Scoop: Major Crimes Recruits Malcolm-Jamal Warner to Protect [Spoiler]

But can he play chess?

As TNT’s Major Crimes winds down its second season this winter, Malcolm-Jamal Warner will guest-star in a two-episode arc, TVLine has learned.

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Appearing in the Dec. 30 and Jan. 6 episodes, the onetime Cosby kid will play Lt. Chuck Cooper, a SIS (Special Investigation Section) supervisor brought in to help protect Raydor’s ward Rusty from his stalker, at all costs.

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Warner’s recent TV credits include a visit to Key & Peele, multiple episodes of Community and a starring role on BET’s Reed Between the Lines.

TNT’s Major Crimes airs Mondays at 9/8c, with the Season 2 finale set for Jan. 13.