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It's been established that not everyone will survive to the end of the series. Sanchez is the show's go-to punching bag and it would be excessive to kill him off, Flynn survived a stabbing in season 6, Provenza and Tao are in the dangerous situations slightly less often. This season will shake up the entire chain of command (even more after [[spoiler: Chief Delk had a stroke]]), and Gabriel has been built up as Brenda's successor-- yet it's [[spoiler: Captain Raydor]] who's getting a spin-off.
* [[spoiler:Given that he might possibly have leaked something about the Baylor case he might just be fired. Or RedemptionEqualsDeath]]
* [[spoiler:He's not returning in the spin-off. Shit, this is going to get ugly.]]

* Too frickin' loyal: Gabriel's devoted to his chief [[spoiler:though the betrayal of her "favorite" would provide maximum angst, he's not returning in the spin-off, and the above WMG presents a likely case]], and Sanchez has his whole "street justice, no ratting" code. Fritz goes without saying, not to mention Pope. Even if Raydor was willing to sell out Brenda, she's too devoted to her job--on top of which, she's discussed the leak in private with Goldman, which would be pointless if she ''were'' the leak.
** [[spoiler:May seem like a "easy way out", but Gabriel has been sharing how much exactly with his lawyer girlfriend?]]
** [[spoiler:Easy way out, yes . . . but this is it. Note that this still causes ''significant'' angst.]]

* Alternatively: Brenda gets to be [[spoiler:Assistant Chief. Might just be an editing choice, but Taylor is still credited as "Commander" on Website/TheOtherWiki.]]
DownerEnding: Brenda quits. No ideas for more than [[spoiler:the fact that her father is probably dying]] and it all going downward from there.

* Oh dear. It now seems her father [[spoiler: was a RedHerring--her ''mother'' is now dead.]]

* Alternatively: Brenda gets to be [[spoiler:Assistant Chief. Might just be an editing choice, but Taylor is still credited as "Commander" on Wiki/TheOtherWiki.]]

* J.K. Simmons is not (yet?) listed as part of MajorCrimes

* Alternatively: Brenda gets to be [[spoiler:Assistant Chief. Might just be an editing choice, but Taylor is still credited as "Commander" on TheOtherWiki.]]

Assuming no breakup or separation this means Brenda will be in the area, maybe just as TheGhost aside from season finales or something like it.

DownerEnding: Brenda quits. No ideas for more than [[spoiler:the fact hat her Father is probably dying]] and it all going downward from there.
May be done to hype the "What after this?!" for the spinoff.

* In short, there's really no way this Mole arc is going to end well . . .

* Too frickin' loyal: Gabriel's devoted to his chief, and Sanchez has his whole "street justice, no ratting" code. Fritz goes without saying, not to mention Pope. Even if Raydor was willing to sell out Brenda, she's too devoted to her job--on top of which, she's discussed the leak in private with Goldman, which would be pointless if she ''were'' the leak.

* In short, there's really no way this Mole arch is going to end well . . .

It's hard to believe that any of our lovely main characters could leak information to the enemy. [[MoleHunt Let's start guessing]] who's gonna get [[CharacterDerailment derailed!]] All the reasons why we ''don't'' think each person could do it . . .

[[WMG: Shall we open the guessing on the [[Mole source of the leak?]]]]
It's hard to believe that any of our lovely main characters could leak information to the enemy. Let's start guessing who's gonna get [[CharacterDerailment derailed!]] All the reasons why we ''don't'' think each person could do it . . .

* [[spoiler:Given that he might possibly have leaked something about the Baylor case he might just be fired. Or RedemptionEqualsDeath]]