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Last night’s episode of Major Crimes brought with it some resolutions in the ongoing winter story arc, and the best ratings thus far of the winter season.

The penultimate episode of season four brought in 3.5 million total viewers, setting a new winter high. The almost 20% increase over last weeks ratings helped the episode win the night as the most watched scripted cable series of the night for the fourth consecutive week. In key demos the episode saw even greater gains, growing 25% over the prior week to 0.5 million viewers 18-49.

Last weeks episode continued to perform strongly throughout the week, coming in as the second most watched cable series of the week, behind only The Walking Dead. Major Crimes also greatly outperformed fellow TNT series Rizzoli and Isles by more than 500k viewers.

In time-delayed ratings, episode 402 of the winter arc continued to hold its own, adding over 1.5 million viewers in Live + 3 day viewership for a total of 4.7 million viewers. Strong gains were also seen in the key demos, where the episode gained 60% to 0.8 million viewers 18-49 years old.