The Closer - Daemon's TV: Exclusive Corey Reynolds Interview

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THE CLOSER - DAEMON'S TV: Corey Reynolds Talks About Sgt. Gabriel’s Morality, The Closer Spinoff & Being Awesome

July 11, 2011
by Eric


THE CLOSER, my all time favorite crime drama is back for a seventh and final season which makes this a bitter sweet reunion.

As a consolation prize, Daemon’s TV was extremely fortunate to have a chat with series star Corey Reynolds who plays Sgt. David Gabriel, the young moral detective who also happens to be Deputy Police Chief Brenda Johnson’s right-hand man. Corey shared a lot about this upcoming season, the morality of his character and which episode resonated with him the most.

Check out our chat below and don’t forget to tune in to watch the The Closer premiere “Unknown Trouble” which airs tonight Monday July 11 at at 9 p.m. (ET/PT) on TNT...



... Q: What can we expect from this seventh and final season, and more specifically, from your character?

Corey Reynolds: "Well, this season’s theme is love and loss which is apropos. We see a few different things from my character. One of the through lines for the season is a case regarding a gang-banger from last year named Terrell Baylor who as part of the decision that led to us releasing him led to his death. That’s something that’s carrying over. We’re all being investigated because of it. That’s one thing that’s going to carry through the entire season, and the whole squad is involved, but my character, Raymond Cruz’s character, Sanchez, and Brenda were the three officers that were in the car. It kind of divides us because I think there was some discrepancy within the characters as to how we should’ve handled that situation."

Q: I do remember that episode. I was puzzled about that scene as well.

Corey Reynolds: "Yeah, and that’s actually coming back this season in a big way. It creates quite a challenge for the squad to continue to function as a group the way that we have as we are all in the midst of some chaos caused by Chief Johnson at least according Terrell Baylor’s lawyer.

So, we’re all kind of looking at her tactics in different ways. My character has learned a lot from her in the sense that I think in the beginning he was very black and white as far as his take on things. What she introduced to him was the lovely land of grey. Unfortunately in this instance it comes back and creates some problems for us and that’s going to be a major storyline through the run of the season..."