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Post by celestial on Feb 15, 2012 15:16:16 GMT -5
Meh.
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Post by celestial on Feb 9, 2012 12:12:47 GMT -5
I thought Wendy was a music teacher. How did she end up a journalist?
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Post by celestial on Feb 8, 2012 11:33:26 GMT -5
One point you brought up, c, was Mom's reference about Dad changing the bed sheets. I don't remember ever hearing about how Gibbs' mom died, but from this statement I get the impression she was ill. Cancer, maybe. Something that confined her to bed and made her to weak to do anything for herself. Her statement about leaving was the best thing she'd done seemed to me a euphemism for dying. Then that makes me like Gibbs even less. He is angry at his mother for abandoning him - but she didn't walk out the door, she DIED of CANCER. Yes, that's right Gibbs, it is all about you.
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Post by celestial on Feb 8, 2012 7:50:02 GMT -5
Bullet points! And I've got some mighty unpopular opinions. This may well be the last time I post on Special Ops - First of all, let's start with how utterly hilarious it was the way they Airwolfed Kate. Did they think we wouldn't notice? I noticed. Meanwhile they got Rudolph Martin and Lauren Holly back and did nothing with them.
- The diner conceit was inconsistent. Was it supposed to be only dead people (Gibbs' mom, Franks, Kate, Ari, Jenny, Shannon and some child who may or may not be Kelly)? Then what were McGee and Palmer doing there? Way to be inconsistent with your own plot device, writers.
- The menu at the diner was hilarious.
- Why on earth would Kate name her and Tony's baby after her ex-boss' dead daughter that they never met? Was there no other female they wanted to honor (Tony's dead mother, for instance)?
- They can't have Muse Watson and That Guy Who I Always Think Is Muse Watson in the same episode. It's just too confusing.
- Someone should have told Michael Rose about FAFSA. Somehow Mr Celestial and I managed to put ourselves through college with little or no support from our parents and neither one of us had to sell state secrets to the Chinese.
- Seriously, though, the dad's whole speech where he was justifying what he did really frosted my taters. I will be sure and let Mr Celestial know that since he is unemployed (he's been laid off three times in four years, stupid economy) he is of no use to anybody. Because everyone knows that what holds a family together is money and not love or anything like that.
- And oh look, Saint Gibbs continues to be justified in his killing of Hernandez! Because if a tragic event happens in your life, you have two options. 1. You can hunt down and murder the person responsible. 2. You can become a bitter, alcoholic recluse. Make sure you write it down, people, there are absolutely no other options.
- Why isn't Tony at Gibbs' intervention? I wish he was there.
- (Unpopular Opinion Alert) I don't find it endearing, I find it creepy and patriarchal that Gibbs refers to Shannon as (one of) "my girls." She is neither your property nor a child. (Really Unpopular Opinion Alert) I've always felt a little sorry for Shannon. With Gibbs' misogynistic tendencies, being married to him can't have been a walk in the park.
- "It's your decision, Gibbs." (to let Doesn't-Look-Seventeen's dad get off scot free) Were this any other other show, I'd say no, it's NOT his decision. But this is NCIS, where Gibbs is judge, jury, and executioner.
- Now we know why Gibbs is always the last one to show up for work.
- They weren't even consistent with their own internal logic. Like, if Gibbs hadn't killed Hernandez, he wouldn't have joined NCIS, which means that he would have been killed in the Marines, except that Shannon and Kelly were already dead, and if you ask me the writers stopped caring about being 'logical' a long time ago.
- The conversation with Mama Gibbs was bizarre. "A man that age shouldn't be changing his wife's sheets every day." What the heck does that even mean? Was she a bedwetter?
- So, Mama Gibbs was a redhead. Let's discuss the Oedipal ramifications of this revelation, shall we? He hasn't been dating/marrying redheads for the last twenty years because they remind him of Shannon. He has been dating/marrying redheads his entire life because they remind him of his mother. And I just threw up inside my mouth a little.
- Ooh, is McGee going to take the transfer to Japan? [/fake suspense] You know, just once on TV I'd like to see someone be offered a life-changing promotion and take it. Here in the Real World, opportunities don't just fall into your lap, you actually have to pursue them. And if you apply for/interview for a promotion, are offered it, then decide you don't feel like taking it because Change Is Bad, that is total career death. But it's so incredibly cliched it probably has its own page on TV Tropes.
- And to end on a positive note, Jimmy Palmer's Abs. ;D
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Post by celestial on Jan 3, 2012 21:24:52 GMT -5
The hotel guy was the best. "You don't need to see my I.D."
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Post by celestial on Oct 5, 2011 6:33:05 GMT -5
The "genetically engineered caterpillar" made me laugh and laugh. Didn't I read about that in The Hunger Games? Anyway, they didn't need to go to the press, they could have just filled his house with popcorn. Dude, Grandma Lily Tomlin wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed. She knows someone is targeting her, so she LEAVES a secure building full of armed Federal agents, and hangs out ALONE doing her bonsai. Seriously? Luckily she was smart enough to get him monologuing, so it all worked out in the end. ;D The plot was bafflingly nonsensical, but I loved the team interaction. They are 3-for-3 this season on making me love the team. Also, it makes me wonder what on earth happened between McGee and his dad to make them not speak for 7 years (which is after he joined Team Gibbs if my math is right). So was it Lily Tomlin's face on the mug that Sarah McGee couldn't pee in? ;D
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Post by celestial on Sept 28, 2011 8:05:16 GMT -5
I really liked it. I've already decided to shut off my brain this season and stop over-analyzing all the plot points, and just go with the flow. I loved the team interactions and was tantalized by the possibility of the concussion(s) affecting Tony's memory. I gave it an 8 - would have been a 9 but I deducted a point for Tony's hair. ;D
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Post by celestial on Sept 28, 2011 6:46:47 GMT -5
In what universe is Lily Tomlin old enough to be McGee's grandmother??!! McGee's got to be in his early to mid thirties by now. I'm 31, and one of my sets of grandparents has passed away already, and the other set is in their 80s. Is Lily Tomlin in her 80s and I somehow missed this fact? And mind you, my grandparents became grandparents fairly young (they were in their mid 20s when they had my dad, and my dad was 24 when I was born). So unless there was some serious Teen Mom going on... I think that the writers were just so excited about the stunt casting that they didn't bother to think about the plausibility of it. I could see her as his mom a lot sooner than grandmother. Then again, Lily Tomlin is always fun, so I will try to shut off my brain and just enjoy it.
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Post by celestial on Sept 28, 2011 6:42:58 GMT -5
Dude I am soooo tired of Gibbs glaring at Palmer whenever Palmer dares to speak in his presence. So over that. Then again, Palmer is a smart (and cute, heh) man; he should have figured out by now to keep silent whenever Gibbs is around.
The teenagers' mocking of McGee felt particularly 'off' to me. Think back to when you were a teenager. You may have mocked other teenagers (although mostly behind their backs and not to their faces) but would you ever have mocked an adult? An adult you'd just met? Especially a gun-carrying authority figure? They did the same thing in season 3's 'Deception,' and I maintain that teenagers would be cowed into submission by the authority figure, rather than flip about it. And since when is the worst insult in a teenager's arsenal "You have bags under your eyes"? ;D Sometimes he dialogue on this show just makes me shake my head.
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Post by celestial on May 3, 2011 22:13:16 GMT -5
I only gave it a 10 because it doesn't go to 11.
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Post by celestial on Apr 16, 2011 7:55:16 GMT -5
Am I the only one who was bugged by the fact that Tony didn't appear to close the microwave door when he was done reheating his big lump of whatever? Microwave doors left open is a peeve of mine.
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Post by celestial on Apr 13, 2011 14:54:24 GMT -5
Whoever the eye belongs to, I am assuming has accessed MTAC fairly recently. I'm assuming that if an agent was missing or dead (and how come nobody is looking for this person if they are?) then their MTAC access would be revoked from the system. No sense in keeping everyone's retinal scans in there - and MTAC access seems to be available only to certain people anyway. Oh wait, I'm thinking like this is Real NCIS and not Show NCIS.
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Post by celestial on Apr 12, 2011 23:01:18 GMT -5
Wow, it's been a while since I've done Celestial's BulletPoints TM! I bet you missed them. - HOLSTER P0RN!!!111!
- Where was the corn snake?
- So when does Gibbs give Abby a lecture about dating a co-worker? Oh wait, it's totally okay for HER.
- Competent Tony is hot and all, but I really wants me some Angry Tony.
- So tired of the "speaks a lot of languages = smart" trope that all shows (but esp. this one) are so fond of. I haven't found that that bears out in real life. People can speak a lot of languages and be dumb (err, average) or they can be a genius and only speak one.
- Anyway, if Hulk Smash is so smart, howcome he's not leading the team?
- I guess not all of the men at NCIS have issues taking orders from a woman.
- Yay, let the character assassination of EJ begin! Oh wait, it's already started. Move along, folks, nothing to see here.
- How has it not occurred to Gibbs that EJ = Hollis Mann? (Also Holly Flax from The Office for those of you keeping score at home.) He should be flattered.
- I've been so over the fake-suspense since Season 4. I mean does anyone really think Tony and EJ are going to ride into the sunset together? They don't even have a portmanteau, so no. Tony will break up with her (because Gibbs Is God), or she will die, or he will break up with her and then she'll die. Because Tony definitely needed another dead lady to angst about.
- How is it that Alimi Ballard has not aged a bit since 2000 and I've got all these gray hairs?
- Palmer didn't get as many Gibbs Death Stares this episode - I guess because he's got EJ as a human shield. He should send her a fruit basket or a potted plant or something.
- Just for the record, I love Palmer and I wish him all happiness in life. Marry that corpse chick, Black Lung!
- Love how Tony approached Gibbs man to man and Gibbs totally blew him off. You are such a wonderful person, Leroy Jethro!
- Dude, I finally figured out what bugs me so much about Rule 12. See, it's not that dating co-workers is necessarily a problem (otherwise there would be an agency rule against it). That whole thing came about because of the Gibbs/Jenny/PARIS FLASHBACKS mess. But, keep in mind that when Gibbs was sharing his croissants with Jenny, he was a) her direct supervisor and b) married to somebody else. So does Gibbs have a rule like "Don't date anyone who reports to you" or "Don't cheat on your wife"? Nahh, that would require actually admitting to some sort of wrongdoing, and we all know how Gibbs feels about that.
- Have I mentioned that I think Gibbs is a narcissist? Flame away ;D
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Post by celestial on Jan 26, 2011 18:33:58 GMT -5
For me, I hated this one - but then Call of Silence is one of my least favorite episodes. (Yes gasp!) I never cared for that episode either to tell you the truth lol You guys are forgetting something very very important: Tony wore the shoulder holster in Call of Silence.
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Post by celestial on Jan 20, 2011 15:47:47 GMT -5
I really wasn't a fan of this episode. The big problem I had with the 'gay' storyline is that it wasn't actually central to the plot. It wasn't an episode about DADT, and I also never got the impression that the father had an issue with the son's orientation. (He did say his son had issues with authority, but I guess that doesn't matter.) Let's put the sexual orientation aside for a moment and say that it was a straight male recruiter and a female high school student. (And there was a big scandal here a few years back involving just that, so yes, it happens.) And the father is seeing a close relationship between the two (secretive emails, etc.) which goes WAY beyond what is appropriate for the scope of the naval recruiter's job. If the father killed the recruiter to protect his daughter from what he feared was happening, do you think Gibbs would have gone all Mister Judgeypants at the end? Heck no - in fact it's just as likely Gibbs would have let him go free. But - lest we accidentally think that the father has any redeeming qualities, don't forget that he's An Unemployed Alcoholic!!11! (Drinking after your wife dies = Not Okay. Cruising down to Mexico & murdering a Mexican drug dealer = Okay. Letting your ex-mother-in-law skate on an unrelated murder = Also Okay.) And the cutesy scene at the end (during the Very Special Montage - I hate montages on this show) rang particularly false with me because I never got the impression that Paul was super gung ho for serving his country - his relationship with the recruiter was due to his being The Only One Who Understands. [Side note: are the TV writers telling us that the only ones who can understand a gay person are other gay people? Am I the only one who has a problem with this line of thinking?] Speaking of things that rang false... the scene in MTAC with Bob Newhart, while cutesy, was also totally token. McGee and Co. may feel good about themselves for their grand magnanimous gesture, but at the end of the day it changes nothing. Dr. Magnus has Alzheimer's, and it will keep getting worse, and there is no cure. And if I seem like I'm callous about the Alzheimer's storyline, it's because we literally did not know Walter Magnus from Adam. At least when they killed Pacci in Season 1, the writers had the foresight to introduce him as a character beforehand. Gibbs' line to the cheated-on wife "You've got a lot of hate in you" made me barf. We've seen before on this show how differently Gibbs treats cheating wives vs. cheating husbands, but this was over the top misogyny. Yes, she must be a terrible, terrible person for not being thrilled about the fact that her husband cheated on her with another man.This episode also highlighted why I am not a fan of stunt casting on procedurals: was there ever a moment when Bob Newhart was onscreen when you were not thinking, "Hey! That's Bob Newhart!" I mean, I never even watched any of his shows (too young ) and it completely ruined the effect for me. One more thing and then I will climb down off my cranky soapbox. I wanted to slap Gibbs when he was condescending to the dad with his "Well if it was MY son I would blah blah blah." It's easy to be the perfect parent when your only child has been dead for darn near twenty years. I am going to heck.
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