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Jeopardy (03x22)
Apr. 26th, 2017 09:03 pmSo he was alive when Ziva manhandled him into the elevator but died on the ride up. I just realized that I've never watched the beginning of this before. I'm not sure how I managed that. I also didn't realize Cassie was in this. She seems to specialize in drug cases.
It's interesting to me that Ducky asked Tony how she was and not McGee. In fact, he seems to have waited until McGee walked away. That's probably an illusion. He probably asked the nearest team member.
Abby's fascination with the crime scene may be understandable, but it's a little over the top, even for her. She's generally so sensitive to the feelings of those around her (overly so, IMO), it's strange that she intrudes the way she does on Ziva and Gibbs.
Ducky's parents were divorced! OMG! Actually, I don't know why it should shock me; my grandparents were divorced in the 1930s. Maybe because the way he's written he seems to have come from such a stable family. It's a shock to discover it wasn't.
This is very well paced. I know what's going on and I still find it very tension inducing.
Tony tries to make Ziva feel better by teasing her about her crazy ninja skills; McGee by comparing her experience here with his in Probie. I like that even though she rejects his comfort, saying she doesn't need it, she tries to comfort him in return—and then he turns the comfort back on her. Very well done, McGee.
Gibbs is treating Ziva and Cassie very similarly in keeping them at headquarters (although for different reasons). As an aside, the two actresses are very similar body types and are wearing their hair in the same style (more or less).
Ziva is worse at sitting still than Tony is.
The scene in Abby's lab with the tarot cards, and Abby and Tony both saying the same thing about the cards is not exactly humor, more a lightening of the tension. Tony's experience is showing again when he tells McGee that they don't have enough time to search 50 square miles.
It's nice to see they let Jenny get so close to freeing herself. It reminds the viewer once again that she was a field agent for a long time. Plus, it's a refreshing twist on the damsel in distress trope. I grant you, this is the second episode in a row that they've done that, but I don't mind.
I liked this episode a lot. Ziva figuratively chewing her nails to her elbows at not being able to contribute, Tony being competent and serious, McGee showing more self-confidence and, of course, Jenny being strong and unbowed. I never thought too much about her as director, and when I did it was after she entered her obsessive stage. I'd forgotten how good she was her first season.
It's interesting to me that Ducky asked Tony how she was and not McGee. In fact, he seems to have waited until McGee walked away. That's probably an illusion. He probably asked the nearest team member.
Abby's fascination with the crime scene may be understandable, but it's a little over the top, even for her. She's generally so sensitive to the feelings of those around her (overly so, IMO), it's strange that she intrudes the way she does on Ziva and Gibbs.
Ducky's parents were divorced! OMG! Actually, I don't know why it should shock me; my grandparents were divorced in the 1930s. Maybe because the way he's written he seems to have come from such a stable family. It's a shock to discover it wasn't.
This is very well paced. I know what's going on and I still find it very tension inducing.
Tony tries to make Ziva feel better by teasing her about her crazy ninja skills; McGee by comparing her experience here with his in Probie. I like that even though she rejects his comfort, saying she doesn't need it, she tries to comfort him in return—and then he turns the comfort back on her. Very well done, McGee.
Gibbs is treating Ziva and Cassie very similarly in keeping them at headquarters (although for different reasons). As an aside, the two actresses are very similar body types and are wearing their hair in the same style (more or less).
Ziva is worse at sitting still than Tony is.
The scene in Abby's lab with the tarot cards, and Abby and Tony both saying the same thing about the cards is not exactly humor, more a lightening of the tension. Tony's experience is showing again when he tells McGee that they don't have enough time to search 50 square miles.
It's nice to see they let Jenny get so close to freeing herself. It reminds the viewer once again that she was a field agent for a long time. Plus, it's a refreshing twist on the damsel in distress trope. I grant you, this is the second episode in a row that they've done that, but I don't mind.
I liked this episode a lot. Ziva figuratively chewing her nails to her elbows at not being able to contribute, Tony being competent and serious, McGee showing more self-confidence and, of course, Jenny being strong and unbowed. I never thought too much about her as director, and when I did it was after she entered her obsessive stage. I'd forgotten how good she was her first season.
