Rambler

So the plan to download the hard drive depended entirely on the evil killer blonde being nice enough to abandon her post and personally escort Miss Loretta upstairs to the hiring department. Yep that sounds totally plausible. I also liked how the drive was protected by a firewall so tight that no hackers would ever be able to break through and then they put it into an unlocked room that apparently any shlub off the street could wander into.

Seems a bit farfetched that a restaurant with a months long waiting list would be sending out random email invitations. Abby was stupid to click on the message while she was using a government computer as that sounds like the something the Russkies would send to install malware. If she survives she can probably get a job with the DNC next.

Ahahaha! Those guys were seriously the most inept Albanian mobsters ever!!! "I have a great idea! Let’s steal people’s credit card numbers, use them to order $10,000 worth of merchandise, and then have it delivered to the victim's house. I'm pretty sure they won’t notice a delivery guy ringing their doorbell and asking them to sign for a $10,000 delivery." "Oho! This guy is wearing a wire. Luckily I found out before any money changed hands and I could incriminate myself. Now let's take him out back and shoot him because I'm sure all the cops listening in won't lift a finger to stop us.” “Whelp taking this dude out back so I can murder him. Why should I pay attention to him? I’m sure he won't try to take my gun.”

A Public Service Announcement to all Congressional aides who may be reading this: When carrying around damaging evidence against an evil defense company, it is probably not a good idea to take a stroll through a deserted park in the middle of the night. That is all.

Yep because apparently Abby and Jack are useless for looking at videos. Also Bishop, you couldn’t be bothered to pick up the phone to warn McGee once you found out that Hicks car was parked outside? At least Triff was somewhat amusing. I laughed at his concern about staining the hardwood floors with his blood.

Thank God the beautiful background scenery of the quickfire kept me distracted from thinking too much about what they were cooking and eating.

In last season’s restaurant wars, Katsuji was a sous chef that was eliminated, even though IMO the exec chef John Tesar should have been the one to go. I believe it depends on the deal the production company can get with the local suppliers. In the next city, if they can get a better deal with restaurant depot and pier one, they will probably go back to old format where the chefs have to set the place up.

So if you push somebody and they accidentally hit their head and die, I kind of fail to see how shoving the body into a wood chipper is going to improve your situation. I feel they needed Ella in this episode so she could make her inappropriate yet humorous commentary on the feet sticking out of the wood chipper, otherwise it is just a useless plot contrivance. On a more positive note, it was awfully nice of the cops to put the police tape right next to the wood chipper so the neighbors could get a good look inside.

Since it was blindingly obvious who the real shoplifter was going to be the second blonde girl showed up at Vance’s door, the only real mystery here was how in the world Jimmy managed to get glass shards in his eyes when he wears glasses. I was waiting for Gibbs to ask the obvious question and the humorous story behind it, but then nothing happened. I guess they just needed a filler scene to kill time, unless they are planning on having OSHA inspectors showing up at the lab next week.

Gee it was awfully nice of Danny to point out to the mob boss who his next target should be.

Hmmm how can we get these explorer scouts more interested in becoming police officers? I got it! Let’s get a real police officer from off the streets, and have him give a talk to the scouts. But which officer? So many to choose from, but why not go with officer who is on suspension for disobeying a direct order and calling his captain a jackass in front of his men. That would be perfect! And it worked too! All the kids were excited to join the NYPD once the officer explained to them that they can ignore any orders they disagreed with because "it's the right thing to do". Frank must be so proud.

OMG Grover ordered a pizza with just pineapple and cheese! Was he trying to get the guy to kill himself?

One of the rewards for winning the quickfire was the opportunity for Chris to make a Buzzfeed Tasty video. Here is the video of the winning quickfire dish: Pepper Pot Shrimp As Made By Top Chef’s Chris Scott

Why would the FBI be investigating a local gang war? This should be something that the 5-O task force was created for, yet they seem clueless as to what has been going on for the last few months. The FBI investigates interstate or federal crimes. The only reason the governor would need to call the FBI in would be if the local authorities were corrupt or incompetent. You would think that an FBI agent picked to head up a task force might have made a few enemies on his way up. So does McGarrett examine the agent’s past cases to see if someone might be holding a grudge? Nah that would be too easy. Instead he puts all his resources into calling in the National Guard to round up over a hundred gang members despite there being zero evidence that they had anything to do with the bombing. The least he could do is narrow the investigation to the gangs that have access to magical bombs that leave no residue behind and are dumb enough to use them on an FBI agent instead of the rival gangs they are at war with. But then again I guess that would leave nobody to stick inside the ludicrous temporary jail that he has built for the occasion. I also liked how the gangs are locked in this vicious war and yet the leaders are sitting at home by themselves with no guards. So it ends up that the gangs had nothing to do with the bombing and McGarrett has wasted all this time and money, and has gotten a patrol officer and the officers guarding the prisoners killed over nothing at all. On second thought, I guess I can see why the governor decided to call in the FBI after all.

So are we supposed to infer that Gibbs beat the location of the safe house out of the suspect? I hope this show isn’t sailing down the road to Hawaii 5-O levels of ridiculous police work.

This plot made absolutely zero sense. The first three guys that were killed couldn’t reveal the name of the big bad guy? Then why were they given a deal and released from prison in the first place? And after the first two were killed, you would think the justice department would notice and maybe try to protect the last guy. And then you have an imposter federal prosecutor allowed to hang around a high profile fourth witness for a few days and nobody notices. Of course after the fire alarm is set off, you just leave one marshal to guard the witness because an assassin would never use a trick like that. Oh and Hamilton had no objection that the judge hearing his plea deal was the very person he was about to name as his co-conspirator. Too bad fake prosecutor had to go and pull the fire alarm as I feel that would have led to a very funny courtroom scene.

Poor corporal Humvee driver should have worn his red shirt since it was kinda obvious what was going to happen to him once he walked up and the general said they would be taking a shortcut.

Well this episode was a bit of a head scratcher, but I finally figured it out. First we are told Pride is seeing the therapist and everybody is saying he is acting much better. Then he promptly goes off the reservation again and doesn't notify NOPD or DCFS about the street kids so they can be taken into custody - even though everyone is telling him that’s what he should be doing. Yep I’m thinking that the therapy isn’t working out as well as everyone thinks it is. One of the street kids is then killed and Pride is rather nonchalant about it. He's all "Oh well I guess I blew that one, but let’s not waste time discussing it cuz we gotta find the other kids". Then during the shootout at the park, he keeps telling Gregorio to wait for him even though the street girl is seconds away from being killed. Afterwards he starts berating Gregorio for not listening to him and I’m thinking wait, why is he dressing her down when she just saved that girl's life. That's when it hit me. Pride didn't want that girl to be saved because he secretly hated those street kids all along and he wanted them all dead. That’s the only explanation that makes any sense at all. :D

What a brilliant plan. After everyone has been evacuated and out of danger, let's just stick around and try to defuse the bomb ourselves even though we have no idea how to do it, or when the bomb is going to go off. Also I liked how the bomber carefully hid the bomb in a food cart and then thought it would be cool to equip it with a beeping timer and flashing light, like that wouldn't be too noticeable.

Why didn’t the silly FBI just tell the bad guys that launching the missiles would be futile since they had parked trucks on top of the silos? I mean other than they then wouldn’t be able to show Kensi saving the world from a nuclear holocaust.

Haha The actress playing little flea looks more impressive in her fight scenes than the Iron Fist dude. Of course that's not saying much, but still...

Hmmm so the Coast Guard of all agencies has an amazing infra-red device that can locate two guys sitting in a truck in the middle of an industrial park and identify them as criminals. Funny how they then can’t have the helicopter fly over to the locks to locate the dudes planting the bombs there. But no worries because Pride once used a boat to rescue Katrina victims and that gave him the magical ability to know precisely where that bombs needed to be planted when no one else could figure it out.

Poor coroner's van driver dude. Your van gets hijacked and then nobody cares about you. When Tahir contacts NCIS do they say "What have you done with the coroner’s van driver?" Nope. They are all "Grrr you stole Michelle's dead body and now Sam's gonna get you!!!" Then at the end, Nell says that the LAPD found Michelle's body, but not one word about the driver. Thanks writers, now I will spend the rest of my life wondering what happened to the coroner's van driver dude.

Pride learns of the poison seconds after the congresswoman leaves, takes off after her with sirens blaring and driving like a maniac and he can’t catch up to her? Who’s driving her around, Mario Andretti? Then the congresswoman arrives, gets seated at her table, orders her oyster appetizer and has it delivered... and Pride still hasn’t arrived? Maybe his GPS gave him the wrong directions?!? Then when Pride finally arrives, he aims his SUV directly at the congresswoman’s table. What are her so-called guards doing - standing around with their thumbs up their asses admiring the New Orleans scenery? His SUV should have been shot so full of holes that it resembled a rolling brick of swiss cheese. Then the mayor who was so nervous that he wanted to call the whole plan off the day before, just casually strolls into an airport that is probably full of security cameras and poisons the congresswoman, who is now mysteriously without her bodyguards. I never thought any series could have stupider writing than Hawaii 5-O, but this show is fast descending to that level.

Just a bit of advice to the showrunners: episodes where you have Daniel Wu spending the entire time lying flat on his back dreaming of being a peaceful farmer + barely any Emily Beecham time on screen will NOT result in more viewers to your program.