No spoilers in this episode recap for "The Closer." Not much else, either.

Accompanying the latest screener for TNT's "The Closer" is a little note from the network, imploring me:

"We respectfully ask that you refrain from mentioning how cliffhangers from September are resolved, including Detective Sanchez's (Raymond Cruz, whose character got ventilated by bad guys) fate and Brenda's (Kyra Sedgwick) response to Fritz's (Jon Tenney) ultimatum about setting a wedding date. Also, please help us keep the January 26 episode a surprise for viewers by not revealing spoilers about new developments on the show."

Uh, OK. So, what happens is, um...

("You! The one who revealed the spoilers for my new episode! Put the laptop down ... slowly ... or I'll shoot! I may just shoot anyway!")

Well, there's a suicide that the medical examiner doesn't think is a suicide, and whattaya know? (I'd like to see a cop show do a story about a suicide that really is a suicide, and I've got it all mapped out: Dead guy, OD'd in his bed, looks pretty clear-cut, but wait! - there's no suicide note and slender remnants of duct tape on his arms and legs. Also, they find Emails in his computer to several acquaintances referring to dire threats they made against him in the days just before the death. So they (I'm thinking "The Mentalist" crew, for whatever reason) investigate and Patrick Jane is really confused because everyone honestly seems innocent and bewildered about the death. And so how do they go about reversing gears and deciding it's just a suicide after all, just the guy's last elaborate little prank on the world, since that goes against everything in their nature?)

I digress.

Anyway, there's blood spatter evidence, but not worked up as prettily with strings and push pins and whatever as on "Dexter," and while they're examining the evidence, the detectives are sampling prospective wedding cakes for Brenda's (maybe) big day because, as Provenza (G.W. Bailey) explains, "If you still like it while you're watching somebody who blew their brains out, this is the cake for your wedding."

Hmm. That's about all I can say, I guess, except that "Trust Me" premieres right after this episode, and that's a pretty good show.

- "The Closer:" 9 p.m. Monday, TNT.