N.C.I.S., what is your favorite episode?
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Any episode with Ziva in it. Particularly the one where she was wearing that long evening gown with hardly the back on it. She can waterboard me anytime.
Kensi Blye, NCIS LA 
The whole show is pretty good. I didn't discover it until about a year ago, and since it is on several hours a day several days a week I have had a chance to catch up with a lot of the episodes.
Excellent ensemble cast, excellent writing. I had never heard of the actor Muse Watson before this show, but he sure inhabited the Mike Franks character perfectly. Good to see David McCallum in regular employment after 40 years of hit-or-miss work; isn't he pushing 80 by now? Good for him. I've liked Joe Spano since Hill Street Blues, and it's good to see him in a semi-regular job as Tobias Fornell. The only character in the recent shows that doesn't live up to his potential is Director Vance. Can't the writers give him some extra dimensions from time to time? Rocky Carroll does administrative menace as well as anyone could, but please! It's a waste of this guy's talent to treat him as a walking scowl.
What I like most about the show is is its recognition that a team of smart characters are not reliably smart all the time and can be affected by personal limitations and blind spots. Any one of them has moments when it seems like that day would have been a good one to call in sick, but they are never all at a loss at the same time. Life's a lot like that.
Of course it is completely unrealistic balderdash 98% of the time, but you could say that about Shakespeare. Very entertaining.
Excellent ensemble cast, excellent writing. I had never heard of the actor Muse Watson before this show, but he sure inhabited the Mike Franks character perfectly. Good to see David McCallum in regular employment after 40 years of hit-or-miss work; isn't he pushing 80 by now? Good for him. I've liked Joe Spano since Hill Street Blues, and it's good to see him in a semi-regular job as Tobias Fornell. The only character in the recent shows that doesn't live up to his potential is Director Vance. Can't the writers give him some extra dimensions from time to time? Rocky Carroll does administrative menace as well as anyone could, but please! It's a waste of this guy's talent to treat him as a walking scowl.
What I like most about the show is is its recognition that a team of smart characters are not reliably smart all the time and can be affected by personal limitations and blind spots. Any one of them has moments when it seems like that day would have been a good one to call in sick, but they are never all at a loss at the same time. Life's a lot like that.
Of course it is completely unrealistic balderdash 98% of the time, but you could say that about Shakespeare. Very entertaining.
This is one of my favorite shows. I did not see the Charles Durning episode. Like David said, they are replayed often, so hopefully I will see it in reruns. BTW, if someone sees this episode is about to replay, give us a heads up. Thanks.
1bdvet
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I agree, have watched the repeat of this 4 times, and still get me. I think the best show.
"Kill Ari" Parts 1 and 2.
Interesting back story on killing off Caitlin Todd. Sasha Alexander asked to be released from the show as she didn't think it was going to last more than a couple of seasons. They parted on good terms.
The departure of Lauren Holly (Director Jenny Shepard) was a little more terse, however. The ubiquitous "creative differences" had reared it's ugly head and there was no going back.
Like LazyKB, I agree that Jamie Lee Curtis was not a fit for the show.
*Edit* Trivia - Sasha Alexander's Mother-In-Law is Sophia Loren!
Interesting back story on killing off Caitlin Todd. Sasha Alexander asked to be released from the show as she didn't think it was going to last more than a couple of seasons. They parted on good terms.
The departure of Lauren Holly (Director Jenny Shepard) was a little more terse, however. The ubiquitous "creative differences" had reared it's ugly head and there was no going back.
Like LazyKB, I agree that Jamie Lee Curtis was not a fit for the show.
*Edit* Trivia - Sasha Alexander's Mother-In-Law is Sophia Loren!
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Alpo
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Got a question about The Medal show.
It's my understanding that you salute The Medal. Not the man, The Medal. And that includes everybody, from the rawest recruit to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
At the end of the episode, the WAVE commander shows up with two Marines MPs, to arrest him. Gibbs reaches over and pulls The Medal out from where it is hidden by the old man's necktie.
The two Marines snap to and salute. The Commander does not. She comes kinda/sorta to attention, but does not salute.
Right then, by the way, the old man smirks. Why in the hell did they have him do that. I know it was scripted - they did a close-up of the smirk.
Anyway. Why did the Marines salute and the Commander did not?
I know that Naval Services do not salute indoors, unless "under arms". So the MPs, wearing pistols, saluted, while the unarmed Commander did not? That makes sense, but is that the reason? Does the Navy's "don't salute indoors" take precedence over "salute The Medal"?
It's my understanding that you salute The Medal. Not the man, The Medal. And that includes everybody, from the rawest recruit to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
At the end of the episode, the WAVE commander shows up with two Marines MPs, to arrest him. Gibbs reaches over and pulls The Medal out from where it is hidden by the old man's necktie.
The two Marines snap to and salute. The Commander does not. She comes kinda/sorta to attention, but does not salute.
Right then, by the way, the old man smirks. Why in the hell did they have him do that. I know it was scripted - they did a close-up of the smirk.
Anyway. Why did the Marines salute and the Commander did not?
I know that Naval Services do not salute indoors, unless "under arms". So the MPs, wearing pistols, saluted, while the unarmed Commander did not? That makes sense, but is that the reason? Does the Navy's "don't salute indoors" take precedence over "salute The Medal"?
Alpo
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Want some trivia?
The girl that played McGee's sister is actually his step-sister.
The guy that played Chip, Abby's lab assistant that framed Tony for murder, is McGee's step-brother.
The mysterious redhead that was ofter seen with Gibbs, from a distance, in the first season, is McGee's mother.
And all these people are Bellasario's family - his wife, his two kids and his step-son, McGee.
The girl that played McGee's sister is actually his step-sister.
The guy that played Chip, Abby's lab assistant that framed Tony for murder, is McGee's step-brother.
The mysterious redhead that was ofter seen with Gibbs, from a distance, in the first season, is McGee's mother.
And all these people are Bellasario's family - his wife, his two kids and his step-son, McGee.
Nope. In the naval services, one does not salute indoors unless one is wearing a cover. You don't wear a cover indoors unless you are "under arms" (a duty belt, like the in-port Messenger of the Watch wears, qualifies as "under arms").
In short, what the JAG lieutenant commander did there was what she should have done: Come to attention to recognize the MOH.
williamlayton
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Any episode with Tony and his father---can't wait til next week (I think).
I like the way they keep using folks from other episodes in different character form.
It really is a well balanced cast and a well balanced series where all can and do take leads.
Ziva & Miss Suto---what an erotic dream to have with them together with m-----OH! Hecck fire---I woke up.
Blessings
I like the way they keep using folks from other episodes in different character form.
It really is a well balanced cast and a well balanced series where all can and do take leads.
Ziva & Miss Suto---what an erotic dream to have with them together with m-----OH! Hecck fire---I woke up.
Blessings
ChuckS1
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I like the ones where they leave the Navy Yard and go out into Virginia. Living just south of Quantico, I never realized how much the area I live in looks so much like southern California!
Ogandydancer
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I'm burnt out on them. They have the same re-runs over and over and over but, Abby is priceless in anything.
Re "the smirk".
How often do you see an officer salute an enlisted man?? THAT'S why Mr Durning's charactor is smirking.
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