusty visits the accused in jail in his effort to discover Alice’s real name.
4.03 – Open Line
aired on June 22, 2015
Directed by: Rick Wallace | Written by: Ralph Gifford, Carson Moore


The team looks into the brutal beating and murder of a supermodel who was cyber stalked; the LAPD’s servers are soon infected with spyware. Meanwhile, Rusty and Sharon are subpoenaed because of Rusty’s prison visit.
4.04 – Turn Down
aired on June 29, 2015
Directed by: Paul McCrane | Written by: Adam Belanoff


On Buzz’s first night as a reserve officer, on a ridealong with Flynn and Provenza, he insists on treating the death of a wedding guest in a hotel bathtub as suspicious. The team soon finds itself investigating a pre-nuptial homicide. Rusty continues his search for Alice’s true identity, trying to crack her voicemail password.
4.05 – Snitch
aired on July 6, 2015
Directed by: Steve Robin | Written by: Damani Johnson


As the team investigates the latest in a series of gang killings, Sykes tries to protect a young eyewitness by not revealing her existence. Flynn tries to get up the courage to take the next step in his relationship with Sharon. Rusty turns to Dr. Joe for advice on his journalistic pursuit of Alice’s identity.
4.06 – Personal Effects
aired on July 13, 2015
Directed by: Sylvain White | Written by: Michael Alaimo


A bullet-holed skeleton is found off a trail in Mulholland and quickly determined to be the remains of a rapist. Provenza pays Rusty to secretly move his stuff into storage while Provenza’s girlfriend Patrice cleans house.
4.07 – Targets of Opportunity
aired on July 20, 2015
Directed by: Michael M. Robin | Written by: Jim Leonard


The team investigates a case involving two murdered cops and a young man on the run. Rusty takes advantage of the situation to continue his pursuit of Alice’s identity.
4.08 – Hostage to Fortune
aired on July 27, 2015
Directed by: Paul McCrane | Written by: Adam Belanoff


The team investigates a kidnapping with the help of an obnoxious, possibly corrupt FBI agent. Rusty sets up a meeting with Alice’s brother, Gustavo, but at the expense of his relationship with newfound friend T. J. Gus tells Rusty that Alice’s real name was Marianna.
4.09 – Wish You Were Here
aired on August 3, 2015
Directed by: Paul McCrane | Written by: Adam Belanoff


The team investigates when the death of a man goes viral on YouTube. Hobbs tries to make a deal with Marianna’s brother Gus, with the help of Rusty and Flynn.
4.10 – Fifth Dynasty
aired on August 10, 2015
Directed by: Michael M. Robin | Written by: Kendall Sherwood


The team investigates the death of the son of a Superior Court Judge and a possible link to the Aryan Brotherhood. Flynn’s search for Marianna’s sister Paloma turns up something, leaving her brother Gus with a hard decision.
4.11 – Four of a Kind
aired on November 2, 2015
Directed by: Rick Wallace | Written by: Ralph Gifford, Carson Moore


The team investigates the shooting of four rich people, dumped in the back of an SUV and then dropped off at a hospital. Rusty wants his next journalism story to be about Marianna’s accused killer. Flynn is injured while trying to arrest a suspect.
4.12 – Blackout
aired on November 9, 2015
Directed by: David McWhirter | Written by: Damani Johnson


On trial for killing his wife Lisa, Ken Song attempts to withdraw a previous confession. His attorney, Sharon’s ex-husband Jack, explains that he has a video showing Ken at a bar when his wife was murdered. Suspicion then falls on Lisa’s sister Mary Lowe, whom Ken was having an affair with. Information revealed by Mary, however, helps the team discover that the real culprit is Lisa’s mother, who killed her because she would not leave Ken. The team also deduces that Jack deliberately withheld the video so he could profit from a wrongful imprisonment lawsuit that Ken plans to file. However, Ken fires Jack for not releasing the video sooner and preventing him from spending time in jail, as well as naming him as one of the parties he will sue. Meanwhile, Rusty engages in jailhouse interviews with Slider, Marianna’s accused killer, and begins to suspect that Slider’s lawyer is withholding information from him.
Well, don’t give up hope, Jack. Maybe when you learn to do your job as well as we do ours, these things might stop happening to you.
4.13 – Reality Check
aired on November 16, 2015
Directed by: Sheelin Choksey | Written by: Michael Alaimo


The team investigates the suspicious death of a wife participating in a dysfunctional-couple reality-TV show; Flynn convalesces at Sharon’s apartment.
4.14 – Taking the Fall
aired on November 23, 2015
Directed by: Stacey K. Black | Written by: Jim Leonard, Nick Zayas


The team investigates the murder of a stockbroker soon after he was confronted by a driver seemingly consumed with road-rage. Flynn suffers a setback in his convalescence and requires surgery to remove a migrating blood clot.
4.15 – The Jumping Off Point
aired on November 30, 2015
Directed by: Nzingha Stewart | Written by: Leo Geter, Michael Zara


The team investigates the murder of a stockbroker soon after he was confronted by a driver seemingly consumed with road-rage. Flynn suffers a setback in his convalescence and requires surgery to remove a migrating blood clot.
4.16 – Thick as Thieves
aired on December 7, 2015
Directed by: Jon Tenney | Written by: Kendall Sherwood


Flynn returns to work but is limited to desk duty, while the team investigates a fugitive diamond thief’s body found by his bail bondsmen. Marianna’s brother Gus learns of Rusty’s relationship with Slider who goes on trial for her murder.
4.17 – #FindKaylaWeber
aired on December 14, 2015
Directed by: David Harp | Written by: Duppy Demetrius


The daughter of a pro baseball player goes missing, leading to a surprising conclusion. Slider faces sentencing in Marianna’s murder while Rusty has to deal with the fallout of Gus’ discovery of his friendship with Slider.
4.18 – Penalty Phase
aired on December 21, 2015
Directed by: Michael M. Robin | Written by: Adam Belanoff


The squad pursues a man who includes people in a film he is making before he murders them. Rusty must deal with the possibility of his relationship with Marianna’s brother Gus becoming romantic.
4.19 – Hindsight, Part 1
aired on February 15, 2016
Directed by: Michael Robin | Written by: James Duff, Mike Berchem


The squad investigates the fatal shooting of a woman and her young son in gang territory, with the gun linked to high-profile murders years earlier. Sykes begins an uneasy alliance with a disgraced former LAPD detective. They find the gun during a search of the church of reformed cop killer, linked to one of the early murders. Rusty and Gus deal with the return of Rusty’s mom’s ex-boyfriend, who is a suspect in an armed robbery.
4.20 – Hindsight, Part 2
aired on February 22, 2016
Directed by: Stacey K. Black | Written by: Damani Johnson


A recently released prisoner linked to the high profile murders ends up dead after being questioned by the police. Meanwhile Rusty’s mom goes missing.
4.21 – Hindsight, Part 3
aired on February 29, 2016
Directed by: Patrick G. Duffy | Written by: Ralph Gifford, Carson Moore


The husband of the dead mother and son is released on bail to attend the funeral. It appears he lashed out at a rival Latino gang killing a number of them. So the squad has to pull out all stops to prevent a gang war from starting at the funeral. Meanwhile Rusty’s mom is arrested across town for driving in a car flagged as a getaway car.
Buzz Watson: How do people stay married when they don’t get along like this?
Sharon Raydor: I asked myself that for years.
4.22 – Hindsight, Part 4
aired on March 7, 2016
Directed by: Leo Geter | Written by: Michael Alaimo


The brother of the Reverend cop killer is arrested after a shootout at a motel killing the husband that was released on bail. It turns out he is the kingpin in the drug trade out of the church without his brother knowing. But this brother doesn’t believe the cops and is convinced he should talk to his brother with a button camera. The ex-boyfriend of Rusty’s mom is arrested on the information she provides.
What do you think would be worse for me? Getting rid of the person who is threatening you, or finding out too late…
4.23 – Hindsight, Part 5
aired on March 14, 2016
Directed by: Michael Robin | Written by: Duppy Demetrius, Mike Berchem


The squad closes in on the killer leading to a surprising ending. Provenza prepares for his wedding, while Rusty works to prove his biological mother’s innocence.