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  1. On 5/4/2018 at 7:43 PM, Moxie Cat said:

    Yes, THAT episode I remember, but it was from last year since Kono was in it. So there was another one this year that was a return to the construction site that involved Tani's brother? Man, my memory is getting shaky! (Probably too many TV shows!)

    earlier this year:

     

    You may have glossed over it what with the riveting tools-from-the-restaurant-are-stolen storyline.

  2. I apologize if these were already posted, but I didn't see them above.

    May 29, Fox News: 'NCIS' actress Pauley Perrette threatens the media: 'I will have you arrested'

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    Perrette, 49, tweeted on Friday: “Hey tabloids and ‘reporters,’ leave me alone I WILL have you arrested for trespassing on my property if I decide to talk, it’s on MY TERMS!”

    June 1, Radar Online:  Peace Restored! ‘NCIS’ Set ‘Relaxed’ After Pauley Perrette’s Departure

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    “Now that she is gone everyone on set is much more relaxed,” a source told Radar. “From the actors to the crew members. It’s a nicer atmosphere now that everyone gets on with each other and there’s no bad blood between anyone.”  

    ..............

    “The physical assault she is referring to is apparently just referring to the dog,” the source said. “I know that Mark and no other lead actors were involved in any sort of physical violence on or off set.”

    June 2, Celebrity Insider: Pauley Perrette Is Doing ‘Great’ After Leaving ‘NCIS’ Over Mark Harmon Feud Claims Her Dad

    June 6, Twitter:


    June 6, popculture.tv: Pauley Perrette Appears to Call out Report About ‘NCIS’ Set Relieved by Her Departure

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  3. i loved all of it. every last earnest preaching too-emotional minute of it. I wish they had spent a couple more seconds with the kids watching Dalton explain what had happened, and them realizing what their parents had been thinking for those 20 minutes. 

    The convo b/w Conrad and Russell: "Do I call Carol? ....?" "What's the point?" GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH <allsob>

    I want to know more about SecDef's history - do we know if/when he served and rank? (I feel like we must, but that I haven't been paying attention.)

    Fascinating that all of the people the Pres needed to make his decision were with him, except Bess. So he can just notify the Joint Chiefs and not ask for input?

    I liked the first guy Daisy met. More of him, please! Waffles FTW!

    Matt annoys me. 

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  4. 16 hours ago, Pyanfar said:

    Had to re-watch before I could be sure.  I think they retconned Gibbs' age again.  According to last night's headstone, he's now 63 or 64.  Have to check the other episodes, but I think he was younger on the earlier headstones.

    I was all excited that they finally CONFIRMED his age! and wow, y'all are right - where's the mandatory retirement??? Federal agents are subject to mandatory retirement at age 57. I mean, I can go along with a hand-wave - but let's at least address it!!!

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  5. On 5/23/2018 at 11:37 AM, Trey said:

    I did not like the way Vance and Gibbs treated the man who was suffering from ptsd, who was rescued along with Sloane.  They should have warned him they were going to play a recording of the voice of the man who tortured him, instead of just springing it on him like that.

    SECOND. It was AWFUL. I think he was at Walter Reed.

     

    On 5/23/2018 at 2:33 PM, GHScorpiosRule said:

    A lot of people may suspect; a few may know, but Gibbs never told anyone else what he did, except for this mother-in-law, Shannon's mother. Guess he forgot he did tell at least one other person. And in "Hiatus," when Jennie tells Ducky that Gibbs had a wife and child who were murdered, Ducky said that Gibbs would not have let the person responsible, live. Still, semantics.

    I'm sure he's aware a lot of people suspect. He's never confirmed their suspicions.

    No, he also told Shannon's mother it didn't bring him the satisfaction he thought it would; just as killing whoever she did, would not bring her peace.

    Agreed. I don't think he's ever said it out loud, not even to Jenny.

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  6. I *was shipping Hidoko and Sam, but now I want to see him and Marsha T on my screen foreverandeveramen.

    I felt like they made the leap to the counterfeiter pretty quickly at the first shootout in the parking lot. For all Duchamps knew, Callen and Sam were followed and that outed her as an NCIS stooge, either agent or CI. Because that's what I thought when that truck pulled in.

    Am sad we didn't see Sam "take care of it himself" for the brother.

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  7. Well, this is letting me hold on by my fingernails to my belief that MH wasn't a COMPLETE ass. If the article is somewhat true, at least, and he was trying his best to make it safe for everyone, that I can buy. (Although, what are the laws in California re: dog bite? I think in New York the dog would be euthanized after a bite that resulted in stitches. unless the crew member was provoking it or something, which i doubt. Again - only think in NY - don't know law.)

    Oh Pauley. Just keep your mouth shut.

    I'm with @slothgirl - they are going to HAVE to address it now. Now regular TV media will be asking about it at the upfronts - TVLine, TVInsider, etc.

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  8. 15 hours ago, chitowngirl said:

    Gibbs checked out Torres by looking into his eyes and then declared, “He looks good”. Torres replied, “I moisturize”.

    Tee! thank you!

  9. EW recap:

    • Okay, time for a bit of conspiracy talk: Abby’s farewell episode relied heavily on the past closeness between Gibbs and Abby, and the flashbacks did the bulk of the emotional heavy lifting between these two characters. This starkly highlighted the fact that these two didn’t share a single in-person scene this season until tonight — and let’s be honest, tonight’s scenes could easily have been filmed separately since the pair never exchanged dialogue or even appeared together in the same shot. It was a tiny sour note in an otherwise lovely goodbye.

     

    TV Insider:

    • Question: Is the rumor true about Pauley Perrette leaving because of Mark Harmon's dog? It would explain them not being in any scenes together all season and that weak finale between them. — Leo
    • Matt Roush: I had to look this one up, and even if there were any truth to this story, it wouldn’t explain why they couldn’t rise above and do their job—which is creating the fiction, satisfying to millions of fans, that Gibbs and Abby had a singular father-daughter type bond within the team. The final wave from across the street was so inauthentic it would be laughable if it were actually funny.
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  10. On 5/7/2018 at 2:21 PM, HurricaneVal said:

    I think Bess has locked onto a gift that she knows has been incredibly useful to her in the past, but which isn't often thought of as a "gift" for celebratory occasions.  My mom sent me off to college with a Dustbuster hand  vacuum, and that thing got LOTS of use, since the shared vacuums in the dorms were always lost or broken when we needed them.  Since then, every time a niece or nephew or a friend's kid goes off to college, that's what I send with them.  I always get this puzzled look of "Huh?" when they open it, but the gift has been universally appreciated (based on feedback) by those I've given it to.  I've also been known to mail off random packets of large safety pins to my nieces, which always gets a "how did you know!" email back.  I'm down with the wet/dry vac fetish...

    I loved this episode.  Just loved it.   Sometimes having an outside observer come in gives a different perspective on our familiar characters.  It is a common trope, but I don't mind it.  M*A*S*H used it very effectively several times, and Hawaii 5-0 had an episode like that in the early seasons.  If done right, it can give insights as well as advance the plot.  I'm not sure it advanced the plotline last night, but it certainly gave some very good character perspectives.  Loved the family interactions with him, Stevie's insecurity and Admiral-Professor Arm-Candy's deflection, loved that Bess owns her past, warts and all, and is open minded enough, or committed to the truth enough, that she strives for transparency and openness, even to her detriment.  

    Tim Kang!  Oh, I had a terrible "who is that guy?  I know that guy?  From where?" moment, then y'all nailed it with The Mentalist.  He played it just right.  He was so stressed, and so dedicated.  I loved his quiet surprise at Bess owning her past, and refusing the thumb drive with the incriminating evidence.  And also his surprise at his warm-ish reception by her even after his article was less than completely flattering.  Kat's suspicion of his note writing, and his wry surrendering of his notes were spot on. 

     

    Also?  I...think there's something else on that thumb drive that Bess either doesn't know about, or is deeply, deeply personal, because Tim Kang didn't bat an eye when she openly copped to her morally spotty past CIA activities, but his soft hesitation, then ultimately giving it to Blake for that mysterious "someday" tells me there's something more than Bess thinks on that drive.

    all of this. thank you for saving me the time of having to type it myself!! :-)

  11. 8 hours ago, Gothish520 said:

    Now see, I feel completely the opposite. The Abby I knew and liked would never have left without saying goodbye to everyone. She probably would have even bought them gifts. This Abby just seemed so depressed and almost devoid of emotion. Like life had beaten her down, and she was just over it all. I didn't buy it, any of it.

     

    50 minutes ago, Ohmo said:

    Word, Word, followed my more word.  The note really bugged me.  Abby hugs everybody, and she's going to leave NCIS and Gibbs and not hug him good-bye?  Everything that was done in that episode in terms of the blocking and positioning of Abby and Gibbs might have well come with subtitles that read "We have to do this because Mark and Pauley no longer wish to share scenes together."  The note and the fact that she was standing across the street was a "You have got to be kidding me with these two" moment for me because I found it completely absurd.

    I see both your points. And I def agree @Ohmo that the blocking screamed “AWKWARD!”  But IMO while Abby def became his surrogate daughter and she treated him like a father - I could still see her chickening out of having to tell “dad” she was leaving. I was in a somewhat similar situation (note—not *nearly as long, or *nearly as close in terms of a relationship) and I was scared to death to tell my mentor that I was up and moving and completely changing professions. Oh well. YMMV. I guess it doesn’t matter if any of us believed it since we know there is a reason they didn’t shoot the scene together. 

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  12. 16 hours ago, JessDVD said:

    Halftime report:

    Tony making Tim say "I love you too" is everything.

    Flashbacks: this show was ten times better when Tony and Kate were on it. Mike Franks' death was an improvement. Paloma guy isn't wrong about death following Gibbs.

    Loved that, too - seemed in character for both of them. I actually wondered if they would  shoehorn in a MW visit to boost the Bull finale.

    14 hours ago, stonehaven said:

    I know they were going for a tender moment at the end but I could not stop laughing at all the ways they kept Gibbs and Abby apart. It took me out of the series...

    One cool thing, I loved that poker game...the chemistry between all of them was 400 times better than the rest of the cast...I really want a Gibbs/Fornell spin off....

    Me, too X 2.

    14 hours ago, enoughcats said:

    Near death hospitalizations should involve the patient's family.  Abby has two brothers, or did, at least for some episodes.  Abby called her co-workers her family.  

    In this story line, she chooses to abandon both for a co-worker she has known for, maybe, three years.  I could mutter on about her never seeing Tim's family grow up, about her abandoning her good deeds in D.C. 

    AND - wasn't she still dating the park ranger? Whose name I forgot? What about the nuns???

    14 hours ago, Ohmo said:

    I think that was one of the loveliest things about the episode.  McGee and Abby have a long history.  If Gibbs were acting like he used to act around Abby, he would have probably sat there for a bit, and then asked McGee to remain.  I don't think Delilah would have cared in the slightest, and if anything, she would have likely encouraged Tim to remain at Abby's bedside.  Delilah knows that Tim loves her and the twins.  She also knows that Abby is important to Tim.

    Agreed. I'm surprised we didn't see Delilah at the hospital, but two infants make that reasonable.

    12 hours ago, slothgirl said:

    I'm glad she's gone. I wish she was as bad-ass all along as she was in this episode. I couldn't stand infantile Abby and I LOVED her in the first couple of seasons when she'd wear cargo pants with heavy chains and talk in that deeper voice. As she regressed, her pitch also went up. Originally, there had been an idea of Abby as a potential love interest for Gibbs. As it became obvious that wasn't the way to go, it's almost like they had to change her entire character and demeanor to something more childish/childlike precious.

    And whatever the backstage reasons, the whole MH and PP never in the same room controversy took me out of the story and show too much over the episodes... but this was especially ridiculous. It may have started over a dog, but it had to have blossomed into far more, unless Harmon is really the type who just won't ever back down once his back is up.

    Agreed. As I watched this ep and her badass hardcore takedown of King, I actually said out loud to my empty living room: "Well where has that Abby been for 15 years?!?!"

    10 hours ago, brgjoe said:

    It was better than Tony's sendoff, but not by much.  I also agree the best part was the poker game.  Wish it had gone on a bit longer.

    Still PO'ed that Reeves died.  Just like Dorneget, they dispatched him as soon as his character started to get more interesting. 

    It was nice to have Tony checking in via phone.  I had hoped he would make a surprise appearance, but I kinda knew the odds wouldn't be good for that taking place. 

    I actually enjoyed seeing Angry Abby though.  Much better than Infantile Abby we saw much of the last few seasons.  Also liked how she mentioned the names of those characters who were killed off in previous episodes.

     

    I rewound the list of agents twice and was PEEVED they left off Paula. Then I heard her say "hero-friends" and thought - oh maybe Abby meant friends that died in the actual line of duty. THEN i remembered, NO, Paula DID blow up in the line of duty. Then I got mad all over again.

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    I apologize for all the quote-posts. I could have probably quoted each of you for I agreed with something from everyone.

    I couldn't even comment until this morning from the rage-induced blackout I suffered at 9:01.

    I didn't get taken out of the story with the lack of Gibbs/Abs until the very end. It seemed likely to me that he would be out rounding up the shooter in rage. And then in the lab - he would have never done a big group hug. (I admit to full-on crying here.) I *do believe that Abby the character would be so wracked with survivor's guilt that she would give up everything to do what Reeves couldn't.

    If I hadn't known that there was this ridic fued for whatever reason AND hadn't noticed they hadn't been in any scenes together all year, I would have completely bought that ending. Abby bugging out via note is completely believable to me and in character. Knowing the reason (or, that there IS a reason of some sort) made it all kinds of shady. I mean. GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER PEOPLE. #45 - Clean up your own fucking messes!!

    Here's what I want to know: With the understanding/caveat that yes, they're actors ... How hard was it for PP/MH to shoot those scenes alone?? How does MH emote while reading the letter (without his glasses)? How does PP look all sad and respectful across the street. HOW does MH fake-sign an 'I love you' to a soundstage about a woman he currently is not speaking to (or at least amicable with)????? And HOW uncomfortable must this set have been these last few weeks? Mother fudge. It makes me angry. and sad. And i didn't even like Abby!

    Did anyone else notice that Gibbs had maybe 15 lines the total episode??

    What did Torres say after Gibbs looked him the eyes to see if he needed sleep. I couldn't catch it.

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  13. On 5/1/2018 at 4:34 PM, BaseOps said:

    I think that season 14 has been, without contest, the strongest season of the show since the first half of its run. So I’m excited about the future of the series in general. I’ll miss April & Arizona… but not any more than I missed Izzie, or George, or Burke, or Cristina, so I don’t think the show is suddenly going to crumble. A year ago I was annoyed as hell pretty much every time Amelia came onscreen, now I actually find her endearing, and I love that Owen has finally been able to find some happiness as well. Krista has lifted the veil of constant misery and doom & gloom from GSM and I find the show genuinely fun to watch again. A year ago I would have been happy to see Owen leave, now I’m more excited to see a character that I once loved (especially in season 5 / 6) continue to reclaim some happiness.

    I love Alex and I’m so happy to have seen Jo get some development this year. I’m excited about their prospects as a couple and for whatever Vernoff gives them to do next year. I think Bailey had her best writing in AGES this year, so I’m excited to see more for her character. I loved seeing Meredith leave behind romantic woes and focus on being an amazing surgeon (and mentor to Jo), and I also thought that she had more chemistry and better writing in a single episode with Nick than she’d been given for 2 seasons with Riggs (and I’m one of the fans who actually didn’t mind Riggs, but the entire storyline was totally botched).

    I love that Vernoff writes the characters as being friends + colleagues with rich histories rather than constant adversaries whose motives change with each story. A lot of seasons 11 to 13 felt like we were constantly watching doctors battle each other (especially season 13), whereas now we’re still seeing competition and drama but between characters who actually have conversations with each other, build each other up, etc. I love that she plays on so many things that Stacey neglected (like Amelia and Richard’s sobriety actually being discussed, Maggie & Richard’s relationship, constant references to Cristina, the return of Matthew, Teddy, and Olivia, etc.)

    Season 14 actually had arcs that developed over time and paid off, rather than introducing stories that were constantly dropped & forgotten. Vernoff is also much better at introducing new recurring characters (Koracick and Casey, the trans intern, both have a lot of potential) and the patients have been more engaging this year than they had been for ages – Kimmie, Eli the rabbi, the lesbian couple who recurred, etc.

    As for Teddy - there's no confirmation that she's coming back next year, that's been all speculation, but of course anything is possible. 

    ALL. OF. THIS.

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  14. 13 hours ago, LittlePeas3 said:

    In other thoughts, that Nell and Eric scene at the start was hilarious.  And I liked the little dig at Callen from Hetty about Anna.  Mosley has become more likeable, it was weird watching her at the start talking coffee joints with Callen and Sam.  Very Weird.

    agreed. And I noticed a lot of conversation happened downstairs at the desks instead of ops or Mosely's office.

    That little blonde pixie can never come back as far as I'm concerned. I'm with Sam - I'd rather have Arkady!

    Loved the military funeral, although I don't know why Hetty got the flag. And then didn't have it when they left the cemetery.

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  15. I will be bummed if she dies. I don't like Abby, and frankly she ranks low on the list of characters I care about; HOWEVER she has been there 15 years and I would rather that she CHOOSES to leave, and gets to say proper goodbyes.

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  16. 22 hours ago, MerBearHou said:

     2) When Madam Secretary was putting on deodorant in the bedroom while talking to her husband, I thought that I had never seen someone put on deodorant on a TV show before!  Such a mundane little gesture that we all do but it was amusing to me and I thought for sure it was a Tea Leoni ad-lib choice to show the normalcy of their relationship in the midst of her not-so-everyday job. 

     

    ME TOO! And then I spent an inordinate amount of time wondering why she was putting on (ROLL-ON!) deodorant when she hadn't showered yet! Or did she shower and put her pajamas back on!?!?!

    20 hours ago, HurricaneVal said:

    Loved the return of the admirable adversary Chinese ambassador!  I also loved how Bess flat out asked "so, what do you want?" when negotiating to have the "Arctic Adjacent" Chinese ice breakers show up to break up the standoff with the Russians.

    I LEGIT laughed out loud at "Did you know <orcas> sleep with only hemisphere of their brain at a time? Such inquisitive creatures..." SNORT. I tweeted the actor (@fjue) and his reply was "Thank you so much for reminding me about that line!" His delivery was genius.

     

    7 hours ago, KHenry14 said:

    Boy, I am just sick of this smug, self-righteous attitude from Jason. Sure he gets a pass for being a smart kid, but enough is enough. Maybe getting away from this Piper girl will improve the character, but I doubt it.

    agreed-  but I attribute a lot of it to being 16 and a dumb boy. I think it's a realistic response from someone that age, even if we don't like it.

    Also genius? Sebastian's facial expressions during Piper-interruptus. First, the security wave-off behind the door --"all good-don't go in there" and then the big eyes/puffed-out-cheeks/heaved sigh of "Kids! Amirite?!" as MS exited with a flustered OMG! HAHAHAH

    I heart Blake.

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  17. On 4/17/2018 at 9:15 PM, stonehaven said:

    I knew the lawyer was in on it when he said nothing during the line up...defense lawyers usually can't shut up during those things so I knew he was the guy.

    agreed.

    On 4/18/2018 at 10:22 PM, JessDVD said:

    Bishop is dumber than paint if she actually didn't realize that Torres and Annie wanted to be alone.

    Also agreed. I loved the side eye at Tim which basically screamed "HELLOIWANTTOBEALONEHEREEEEEEEEEEE"

    i did NOT like the closing photo shot on Bishop making a face at Torres/Annie. BOOOOOOOOOO. And I took Torres asking about her night about strictly because he was mad the guy didn't call him like they previously agreed. I didn't necessarily think he was jealous. (Perhaps i'm so against them, that i can't bear for BOTH of them to be pining away...)

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  18. On 4/14/2018 at 6:29 AM, Cranberry said:

    Still love Petra and JR. I'm hoping Petra's conflicted look at the end was just her being overwhelmed by JR giving up her career (at least partly) because of Petra, and not because she's actually hiding something.

    Second. My heart broke with "I don't need you to pick up carpool, but I *do need my girlfriend to trust me."

    On 4/15/2018 at 3:14 PM, tennisgurl said:

    I love the fact that Brooke Shields has apparently decided to become a TV character actor at this stage in her career, because she`s actually pretty hilarious. Between this show and her guest starring on The Middle, this is probably the most Brooke Shields I've ever seen, and I am not even close to mad about it. River Fields eating the pot brownie with Xo while watching a telenovella was the highlight of the episode. Especially when they started narrating the drama and cliffhanger in the Jane and Raphael story.

     

    YES! This!

     

    On 4/17/2018 at 1:31 PM, xander874 said:

    I haven't seen Amy Brenneman (Judging Amy shoutout) in a long while, so it was fun seeing her even if only for a couple of scenes. I know cancer plots are a dime a dozen on dramas (I rolled my eyes at Lynette's on Desperate Housewives) but everyone is doing such a good job and I like that they are really exploring how this affects the other characters. Jaime Camil was wonderful in that diner scene with Xo and the Alba/Jane scene was great too.

    Also this!

    3 hours ago, jaigurudeva said:

    I imagine Jane is going to be pretty upset learning that Rafael has been in contact with Sin Rostro behind her back. Something has to throw a monkey wrench into their relationship, because even with the brief disagreement with Alba, it's been a little too idyllic between the two of them, which is cute, but never lasts in a telenovela. The last time Jane was in such a place in a relationship, Michael dropped dead.

    I think ... Jane knows? Jane knows that Rose is the one with all the answers about his parents. And that Rose offered to trade those answers for Luisa's location. yes? Do i remember that correctly?

     

    ETA: Random Q, but clearly I have a lot of time on my hands... Do we know what kind of birth control Raf/Jane are using? Has it been discussed? As in, I would hope/expect that Jane would INSIST on making Raf get tested before they went condom-less.

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  19. On 4/12/2018 at 10:13 PM, anna0852 said:

    Glad to get some Jo & Alex time in there. I though it was very sweet how she said she wanted to take his last name, because it's the name of someone who loves her.

     

    I, too, loved this. <3

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