As a Moments subpage, all spoilers are unmarked as per policy. You Have Been Warned.
- The mid-surgery confrontation with the Anti-Villain doctor in "Heart Attack." In just one scene, he establishes himself as an underrated Evil Genius by casually shooting down all of Brenda and co.'s attempts to arrest him before he's finished, and Shut Up, Kirk!-ing them whenever they try to Kirk Summation him for his Vigilante Man actions. In the end, he surrenders with a sense of satisfaction, and the cops are forced to let his stolen organs be used exactly how he intended (i.e., to save innocent lives at the expense of Asshole Victim lives).
- In "The Big Picture", Brenda is told that the man responsible for the murder of two young women is a mob informant for the FBI and thus protected. In an interrogation, Brenda lets it known to the guy and his mob lawyer they know his connection. Realizing what will happen if his bosses find out, the guy tries to confess...only for his lawyer to give him an "air-tight alibi" that Brenda says is too convincing so they can't hold him. The lawyer drags the guy out as he practically begs Brenda to throw him in jail.Pope: He'll be dead in three hours.Taylor: He'll be buried in three hours. He'll be dead when he leaves the building.
- And when Pope asks Brenda if it was worth it, she just shows the picture of one of the victims as answer.
- At the climax of "Good Housekeeping", a young man who murdered a little girl flees to Mexico and is arrested there. Brenda heads there, giving the guy chance after chance to confess to the killing, but he refuses. She finally says that they will waive extradition from Mexico if he will just tell her what happened, so she can have some sort of closure. He does, figuring it won't matter since they can't bring him back to America to face prosecution. Sighing, Brenda then shows him the girl's birth certificate — she was born in Mexico, making her a Mexican citizen, so the Federales have first crack at him. In other words, the guy is about to go to a Mexican prison as a known child molester of a Mexican girl, which is a death sentence (if he's very lucky). Then she throws in an Ironic Echo:Brenda: It's too late, Austin. We already agreed to everything.
- The climax of "Manhunt" finds Brenda alone with the killer. After being hit repeatedly by a cattle prod, she still manages to shoot him—repeatedly. Then she grabs her recorder and tries to get a confession from the dying man. The bad guy grabs his prod again, and she ends up shooting him again — but still feels like she's failed for not "closing" the case. Wow.
- The way the entire squad rallies in "Til Death Do Us, Part 2" after a witness that they'd been looking for turns up unexpectedly to confirm the suspect's alibi.
- Johnson/Daniels and Flynn/Provenza independently discover a house ("owned" by Dr. Shafer's practice) full of marijuana plants, allowing them to re-arrest Dr. Shafer and his friend/alibi on drug charges. This both buys them time and provides a motive. note
- The Shafers deserve a mention for coming up with a plan that almost worked: Make the death look like a suicide, and create a rock-solid alibi almost down to the last detail for Jonathan if anyone suspected him. If Tao and Buzz hadn't noticed a reflection of his "ex-"girlfriend in the video...
- "Or maybe it's just like Beverly said; Mommy was driving Daddy's car."
- DDA Garnett immediately shooting down Kristin Shafer's attempt to claim Spousal Privilege.
- Leading to the climactic scene in court, where Kristin testifies and Jonathan's lawyer asks for an hour recess to consider their options:Judge: "Take two hours, Counselor."
- Gabriel's toast to Brenda during their celebration."For keeping the team together, under some pretty heavy pressure; for trusting her instincts — about us too, by the way — and for how she always finds a way to get her man, I say Hail to the Chief."Everyone: "The Chief!"
- In "Death Warrant" we see just why Cpt. Raydor was appointed as Brenda's successor as, shotgun in hand, she confronts a fleeing perp. These (very glorious) events follow:Raydor: I got him![the guy stops and turns around]Perp: What are you gonna do, lady? Shoot me?[Sharon nails him in the head with a beanbag round]Tao: HOLY CRAP! You got him right between the eyes!Raydor: Lucky shot. The recoil on these beanbag guns is awful.[Tao, Sanchez, and Gabriel stare at her with amazement as she saunters away]
- Buzz, of all people, gets a passing one in "Fresh Pursuit". Yeah, Buzz, almost-never-seen-outside-of-the-viewing-room-Buzz. Unlike the multiple cops that searched the suspect, Buzz notices the gun that perp in the interview room pulls out... and is about to use it to kill Brenda. Without Buzz's quick warning, the guy may well have killed her instead of himself. Very subtle, very awesome.
- From the finale: "Don't struggle. Let your body go slack."
- Followed by Brenda letting Stroh know in no uncertain terms that she could kill him then and there and probably not be punished for it.
