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Dear NCIS-

It's not a surprise if you showed us that exact scene in ALL THE PROMOS.

I'll be adding etas under the ljcut during the episode.

MW, I love you, but damn. I get that trying to show you are under the influence of a drug is hard, but... the directing for these scenes and the writing isn't up to par.

Tony's messy hair is adorable though.

Oh goody, more Stupid!Tony and Smug!McGee. I missed that.

And I love how they don't acknowledge the team used to be 2 people and 3 also. There wasn't always four people in the field team.

And maybe Tony should pick since HE'S THE SENIOR AGENT, McGEE?

Awww, Tony's description of Ducky was kind of cute.

And crushing the hand of the person who is interviewing you is *such* a good idea.

*giggles* Gibbs made the girl cry.

This Ziva's not replaceable crap is annoying me. Remember Kate, anyone?

How did I not realize SB/McGee is left handed?

Did Chad from Chad call Gibbs a girl?

And why are none of the people they're interviewing actually come from NCIS? Why from all the outside agencies?

Tony and McGee are eating dinner together! I bet their shippers are going mad. Especially with Tim's comment about the red leather pants....

Awww, Timmy's been captured too! Okay, that was a vague surprise.

Who calls their prospective employer by their first name?

And now a Seattle PD chick. Again interagency.

Loved Tony and Gibbs acting in unison during the interview.

Chad Gad'ya. I grew up with that song...

I refuse to believe Tony's that affected by what might be Ziva's death. It better be a fake-out.

Oooh, but Tony's back in the shoulder holster!

*hee* Caf-pow as the downfall of the bad guys!

*snickers* It's Ziva. How shocking. *sarcasm font applied*

It had to be you...

"You shouldn't have come." *sigh* That's the Ziva I remember. And none too fondly. Although- look- she used a contraction.

Tony in t-shirt and jean jacket. Yum

Ah, so if 2 NCIS agents are held captive then there is a reason to send in the Seals... HA, I was right!

*giggles* "Thanks for volunteering me." Except Tim WANTED to go to Iraq in the episode with Jardeen (5x15 'In the Zone')

And Gibbs still is super ninja sniper? Ummm, okay...

Love the look of Gibbs infront of the window though, "Let's go home."

But... what about a clothing change? Why is McGee still in the torn shirt?

Awww, Abby and Ziva hug. They've come so far since early S3.

Odd look Tony was giving them though.

And that's that.

Overall not shocking or anything though.

The coming attractions pissed me off though. Ziva's still pissed off? *grumbles*

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No promos on my end either - but CBS switches to Global when they have shared programming, so Canadians often get different or no previews.

I actually really enjoyed this episode until Ziva came back. I don't know if it's actually because I dislike Ziva or I dislike that they hint and hint about people dying and never kill them.

Nice to see them putting MW to good use again, though. More acting for Tony!

I also quite enjoyed NCIS:LA. Though Callen could not possibly have a more angsty backstory if he tried. If it doesn't out angst Gibbs' backstory, it sure as hell ties.

Also, LL Cool J is pretty.

The promos had a short snippet between Ziva and Abby that implied Ziva was still pissed at Tony for killing Rivkin *blech*

LL Cool J and Chris Odonnel are both very pretty

LL Cool J is unfairly pretty, this is truth.

The thing with Gibbs' angsty backstory is that it was pretty much designed to bring the angst. Don't get me wrong, I heart the manpain, but I don't necessarily think it's the same thing with Callen. I mean, I'll admit I found him kind of fascinating since he first showed up, but in his case I think the backstory supports his character, and doesn't necessarily have to be a source of ongoing angst - it's rare that a TV character is given a potentially dramatic background that isn't used to the hilt, but it does happen. I think that this is a guy who has spent so much time being who he needs to be for any given situation that who he outside of that is a little shaky, and I think he was probably that way long before he started working for NCIS.

But like I said, I'm a bit fascinated.

I'm also intrigued by Callen's backstory. The way some things have been worded- he uses G. because 'they never told him what G stands for"? It's all really interesting- does he not know who he is? He's never gotten a birthday card? He moves all the time and has next to no stuff?

There are some issues with that. Paychecks and filing taxes and W-2s and whatnot need names and addresses. But, still. I want to see how it pans out.