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Post by ML Fan on Jan 15, 2012 20:38:51 GMT -5
I have a feeling we may be seeing CI-Ray again, correct me if I am wrong, didn't the last season finale end with him getting a text reading "Tel Aviv" ?! Yeah I seem to remember that too. I don't think he's gone forever ,just out of Ziva's life for romance and marriage. Ci-ray is the type of pschyo homicidal dirt bag nut job Ziva's dad likes to use......so who knows? I agree that Ray is out of Ziva's life as far as romance and marriage but I won't be surprised if Ray returns as a bad guy working for Ziva's father. I thought that Ray's exit was quick and painless except for Ziva but, I thought that it was better than dragging out the storyline like what happened with Tony's Frog storyline a few years ago.
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Post by ML Fan on Jan 12, 2012 19:57:16 GMT -5
I never comment about the show anymore, but really, the writers took the easiest out by making Ray a bad guy. How cheap... and insulting. Honestly I though the whole CI ray story line was a cheap, clique and insulting to the fans in a been there done that before kind of away. Yeah maybe it was cheap easy out making Ray a incompetent bad guy but at least he's out of Ziva's life for good (and hopefully out of the series). At least the did not drag out this gasty clique romance for the rest of season 10. And again I say thank god for that. I agree 100% that the whole CI Ray storyline was cheap, cliche and insulting to the fans because it was done in a been there, done that kind of way. I do give the writers and the powers that be credit in that they didn't drag out Ziva and Ray's romance any longer than they did because I hated how Tony's Frog storyline was dragged out for the entire season a few years ago when it was obvious that it was doomed to end badly. I enjoyed the episode and accepted long ago that Tony's relationship with EJ was over long before last week in fact to me their relationship was over during the Season 9 finale. This was my favorite episode of the Season so far. I also felt so sad for the commander's husband, he was clearly crushed at the loss of wife and normally we haven't seen that on this show very often. We normally see that the spouse isn't all that they appear to be or something along those lines but in this case the writers choose to make the spouse sympathetic and I liked that. Jaleel White has a cameo in the very beginning, Yuki. His character finds the commander's body, I hope that helps.
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Post by ML Fan on Jan 7, 2012 20:13:03 GMT -5
Lots to like in this episode (in particular MW's performance ) - but then they had to go squish it with a stupid ending. Gah! Please writers top trying to shoehorn the Tiva storyline into everything. The characters are so much fun when they are apart and left alone to gently tease. Leave the will-they-won't-they antics to the soaps. Also disappointed with the Stratton storyline. It had the potential to be so much better. He ended up being such a caricature that I'm surprised the dialogue didn't read 'twirls moustache as he laughs maniacally' 8/10 for MW I don't mind the Tiva here. I thought that it is much easier to watch Tony and Ziva together than it was for me to ever watch Tony and Kate together because to me Kate wasn't really allowed to do much other than banter with Tony and we never got to really know much about Kate on her own. At least I feel that Ziva doesn't need Tony around for me to pay attention to her and she's been given her own storylines without him. I really didn't think that Stratton or EJ added anything to the show and so I won't miss them and I am glad to see those storylines be over. I always try to go into each episode with realistic expectations and it was a good episode if nothing else for the great Tony scenes because MW does a great job when Tony is allowed to be serious.
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Post by ML Fan on Jan 4, 2012 22:41:14 GMT -5
Oh boy I am really hopefully they will end the silly stories of EJ , the evil ex FBI agent Stratton and the current crooked Sec Nav in this episode. Hopefully they will all catch lethal cases of 9mm lead poisoning because I'm tried of them already! Their all just silly stereotypical dramatic character contrivances that add nada to NCIS . Really they desperately need to get some fresh writers because so far this season "grand story line" has been a annoying torturous bore. I really wanted this storyline to be over because none of these characters add anything to the show for me. This season has not been as hard to watch as Season 5 for me where I only liked one episode from that Season.
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Post by ML Fan on Oct 12, 2011 20:32:21 GMT -5
I really enjoyed seeing the team interaction as always and I did like learning more about Mcgee's family and how like with Tony's father, McGee's father also seems to be emotionally unavailable even if in both cases both fathers are proud of theor sons but don't know how to show it very well.
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Post by ML Fan on Oct 12, 2011 20:25:56 GMT -5
I expected a bit of letdown after the season premiere and I guess I am someone who learned to not expect to love each episode. I thought that if nothing else we did see a more sensitive side of Tony that we don't normally see very often.
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Post by ML Fan on Apr 14, 2011 18:49:20 GMT -5
This episode had the potential to be so much better than it was and I would say the same for EJ's character, maybe I could take her seriously if she showed some maturity and wasn't written like some little girl in junior high. I don't see Tony and EJ's relationship working out well because exactly let's face it it's Gibbs's show and so they'll break up and or she will meet some kind of demise.
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Post by ML Fan on Feb 13, 2011 1:35:50 GMT -5
I thought that the case and the perp were too predictable to me especially for a February sweeps episode. I was hoping that there would be some kind of twist somewhere but, I liked the bickering in bar between Tony and Ziva and the interactions between the team members.
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Post by ML Fan on Feb 13, 2011 1:21:40 GMT -5
I think that the writers did a good job of handling two heavy issues even though it wasn't one of those episodes that I would rewatch.
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Post by ML Fan on Jan 18, 2011 0:18:56 GMT -5
I liked seeing a serious Tony in this episode even I know that won't last.
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Post by ML Fan on Nov 7, 2010 15:56:26 GMT -5
I think that for a show that is attempting to be realistic that in this episode that it really went out the window. I really like Abby but, I would've expected her to know more about the topics that were discussed than she did. I also think that the writers and the powers that be seem to have better plotlines and overall episodes for the sweeps minus for me "Angel Of Death" but when an episode is not airing during the sweeps that it is very much hit or miss a lot of the time.
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Post by ML Fan on Sept 25, 2010 22:56:13 GMT -5
I think that that this was an anti-climatic episode and the ending was too predictable for me. I was hoping for some kind of twist somewhere but, there wasn't one. It was really just an anti-climatic, disappointing underwhelming episode that is not one that I would want or feel the need to rewatch again. It was good to see Ziva and Tony and the rest of the team, but, the episode was really flat and I think this episode was overhyped, not overhypled like "Angel Of Death, but, overhyped nonetheless in my opinion.
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Post by ML Fan on Apr 12, 2010 21:12:05 GMT -5
The only thing that I didn't like in this episode was the fact that the wife brought in a second love interest because as far as a twist, that was too predictable for me.
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Post by ML Fan on Dec 28, 2009 22:01:34 GMT -5
I liked this episode a lot because while it was a Christmas/holiday themed episode that it was still NCIS. I liked seeing Gibbs's father in part because Gibbs was surprised to see him and that it was good to see a bit of backstory on Gibbs. Tony's secret santa storyline was funny and touching and I loved how Ziva encouraged Tony to get his secret santa a meaningful present, because, I think it was a simple yet effective way for Ziva to show her caring side and it showed Tony that he should to try to not judge someone simply by their actions and behavior at work. I also thought that what McGee and Abby did for her best friend's nephew was sweet because sometimes seeing a loved one even if they are far away is really the one thing that a child wants.
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Post by ML Fan on Oct 25, 2009 14:51:40 GMT -5
Cote de Pablo Monte Carlo Television Festival Cocktail Party October 24, 2009 Beverly Hills Hotel Beverly Hills, CA
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