All Episodes Talk: NCIS: Los Angeles

[ymeagain]

5 hours ago, Notwisconsin said:

Hey, he was being thrown out. He had to guards making sure that he was physically removed from his place of work. She was basically saying good riddence and he was trying to save things.

I don't see it that way at all. Yea, Deeks was being removed from the property--because he didn't leave when his boss told him to go (he's not blameless; maybe if he'd left when Kensi suggested he leave, he wouldn't have been escorted off). Kensi wasn't saying good riddance; she was going back to do her job. I guess it would have been better if she had thrown away her career for Deeks even though he had just suggested they not get married? Deeks is being removed from NCIS, a boy is in trouble, the other NCIS agents are going on a rescue mission--and Kensi should leave her team to go home and comfort Deeks--who may not even consider himself her fiance anymore?

3 hours ago, UncleChuck said:

are we to think that next season will be "Nell and Eric Save the World"?

I read earlier this season that they're introducing a new character--a former Green Beret--so maybe the premiere will introduce this character? Whatever, I know I'll be watching the premiere and I hope it's gonna be two hours.

[Notwisconsin]

1 hour ago, ymeagain said:

Deeks is being removed from NCIS, a boy is in trouble, the other NCIS agents are going on a rescue

The boy has nothing to do with the Navy or terrorism. While his father may be s scumbag, there was no need for rescue because the kid was perfectly fine and wanted for nothing. NCIS has no jurisdiction here. NONE. What they did was totally illegal. Which reminds me, isn't that why they got into all that trouble in seasons 7 and 8? Yeah, I know it's fantasy, but why have a fantasy when you have a genuine voice of reason that should be listened to? This was good writing within an incredabley stupid plot.

[Ellee]

11 hours ago, ymeagain said:

 

I read earlier this season that they're introducing a new character--a former Green Beret--so maybe the premiere will introduce this character? Whatever, I know I'll be watching the premiere and I hope it's gonna be two hours.

A Green Beret?  Named Turk? :D

And he arrives with Hidoko? :D

And the team is saved miraculously with a few bumps and bruises?  :D

[123BP]

23 hours ago, Notwisconsin said:

The boy has nothing to do with the Navy or terrorism.

That was EXACTLY what Callen said--his was the voice of reason--and precisely why he wanted NO ONE from NCIS to accompany him. Heck, he wasn't even going to get too involved himself if he could help it. That all changed when both Sam and Kensi said they would go; then Callen had to act as the team leader and was worried about everybody on his team the entire mission (to Kensi-"Are you up for this?" to Deeks-"Deeks, are you cool?" and multiple checks with Sam).

12 hours ago, Ellee said:

A Green Beret?  Named Turk?

No. According TV Line and Matt Carter (I think), the character is a woman named Cassie who's been working in South/Central America. Maybe they've changed their minds, though.

Another reason I think Mosley's gone: she and Hidoko were a "package" deal. Get rid of one, the other goes away. Yea!!!

[AuntieL]

I hope that wasn't Hidoko that was burned alive. That's a crappy way to kill off a character we were just beginning to know.  I don't mind Mosley heading off into the sunset with her kid but I'd like Hidoko to stay. 

[LittlePeas3]

9 hours ago, 123BP said:

That was EXACTLY what Callen said--his was the voice of reason--and precisely why he wanted NO ONE from NCIS to accompany him. Heck, he wasn't even going to get too involved himself if he could help it. That all changed when both Sam and Kensi said they would go; then Callen had to act as the team leader and was worried about everybody on his team the entire mission (to Kensi-"Are you up for this?" to Deeks-"Deeks, are you cool?" and multiple checks with Sam).

Hopefully, as they were working under Mosley, she will fall and they will keep their jobs with minor repercussions - assuming they get saved and all survive with injuries that are recoverable.  I hate having to wait 4-5 months!  I want to know NOW!  Yes, I know, I am impatient :)  

[RobertDeSneero]

On 5/21/2018 at 10:06 AM, 123BP said:

I also think Hidoko's dead (especially after reading Andrea's IG),

OK, I looked that up.  Is it wrong that I laughed at the hashtag #blackgirlsarelit?

Honestly, not sure she is dead.  I think her fate might be undetermined, or it was when the episode was shot.  If they knew for sure she wasn't coming back next season, I feel like they would have given her a badass moment.

[LittlePeas3]

3 hours ago, RobertDeSneero said:

OK, I looked that up.  Is it wrong that I laughed at the hashtag #blackgirlsarelit?

Honestly, not sure she is dead.  I think her fate might be undetermined, or it was when the episode was shot.  If they knew for sure she wasn't coming back next season, I feel like they would have given her a badass moment.

She writes that on all her posts from what I can gather, I don't think it has anything to do with the ending of this season 

[thewhiteowl]

That hashtag would be ironically funny since the person we assume was Hidoko was "lit" on fire but I don't think it was her. They never referred to the hooded one as she or her, which is odd and surely a bunch of renegade dudes could think of things to do with a beautiful female prisoner that don't include death by fire. I think Hidoko was a plant by the Dad. She stuck to Mosley like glue right up until she took off " on her own" to Mexico.  I'm suspicious. Rule following Mosley was using her job to find her son, then tossed all the rules out the window. Kind of makes sense. She doesn't really care about the team, never did. They were tools to be used and I don't get why they went for it. The kid wasn't being tortured or in imminent danger. They needed a plan and they didn't have one. They screwed up. All of them, the leader, Callen allowed wounded Sam, distracted Kensi and Deeks  to flail about without direction. Unusual, OOC. Plot hole. IMO. Why they allowed Mosley to steamroll them when they all knew she wasn't thinking clearly, if at all and certainly not of their safety, doesn't make sense. Plot hole. It was a decent season finale but the plot holes bug me.

[ymeagain]

6 hours ago, thewhiteowl said:

I think Hidoko was a plant by the Dad. She stuck to Mosley like glue right up until she took off " on her own" to Mexico.  I'm suspicious.

That seems more than a little ridiculous. There's nothing about Hidoko to even remotely suggest that she's working for Spencer. It seems obvious that she went to Mexico because once she saw what Mosley had done to Miguel, she knew how desperate Mosley was--any "by the book" person wouldn't do what Mosley did except under extreme emotional duress.

 

6 hours ago, thewhiteowl said:

a bunch of renegade dudes could think of things to do with a beautiful female prisoner that don't include death by fire

They have plenty of women in town--or maybe they prefer guys.

 

6 hours ago, thewhiteowl said:

The kid wasn't being tortured or in imminent danger. They needed a plan and they didn't have one. They screwed up. All of them, the leader, Callen allowed wounded Sam, distracted Kensi and Deeks  to flail about without direction.

The kid was with a man whose business associates are terrorists, criminals, and the cartels. That sounds like dangerous company for anyone, especially a 10 year old. Callen didn't "allow" any of the other agents to go; in fact, he told Mosley the ONLY person from NCIS who would go would be him. Since it wasn't an "authorized" operation, the others didn't have to listen to him--and they didn't. And while Deeks came up with the idea to get Kensi into the compound, Callen secured the horses and came up with the plan for Sam and him to get into the compound to give Kensi cover while she got out with the kid--while taking on 6 armed men. That's hardly flailing about.

[secnarf]

19 hours ago, RobertDeSneero said:

OK, I looked that up.  Is it wrong that I laughed at the hashtag #blackgirlsarelit?

Honestly, not sure she is dead.  I think her fate might be undetermined, or it was when the episode was shot.  If they knew for sure she wasn't coming back next season, I feel like they would have given her a badass moment.

She commented on her post that "Honey it ain’t over, yet! My post wasn’t in past tense, I just don’t know what’s going to happen going forward. ☺️"

[AuntieL]

Yeah I really do not think that Hidoko is dead. I suspect that was a fake out and she will end up somehow coming to the rescue.  Now mind you, haring off to a foreign country without telling anyone, well someone's taken some lessons from Heddy. Heh. 

I  do like that it never occurred to any of them not to go. Even though they didn't really have a plan, even though one was injured, one was literally escorted out of the building and forbidden to go, nope there's a kid in danger* who belongs to one of their own. And away they went.  

* maybe not immediate danger from Daddy, but he's being raised by an arms dealer in the middle of a terrorist compound. Dad and the general have a falling out and the kid's toast. 

[dirtydi]

If Mosely is in more than 1 episode next season, I'm done.  What an awful addition to a successful show.  I cheered when Deeks was telling her off.   If they keep her, then I'll know that they want to sink the show.

Edited May 26, 2018 by dirtydi
added

[Ellee]

I would think Mosely’s personality and treatment of the team will change drastically.  Her son is with her now and the team put everything on the line to get him there.  And Mosely will need them all even more since the dad will come to get his son.  

It will be interesting to see how she handles/treats Deeks since by no account should he have been on that mission. It’ll also be interesting to see how Deeks handles everything that the team has been through. 

I guess that’s assuming Deeks and the others survive and Mosely does have a heart.  

On the other hand Mosely may take a Season 10 leave of abscence to reconnect with her son.....

[LittlePeas3]

1 hour ago, Ellee said:

I would think Mosely’s personality and treatment of the team will change drastically.  Her son is with her now and the team put everything on the line to get him there.  And Mosely will need them all even more since the dad will come to get his son.  

It will be interesting to see how she handles/treats Deeks since by no account should he have been on that mission. It’ll also be interesting to see how Deeks handles everything that the team has been through. 

I guess that’s assuming Deeks and the others survive and Mosely does have a heart.  

On the other hand Mosely may take a Season 10 leave of abscence to reconnect with her son.....

I am guessing that Mosley's job is hanging in the balance, if the 4 get out of the car with relatively few injuries, the consequences for her will be way less that should there be a Kensi-type (hide the pregnancy) injury that needs rehabilitation.  If the injuries are minor and quick to repair, the fallout might be less because Vance (as the head of NCIS and I am guessing Mosley's superior) will be less likely to wonder about why certain members are not working and are injured (I am tired and I am hoping I make sense there).

[Lacei]

Unfortunately I think HH is alive. I think Hetty sent her ahead to help the Team. 

[enoughcats]

Let's pretend that the script follows how things would be done in the real world (A stretch, I know, but humor me).

Mosley's babydaddy survived the attack and is pissed most royally.  There is no doubt in his mind who kidnapped his son, his crazy ex who he left and took his son away from, with reason.  (We may not see it that way, but look at the situation from the POV of the child's Father.) The NCIS connection is going to come up immediately, either from one of the four crispy critters or from intelligence leaks.

Babydaddy is going to go after Babymomma to get his son back. 

That 'old' building in LA is no protection for Moseley, nor for any of the survived crispy critters.  Dude would flatten it.  Dude's connections would help to earn his gratitude.

Mosley would need Heddy's ability to have multiple homes with high security (not that Heddy doesn't stand out like a sore thumb), but Moseley isn't old enough to have Heddy's wisdom nor to have her contacts who owe her. 

I just don't think we're going to see a retaliatory shit stomping which is what I think would happen, if this were based in reality with death vendettas. 

[ymeagain]

On 6/2/2018 at 4:18 PM, Lacei said:

Unfortunately I think HH is alive. I think Hetty sent her ahead to help the Team. 

I can't see Hetty doing this at all. First, she hardly knows Hidoko--her skill level--and second, Hetty would never send an agent on a mission without some sort of backup/backup plan.

23 hours ago, enoughcats said:

I just don't think we're going to see a retaliatory shit stomping which is what I think would happen, if this were based in reality with death vendettas.

I don't see Spencer really doing this. He's not Tahir; he seems much less emotional and he actually seems to have very little interest in Derrick (he probably took him out of spite). Besides, I would think Mosley would immediately be removed from her position, criminally charged, and/or put into witness protection (depending on the information she can provide)..

On 5/26/2018 at 6:46 AM, LittlePeas3 said:

I am guessing that Mosley's job is hanging in the balance, if the 4 get out of the car with relatively few injuries, the consequences for her will be way less that should there be a Kensi-type (hide the pregnancy) injury that needs rehabilitation.  If the injuries are minor and quick to repair, the fallout might be less because Vance (as the head of NCIS and I am guessing Mosley's superior) will be less likely to wonder about why certain members are not working and are injured (I am tired and I am hoping I make sense there).

I think Mosley's toast, as she should be. After all, she's been in charge less than  year and she has not just this mess but the Hetty rescue mission as well (in which she admitted breaking numerous policies and treaties). She's hardly bringing "order" to this office.

[kassygreene]

2 hours ago, ymeagain said:

I can't see Hetty doing this at all. First, she hardly knows Hidoko--her skill level--and second, Hetty would never send an agent on a mission without some sort of backup/backup plan.

I don't see Spencer really doing this. He's not Tahir; he seems much less emotional and he actually seems to have very little interest in Derrick (he probably took him out of spite). Besides, I would think Mosley would immediately be removed from her position, criminally charged, and/or put into witness protection (depending on the information she can provide)..

I think Mosley's toast, as she should be. After all, she's been in charge less than  year and she has not just this mess but the Hetty rescue mission as well (in which she admitted breaking numerous policies and treaties). She's hardly bringing "order" to this office.

Apart from all that, I had the impression that Mosley never reported the existence of her child to her bosses, which should certainly have precluded her having that particular career track.  She has an enormous risk of blackmail.  Instead, she is a sanctimonious holier-than-everybody gun who is supposed to break up the LA office, and who defaults to a superior and condescending affect about the Special Operations team and office.

She's a villain, but the show won't commit to that.

[RadioGirl27]

I hate Mosley, if she is back, I’m out. I dislike her so much that I’m here posting instead of just lurking ?

The season has been terribly underwhelming, everyone was acting OOC and the finale was awful.

[ymeagain]

On 6/13/2018 at 5:25 PM, RadioGirl27 said:

The season has been terribly underwhelming, everyone was acting OOC and the finale was awful.

S9 was so much better than most of S8. The hospital scenes (boring), every episode in the mole story arc (stupid), the Havana episode (dumb). The best episodes in S8 were the last two (especially 23) which was too bad bc I really liked Michelle. The second half of S9 had some of the best episodes in years--and they cut down on the Densi crap (thank you, Gemmill). I don't mind some romance, but their vapid wedding conversations are dull and boring.

[UncleChuck]

I have to believe that Hidoko is alive and well.  First of all, if TPTB had wanted to kill her, they would have added at least one scene of Hidoko in Peril, leading up to the masked victim of that execution.  The team jumped to the conclusion that she is dead, but, I doubt it.

Second, as we left the NCIS crew--all four seemed seriously injured and unconscious in that burning truck, and, assuming they are not all dead, they are surrounded by a small army of banditos.  Looks GRIM for the good guys!!!!  Mosely is safely away on her helicopter, and she would never circle back into gunfire with her son on board, and she wouldn't know about the ambush, so who will come to the rescue?  Hetty, Eric and Nell are back in LA, and it wouldn't be very heroic to allow that new guy (friend of Hetty) to save the day because this is always a show about the TEAM's heroism--not some new dude.

It will have to be Hidoko to the rescue.  I don't know how she will do it, but unless the bad guys just leave Callen & Co. in the wreck without double-checking if they are dead, someone will have to be alive to get them out of that truck.

Or...if Hidoko really is dead, maybe one of the bad guys will suddenly rip off his fake mustache and it's Sabatino to save the day?

Edited June 16, 2018 by UncleChuck

[anna0852]

47 minutes ago, UncleChuck said:

 

Or...if Hidoko really is dead, maybe one of the bad guys will suddenly rip off his fake mustache and it's Sabatino to save the day?

Weirder things have happened 

[123BP]

9 hours ago, UncleChuck said:

First of all, if TPTB had wanted to kill her, they would have added at least one scene of Hidoko in Peril, leading up to the masked victim of that execution.

I liked Hidoko, but I think she's dead. I think they way it was done was much more effective than having a scene of her in peril.

 

9 hours ago, UncleChuck said:

the bad guys just leave Callen & Co. in the wreck without double-checking if they are dead, someone will have to be alive to get they out of that truck.

I don't know, but I wouldn't go check on a group of people I'd just fired an RPG at in a car which was now on fire and filled with ammunition. Why wouldn't the soldiers just leave? Earlier in the episode it was mentioned that the cartel boss might have drones. Maybe someone else does and has been watching (Callen had mentioned earlier in the episode that he had contacts). I am really wondering how the writers are going to get them all out alive--they must have written the S10 premiere before they finished the S9 finale.

[enoughcats]

As much as I disliked this finale episode, (and I admit to watching all three NCISssss) this is the only one that I care about.  I really like the four in the upside down burning vehicle.  I really like Hettie and the meercats.  And Hidoko. 

Their writers have made me care about what happens in the next episode. (The other two NCIS not anywhere near as much, if at all).

The way they handled Grainger's death was excellent.  

 A couple of years ago, I was losing interest in this iteration. But. 

Somehow, as I was watching, this became my favorite. 

[kassygreene]

2 hours ago, enoughcats said:

As much as I disliked this finale episode, (and I admit to watching all three NCISssss) this is the only one that I care about.  I really like the four in the upside down burning vehicle.  I really like Hettie and the meercats.  And Hidoko. 

Their writers have made me care about what happens in the next episode. (The other two NCIS not anywhere near as much, if at all).

The way they handled Grainger's death was excellent.  

 A couple of years ago, I was losing interest in this iteration. But. 

Somehow, as I was watching, this became my favorite. 

This is true for me as well.  While the plots and situations are absurd (about average for CBS), I've been able to stick with the characters better than the other two series.  NOLA is just dumb (I'll happily blame that disgusting (ex?) showrunner and his enablers), and NCIS should have ended when Gibbs reached the NCIS mandatory retirement age (55), which. if he was 18 during the Bicentennial in 1976, means he would have aged out no later than 2013.  The only long-term character who has aged well is McGee, and that is probably more an accident of original age and writers not goofing it up too much than anything else.  Both Tony and Abby Should have been at least mid-30s when the show began, and Tony was rarely allowed to mature nicely, while Abby freaking devolved.  Ducky is a live-forever guy, and had good health; Ziva was Ziva (never a fan of any character that showrunners lurve and make into their fantasy Mary Sues).  Sasha Alexander very smartly got out while the getting was good - she finished the second season and a year later had her first child.  

Anyway, to my mild surprise, if I do a culling this fall, I think NCIS LA is the only one I'll keep (which, if Moseley has a bucket of water flung on her and melts away will be a very easy choice).

[thewhiteowl]

Sept 30 kicks off the new season with most of our heroes down and out in Mexico.

[123BP]

The promo and sneak peeks are out.

Edited September 25, 2018 by 123BP
moved to Spoilers section

[AuntieL]

Seriously they killed off Hidoko?  And in a horrible way.  That's bogus. 

[anna0852]

Aside from losing HH, this was good. Felt more like our show. Glad to see Mosley facing trouble for her actions. And as a committed K/D shipper, I'm so glad they made up. Interesting dream/hallucination in the beginning.

Given that Sam is now the only parent his children have I would think he'd be a bit more careful in the field. Or that we'd hear him talking about having to survive/get back for Kam and Aiden's sake. From what we've gotten to know about Sam in the previous nine years it seem out of character for him not to worry about them.

Edited October 1, 2018 by anna0852

[AuntieL]

I wish the Admiral was right and Hetty had parachuted into Mexico to save them. I like Gerald McCraney but I missed Hetty. I assume since Sam killed the general's son that he's going to be after revenge. I can't think of any other reason to make the random assassin his son. 

[LittlePeas3]

That is such a shame about Hidoko, I am guttered.  She really rocked.  Maybe she isn't dead and has been left as a plant and needs to stay on the down low now that Turk has been identified as an NCIS Agent?  I can only wish, I know.

I loved the action, I loved Turk, I even loved the fact that the guy from Vietnam, whose name I have forgotten for the moment, was there to help with the rescue.  The admiral was a classic with the coffee and Mosley killing her ex kind of shored up a few loose ends when it came to custody etc.  I am glad there are going to be consequences for her (or it seems like it now, time will tell).  I missed Hetty, even though we knew she was out putting a rescue mission into play, only hearing her voice was disappointing.  

 

[enoughcats]

19 minutes ago, LittlePeas3 said:

That is such a shame about Hidoko, I am guttered.  She really rocked. 

Let's hope the actress gets lots of offers of  great, well written roles.  She was one of the few characters that I hoped to see in other NCIS universes.  

Damn, just damn.

[threebluestars]

This is my pet peeve in all NCIS universes - all of the characters I like get killed off. And it's almost always the female characters (although NCIS is guilty of killing off male characters that are just introduced ...). Cait, Paula Cassidy, director Shepard, Agent Lee, and Ziva on the mothership, then Lara Macy, Michelle Hanna, Hunter and now Hidoko here. New Orleans subverted it by not killing their female characters and instead chased off the female cast and writers with a harassing douchecanoe as showrunner.

I just hate when they give us interesting female characters and then - hey, time to die!

[Mysteyman]

The worst thing about it is that we don't even see her on screen.

Very poorly done exit.

[kassygreene]

I've had a feeling for awhile that if I only keep watching one NCIS this is the one it would be.  Not quitting the others, but I won't be fast-forwarding during this series this year.

Callan pushed on until he couldn't, no hero-posturing keep going and don't fall down until everyone is saved crap.

Sam did (as usual) keep pushing but when the kid ran away he went back to Callan, knowing that he wouldn't find anything he needed before the kid brought back the bad guys.  When the kid did, in fact, bring back the good guys, that was nice.

Kensi is bad-ass.  That is all.

Deeks has nice dreams, and knows when to regain consciousness when absolutely necessary.  That the ex-priest and his wife couldn't resist that bounty was a believable touch, and they deserved to be rolled out of their own car.

Mosely at least did some clean-up.  Show seemed to have heard the fan complaints about consequences....

Gerald MacRainey makes everything better.  I like that he was using Hetty's office and not Mosely's.

Jeff Kober and the voice of Linda Hunt were not really enough....

Normally I hate it when a show reduces or outright cuts the title sequence, but for this show, with all the knowing poses and significant looks in the title sequence of old, it is a magnificent improvement.

[anna0852]

I wonder what the working atmosphere is like on this set. We've seen lots of turnover on the other two shows in this universe and there's been lots of rumors swirling about the actual working conditions. But here, the cast has been remarkably stable for going on 10 years. All three female leads have remained past the length of the original contracts and have clearly reupped. And you can't tell me that Linda Hunt at least wouldn't have other projects to move onto. You never hear rumors about dissension on the set or creepy showrunners. And compared to the Mothership they have killed off far fewer characters. The only person out of the main title sequence that we have actually lost was due to the death of the actor. For a show going into their 10th season I think that's rather remarkable.

[Jillibean]

I assume Hetty was present in voice only due to Linda Hunt's car accident around the time they started filming. 

I wouldn't be surprised if they had the whole arc planned out last season and always intended to kill Hidoko in the Mexico mission. They couldn't kill off one of the Big Four, but they needed a way for the trip to have consequences for the audience and the characters. It would make sense from a storyline perspective for the writers to have planned out far in advance who the casualty would be and how to endear that person to the audience so her death was meaningful. I'm not at all surprised by the revelation--the actress seemed to pretty clearly state in her thank you to fans that she was done, and while I know some were holding out hope that the guest cast was altered for spoilers, I don't think they've done that in a very long time. As for the killing off women thing, this show has a general history of killing off every NCIS LA agent we know by name who ISN'T one of the main cast. I think Nate is the only one who's still around, and he started as a regular rather than a guest. Watch your back, Arlo Turk!

I really liked the episode. In NY we had no sound for part of it, but I still thought it was exciting and a satisfying resolution. I think the show maybe has a different idea of what it's going to take to redeem Moseley than I do, though. Because I'm not that impressed with her for helping get the team out of the situation that she herself unilaterally created with no regard for anyone's safety or professional integrity. 

[EtheltoTillie]

This was one of those episodes that i had a bit of trouble following. Was this a carryover from last season cliffhanger?  Did the priest and his wife suddenly decide to go for the bounty or were they playing K and D the whole time?  Was he even really an ex priest? 

I like the addition of Major Dad. 

[Chaos Theory]

Last year was a bust.  You don’t break up my ships!!!!! But the show made up for it with the scene where Kensi told Deeks she would have sex with him right there in the desert if he woke up.  

Yes Kensi is a bad ass. 

Slightly disappointed that Hetty didn’t parashuit into Mexico to save them all 

Edited October 1, 2018 by Chaos Theory

[threebluestars]

3 hours ago, anna0852 said:

I wonder what the working atmosphere is like on this set. We've seen lots of turnover on the other two shows in this universe and there's been lots of rumors swirling about the actual working conditions. But here, the cast has been remarkably stable for going on 10 years. All three female leads have remained past the length of the original contracts and have clearly reupped. And you can't tell me that Linda Hunt at least wouldn't have other projects to move onto. You never hear rumors about dissension on the set or creepy showrunners. And compared to the Mothership they have killed off far fewer characters. The only person out of the main title sequence that we have actually lost was due to the death of the actor. For a show going into their 10th season I think that's rather remarkable.

I think this is why the show has always been my favourite of the NCISs. You can tell they all seem to really like each other and that the working conditions are better than the other shows. Especially New Orleans, and the tension last year on the mothership was so freaking obvious it bled into the show like crazy. So I think they have a much more stable show and better leadership.

[Beatrice]

I loved the episode. It's been my favorite in a long time. I hope this season focuses on the main four. I love the two pairings. Sam/Callen really pulled at my heart strings with the we had a good run scene. Kensi is so bad ass. I love seeing her in that type of role in the episodes. I think the admiral was an unnecessary character but realize they needed him in Hetty's place since Linda was out. I love Turk, love him. I found when he told Kensi that she was ok and saved Deeks, very touching. 

[Samantha84]

Hello! What a premiere huh? Great way to kick off season X. These actors and crew work so hard.  Our Ms Hunt was in a car accident and couldn't be in the episode as planned but she did lend her voice for the call. This is probably in my top five of the series. It wasn't heavy on action but on emotional characters beats and carried by the strength of the actors. Brava to Dani, Chris, Todd, Eric, Gerald, Nia and Max 

6 hours ago, Jillibean said:

I wouldn't be surprised if they had the whole arc planned out last season and always intended to kill Hidoko in the Mexico mission.

I'll say this: She actually got more episodes than planned b/c of her onscreen presents and chemistry with the cast . . . . but Andrea Bordeaux was always meant to be recurring. 

Edited October 1, 2018 by Samantha84

[Samantha84]

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[Notwisconsin]

15 hours ago, LittlePeas3 said:

.....and Mosley killing her ex kind of shored up a few loose ends when it came to custody etc.  I am glad there are going to be consequences for her (or it seems like it now, time will tell).

Since the Mothership was a spinoff of JAG, I hope that they revive that show for an episode or two when they try Mosley for all sorts of stuff.

Edited October 1, 2018 by Notwisconsin

[LittlePeas3]

1 hour ago, Samantha84 said:

Why #Densi Might Be The Best OTP On TV

I read the whole thing, but I must have missed, what does OTP mean?  

11 minutes ago, Notwisconsin said:

Since the Mothership was  spinoff of JAG, I hope that they revive that show for an episode or two when they try Mosley for all sorts of stuff.

Ideally, that would be so cool, however, I would have thought that would only happen if Mosely was in one of the armed forces?  If I remember correctly, in NCIS, whenever we got a JAG-type arc, it was when the JAG officer was representing someone in the Navy specifically?

[anna0852]

Yeah unfortunately the military *cannot* try Mosley. Only a civilian court can do that. 

[LittlePeas3]

random thought, I am re-watching the premiere, in the opening sequence, ECO's hair looks atrocious, I wonder what he  would look like with a decent hair cut?  I am not saying short like CO'D's, but just a hair cut!  

 

And wouldn't Callen be in some kind of collar if he had a fractured vertebrae?  

Edited October 1, 2018 by LittlePeas3
more random thoughts

[Samantha84]

56 minutes ago, LittlePeas3 said:

what does OTP mean

One True Pairing 

Am a fan of Nia Long as an actress but goodness I can do without Shane Mosley. No spoilers .....but the fallout from this mission will play out over the next dozen or so episodes. 

[Beatrice]

3 minutes ago, Samantha84 said:

One True Pairing 

Am a fan of Nia Long as an actress but goodness I can do without Shane Mosley. No spoilers .....but the fallout from this mission will play out over the next dozen or so episodes. 

Not sure how I feel about the fall out lasting that long. I just want to put season 9 in the past and have new story lines. The premiere was already keeps better than last season.