I think we call all agree so far season 10 has SUCK!!! really show you what happen when you let people who don't know anything about a show write for it
Suncatcher
October 24th, 2012 2:58 PM
@Charlie - you write, "something tells me you never see a CIA operative openly working as a member of Mossad." You forget Ziva not only became an American citizen, she also became an official NCIS Agent and did so 2 or 3 seasons ago. I believe she left Mossad at that time also.
PS - After working under contract for 4 years for the Israeli government, in Israel, myself, I can truly say that yes, their intel agencies and ours work very closely together. In fact, the Israelis have saved our butts quite a few times... It's no secret. If you're gonna "hate" someone, you probably want to have the actual facts as to why. (Don't you just "hate" it when you "hate" someone for all the wrong reasons)?
So Vance is still stuck in his "I failed my responsibility" roll. O.K. But he doesn't have to be relegated to being the fifth wheel on the team. It would only take a few lines of dialog to show him taking dynamic, decisive action to prepare the NCIS teams for tackling future super-villans. Or is the series never again going to do a multi-episode super complex plot setup? Is it never again going to do multi-series, joint team actions with NCIS-LA? Are the teams always going to be in "reaction" mode to whatever evil is being committed at the time? That would be a shame.
This was a good ep. showing team cohesiveness in awkward ways.
Jo
October 24th, 2012 2:27 PM
I cannot say anything bad about this show. Each week I enjoy it and look forward to it. I would however like to give DiNozzo a good smack in the back of his head like Jethro does. He is so arrogant and opinionated I want to smack him. I wish McGee could trump him more often.
DeAnn Rank: Recurring Character
October 24th, 2012 2:14 PM
I loved this episode, especially the scenes between the two Abbys, hearing Abby Scuito tell Coast Guard Abby that she'd put together several blenders and other household appliances from the flotsam they'd picked up on the beach...hilarious, and so very Abby (Gotta love that gal!) I also enjoyed the scene where Ducky talked about his spy chops with Gibbs, that was just so adorable. And I was glad that Tony got a Gibbs-smack in this episode...though I thought all the Top Gun references were pretty funny. But I found the whole idea of these service men and women selling off an old helicopter for about a year's salary each to be something of a stretch, when they had to have known it was treason to their country to do such a thing! I loved the end scene with Gibbs going to give the helmet to that poor kid with Neurofibramatosis.
Nat
October 24th, 2012 2:05 PM
I agree with Katmandu. Deliberate, targeted bashing of ANY NCIS character will NOT be tolerated by whiners who posts on THIS site. Those who posts here regularly have clearly had enough of that crap. If you want to practice the Art of Pointless Hate Mongering - go lock yourself in the your own private corner somewhere and "Eat Ziva or Whomever for Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner" as much as you like. Anytime you try to pull that mess on here, you WILL be called out on it. We ALL have the right "not to like" a TV character, but we DON'T have a right be nasty & disrespectful to the show or to other fans happen to disagree with us. If you "Hate" a certain character that much - Fine!! But KEEP IT TO YOURSELF, THEN. Others are not interested in you defending your hateful position. BIG WHOOP!! It's a waste of time because NCIS will continue to portray these characters in whatever way THEY want, and none of us have control over that.
katmandu
October 24th, 2012 1:45 PM
@charli and @michael (which I highly suspect are the same person)you forget that Tony started that little thing when he outright lied to Ziva about what he and McGee were doing. McGee was all set to tell Ziva the truth when Tony piped up with they were at a bar meeting women in a stupid attempt to make Ziva jealous, never mind that it worked. You are so blinded by your hate for Ziva that you really reach for straws to support your position. Get over it, the fans and TPTB love Ziva, so your little rants against her aren't going to change anything, she is here to stay!
If you are so disenamoured with the show, maybe you should do us all a favor and tune out as we grow tired of your constant harping against all things Ziva.
janet
October 24th, 2012 1:38 PM
nice to see ziva is jealous of tony and mgee together shows that she has feelings for tony i just know that they will be together soon
VirginiaD Rank: New User
October 24th, 2012 1:30 PM
button the collar. Diane Neal is great in the part, but as a female and former member of the Coast Guard Aux she would never, ever be allowed to appear on a case with that unbuttoned neckline. Every other military person has been in uniform and the Coast Guard is definitely military. She is great in the part and matches so much better than Jamie Lee ever did. Like Jamie Lee but she just didn't fit with this great team. Keep Diane but button that shirt.
Brigitte
October 24th, 2012 12:40 PM
Good story, good suspense, didn't see it coming with the beach guy. Great ending showing Gibbs' soft side, he's all heart anyways.
eye4golf
October 24th, 2012 12:32 PM
Okay,...when was it that Tony "had his chance" with Ziva??
I agree with Steve,...didn't see the junk guy as the eventual murderer/bad guy...can see him coming to the beach 'crime scene' to make sure some evidence against him didn't wash up...but, why expose yourself and do some homework...knowing that the NCIS/CGIS were there might have kept you from pulling a knife on a federal officer!?
How priceless was Ducky with Gibbs---classic!!
charli
October 24th, 2012 12:29 PM
Michael,
i totally agree that ziva was the hypocrite here...but then again, she always thinks she should be the center of everyone's attention... anytime she's not, you here "are we not a team?!"....yes, that's right, I HATE ZIVA..so sue me.... she is and always has been the worst part of the show, and so far fetched that she was even allowed to be a member of this team... a member of a foreign nation's intelligience agency allowed access to classified and often top-secret info...something tells me you never see a CIA operative openly working as a member of Mossad.
abby
October 24th, 2012 12:23 PM
i love ncis tony and gibbs are fit
charli
October 24th, 2012 12:23 PM
haven't seen the ep yet, and not sure if i want to.... it's bad enough we see hints of the dreaded and TIVA...but now the guest stars are pushing it too!!!>.. and please, Tony and Tim supposedly competeing for a date!? sounds more like IDIOT!TONY only this time he's joined by IDIOT!TIM...just more of the same, tony is the clown and prob perfect Ziva solved the case... not sure I can stomach that..but then, i usually fast forward thru any scenes with Ziva in them anyway... .... can they please just kill ziva off or send her back to Israel, get her off the damn show!! i'd even settled for her getting her own team, as long as it's in timbuktu ...
sonde
October 24th, 2012 12:16 PM
Love the double Abby whammy!
So it would be funny if Tony and Zeva finally get together only to realize it's too late, they've known each other so long they've morphed into a brother and sister situation; thereby solving the tension thing and moving on! We can then forget TEVA and think more along the lines of Gibbs and Borin, I still say that can fly.
Wanda
October 24th, 2012 12:10 PM
I have to agree with Mel and others. It wasn't the "best" written episode - and the lower ratings today prove that. Tim & Tony were really funny though - but to me it was a bit odd to see them act like they're so "close" (like hanging out with each other outside the office) when the audience is usually given the impression they are clearly NOT. Tony is normally written as belittling Tim in one way or another, and he acts like he doesn't hang out with "Geeks" very often. I LOVED Borin & Ziva together, and how they had the upper hand over "McGoose & Maverick/Iceman" - that was great!! I also thought it was funny how Tony completely ABANDONED his "wingman" while he was struggling to ask Borin out. Poor Tim - he was TERRIBLE!!
Robin
October 24th, 2012 12:08 PM
Everybody was 'spot on' in this episode. Always enjoy Diane Neal's guest appearances, would love to see more of her character. Borin would make an interesting love interest for Gibbs, they are much alike and yet the differences make them fun. I enjoyed the look on Gibb's face when he realized Borin was at the murder scene!
Carol
October 24th, 2012 11:59 AM
This was a great episode!!! Sure had me believing the copter crash. Great surprise ending....
Janey
October 24th, 2012 11:50 AM
The best moment of the episode was definitely Tony telling McGee he could wear the shades for a good line in the interrogation. Made me laugh out loud!
Dreamrose - the killer was Australian, not British, but I get your point. Any kind of foreign accent and you're probably being cast as the villain in a show like this!
Steve
October 24th, 2012 11:14 AM
Great episode and review however I'm pretty sure it was $300,000 each when split four ways ($1.2 million) not $300,000 split four ways ($75,000).
Caryl
October 24th, 2012 10:38 AM
Not one of my favorite episodes.
gatorgal Rank: Recurring Character
October 24th, 2012 10:04 AM
I could have sworn I wrote some comments last night, but they aren't here. In reference to Michael's question re: Borin getting fired. I got that impression as well that her job was in jeapardy as an "performance review" was mentioned, and Tony said "Abby told me." Then he asked what she was going to do, move on up or move on out, maybe someplace tropical. I think it entirely had to do with this case, since for at least 5 days at this point they still hadn't found the heli nor any real clues as to what went down.
Michael
October 24th, 2012 9:51 AM
Can someone Answer this how can Ziva throw a five year old fit about her two coworker spending time together saying how wrong it is when back in season 3 she invite the WHOLE team escape Tony over for Dinner I'm I the only one who though she was a hypocrite.
walter Rank: Guest Star
October 24th, 2012 9:45 AM
Good entertaining episode. The only problem the killer (the scrap guy) wasn't believable. He's one step above a guy pushing a shopping cart collecting cans and one step below Sanford and Son with his old pickup full of junk and yet he has $ 300,000.00 and a boat big enough to land a helicopter on.
Mel
October 24th, 2012 9:25 AM
Nice episode, not the best but it was good enough. Best parts were Gibbs and Ducky, and Gibbs finding the flight helmet for the kid at the end. Also funny to see McGee and Tony struggle to get an impossible date with Borin.
Ziva: I went to Israel to bury my father. It was a moment of weakness. I felt alone. Tony: You need to talk to legal. Ziva: No I don't. Tony: My Hebrew must ...
October 24th, 2012 3:23 PM
I think we call all agree so far season 10 has SUCK!!! really show you what happen when you let people who don't know anything about a show write for it
October 24th, 2012 2:58 PM
@Charlie - you write, "something tells me you never see a CIA operative openly working as a member of Mossad." You forget Ziva not only became an American citizen, she also became an official NCIS Agent and did so 2 or 3 seasons ago. I believe she left Mossad at that time also.
PS - After working under contract for 4 years for the Israeli government, in Israel, myself, I can truly say that yes, their intel agencies and ours work very closely together. In fact, the Israelis have saved our butts quite a few times... It's no secret. If you're gonna "hate" someone, you probably want to have the actual facts as to why. (Don't you just "hate" it when you "hate" someone for all the wrong reasons)?
Rank: Extra
October 24th, 2012 2:49 PM
So Vance is still stuck in his "I failed my responsibility" roll. O.K. But he doesn't have to be relegated to being the fifth wheel on the team. It would only take a few lines of dialog to show him taking dynamic, decisive action to prepare the NCIS teams for tackling future super-villans. Or is the series never again going to do a multi-episode super complex plot setup? Is it never again going to do multi-series, joint team actions with NCIS-LA? Are the teams always going to be in "reaction" mode to whatever evil is being committed at the time? That would be a shame.
This was a good ep. showing team cohesiveness in awkward ways.
October 24th, 2012 2:27 PM
I cannot say anything bad about this show. Each week I enjoy it and look forward to it. I would however like to give DiNozzo a good smack in the back of his head like Jethro does. He is so arrogant and opinionated I want to smack him. I wish McGee could trump him more often.
Rank: Recurring Character
October 24th, 2012 2:14 PM
I loved this episode, especially the scenes between the two Abbys, hearing Abby Scuito tell Coast Guard Abby that she'd put together several blenders and other household appliances from the flotsam they'd picked up on the beach...hilarious, and so very Abby (Gotta love that gal!) I also enjoyed the scene where Ducky talked about his spy chops with Gibbs, that was just so adorable. And I was glad that Tony got a Gibbs-smack in this episode...though I thought all the Top Gun references were pretty funny. But I found the whole idea of these service men and women selling off an old helicopter for about a year's salary each to be something of a stretch, when they had to have known it was treason to their country to do such a thing! I loved the end scene with Gibbs going to give the helmet to that poor kid with Neurofibramatosis.
October 24th, 2012 2:05 PM
I agree with Katmandu. Deliberate, targeted bashing of ANY NCIS character will NOT be tolerated by whiners who posts on THIS site. Those who posts here regularly have clearly had enough of that crap. If you want to practice the Art of Pointless Hate Mongering - go lock yourself in the your own private corner somewhere and "Eat Ziva or Whomever for Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner" as much as you like. Anytime you try to pull that mess on here, you WILL be called out on it. We ALL have the right "not to like" a TV character, but we DON'T have a right be nasty & disrespectful to the show or to other fans happen to disagree with us. If you "Hate" a certain character that much - Fine!! But KEEP IT TO YOURSELF, THEN. Others are not interested in you defending your hateful position. BIG WHOOP!! It's a waste of time because NCIS will continue to portray these characters in whatever way THEY want, and none of us have control over that.
October 24th, 2012 1:45 PM
@charli and @michael (which I highly suspect are the same person)you forget that Tony started that little thing when he outright lied to Ziva about what he and McGee were doing. McGee was all set to tell Ziva the truth when Tony piped up with they were at a bar meeting women in a stupid attempt to make Ziva jealous, never mind that it worked. You are so blinded by your hate for Ziva that you really reach for straws to support your position. Get over it, the fans and TPTB love Ziva, so your little rants against her aren't going to change anything, she is here to stay!
If you are so disenamoured with the show, maybe you should do us all a favor and tune out as we grow tired of your constant harping against all things Ziva.
October 24th, 2012 1:38 PM
nice to see ziva is jealous of tony and mgee together shows that she has feelings for tony i just know that they will be together soon
Rank: New User
October 24th, 2012 1:30 PM
button the collar. Diane Neal is great in the part, but as a female and former member of the Coast Guard Aux she would never, ever be allowed to appear on a case with that unbuttoned neckline. Every other military person has been in uniform and the Coast Guard is definitely military. She is great in the part and matches so much better than Jamie Lee ever did. Like Jamie Lee but she just didn't fit with this great team. Keep Diane but button that shirt.
October 24th, 2012 12:40 PM
Good story, good suspense, didn't see it coming with the beach guy. Great ending showing Gibbs' soft side, he's all heart anyways.
October 24th, 2012 12:32 PM
Okay,...when was it that Tony "had his chance" with Ziva??
I agree with Steve,...didn't see the junk guy as the eventual murderer/bad guy...can see him coming to the beach 'crime scene' to make sure some evidence against him didn't wash up...but, why expose yourself and do some homework...knowing that the NCIS/CGIS were there might have kept you from pulling a knife on a federal officer!?
How priceless was Ducky with Gibbs---classic!!
October 24th, 2012 12:29 PM
Michael,
i totally agree that ziva was the hypocrite here...but then again, she always thinks she should be the center of everyone's attention... anytime she's not, you here "are we not a team?!"....yes, that's right, I HATE ZIVA..so sue me.... she is and always has been the worst part of the show, and so far fetched that she was even allowed to be a member of this team... a member of a foreign nation's intelligience agency allowed access to classified and often top-secret info...something tells me you never see a CIA operative openly working as a member of Mossad.
October 24th, 2012 12:23 PM
i love ncis tony and gibbs are fit
October 24th, 2012 12:23 PM
haven't seen the ep yet, and not sure if i want to.... it's bad enough we see hints of the dreaded and TIVA...but now the guest stars are pushing it too!!!>.. and please, Tony and Tim supposedly competeing for a date!? sounds more like IDIOT!TONY only this time he's joined by IDIOT!TIM...just more of the same, tony is the clown and prob perfect Ziva solved the case... not sure I can stomach that..but then, i usually fast forward thru any scenes with Ziva in them anyway... .... can they please just kill ziva off or send her back to Israel, get her off the damn show!! i'd even settled for her getting her own team, as long as it's in timbuktu ...
October 24th, 2012 12:16 PM
Love the double Abby whammy!
So it would be funny if Tony and Zeva finally get together only to realize it's too late, they've known each other so long they've morphed into a brother and sister situation; thereby solving the tension thing and moving on! We can then forget TEVA and think more along the lines of Gibbs and Borin, I still say that can fly.
October 24th, 2012 12:10 PM
I have to agree with Mel and others. It wasn't the "best" written episode - and the lower ratings today prove that. Tim & Tony were really funny though - but to me it was a bit odd to see them act like they're so "close" (like hanging out with each other outside the office) when the audience is usually given the impression they are clearly NOT. Tony is normally written as belittling Tim in one way or another, and he acts like he doesn't hang out with "Geeks" very often. I LOVED Borin & Ziva together, and how they had the upper hand over "McGoose & Maverick/Iceman" - that was great!! I also thought it was funny how Tony completely ABANDONED his "wingman" while he was struggling to ask Borin out. Poor Tim - he was TERRIBLE!!
October 24th, 2012 12:08 PM
Everybody was 'spot on' in this episode. Always enjoy Diane Neal's guest appearances, would love to see more of her character. Borin would make an interesting love interest for Gibbs, they are much alike and yet the differences make them fun. I enjoyed the look on Gibb's face when he realized Borin was at the murder scene!
October 24th, 2012 11:59 AM
This was a great episode!!! Sure had me believing the copter crash. Great surprise ending....
October 24th, 2012 11:50 AM
The best moment of the episode was definitely Tony telling McGee he could wear the shades for a good line in the interrogation. Made me laugh out loud!
Dreamrose - the killer was Australian, not British, but I get your point. Any kind of foreign accent and you're probably being cast as the villain in a show like this!
October 24th, 2012 11:14 AM
Great episode and review however I'm pretty sure it was $300,000 each when split four ways ($1.2 million) not $300,000 split four ways ($75,000).
October 24th, 2012 10:38 AM
Not one of my favorite episodes.
Rank: Recurring Character
October 24th, 2012 10:04 AM
I could have sworn I wrote some comments last night, but they aren't here. In reference to Michael's question re: Borin getting fired. I got that impression as well that her job was in jeapardy as an "performance review" was mentioned, and Tony said "Abby told me." Then he asked what she was going to do, move on up or move on out, maybe someplace tropical. I think it entirely had to do with this case, since for at least 5 days at this point they still hadn't found the heli nor any real clues as to what went down.
October 24th, 2012 9:51 AM
Can someone Answer this how can Ziva throw a five year old fit about her two coworker spending time together saying how wrong it is when back in season 3 she invite the WHOLE team escape Tony over for Dinner I'm I the only one who though she was a hypocrite.
Rank: Guest Star
October 24th, 2012 9:45 AM
Good entertaining episode. The only problem the killer (the scrap guy) wasn't believable. He's one step above a guy pushing a shopping cart collecting cans and one step below Sanford and Son with his old pickup full of junk and yet he has $ 300,000.00 and a boat big enough to land a helicopter on.
October 24th, 2012 9:25 AM
Nice episode, not the best but it was good enough. Best parts were Gibbs and Ducky, and Gibbs finding the flight helmet for the kid at the end. Also funny to see McGee and Tony struggle to get an impossible date with Borin.