Tuc Watkins to be in “Major Crimes” two-parter

Tuc Watkins will be appearing in the next two episodes of TNT’s Major Crimes.

The show, now in its third season, is the show that evolved from The Closer which ended with the departure of Kyra Sedgwick. Now Mary McDonnell is the lead with essentially the same unit of investigators.

Anyway, there an insidious character named Phillip Stroh (played by Billy Burke) from when the show was The Closer and he resurfaces in Tuc’s episodes.

TV Line reports: When Stroh resurfaces in Season 3’s final two episodes (airing Jan. 12 and 19), the serial rapist/murderer is now acting as his own attorney and as such angles for a new deal. Watkins will play a judge who is acting as a Special Master, helping Stroh review his legal files. If Stroh is able to give up active rapists/other sex offenders to the city, the judge could offer him a deal for life in prison versus the death penalty.