He could have killed Sykes. Russell Thomas "Rusty" Beck The casewas interesting enough, but it kind of disturbed me that nobody brought up the possibility that Mary was suffering from dementia. During Season 5 of Major Crimes, he requested the murder file of his father and uncle from Lt. Provenza, and has started investigating the crime with Rusty Beck as a part of his blog Identity: The Long Shadow. Flynn gives Rusty advice on how to deal with his mother and Rusty trusts him enough to ask about his experience as a recovering alcoholic Flynn is very open in his answer. When Rusty watches Andy claim to his daughter, Nicole, that he and Raydor are not romantic, Rusty explains that the couple are in fact in a relationship but have not yet admitted the fact. Calling Mary's mother Alice, Rusty identifies himself as an assistant to the DA on the Stroh investigation and learns that Gwendolyn Stroh paid off Elizabeth to stop searching for Mary. Flynn assures Rusty the he would never separate Rusty from Raydor. TV Talk - Major Crimes (The Closer Spinoff) -- Series Discussion Thread -- (TNT) - Originally Posted by Tom Creo Major Crime is decent but The Closer was magic. That is: Last two seasons, season 5 & 6 were horrible, I loved the show because they used to have different story/ different crimes every episode. He whines about everything and doesn't respect anyone, even those trying to help him. In Conspiracy Theory, Part 4, Raydor's cardiac condition worsens and she faces a possible heart transplant. "The Closer" had the insuperable advantage of being centred on an unforgettable character played brilliantly. . Alive Julio: Sir, I want to remind you - Provenza: Julio, if you remind me about your court appearance one more time, I'm going to arrest you instead of the suspect. His debut young adult novel, Reinventing Hannah, is available on Amazon. Graham Patrick Martin I wonder if there will be a third incarnation of the franchise. Raydor was later formally confirmed as his foster mother. Rusty's identification with Lina and Dr. Joe's help in connecting the dots that tie them together helps him move forward.So, now that Rusty has officially come out, what's next for him, besides trying to figure out who the Village People are?Duff:[Laughs] Well, there was some fairly heavy cruising going on in the break room between [Rusty] and one of the suspects! In By Any Means, Part 4, Rusty continues to look into Stroh's actions and to think like him in an attempt to bring Stroh down for good. The church was there for her. On Major . With the growing threat of Stroh, Rusty is provided by Buzz with a video Raydor recorded just for him before her death in which she tells Rusty to not investigate on his own and to allow others to help him. Buzz tells Rusty that he feels that he has not cast off the long shadow over his life but instead projected it onto the kids of Bill Jones, the shooter in his father and uncle's murders. Notability A season of only 10 episodes proves a rousing follow-up for The Closer. Rusty is shown to struggle with hitting the target as he is firing too fast for an inexperienced shooter. According to Raydor, Rusty's work is professional-grade and she is clearly proud of his efforts. CliqueClack. Rusty claims not to be looking for a relationship with TJ, who is gay but so closeted that he hasn't come out to his family with whom he lives and works. He eventually agreed to testify against Stroh in exchange for the detectives' help in locating his mother, Sharon Beck. I mean she goes to Mass a lot, but I don't go to church, do you?Ricky: I'm an Easter Catholic. This is a big episode. Buzz later tells Rusty and Gus that the two men have taken deals for life in prison. I wish it was as easy for someone with Sharon's strength to take a kid like Rusty off the street and give him a place to call home, because, seriously, I'd consider it. He puts up with restrictions after confirming that he will stay with Raydor. Provenza's been dreading this conversation and announcement, and he's glad it's over too.Any final thoughts on this episode? Similarly, members of Major Crimes and Gus say "your mom" when referring to Sharon Raydor and specify "your biological mother" when they mean Sharon Beck. Raydor tells him that if his past as a prostitute comes up, he could plead the fifth. The new Julio Sanchez kicked the crap out of the guy who hurt his partner, and nobody batted an eyelid. Now you will get out in plenty of time to putt-putt your way through the window. Rusty is the most annoying . Rusty agrees and the two began the process of the adoption. In The Last Word, Rusty came to the attention of the LAPD's Major Crimes Division after witnessing Phillip Stroh disposing of a victim's body in Griffith Park. Rusty's interest in Stroh's possible murders has led Rusty to create his own murder board on the wall of his room in an effort to figure out Stroh's motives for returning and killing the people. I don't want to be your ward. Rusty asks Flynn if he will be in the way. Before he departs, Julio tells Rusty to continue seeing Dr. Joe as Rusty will need it. 1. So all Andy has to do is prove that he was too emotionally immature to get married to his first wife and they'll grant the annulment.Rusty: Except for that Mom wants Andy to come up with this idea himself. annoying reunion. Sharon was such a horrible replacement for Brenda, but keeping wimpy Rusty around for seasons beyond when that soap-opera story line should have ended makes her unbearable. Though Rusty and Gus live together during this time, Gus sleeps on the couch and Rusty maintains a distance from him. She made him choose between his idea of himself and her idea of himself, and he chose his idea of himself. She also has a big, bendy Southern accent that is not . Their relationship outside of the investigation quickly crumbles and they go their separate ways. I was eight years old at the time, and I was cast in my first musical The King and I. I did three musicals every summer at French Woods, until I was fifteen. The spin off stinks. Are you as happy as I am that we've managed to avoid any Gus/Rusty scenes for so long? Provenza: She was killed with her old badge?Julio: She kept it up on this cadenza.Provenza: Kendall, time of death? Major Crimes on the other hand have stooped to the level of completely unbelievable story lines and scenarios due to what would seem just pure laziness from the writing team. Based on her own experiences, she tells Rusty to see Stroh as a person, not a monster, so as to deny Stroh an advantage over him. Rusty expresses to Gus a worry that Stroh will be arrested, fearing that if Stroh goes to trial, Rusty will have to testify and his past will be exposed. My wife and I have watched every episode of the Closer at least 6 times now in succession and still love the way the writers and actors deliver an engaging story while having some genuine comic relief in serious and believable plot lines. This article about an American television actor born in the 1990s is a stub. Bailey. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. She agrees on the stipulation that she train Rusty properly to use a gun. Although Gus presumes that Rusty will ask him to leave, Rusty asks Gus to spend the night and takes his hand, appearing to resume his relationship with Gus once more. In Down the Drain, she officially adopts Rusty. It was such a huge decision for Rusty to decide against his biological father and choose Sharon, but it worked better than I imagined. On his final Identity, Rusty states that helping Buzz has caused him to realize he is an advocate, not a journalist which causes Rusty to switch from journalism to law school. When asked, in a TNT Newsroom interview, to describe himself, he responded: "I'm a New Yorker from New Orleans who lives in Los Angeles. Ricky had taken care of everything without getting his mom's permission, so the only real roadblock left was Andy needing to annul his first marriage too. [Rusty's] worry is dramatized by this girl who held on to her secret too long. Bailey Tony Denison In one of his earliest interactions with Sharon Raydor, Rusty told her that she is not his mother and can't order him around. She explains that Lewis's parents are good people who are willing to adopt the child. 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I'm not too taken with the material witness kid yet but maybe he'll get a little less annoying. "There's a major turn in his story as we kick it up a notch in terms of what this boy must suffer. Julio, if you remind me about your court appearance one more time, I'm going to arrest you That sign's been up for a couple months. I guess it wasn't very relevant given the murder and its eventual solution, but it sounded to me like Mary was suffering from Alzheimer's or some other type of dementia, and that never occurred to anybody who was involved with her. This was not said sarcastically but ruefully for she has just been cheated out of a promotion - so no, life in the workplace is not always fair. Status He later authored the web-series Identity and started working for the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. I know this is an old post, but I have just started watching major crimes after finishing the closer and I just want to say, Rusty is the absolute worst character, borderline ruining the show for me. Major Crimes fans may be heartbroken about the show's cancellation, but. The ratings for Major Crimes on TNT have been slipping. About Us | Copyright Inquiry | Privacy Policy | Contact Us, 15 Shows That Keep Getting Snubbed, Watch Major Crimes Season 5 Episode 18 Online. I mean, I can only speak for myself. Fortunately, Rusty's adoptive mom, LAPD Major Crimes commander Sharon Raydor (Mary McDonnell, above, with Phillip P. Keane), and her entire unit have his back. The church was there for Why am I your ward? Get rid of him!!!!!! Distraught, Rusty calls Gus who arrives at the hospital moments before Rusty and Andy are told that Sharon Raydor has died. You can live in secrecy, but you never really know who you are, and people are damaged by that. Major Crimes is an excellent show with memorable characters. During the meeting with Chief Mason, Provenza and Camila Paige, Rusty and Gus sit together with obvious tension. Given Gustavo's knowledge of Alice, its possible he's the break Rusty's looking for, but he's determined to find out more about the man before he sets up a meeting with him to be safe. Slider is given the death penalty and is enraged by Rusty's testimony because he believed Rusty to be his one friend. As Sedgwick left the LAPD, McDonnell was poised to take over. Meanwhile, the Major Crimes Unit investigated the murder of a former cop who nobody really seemed to like. There are blood smears all over the house, and the numbers 4610 are written in blood on the door. Since then he's created one of the most complex, fleshed-out,. 7/18 update: TNT has renewed Major Crimes for a fourth season. Kyra Sedgwick is a great actress. When he passed Raydor in the hall, and saw the stack of letters in her hands, he knew what it was about. What helped me get over my reluctance to admit that I was gay was a crush. To Rusty's relief, Gus decides not to break up with him, saying that it sucks they have to deal with all of this stuff but he's willing to do it. This evening I stumbled on a Christmas episode about a Santa killed in a bank robbery, and I gave it around 20 minutes in hopes. "Whatever happens next, know I love you," Raydor told him. In the end, Rusty claims he will not apologize to his father and Raydor prays that she will refrain from killing Dunn. Tao notices that the victim's head is only partially cut off . It's still one of the cable channel's highest-rated dramas but the numbers have been coming down. I'm still not a huge fan of Mary MCDonnell but she's alright. In Cleared History, Rusty reveals that Gus broke up with him after Rusty refused to move in with him even when Gus offered to pay for everything. As Andy Flynn's relationship with Raydor increases, Rusty's relationship with Flynn changes. Following the conclusion of his Alice story, Rusty does a story on the background of her killer, Slider. Name We don't feel the Rusty character adds anything to the show, on the contrary we are bothered every time he shows up. In Heart Failure, Rusty begins working as an intern for the DA's office as part of his law school aspirations. "When that doesn't [turn out well], something snaps.". Provenza: You think you've won but you're in it up to your neck, now.Julio: Don't listen to him. This week we not only had to suffer through his presence, but his imprint was all over the case of the week. Not once have I doubted the journey of Provenza and Sykes. I don't want to be your ward. I think that generally how it starts. It was her support system when we were growing up. But, if I had to endure one more scene with that character, Rusty Beck, I'd seriously consider picking up the mantle from Philip Stroh. Thanks to Rusty's discovery the detectives are able to determine that Stroh's current victims were all people that were being paid off by Gwendolyn until her stepson took over her accounts and stopped all of her payments, including to Stroh. Zap2It's Billy Miles found the closing scene " heartbreaking, if frustratingly short ." We've seen, in extremely short order, Provenza go from being angry, to annoyed with Sykes, to taking on a kidding sort of relationship with her to being the first one to go to the hospital when she was injured. Read at your own risk.] In By Any Means, Part 1, the grief-stricken Rusty continues to deal with the loss. Weigh in below, and don't forget you can alwayswatch Major Crimes onlineif you missed anything. Woman: The thing about Mary was that she was tough. Rusty comes out as gay to Raydor, expecting rejection (comparing himself to the pedophiles in the case, because they went after boys) but instead gains full acceptance from her. That's why Dr. Joe is able to use it because it's something we all do, whether we're conscious of it or not. However, Judge Grove dodges the question rather than confirm or deny it. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Slider is put on trial for Mariana's murder with Justine Pittman, Mariana's brother Gus and Andy Flynn testifying against him. He found out that Mary had been stealing their money while secretly getting a pension. Jack Ori is a senior staff writer for TV Fanatic. I don't want to chase a show for 6 weeks. Martin, his two brothers and sister attended a performing arts summer camp called French Woods, where: .mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 40px}.mw-parser-output .templatequote .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;padding-left:1.6em;margin-top:0}, I went for the water sports and horseback riding, but I somehow ended up auditioning for my first play while I was there. After Gus pleads that Rusty let Stroh's return accomplish something good, Rusty seriously considers Gus's request. The finale also features an Andrew Cunanan-like killer, a sicko named Brandon North, "who comes to Los Angeles to audition for a male-model reality show called Poster Boy," says Duff. Watch past episodes here. Is this what botox does to your face or is she just a rotten actress? It's simply a very functional police drama. Gus is his boyfriend, not just his friend. Sharon Raydor (Mary McDonnell). Great in-depth and intriguing story lines. After Rusty interviews Alice's killer, Greg "Slider" Rasenick, in Sorry I Missed You, he nearly ends up part of her trial due to Slider claiming that Raydor sent Rusty to circumvent the justice system, but Judge Grove decided that Rusty was simply acting as a journalist and dismissed the subpoena. Sykes gives the detectives the rundown of the crime scene. Without Rusty the series would undoubtedly be far better. Major Crimesairs Mondays at 9/8c on TNT. After she accepts, Rusty shares the news with his siblings and works with Ricky through Bad Blood to find a way to get Andy an annulment from his first marriage so that the two can marry within the Catholic Church. Also - and this is essential - the stories and their solutions are of the highest quality. In White Lies, Part 3, in order to help Buzz identify the correct Bill Jones, Rusty goes undercover to get the suspect's fingerprints. A week after Mariana's burial, Rusty visits her grave and reflects on her life. Regardless, Taylor gives her 24 hours to get the point across or else he'll go through with it. At times, the differing approaches to the case as a journalist and police officer bring them into conflict. I just find it inferior. As Stroh appears to surrender to Provenza, Rusty arrives and shoots Stroh five times, killing him to Provenza's shock. Rusty's focus on his. This spin-off is getting off to a great start. With Tammy Bechtal not answering her phone, Rusty convinces Provenza to check the situation out. She had begun shoplifting tiny little items (so petty the cops didn't feel right arresting her and made her return the items), she was taking her neighbors' mail in but not giving it to them, and she had to surrender her driver's license because of erratic driving habits related to her age. The group from The Closer is maintained. Ricky: Okay. Rusty is then reassured that he has a family in the team even if they are not biologically related to him and not all of them are extremely fond of him. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. By joining TV Guide, you agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy. Say what you will about her, the woman knows the rules. She gives a master class in how to play drama quietly and still grip. The last episode I watched was pretty much the last straw for me. About Us | Copyright Inquiry | Privacy Policy | Contact Us, Major Crimes Review: The Victim No One Liked. Major Crimes is a very good crime drama indeed. Rusty did research on his dad, the brother of a cocaine dealer, and discovered he's a mortgage broker. In season 3's Do Not Disturb, Rusty comes out to the Major Crimes Division who express obviously fake surprise at the news and fully support him. The last time I saw him, he was extremely annoying. The last season is more binge-worthy as it consists of three multi-episode stories. As a result, he has started to wear a suit and tie and acts as Hobbs' assistant, calling Raydor "a badass" after she tricks a suspect into hitting her so they can get an arrest. She had already said she would miss him if he did, and only wanted him to know his father because he needed to know family, but it's good to see he already feels such a connection with Sharon. Traditionally, quite a lot of humor. As Major Crimes' Rusty Beck learned on Monday's episode, keeping secrets can actually just lead to more pain.The episode, which was told mostly from Rusty's point of view during a therapy. In season 3, Sharon Raydor decides to officially adopt him. To continue on with Taylor's vanity case, let's just get right to the good stuff. Why is the church so important to Mom anyway? Follow her on Twitter and email her here at TV Fanatic. Lewis decides to represent himself in court. Rusty meets her brother Gustavo "Gus" Wallace who ends up being the key to identifying Alice. It was a big deal for Rusty to express his love for Gus because Rusty has been abused and neglected so much as a child and a teenager. Rusty and Sharon discuss the upcoming birth of his new sister.SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/SubscribeTNTWATCH MORE: http://bit.ly/TNTMajorCrimesAbout Major Crimes. Stroh later attacks Rusty while Rusty was staying with Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson, leading to his status as a protected witness. He is best known for his recurring role as Eldridge on Two and a Half Men (2010-12) and former teen hustler Rusty Beck on the series finale of The Closer and in its spinoff series, Major Crimes (2012-2018). Raydor's teenage ward. Here's hoping it will last as long. In Conspiracy Theory, Part 1, Conspiracy Theory, Part 2 and Conspiracy Theory, Part 3, Rusty is left to deal with his breakup with Gus following the revelation that Gus cheated on him with Aiden. I wanted to be sure we did it properly. Having fully accepted Andy's role in Raydor's life, Rusty enlists Gus' help to turn her condo into a recreation of Andy and Raydor's first date in lieu of the extravagant plans Andy initially had, believing that it would be something Raydor would enjoy more. Will we see more of him regularly or are you going to just check in on that relationship?Duff:You're going to see how it goes over time. But we just can't stand the Rusty character. She takes an interest in street kid Rusty Beck who witnessed a crime committed by serial killer Phillip Stroh. In fact, Special Agent Jerry Shay was one of the most obnoxious, arrogant and annoying characters I've ever seen on a television series. I like the Raydor character and McDonnell's deadpan delivery style which often results in pithy and/or humorous observations. Sharon Beck (Mother)Daniel Dunn (Father)Unborn half-sisterSharon Raydor (Adoptive Mother, deceased)Andy Flynn (Adoptive Step-Father)Richard William "Ricky" Raydor (Adoptive Brother)Emily Raydor (Adoptive Sister) Mary McDonnell is solid as a replacement. Go back to solving crimes instead of the mushy drama. He chose to make the case a major crime strictly because his son attended the high school of the victim. I would give it 8 or 9 if one vital change were made. The other influence was Leonardo DiCaprio. In By Any Means, Part 3, Rusty continues to be disturbed by the parallels between himself and Stroh. Rusty decides that he wants to become "more proficient" at protecting himself in case Stroh comes after him, but she is called away before Rusty can explain his meaning. My hope is that the viewers feel the same, because I'm starting to feel a little nutty! Sedgwick: she is stammery, addicted to sugar, socially annoying and above all reflexively but insincerely polite and kind. I particularly like that every character is now up front and am thoroughly enjoying the interplay among the characters. Although Gus shows up for the wedding, Rusty only appears to spare him a brief glance. Rusty, Flynn, and Provenza continually begged her to stop and rest.