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chrysalitronThe more I watch this show, the more disgusted I am with myself that I didn't start watching it sooner. It's hilariously funny, and I find myself liking ALL the characters, a lot. I love Tony, I love Gibbs, I love Ziva, I love McGee, and - forgetting what I said earlier about her being "too much" - I absolutely love Abby. The scenes last night where she and McGee were hitting each other made me crack up. They're like little kids together. It's so cute. I know a lot of people 'ship Tony/Abby, but I'm pretty sure I'm a McAbby fan.
Plus, Tony is much better suited to someone who gives him a hard time, like Ziva.
Speaking of....I love that, while Ziva was of the opinion that they should shoot the boy and leave it at that (after all, wasn't she an assassin or something of the sort?), once Tony made the decision not to shoot him, she supported him. And in the end, she even convinced him that he had done the right thing.
The story itself, while exciting, was a little hinky. Everything was acted well, but the details kinda bugged me. It almost felt like there was too much to be shoved into an hour episode, so it was all a little rushed. Once they got to the "Someone else is controlling him!" bit, everything just blurred together. And it didn't make a lot of sense, besides. If the bad guys wanted to lure Angela out, why didn't they just kidnap the boy or something? This whole "Let's pretend he's going to set off a bomb so the NCIS will find his mother and bring her to us!" thing seemed overdone and unnecessary. Besides - after all that, the director is the one who figured out to find Angela. The rest of the team was just trying to contain the situation with the bomb. It was just a stroke of luck that the director thought there might be something more to it.
Another thing I didn't get....okay, so the bad guys apparently had eyes in the room. That was figured out when Gibbs nodded at the computer while the kid had his back turned and yet the kid still somehow knew he'd done it. What gets me is....it wasn't the first contact Gibbs had had with the computer. He had been signing to it a few minutes earlier, for god sakes. And yet the bad guys didn't see that? And what, they didn't notice when Gibbs did stuff like turning the thermostat (which didn't end up playing into the episode at all, so way to go, Jethro)?
I liked that the big tough kid - the bully - was actually visibly scared. After the One Tree Hill hostage episode, and the asshole kid who, in the face of danger, continued to be an asshole, I kind of expected more of the same. But this kid reacted like a normal kid would - he might have been a jerk who beat up on people, but hello, here's someone with a bomb threatening to kill him. That's going to encourage a different kind of reaction.
I kind of like the way they're handling Turk and Carla wanting to have a baby. They're not getting pregnant, but at this point, nobody can figure out any kind of a problem. As far as the doctors can tell, they should be able to have a baby. That happens a lot in real life, so it's nice to see it played out on TV - that whole limbo area, as opposed to the usual "You can or you can't" scenario.
Of course, part of me thinks that the reason they're playing it like this is that they're not sure if they REALLY want to give them - Turk, certainly - a baby, because that will change the character in ways that maybe they're not ready for. So for now, they're just going to drag it out. I don't know. I guess we'll see. I'm assuming something will be figured out by the end of the season, because they've expended so much energy this season on the issue.
The Elliott/Keith thing....okay, this episode started to make me annoyed with Elliott again. We've done pretty good this season so far, but we were back to the status quo last night. She all but admitted that she was giving Keith privileges because he was her boyfriend. Okay, so with the special case, he was the best intern - but what about when she made another intern switch with him so they could go out together? So her whole little "Everyone's being mean to me and my boyfriend!" shtick grated on my nerves. Sure, maybe Other Intern was annoying, but she had a good point. Elliott was giving everything to Keith and not really bothering to hide it. Why shouldn't the others be pissed?
And as usual, JD gets dragged into it because he's Elliott's "friend" and he's supposed to "defend" her. And in the end, he caved. That bugged me. As far as I'm concerned, Elliott was in the wrong, and JD seemed to also believe that (of course, it was played off as him just not liking Keith). But because Elliott pissed and moaned enough, JD basically validated her tantrum and gave her what she wanted. Ugh. I get that you need to be there for your friends, but to me, that doesn't include going along with them when they're wrong and doing their bidding.
I continue to love Cox. And Kelso. And Jordan running off with the Penthouse. Heh.
ETA: Also, we have not seen Rowdy in quite awhile, and I'm starting to worry. I love Rowdy!
Plus, Tony is much better suited to someone who gives him a hard time, like Ziva.
Speaking of....I love that, while Ziva was of the opinion that they should shoot the boy and leave it at that (after all, wasn't she an assassin or something of the sort?), once Tony made the decision not to shoot him, she supported him. And in the end, she even convinced him that he had done the right thing.
The story itself, while exciting, was a little hinky. Everything was acted well, but the details kinda bugged me. It almost felt like there was too much to be shoved into an hour episode, so it was all a little rushed. Once they got to the "Someone else is controlling him!" bit, everything just blurred together. And it didn't make a lot of sense, besides. If the bad guys wanted to lure Angela out, why didn't they just kidnap the boy or something? This whole "Let's pretend he's going to set off a bomb so the NCIS will find his mother and bring her to us!" thing seemed overdone and unnecessary. Besides - after all that, the director is the one who figured out to find Angela. The rest of the team was just trying to contain the situation with the bomb. It was just a stroke of luck that the director thought there might be something more to it.
Another thing I didn't get....okay, so the bad guys apparently had eyes in the room. That was figured out when Gibbs nodded at the computer while the kid had his back turned and yet the kid still somehow knew he'd done it. What gets me is....it wasn't the first contact Gibbs had had with the computer. He had been signing to it a few minutes earlier, for god sakes. And yet the bad guys didn't see that? And what, they didn't notice when Gibbs did stuff like turning the thermostat (which didn't end up playing into the episode at all, so way to go, Jethro)?
I liked that the big tough kid - the bully - was actually visibly scared. After the One Tree Hill hostage episode, and the asshole kid who, in the face of danger, continued to be an asshole, I kind of expected more of the same. But this kid reacted like a normal kid would - he might have been a jerk who beat up on people, but hello, here's someone with a bomb threatening to kill him. That's going to encourage a different kind of reaction.
I kind of like the way they're handling Turk and Carla wanting to have a baby. They're not getting pregnant, but at this point, nobody can figure out any kind of a problem. As far as the doctors can tell, they should be able to have a baby. That happens a lot in real life, so it's nice to see it played out on TV - that whole limbo area, as opposed to the usual "You can or you can't" scenario.
Of course, part of me thinks that the reason they're playing it like this is that they're not sure if they REALLY want to give them - Turk, certainly - a baby, because that will change the character in ways that maybe they're not ready for. So for now, they're just going to drag it out. I don't know. I guess we'll see. I'm assuming something will be figured out by the end of the season, because they've expended so much energy this season on the issue.
The Elliott/Keith thing....okay, this episode started to make me annoyed with Elliott again. We've done pretty good this season so far, but we were back to the status quo last night. She all but admitted that she was giving Keith privileges because he was her boyfriend. Okay, so with the special case, he was the best intern - but what about when she made another intern switch with him so they could go out together? So her whole little "Everyone's being mean to me and my boyfriend!" shtick grated on my nerves. Sure, maybe Other Intern was annoying, but she had a good point. Elliott was giving everything to Keith and not really bothering to hide it. Why shouldn't the others be pissed?
And as usual, JD gets dragged into it because he's Elliott's "friend" and he's supposed to "defend" her. And in the end, he caved. That bugged me. As far as I'm concerned, Elliott was in the wrong, and JD seemed to also believe that (of course, it was played off as him just not liking Keith). But because Elliott pissed and moaned enough, JD basically validated her tantrum and gave her what she wanted. Ugh. I get that you need to be there for your friends, but to me, that doesn't include going along with them when they're wrong and doing their bidding.
I continue to love Cox. And Kelso. And Jordan running off with the Penthouse. Heh.
ETA: Also, we have not seen Rowdy in quite awhile, and I'm starting to worry. I love Rowdy!