Captain Sharon Raydor is about to become a mother!

Officially. On screen, that is. 

Ryan Kennedy (Defiance) has been cast on Major Crimes Season 3 Episode 9 as Ricky, the son of everyone’s favorite caption who has graduated from Stanford and who works as a software engineer.

When we meet Ricky on the installment titled “Sweet Revenge,” he’ll be on the verge of a professional milestone: the company he and his friends started is about to be bought out.

Ricky will return home to offer his take on the possible legal adoption of Sharon’s ward, Rusty.

Major Crimes airs Mondays at 9/8c on TNT.

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