S1, E1: Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson (series star KYRA SEDGWICK) possesses an offbeat personality, a tough-as-nails approach and a track record as one of the country's leading investigators. The CIA-trained detective heads up the Priority Murder Squad (whose name she later changes to Priority Homicide Division), a special unit of the LAPD that handles sensitive, high-profile murder cases. Brenda was chosen to lead the team because she is a world-class interrogator and an expert at obtaining confessions.