Jere Burns, photo: Paul Zimmerman/Getty Images For Turner.
Angie Tribeca‘s Jere Burns, late of Justified, will guest star on the fifth season of TNT‘s Major Crimes TV show. According to TV Line, Burns will play Eliot Chase, “…a methodical and tightly wound former engineer who lost everything, including his job, wife and house, and now aims to make a bold statement against those who harmed him.” Major Crimes, season five, premieres Monday, June 13, at 10:00pm ET/PT.
The Major Crimes TV series cast includes: Mary McDonnell, G.W. Bailey, Tony Denison, Michael Paul Chan, Raymond Cruz, Phillip P. Keene, Kearran Giovanni, Jonathan Del Arco, Robert Gossett, and Graham Patrick Martin. Dawnn Lewis, Jon Tenney, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Ransford Doherty, Kathe Mazur, Rene Rosado, Ever Caradine, and Bill Brochtrup recur.
TV Line says:
And exactly how does [Eliot Chase] plan to make that “statement”? With a big exclamation point, it sounds, seeing as he’s lugging around a bag full of guns when the MCD squad seeks him out after a deadly tow yard shootout.
Burns’ episode, “Moral Hazard,” is set to air Monday, Aug. 1. (In the same hour, Rusty bumps up against LAPD policy in an attempt to find more evidence related to the murder of Buzz’s father and uncle.)
Here is more on the fifth season of the Major Crimes TV series from TNT:
Television’s favorite squad of detectives will crack some of the most challenging – and gruesome – cases when TNT’s hit drama Major Crimes returns for its fifth season this summer. The series features a stellar ensemble cast headed by two-time Oscar® nominee Mary McDonnell as Captain Sharon Raydor. Also starring are G.W. Bailey as Lieutenant Provenza, Tony Denison as Lieutenant Andy Flynn, Michael Paul Chan as Lieutenant Mike Tao, Raymond Cruz as Detective Julio Sanchez, Phillip P. Keene as tech expert and reserve officer Buzz Watson, Kearran Giovanni as Detective Amy Sykes, Jonathan Del Arco as Dr. Morales and Robert Gossett as Assistant Chief Russell Taylor. In addition, Graham Patrick Martin stars as Rusty Beck, a formerly homeless teen who was adopted by Captain Raydor in the third season. Major Crimes is set to launch its fifth season on Monday, June 13, at 10 p.m. (ET/PT).
Major Crimes, McDonnell stars as Los Angeles Police Captain Sharon Raydor, who heads up a special squad within the LAPD that deals with high-profile or particularly sensitive crimes. Fans will be treated to more mysteries in its fifth season as the squad sets out to solve some of the worst and most challenging homicides in America’s second largest city. Whether it involves hunting for a missing teenage girl who vanished while helping the homeless, hunting down the killer of a potentially dirty cop, following up on an ISIS-related beheading, or putting back together a body burnt to cinders in a grilling pit at Kenneth Hahn Park grilling pit, the investigators attempt to return balance to the scales of justice.
Also this season on Major Crimes, Sharon strives to push her adopted son, Rusty, through college while figuring out where she wants to go in her ongoing romance with Andy Flynn. Julio Sanchez decides to try to adopt a child by himself. Provenza develops some sensitivities related to his new marriage to Patrice (recurring guest star Dawnn Lewis). Buzz Watson picks up where the LAPD left off on their murder investigation of his father and uncle 30 years ago. Mike Tao wins an award for his work as a Hollywood consultant. And Amy Sykes confronts whether she wants to have children or stay focused on her career.
In addition to the main cast, Major Crimes features recurring appearances by Jon Tenney as Deputy Chief of the Special Operations Bureau Fritz Howard, Malcolm-Jamal Warner as Lt. Chuck Cooper, Ransford Doherty as Coroner’s Investigator Kendall, Kathe Mazur as DDA Andrea Hobbs, Rene Rosado as Gus Wallace, Ever Caradine as Sharon Beck and Bill Brochtrup as Rusty’s therapist, Dr. Joe Bowman.
In its fourth season, Major Crimes reached an average of 10.3 million viewers per episode across TNT’s linear, mobile and digital platforms. The series consistently ranks among basic cable’s Top 10 dramas.
What do you think? Are you a fan of the Major Crimes TV show? Do you plan to watch the fifth season when it premieres on TNT?
