The Closer: See Beau Bridges Like Never Before!

    * Dec 13, 2009 07:20 PM ET
    * by Adam Bryant

http://www.tvguide.com/News/Closer-Beau-Bridges-1013078.aspx

Beau Bridges, who once played a man who decides to have a sex change in the final moments of the Jane Anderson play Looking for Normal, now gets to portray a character who's already made that decision.

On The Closer (Monday at 9/8c on TNT) the veteran actor plays retired Detective George Andrews, the former partner of Detective Provenza (G.W. Bailey). When an old case of theirs is re-opened, George returns to L.A. to help close the case a second time.

Only now, he's a woman named Georgette.

We watch it too.  And the only part thats a little over the top, was the crying scene.  Otherwise it was handled with dignity and respect.



Blessed Be
Janet

We watched it too. I wish that you all could have seen my wifes face when Georgette came into the scene!!! Priceless!!! She still struggles with the situation and is not at all comfortable with it-but she is learning to be tolerant.

Even though the character walked and talked like a man with very thick eyebrows, we thought it was mostly in good taste. We may not be very popular but people are beginning to talk and learn about us and I for one am happy about it. I was told a long time ago by someone who is very famous-"It doesn't really matter what people say about you. It is the fact that they are talking about you that matters most."

Randi

I sought it out and watched it.. it was good.

Initially, from the way the program started out, I thought OMG, here we go again. They're going to make a laughing stock out of us! However, after Provenza made Georgette cry and then Brenda comforted her, the show developed into a very sincere and somewhat accurate portrayal of what life is like for us to a degree. All in all, I have to say it was well done!

Dawn