This summer marks the end for two noteworthy female TV characters: "They are two of the most brilliant, powerful and wonderfully flawed women to emerge from television's rich drama field. Indeed, looking over the 60-plus years of prime-time history, it would be difficult to think of two more fascinating female characters than
Glenn Close's Patty Hewes and
Kyra Sedgwick's Brenda Leigh Johnson. And now we must say goodbye to both ...