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seaboe_muffinchucker) wrote2017-06-23 07:36 pm
seaboe_muffinchucker) wrote2017-06-23 07:36 pm
Smoked (04x10)
Why are half the men in that initial scene not wearing their breath masks. Do they want to die of lung disease? Actually, this is a case where the TV guys acknowledge the need for safety gear, but don't use it because it would interfere with the filming. If the lead wore that ventilator, we wouldn't be able to hear him clearly.
Agents Sacks and Fornell are back! With a serial killer they can't ID, even with the body. I like Jenny's line about her people making more progress in three days than the FBI did in twelve years. That's the sort of thing that explains why people like Sacks don't like NCIS.
I think Tony and Ziva spend too much time twitting McGee. Ziva's actions are more effective. She also uses Tony's quips to humiliate Tony, rather than McGee (because, of course, G. forbid that anyone other than Tony should be the butt of the humiliating jokes). This all goes on for long enough that I'm with Gibbs when he forbids further mention of the book.
Ducky is still carrying a grudge over the fact that Gibbs quit. Ducky should listen to himself when he tells McGee his coworkers will get over their resentment—except Tony, whom Ducky thinks McGee should watch out for, once he gets to the end of the book. Ducky tells more about the time he shoved a French policeman off a cliff, and Tony remembers the story. It's little details like this that make this show so much fun to analyze.
I like the scene between Gibbs and Ducky. It very nicely deals with the lingering antagonism.
I like Tony's undercover work at the airport, with our introduction to Trent Kort. Tony loses his accent at the end, though. The rest of the team still give him odd looks when he calls the director Jenny. The scene outside Jeanne's door—lovely. When Tony says he's trying to find a way to not screw this up—I think that may be when I really started to like him. He's not play acting there. He's the only one who can hear what he's saying. Of course, when he tells Jeanne that his day has been like the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, she has no way of knowing he means it literally.
McGee is jealous of Abby's new boyfriend. Doesn't he know by now that the fastest way to get on her bad side is to act possessive?
I like this episode very much, once the Deep Six references stop. I think it's a good mystery and ends with a very good question.
Agents Sacks and Fornell are back! With a serial killer they can't ID, even with the body. I like Jenny's line about her people making more progress in three days than the FBI did in twelve years. That's the sort of thing that explains why people like Sacks don't like NCIS.
I think Tony and Ziva spend too much time twitting McGee. Ziva's actions are more effective. She also uses Tony's quips to humiliate Tony, rather than McGee (because, of course, G. forbid that anyone other than Tony should be the butt of the humiliating jokes). This all goes on for long enough that I'm with Gibbs when he forbids further mention of the book.
Ducky is still carrying a grudge over the fact that Gibbs quit. Ducky should listen to himself when he tells McGee his coworkers will get over their resentment—except Tony, whom Ducky thinks McGee should watch out for, once he gets to the end of the book. Ducky tells more about the time he shoved a French policeman off a cliff, and Tony remembers the story. It's little details like this that make this show so much fun to analyze.
I like the scene between Gibbs and Ducky. It very nicely deals with the lingering antagonism.
I like Tony's undercover work at the airport, with our introduction to Trent Kort. Tony loses his accent at the end, though. The rest of the team still give him odd looks when he calls the director Jenny. The scene outside Jeanne's door—lovely. When Tony says he's trying to find a way to not screw this up—I think that may be when I really started to like him. He's not play acting there. He's the only one who can hear what he's saying. Of course, when he tells Jeanne that his day has been like the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, she has no way of knowing he means it literally.
McGee is jealous of Abby's new boyfriend. Doesn't he know by now that the fastest way to get on her bad side is to act possessive?
I like this episode very much, once the Deep Six references stop. I think it's a good mystery and ends with a very good question.