It’s the sheer banality of the banter that makes it so good. That’s right … I’m talking about Tony and McGee on last night’s episode of NCIS. Not so much once they were “in a fight,” but that exchange between the two at the opening — Tony calmly yelling at McGee for seemingly standing him up the night before — was great. And what in the world could possibly make McGee buy sprinkle donuts, only to pick off the sprinkles? Does he just like the hint of color on his frosting? Or is it the hint of extra sugar that the remnants of the sprinkles add? Whatever it is, it makes McGee just a wee bit crazier, as well as a wee bit more real for us viewers.
What I didn’t like so much was the juxtaposition of Tony/McGee and Tony/Phil McCadden (Adam Kaufman), who was just extremely irritating. I know you could say that he was supposed to be a carbon copy of Tony, so if McC was annoying…. But he was annoying in part because he completely failed to be anything like Tony. It was nice that Tony called it quits in defense of McGee’s honor, but I would have enjoyed the side-plot just as much without the added layer of a replacement for McGee in Tony’s life.
And I also could have done without the return of Holly Snow (Dina Meyer). Don’t get me wrong … I think she could have been a great guest on this episode. But Abby’s bumbling, embarrassing moment with her? I was cringing, and praying for Abby to collapse to the ground just so she’d stop. And Gibbs having Holly over for what we’ve only seen be his ritual with Tony, steak and beer? Not cool at all. She could be a lovely person, but the DC Madam is not right for Gibbs.
I’m becoming increasingly more perplexed at the changes that Gibbs seems to be going through. While I never would have said that his character needed to have some growth, it’s been interesting to get glimpses of him as a more three dimensional person, as well as seeing sides of him that we’ve never known to exist before — even if I didn’t like the choices he made, meeting Shannon’s mother gave great exposition to Gibbs’ mind.
But while we’ve always known Gibbs to choose his love interests poorly — you don’t get divorced that many times if you’re getting it right — I at least always expect him to do what’s right as far as his morals and ethics are concerned. His dalliance with Ms. Hart (Rena Sofer) shot that theory to hell, and then his sexual tension with Holly Snow ran down to hell, got the theory, and buried it even lower down in that oppressive heat (though I hear it’s a dry one).
You could argue all you want that nothing happened between them. Or that Holly shouldn’t be judged for the rest of her life by choices she made in the past. But no matter how you look at it, Gibbs should have maintained the same professional distance from her that he applies to everyone else (other than Hart) that he comes across in his capacity as an NCIS agent.
Don’t make us rethink whether you really are the “baddest man in the whole damn town.” Or is that Leroy Brown?
“Of course … he was with a prostitute.” – Emily Moss, on knowing that her murdered husband was in the motel room where he was killed
Clacked by Aryeh S.
on Apr 07, 2010 @ 11:30 EST5EDT
