Autumn

I remember when I thought the show had gone too far by having Fitz kill Vera. I so naive and innocent back then.

I really think that Thea is just being what she always was, a bit of a brat. She has moments of maturity like the way she was with Oliver and his reveal but then she runs off to sleep with the grunge assassin just because the adults were fighting about her. Now I think she is mad at Malcolm because she realizes now that he's been telling the truth and her life really is in danger. I think that part of her did think this was all a game of sorts. Everyone did need to tell off Oliver. Roy yelled at him because of how he talked to Thea and was bossing everyone around. I get why everyone is mad about Felicity giving a pep talk to Laurel but she was right that Laurel needs to stop trying to be Sarah and be herself which right now seems to be the person who walks in and distract the bad guys by getting her ass handed to her so the Ollie and Roy can come in and take everyone out with arrows. . I am glad that Quentin knows and I hope he gives everyone hell for lying to him.

I liked this episode. More about Tony is always good. Bishop has really grown on me. I like her relationship with Tony. She teases lightly but it doesn't seem mean spirited. I love Jake. They better not kill him off. I liked that Tony called Piggy at the end and suggested dinner. It makes me happy that Tony has friends outside of work. I was also happy that Abby has been going out to do couples things with Bishop and Jake. The whole thing they did for years with her working around the clock and spending any free time doing charity work was getting old. She is much more balanced and calm.

Oliver knows now that the only way to learn to think like Ra's is to learn from one of his students..Malcolm. He also knew it would cost him the thing that he treasures most...Felicity.

The biggest tell that Vermont was a dream should have been that Tom the Secret Service agent who killed Jerry was there. .

I would guess it is because someone who knows her and may even care about her is behind it. A woman probably wouldn't want her to be raped so it could be the RNC lady. I think her father would be too obvious.

Come on Olivia. A blind man could have seen that coming. Never confide in your cell mate. (Also, NCIS did this two years ago).

I think it was good that they acknowledged that Laurel is in no way ready but with Oliver gone people need to think that Canary is out there. I don't know why they needed to deceive Lance with Sarah's voice. That's just mean. I am going to guess that something bad happened to Maseo's son as a result of his actions which is why he is punishing himself.

I don't know why everyone is OK with Rogelio using his position to get Jane a job she isn't qualified for but not OK with Rafael helping her out so she doesn't have to have two jobs. Even the nuns had an agenda for offering her a job. Michael is likely to get himself killed. You don't go in someplace where you think a drug ring is operating without back up and not expect to get a beat down at the very least.

I am OK with Tony and Zoe and I am OK that she isn't playing that big of a role and is kind of in the background. It's been over a year since Ziva left and she is still alive out there. The plot was kind of silly but kind of frightingly similar to current world events, and yes, they should have figured out the hostage was the one in on it long before. At least Vance got to do something other than be a target of an assasin. I thought the Ellie and Fornell scene was interesting. I wouldn't have put those two together in a scene but I liked that she was able to give thoughtful and helpful advice about Emily in a way that would have come across as too touchy feely if Abby had been the one to do it. The scene with Fornell telling Tim that he knew he and Diane were close and Tim saying, "not really" was kind of awkward but that is kind of like real life. People do say really awkward things when talking to someone after a death. I thought it was really sad that Fornell was still really in love with Diane and thought they had another chance with each other.

Seriously show? Last episode they kill off Tim's father and they don't even mention it this time. Then they recreate every painful moment of the past dozen years and end with another one. I really hate the seasons where the villain is doing what they are doing only because they have a personal vendetta against Gibbs. I like a good shock ending as much as anyone and don't like shows where everyone is safe, but good grief are they trying to be Game of Thrones? At least they could have waited for Joe Spano to be available so we could see the Gibbs and Fornell meeting. If they just drop that for a few episodes and act like it never happend I will really be pissed. I wasn't that crazy about the Rebecca storyline either. Gibbs second wife has been teased for so many years she deserved to be more than just the red herring of the week. I did like Jimmy refusing to participate in the autopsy. Tim's line about having to go rescue a cat in trouble was pretty amusing. I do like episodes where they put Tim and Gibbs in the field together.

That caught me by surprise even thought it shouldn't have. I really didn't think they would kill someone in a Christmas episode. I enjoyed seeing the three hackers even though the underlying story was kind of stupid.

I think having all three villainesses is over the top but I prefer Rumple when he is full out evil so that is one thing to look forward to.

Because they hit so hard on Danny and Tom not being friends anymore and Danny quit the team that Tom coached and Ellie asking "How could you not know what was going on in your own home" it would be strange if it wasn't Joe. I guess it could be Tom this time who actually killed Danny. They really haven't laid out any clues that point to Owen so that would be a total cheat.

This was one of the best episodes in a long time. It was suspenseful but It wasn't a completely outlandish plot. The whole team was working together. Jake turned out to be awesome. Even the lady who was in charge of TSA was competent. No one person was right about everything. Bishop was right about something being wrong with the guy but it was Tony who realized that he was an impostor because he didn't get the beer joke about his name. Tony is a better profiler that Kate ever was. Jake was helpful but he left the heroics to the people with police training. Gibbs wasn't being a total Grinch about the holidays. Abby wasn't walking around dressed like a turkey or some other nonsense. Tony has someone coming to visit him for the holiday.

I think the magic hat is making Rumple super evil. Someone left it in that house or him to find. I think the sorcerer is the person who wrote the book and created the daggar. Did everyone forget that Emma's magic is what saved their sorry behinds over and over again. If it wasn't for Emma's magic none of them would have a happy ending including her parents. Henry is seriously useless. I was hoping making him Gold's apprentice would make him start to turn a bit dark, but nope he's still hyper focused on the stupid book. Regina and Robin. Clearly no one in the town gives two damns that you are cheating on Marion so you might as well get a comfy bed someplace less dusty. The Snow Queen must have known that all she had to do to keep Regina out of her hair was to get her laid. I think Will only exists so he will admit at some point that he is in love with Marion and offer to take her away with him.