Television - NCIS #3 ~ The Third Time is the Charm - But Beware of Spontaneous Combustion!

***Wildfire Girl*** · 03-28-2005, 07:15 AM

Character Bios

EMPLOYEE ASSESSMENT FILE
NAME: Leroy Jethro Gibbs
KNOWN ALIASES: None [but subject
insists the second "B" in Gibbs stands for bastard.]

AGE: Not "considerably" older than 37
MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY: Former United States Marine. Honorably discharged with rank of GySgt. Received a Silver Star for actions against the enemy in Desert Storm.
**Note: See attached DD-214 for all awards received and full military history.
MOS'S HELD: 0311 Rifleman
5811 Military Policeman
0251 Interrogator-Translator
0369 Infantry Unit Leader
5821 Criminal Investigator
CURRENT OCCUPATION: SENIOR NCIS SPECIAL AGENT
Time in Service [TIS]: 19 years
SPECIAL SKILLS: Interrogation, counter intelligence, NCIS Weapons Instructor, proficient in the use of all U.S. and Soviet Era small arms, woodworking, American Sign Language [ASL], fluent in Russian.
PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION: Major issues with authority. In the past year alone subject has had confrontations with the FBI, CIA, DEA and just about every other Federal, Local, or foreign agency he has had contact with.

Subject also appears to be woefully out of touch with popular culture…perhaps because he elects to spend all his free time hand carving a wooden boat in his basement. **Note: How he plans on removing the twenty-five foot boat through a six and a half by three-foot door is still unclear at this time.

Subject has repeatedly shown contempt/fear of modern technology. The NCIS IT department has been forced to replace his personal workstation six times before discovering that Special Agent Gibbs was quote: "Smacking 'em to make 'em go faster."

He is intolerant of anyone who does not share his view of the world. During a recent protest outside the Norfolk Naval Base Special Agent Gibbs was overheard asking the Master-at-Arms: "Why don't you just shoot 'em?"

And yet, against all reason, authoritarian approach and penchant for bending [if not breaking] all established protocols and rules seems to instill a blind loyalty and respect in his subordinates and co-workers. He has also inexplicably won the "NCIS Special Agent of the Year" award six times in the past decade.

**Note: subject has also failed to show up to receive award all six times.
MEDICAL EVALUATION: **Note: Subject has refused to report to his last physical examinations.
Recently suffered a point blank gunshot wound to the chest by a Mossad double agent.
Received shrapnel damage to his right upper arm while on assignment in Colombia.
Concussion to head by ex-wife #2 by way of baseball bat.
Lacerations to head and scalp by ex-wife #3 by either a seven or nine iron.
Addicted to caffeine.
Eye sight…weakening.
PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS: Subject is by nature a loner and judging by his haircut, mannerisms, and refusal to discuss anything of a personal nature… plans on remaining one for the foreseeable future.

Each of his three marriages has ended in divorce… the third appearing to be the most contentious. **Note: Occasionally stalked by ex-wife #3 on or near their anniversary date.

Evaluee has no known friends outside of work and no known relatives. He does however appear to enjoy tormenting younger Agents…in particular Special Agent DiNozzo. His relationship with NCIS Medical Examiner Doctor "Ducky" Mallard seems to be the only one approaching clinical normalcy.

There have been numerous sightings of the subject with an attractive redhead-- relationship [if any] is unknown at this time.
TROUBLESOME FOOTNOTE: Has been overheard stating that the women he dates consider the smell of sawdust sexy.
**Note: I respectfully request my name be removed from this profile and my involvement in its creation never to be revealed to Special Agent Gibbs. If he knew I was the one responsible for writing this…well…you read the file…enough said.

EMPLOYEE ASSESSMENT FILE
NAME: CAITLIN "KATE" TODD
KNOWN ALIASES: Rosefern
AGE: Late twenties.
TATTOOS: Rumored
EDUCATION: Attended a year of law school before dropping out to pursue a career as a Federal Agent.
PREVIOUS LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE: Prior Secret Service Agent assigned to the POTUS protection detail aboard Air Force One. Resigned when the Presidential "football" carrier she was romantically linked to was murdered.

**NOTE: Despite this one lapse of judgment subject's Secret Service record appears particularly flawless.
CURRENT OCCUPATION: NCIS SPECIAL AGENT
Time in Service [TIS]: One Year.
SPECIAL SKILLS: Profiling, counterfeit bill analysis, protection details, sketch artist, ballroom dancing, amateur figure skater, eating Chinese food.**

**NOTE: Sadly…almost always alone.
PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION: Subject is easy to talk to, attractive, open and not afraid to speak her mind, however she appears to over-compensate for frequently being the only female in a male cop locker room environment.**

**NOTE: A situation that Special Agent DiNozzo exacerbates with his childish behavior and jock mentality. **DOUBLE NOTE: As a former classmate of Agent DiNozzo at FLETC, I know first hand how cruel that can be.

Subject reports she was never a "doll person" as a child. This may explain her almost unnatural attachment to her Palm Pilot.

**NOTE: For some reason the subject felt the need to repeatedly inform me she sleeps with a loaded handgun under her pillow…always.
MEDICAL EVALUATION: Not available at this time. Subject missed her annual physical when Special Agent DiNozzo directed her to janitorial services instead of medical.

**NOTE: When will someone finally put a stop to this bastard?

From all outward appearances she appears robust and extremely fit...and I mean extremely. Judging from the remains of the lunch I retrieved from a trashcan under her desk, she has a penchant for organic health food, almonds and soy based energy drinks.
PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS: Once engaged, but never married. She rarely dates and seems to be looking for a man who is not only sensitive, but strong and intelligent.

**NOTE: It might help if she learns to look past surface "looks" and concentrates on what's important…a person's inner being.

Special Agent Gibbs has been particularly tough on the subject, but reports and I quote: "She has balls." It should be understood that to a former Marine this is actually a compliment and not considered sexual harassment.

With the exception of Special Agent DiNozzo, the subject has formed strong personal relationships within all the members of her team. Particularly with one of my former girlfriends, NCIS Forensic Scientist Abby Sciuto.
TROUBLESOME FOOTNOTE: Has some kind of "thing" about people going through her trash.

**NCIS DIRECTOR COMMENT: Please have Special Agent Hollingsworth report to Medical for a full psychological profile. My apologies to Special Agent Todd in this most unfortunate matter.

EMPLOYEE ASSESSMENT FILE
NAME: Anthony "Tony" DiNozzo
KNOWN ALIASES: None
AGE: Physical…early thirties. Mental…late teens.
PREVIOUS LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE: 2 Years Peoria, IL Police Department 18 Months Philadelphia, PA Police Department 22 Months Baltimore, MD 30 Months NCIS, Washington, D.C.
EDUCATION: Prep School--Rhode Island Military Academy
Ohio State--BA in Physical Education
Currently taking typing courses at Saint
Mary's College, Fredericksburg, VA.
**Note: St. Mary's is an all female college.
CURRENT OCCUPATION: NCIS SPECIAL AGENT
Time in Service [TIS]: 30 Months
SPECIAL SKILLS: Crime scene sketch expert, ballistic. Trajectory expert, fluent in Spanish, college level athlete playing both football/ basketball at Ohio State, salsa dancing and apparently the uncanny ability to fall in love with murder suspects.
PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION: At first glance the subject appears self confident and charming…second glance he's obviously overcompensating for something.
**Note: During this interview alone, he's asked me for my phone number no less than five times.

The scion of a wealthy Long Island banker and an only child, he feels the constant need to be the center of attention. Subject claims his mother went through a "Louis XV Phase" when he was five, making him sleep in a canopy bed with candles…he's had nightmares about vampires and sex ever since. **Note: Subject then expressed a strong desire to show me said bed…I declined.

Subject is an action film and television aficionado. Thomas Magnum was his childhood hero. He once compared Special Agent Gibbs to Captain Ahab, showing his willingness to confront a superior with the truth or a death wish.
**Note: Subject wishes to note that he considers Special Agent Gibbs' painful slaps to his head a sign of affection and not abuse.
MEDICAL EVALUATION: Diet seriously deficient. Significant proportion of daily caloric intake derived from Cap'n Crunch cereal and Krispy Kreme donuts.

Possesses 20/10 vision but has often been seen wearing glasses. When asked about this anomaly the subject replied: "It's part of my smart look."

Despite his diet he appears to be in perfect health. Attributing his top physical condition to frequent exposure to women and sunny tropical locales…especially women in tropical locales.
WORK RELATIONSHIPS: With Special Agent Gibbs: "Father/Son" With Special Agent Todd: "Sister/Brother" With Special Agent McGee: "Borderline Abusive." **Note: For the record he just asked me for my phone number again.
PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS: Clearly has commitment issues. Never been married and routinely dates between six to ten women a month…every month…every year. You do the math.

Claims to have dated his high school music teacher and his dry cleaner…who at the ripe old age of 26 is apparently the oldest.
TROUBLESOME FOOTNOTE: Subject rented and kept the movie GIGLI long enough for it to become seriously overdue.

*Due to an unfortunate clerical error, special agent DiNozzo's personnel file was mixed up with another agent killed in the line of duty. Because repeated attempts to rectify this have failed, it is recommended that he report for a physical to prove he is still alive.

EMPLOYEE ASSESSMENT FILE
NAME: Abigail "Abby" Sciuto
KNOWN ALIASES: HeLrAiSer32, Miss-Cold-Ember, B2Killerzs, Cyberskank1982, Deathstlker49, Vamperstein8782.
AGE: Late twenties.
TATTOOS: As of yesterday, 1900 hours, nine.
PREVIOUS LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE: Arrested 5 June, 1990 Los Angeles, Indecent Exposure, Rolling Stones Concert. Suspected of hacking into numerous private and corporate databases--never proven.
EDUCATION: Triple Major at LSU--Sociology, Criminology and Psychology. Graduated with full honors. Master's Degree from Georgia State University in Criminology and Forensic Science, graduated with honors.
WORK HISTORY: Worked at a local funeral home in New Orleans, Louisiana all four years of high school.

Subject reports she became interested in Forensics because her family lived near a wrecking yard. She would examine the most gruesome car wrecks and try to imagine what happened. She states "Action, reaction, the science of the whole thing, I got hooked."
**NOTE: Within the first ten minutes of the interview the Subject asked me if I ever had sex in a coffin…No, I'm not making that up.
SPECIAL SKILLS: Materials analysis, ballistics, computer science, blood and tissue analysis, American Sign Language [ASL], perfume making, ground penetrating radar operator, DNA analysis, reptile and rodent pet care.
CURRENT OCCUPATION: NCIS FORENSIC SPECIALIST
Time in Service [TIS] Five years
PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION: Subject has an unusual attraction to the unnatural. She is known to take photographs of injuries, develop them in neon colors and hang them on her lab walls.

**NOTE: She has actually had gallery interest in a print entitled "shotgun brain splatter - a really still life".

Subject dresses in "Goth" attire, including numerous piercings, tattoos, body jewelry and wears homemade perfume that smells of gunpowder. She also appears to fear direct contact with sunlight.

**NOTE: Once again…I am not making this up.

Despite her atypical appearance (to the law enforcement community) she is undeniably competent at her job and enjoys her work. Her unrelentingly cheerful demeanor [though refreshing] may hint at an undocumented drug problem. Recommend she be tested for substance abuse as soon as it's convenient.

It is also possible that her behavior is a reaction, in part, to her parents, who were both deaf. **NOTE: It's this interviewer's personal opinion that she was most likely born this way. It happens.
MEDICAL EVALUATION: Besides the obvious pallor of her skin, the examining Physician reports her to be in fine physical shape. Her drug screen also came back…completely clean.

**NOTE: I recommend we send her urine to another lab. It never hurts to be certain.

Physician also recommends that she curtail her consumption of CAFF-POW! a super caffeinated soda that has been linked to cancer and heart attacks in several laboratory mice.
PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS: Abby's romantic involvements appear to be many and varied, from needy gemologists to nerdy NASA engineers. She believes that dating older men is a sign of maturity. Subject once had a relationship with sixty-five-year-old Biology Professor for the stated goal of acquiring movie discounts.

Subject currently is involved in an "on again, off again" relationship with Special Agent Timothy McGee, a recent transfer from Norfolk Naval Station.

She seems to be well liked by her co-workers in spite of her [or perhaps because of her] irregular lifestyle.
TROUBLESOME FOOTNOTE: I'd have to go with…everything.

EMPLOYEE ASSESSMENT FILE
NAME: Doctor Donald Mallard
KNOWN ALIASES: Ducky
AGE: Estimated…early 60's. Subject claims birth records destroyed in World War II during the London Blitz. Further Inquiries prove futile due to massive overtime considerations.
PREVIOUS LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE: Prior to becoming an American Citizen, subject was a Medical Examiner for the City of London Police, Scotland Yard and the territory of Hong Kong. Rumors persist that Doctor Mallard may have also been involved with MI6 British Intelligence during the Cold War. He is known to have served one tour in Vietnam with an ANZAC unit.

**Note: Confirmation still pending.
EDUCATION: Graduated from Eton College with honors.
Graduated Edinburgh Medical School, Scotland with honors.
WORK HISTORY: Upon graduation began a private practice in London. After a promising start he claims his patient base mysteriously eroded. He soon turned to forensic medicine and his career thrived.
CURRENT OCCUPATION: NCIS CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER
SPECIAL SKILLS: Expertise in all areas of his field. Seemingly expert in all other…areas. Fluent in French, German, Swahili. Certified French Pastry Chef. Apparently knows or has worked with every Medical Examiner in CONUS.

**NOTE: Often consults for the FBI, CIA and Secret Service on autopsy results.
PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION: Subject has a disturbing propensity to talk to the dead…perhaps harboring some vague belief that their spirit dwells over the body.

**NOTE: I have also recently learned the subject has the disturbing propensity to interrupt interviewers to talk about just about anything he's ever thought, personally experienced and or heard. **DOUBLE NOTE: He tends to do this…repeatedly.

On the surface the subject often assumes the affectation of a kindly old Uncle. In the field, however, he has resorted to physical violence when a corpse was mishandled or moved without permission, once going as far a shoving a French police officer from a cliff.

**NOTE: There was a lake below and said officer elected not to press charges.
MEDICAL EVALUATION: Last medical exam was unable to be completed due to Doctor Mallard's constant interruptions of the examining Physician. It should be noted that Doctor Mallard's blood pressure and heart rate were considered normal at the time. It should also be noted that the examining Physician's…were not.
PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS: "Ducky", as his co-workers know him, is well respected for his skills and keen intellect. His not so impressive "stories" seem to be tolerated by said co-workers.

**NOTE: After conducting this interview I find that extremely hard to believe and if true…more than a little disturbing.

Perhaps due to his age or his impressive background, he is currently the only person within NCIS who can influence Special Agent Gibbs.

**NOTE: Of course, excluding yourself, Mister Director.
TROUBLESOME FOOTNOTE: Still lives with his 96-year-old mother.

**NCIS Disbursing - I am still awaiting personal reimbursement for the eight \ cassette tapes and three sets of triple "A" batteries I was forced to purchase to complete Doctor Mallard's oral interview.

EMPLOYEE ASSESSMENT FILE
NAME: TIMOTHY MCGEE
No File Available

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**Talkative One** · 03-28-2005, 07:58 AM

Whoa we are already on the third thread. I'm still catching up on the second one, I have over two pages to read. I'm going to do a quick post now, and then go read the rest of the pages

Welcome to all the new posters of the thread, I haven't been on for a long time. So Hello to you all and a special hello to one of my fellow bunnies berkie

***Wildfire Girl*** · 03-28-2005, 08:49 AM

Good to see you around again Sarah!

**Talkative One** · 03-28-2005, 08:52 AM

I know its been for every since I've been on here. I did miss the last new eppy, so I hope that Meredith can do a good review for that eppy. I'm going to watch tomorrow's for sure

***Wildfire Girl*** · 03-28-2005, 08:59 AM

Ah, she usually is very good about the reviews. I'd offer help but I only watched the last half so I'd be a bit behind. And incomplete.

**Talkative One** · 03-28-2005, 09:00 AM

Yeah, I saw the one that she posted for you on the 9th page. Whoa that one had everything about the eppy, but she missed one for the stripper eppy. The one that had Mia in it, I saw that one

Meredith44 · 03-28-2005, 08:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wildfire Girl

Ah, she usually is very good about the reviews. I'd offer help but I only watched the last half so I'd be a bit behind. And incomplete.

Well thank you!

I kept meaning to come in here and post my thoughts, but I just got my Season 2 La Femme Nikita DVDs, so I've been a bit obsessed with that show. (As evidenced by my current icon

). I was planning on just posting my edited summary/evaluation, but since you and Sarah talked about complete reviews, I guess I'll also post the whole thing like I did for the other episode. If I had known that I wasn't going to have to edit it down and make it more coherent, rather than my stream-of-consiousness, I could have posted it earlier.

Here is a brief recap/review of the episode... A woman opens up a package from her mailbox and it turns out to contain a pair of eyeballs. They were supposed to be delivered to a petty officer who is in training to work spy missions in Central and South America. The team searches his apartment and finds a bunch of women's things. It turns out that the petty officer is a transgendered person and commits suicide rather than potentially have this fact come out while he/she is still alive. The last person he called before his death was one of his instructors. The instructor says it was about a paper, but in reality, the petty officer was fronting for the instructor in a kidnapping transaction from the Tri-Border Area (which encompasses the area where Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina meet). The eyeballs supposedly belong to a woman whose picture is on the petty officer's computer. The instructor, Purcell, goes to Paraguay, so Tony and Kate follow him. They discover that the woman in the picture is Purcell's 17-year-old wife, and they had been "dating" for 3 years. This pedophilia has been condoned by the government. This upsets Gibbs, so he threatens some shadowy figure, saying that the figure (and by extension the government) has a choice. They either give up Purcell, or he will expose Ari. Tony and Kate manage to track down Purcell and stop him from killing his wife. (The eyes had actually belonged to her sister.) He is killing her because she threatened to go to her government about the fact that Purcell is involved in a bunch of illegal activities. Purcell is freed because of his government connections, but the shadowy figure comes through and Purcell is assassinated. I liked a bunch of the character stuff, particularly the fact that Tony was portrayed as quite competent. I wasn't a big fan of the story, however. I thought that some of it was a bit more SVU-like than what I expect from NCIS. I also don't think they tied in the kidnapping angle effectively. I thought the pacing of the episode was sort of off; the resolution with Purcell and his wife seemed sort of jumpy. They spent such a long time setting up so much (with the petty officer suicide, etc.) that they only had a few minutes for the resolution. I'm also still sort of confused with who was actually in the picture and how that related to the eyeballs. I did like the Colonel and his relationship with Gibbs. I also liked the references to Ari. I also really liked the last 30 seconds. I thought that was a great (and unexpected, for me at least) way to end the episode.

I'll also post my stream of conciousness review below, if anyone wants to read the long version. (And, if you have any questions, you can find me on the La Femme Nikita thread!

)

Okay, it opens up with a black & white shot of the eyeballs. If I didn’t already know what the episode was going to be about because of the TV Guide description, I would be really upset that they spoiled it like that. I think it would have been much better to have it be a shot of the woman, so that the eyeballs in the package would be more of a shock. Man, I would hate to be that girl; it would suck to have eyeballs delivered mistakenly to your mailbox. That postal worker really needs some help if he screws up the mail delivery all the time.

It’s sort of cool to have the first shots to be from the viewpoint of the eyeballs. The eyeballs look really gross. I wonder if they’re real? I’ve dissected real eyeballs and I’m still a little squicked out by these.

I think Palmer is starting to grow on me. I’m not sure why. I’m not sure if I like it, but there it is. He actually is indulging Ducky a bit in one of his rambles. Hee! Ducky talks to the eyeballs like he talks to the bodies!

Wow, that was a really cool transition. It went from the eyeballs to Tony’s eyes. I always thought Tony had green eyes. They look sort of grey here.

Tony says that he’s meditating and Kate asks, “Yeah, on how much you drank last night? Or trying to remember her name?” Tony responds, “I don’t kiss and tell, Kate.” As soon as I start thinking, “What? Of course you do, Tony!” McGee says, “Since when? I know more about your sex life than I do my own.” I really like McGee more now that he has developed a backbone. Of course, Tony can’t let that comment go and replies, “Not hard to believe, Probie, considering you don’t have one.” Ouch. So what happened to McGee and Abby? Maybe McGee just doesn’t blab about his sex life.

Gibbs is in rare form this morning. Oh, Tony did really do work… I like it when they show Tony as a competent agent. It makes it more believable that Gibbs would put up with some of his more “endearing” qualities. I love Gibbs’s side smirk.

Tony called Kate “Katie!” I thought for sure she’d kill him for it, as the only person I have heard call her that and get away with it is Gibbs. I guess she was too upset over the fact he was “meditating” and still impressed Gibbs, because she lets it slide.

Okay, so much for McGee’s backbone. He just called Tony “boss.”

Hee! The apartment manager is hitting on Gibbs! And Tony is encouraging it! (“He is single.”) Does he have a death wish, or is he confident that his newfound competence will keep Gibbs from killing him?

Okay, as soon as Kate pulled out the dress from the petty officer’s closet my sister said, “That’s his.” When the guy came back and said that he didn’t have a girlfriend, I agreed with her. I think we watch too much Law & Order: SVU. Of course, we just assumed that he was a cross-dresser, and not a full out transgendered person, but still…

Awww, Abby and Ducky are sweet together. He let her go first, and she listened to the long version of cutting into and peeling back eyeballs.

Tony and Kate alone and cold in the car was cute, despite the fact that I have a hard time believing that Kate doesn’t know what Eskimos are rumored to do to keep warm. The camera angle was good. It framed them nicely when Tony was telling her about pressing bodies together and how “the effect is greatly improved if you’re naked.” I loved Kate’s response, “There’s not enough liquor on the planet to make that happen, Tony.” Tony looks pretty pleased with himself. I wonder if she would have given in eventually if the shot hadn’t happened? (Well, not the naked part, but the conserving body heat by being close together part.)

I loved this Ducky/Gibbs exchange after Palmer interrupted Ducky… “Has head-slapping been effective for you, Jethro?” “Yeah, look at the way DiNozzo turned out.” That’s especially true because DiNozzo is doing really well so far this episode. It actually looks like it is McGee’s turn to be the idiot, as he knocks over Gibbs’s coffee. Hmm… if head-slapping has been so effective with Tony, I wonder why Gibbs hasn’t used it with McGee. Maybe McGee doesn’t have the right kind of personality for it. God, Gibbs can be intimidating with just a stare!

I like the continuity. If they have to do another transgendered episode, I’m glad that they referenced the transsexual that Tony kissed last year.

McGee really is an idiot this episode (and after I started out liking him this episode). Why, oh why, does he insist on correcting Gibbs?

I love Abby! After finding out that Gibbs knows nothing about “Men are from Mars; Women are from Venus” she says, “I’m beginning to understand why you’ve been married three times.” Only Abby could get away with that.

Oh, Tony loves brunettes! Eww, Tony is attracted to a disembodied pair of eyeballs!

I know that professor from somewhere. According to IMDB, he’s been in a bunch of stuff that I’ve seen, but I don’t know which of his characters is the one that I’m remembering. This is going to bug me.

I love Gibbs’s retorts. “DiNozzo, would you like to become left-handed?” And after asking if the professor had given the petty officer an extension on his paper and being answered in the affirmative, “Good. He’s going to need it…He’s dead.”

Okay, it’s scenes like this one, in which Tony and Kate are competing to present information to Gibbs that make me not ship them as a romantic couple. They are really acting like siblings, trying to one-up each other for approval. It’s a cute scene, though.

Considering many places (including NCIS) use iris scans for security, I could see them possibly being able to identify the girl just by her eyes. It’s a little out there, but I think I can accept it.

Poor McGee! It really isn’t his episode. I actually thought his joke was sort of amusing, but of course Gibbs had to overhear. They have shown Gibbs be more caring of the victims recently I think between this comment and the one he made in the other episode about how it shouldn’t be exciting because another person had died. I might be reading too much into it, though.

I love the Colonel’s line. “I got your email Special Agent Gibbs. To tell you the truth, I was shocked. When did you learn to use the computer?” I like that Gibbs seems to have an equal. I would love to see more of this Colonel.

I liked the Gibbs sneaking up on Abby scene too. “You are getting sneakier the older you get.” “Not to mention, better looking.”

Of course Tony chose Kate rather than McGee to go with him to Paraguay. I like that Kate was allowed to be smart, both with the “Tropics” reference, and by stopping Tony from buying fake electronics.

I loved the sequence… Kate, “And the best part? No Gibbs checking up on us.” Cutting to Gibbs checking up on them via the GPS chip in their satellite phone. So perfect.

Okay, this is really shallow, but damn, Tony looks good in that black t-shirt and khakis.

Now we’re getting into pedophilia. This really is secretly a Law & Order: SVU episode.

What is up with naïve McGee today! Drinking Gibbs’s coffee?

Wow, I’m really impressed with Tony’s work on the job today. That was really smart thinking to give the guy the satellite phone with the GPS chip in it. And Kate apologized to him. Is the devil throwing snowballs?

You go Kate! Of course the bad guy cares more about the gun pointed at his groin rather than the gun pointed at his chest. (And again, can I just say how hot Tony is right now?)

All right, now here’s where I got a bit lost (despite the fact I have now seen this episode twice and I was really paying attention this time around). I thought Anna was Purcell’s wife, and she was the one who was in the picture and whose eyes were removed. When Purcell started talking to the girl about how he loved his wife (whom he had paid $75,000 for), I assumed that because he was talking in the third person, that his wife really was dead. When he asked why the girl wasn’t dead and she said that she had been confused with her younger sister, I figured that this girl was the older sister of his wife and she was the intended target, not Anna. Then Purcell says, “Good-bye Anna.” So this girl is his wife? And the girl that was killed was his wife’s younger sister? That doesn’t work for me for a couple of reasons. First of all, why would he be talking about his wife in the third person in his earlier speech as the only person in the room is the girl (his wife?), and secondly, how would they have matched the irises of the eyeballs to the picture of Anna? I know that Abby said that it was only an 80% match, but siblings don’t always have similar eyes. (Look at my blue/grey eyed sister and me with my very dark brown eyes.) Of course, since Anna and the eyeballs both have bright blue eyes, maybe it is possible. That third-person speech really irks me, though.

I like how Tony and Kate worked as a team. “You double tap the head; I’ll double tap the heart.”

I loved Gibbs’s threat of exposing Ari if they didn’t do something about Purcell. I wonder if the shadowy guy and the Ari reference are leading up to a possible Ari comeback. I really want him to return. I hope that Gibbs's threats don't come back to bite him.

I shouldn’t be so happy about a murder, but I’m really glad that Purcell got shot/killed. Is that so wrong of me? That was definitely a powerful way to end the show in my opinion.

Well, if you made if you made it all the way to the end, good for you! I'll try to be more prompt with my response to tomorrow night's episode.

(And consensus on whether I should just post the long one, edit my thoughts to make a brief summary/evaluation, or post both?) Oh, and I forgot to say earlier, I love the title for this thread! Good choice.

**Lost in Translation** · 03-29-2005, 08:05 AM

Wow, thanks Meredith.

That was an awesome recap. I loved both versions. Hee. I just sat here cracking up, and my mom doesn't know why. I agree, great thread title.

***Wildfire Girl*** · 03-29-2005, 07:17 PM

Ah awesome summary/recap.

So did anyone watch tonight's eppy Bikini Wax? A huge and total

at the ending wtih Tony and that image of Kate back in 1994!

***Yellow Mustang Girl*** · 03-29-2005, 07:32 PM

I caught most of tonight's eppy "Bikini Wax"

As usual, there were some awesome lines

Abby telling McGee she likes it when he's rough

Tony's mention that he couldn't remember all the women he'd been with and Gibbs' response that he couldn't remember all his ex-wives

And Sis the ending was hilarious

Kate the 1994 wet T-Shirt winner

***Wildfire Girl*** · 03-29-2005, 07:42 PM

Yep ... some of the best lines on TV are in NCIS.

***Yellow Mustang Girl*** · 03-29-2005, 07:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wildfire Girl

Yep ... some of the best lines on TV are in NCIS.

That's one of the reasons I love this show -- the awesome one-liners.

***Wildfire Girl*** · 03-29-2005, 09:30 PM

..... patiently awaiting another review ....

jo_123 · 03-29-2005, 09:34 PM

I'm new to the show. I just recently watched my first episode w/ my unlce(a Marine & faithful JAG watcher

) & cousin. I fell in love! So, just wanted to say hi!

***Wildfire Girl*** · 03-29-2005, 09:44 PM

at Jo. I swear, you are stalking my shows.

Actually, this is a great show, and usually in the top 10 of the week in ratings each week, but because I teach on Tues nights I don't often get to see it. Definetly not all of it each week.

Shhhhhhhh but don't tell anyone, I was bound and determined to hate it because it is a JAG spin-off and I hate spin-offs from shows that are still going, because it is like they plan on it dying soon and it's a reincarnation.