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Sharif Returns (04x13)
Jul. 20th, 2017 09:11 pmSpring-boarding off the episode that was supposed to remind us of Sandblast, we have this one. Sharif the bomber is back, but sans bombs. This time, it's poison.
Tony is not that stupid, and he's experienced enough with sexual innuendo that it would never take him that long to get Ducky's reference. The writers are feeling the need to make him a jerk again. I guess they've gone so long without hash that they're having withdrawal. At least they're letting him retain his competency.
Gibbs is flirting. He does an Elvis imitation. I wonder how the show would've gone if Mann had been willing to settle for what he could give instead of wanting more from him. I think this romance progresses realistically, and not in a storybook way, They are both older and know what they want. I think if Gibbs' could've given Mann what she needed, he would have. This romance may also be the trigger that starts his conversion into the man who tells Tony "Don't be like me."
Tony appears to have a suspicion as to why Gibbs and Mann are driven to solve this. Ducky is oblivious.
In the Tony and Jeanne subplot, they're setting up a subplot with her ex-boyfriend. It's interesting that both the ex and current are cops (even though she doesn't know Tony's a cop). I wonder if that's why she noticed he missed the drug dealer on purpose.
Why is Sharif going after Gibbs and not Colonel Mann? They both worked to catch him the first time, but he's only fixated on Gibbs.
I don't like this episode. I think his vendetta against Gibbs is overwrought, and the way he goes about it melodramatic. I mean, the third season ended with Gibbs leaving; there's no way the fourth season would end the same way. So the business with him being poisoned didn't crank up the tension for me. The poison money was a clever trick, but not with a poison for which the antidote was so readily available.
Tony is not that stupid, and he's experienced enough with sexual innuendo that it would never take him that long to get Ducky's reference. The writers are feeling the need to make him a jerk again. I guess they've gone so long without hash that they're having withdrawal. At least they're letting him retain his competency.
Gibbs is flirting. He does an Elvis imitation. I wonder how the show would've gone if Mann had been willing to settle for what he could give instead of wanting more from him. I think this romance progresses realistically, and not in a storybook way, They are both older and know what they want. I think if Gibbs' could've given Mann what she needed, he would have. This romance may also be the trigger that starts his conversion into the man who tells Tony "Don't be like me."
Tony appears to have a suspicion as to why Gibbs and Mann are driven to solve this. Ducky is oblivious.
In the Tony and Jeanne subplot, they're setting up a subplot with her ex-boyfriend. It's interesting that both the ex and current are cops (even though she doesn't know Tony's a cop). I wonder if that's why she noticed he missed the drug dealer on purpose.
Why is Sharif going after Gibbs and not Colonel Mann? They both worked to catch him the first time, but he's only fixated on Gibbs.
I don't like this episode. I think his vendetta against Gibbs is overwrought, and the way he goes about it melodramatic. I mean, the third season ended with Gibbs leaving; there's no way the fourth season would end the same way. So the business with him being poisoned didn't crank up the tension for me. The poison money was a clever trick, but not with a poison for which the antidote was so readily available.
