donutsweeper | NCIS 10x2, or when I say goodbye.

that bad, huh?

If I could have gotten out from under cat I would have beaten my head into the wall

Good thing the cat was there, then. it's not worth physically hurting yourself over.

chocolate would have been nice though

Okay, so it's not just me then? I missed one act because I was eating dinner, so I thought maybe I'd missed something, but yeah. I think it's lost its spark.

Just curious, what in particular pissed you off? The random love interest of doom? The soap opera lost long siblings? The insane murder plot?

Nope, you didn't miss a thing.

The final tossing of hands in the air was the shrink announcing IN THE BULLPEN something Tony said to him during their session. Just... no, that is so blatantly unethical and not how things are done. He'd lose his medical license for that. But, everything else just added to it. The sibling thing? SO ANNOYING and terribly acted. Add in the love interest bit and how stupid murdering someone for that is and and and and.... UGH.

Oh, I think I missed the shrink thing during dinner. I heard shouting, but I couldn't follow it from the kitchen and my baked potato seemed more entertaining at the time.

I thought the whole adoption storyline was a weird choice for Abby. And why does she feel so alone? I mean, family isn't just blood. Isn't that her whole thing? The team is her family. Lame.

It's getting so I can pick out murderers as soon as they appear. I don't think I'm supposed to be able to do that.

Your baked potato was definitely the better choice. *sigh*

Yeah the family thing was odd. I think it's going to be a theme of the season, there was a lot of talk about families last episode with the mention of Jackson Gibbs and Ziva on the phone with her dad and Tim with his grandmother.

I just wish they'd write their characters consistently. I know it's a lot to ask, but it'd be nice if characters stayed relatively the same from episode to episode.

Oh yes, that would be lovely. *sighs and passes chocolate*

Thank you. *passes donuts*

*munches* Much better :)

Um, I'm confused - the shrink didn't announce something Tony said to him in their session.

All he announced was his 'tribal name' - the bullet-point description Cranston gave them all. And given he'd announced Tim and Ziva's earlier, I see no reason why he shouldn't have told the other's Tony's name.

Actually, in point of fact I think he was out of line totally to publicly, even privately, tell how Cranston had described them but he did for Tim and Ziva as soon as he arrived. Thus why should it be wrong to do it for Tony?

Either it's wrong for all three or right for all three. But he certainly didn't reveal anything Tony told him - he simply revealed what he'd told Tony.

Oh it was definitely wrong for all three. Tony's was the last one though and the final straw for me.

Honestly by then I wanted to smack that shrink every time he spoke, he would have lost his license anytime he mentioned anything Cranston had told him about the team or any time he mentioned anything they told him.

I thought he had mentioned just finished his and Tony's sessions and that he only had one or two more to do (aka Gibbs) before saying it which was why I thought it was something Tony had said to him, not Cranston. And when he didn't stop talking even after Tony basically asked him to I threw up my hands in disbelief.

He was out of line to tell them - and certainly publicly. OTOH, I guess you could say it was only fair he told Tim & Ziva Tony's name since he'd told Tony theirs.

I also don't really believe he'd have discussed Abby at all with Gibbs. It's not as if Gibbs is her father or uncle and even if she was she wasn't a child!

No that wasn't quite how it went. He told Vance he had a few more to do. Then asked Tony if he'd told them his tribal name. Tony just repeated 'tribal name'; shrink then said 'Brilliant Chatterbox' and started to explain about Cranston.

It was Vance who shouted 'enough' not Tony (and Vance wasn't angry because of what Wolf had said simply because they were all just chatting when he wanted them to get on with their jobs - at that point I knew Vance had to be talked too too). Tony didn't ask Wolf not to say anything. Then when Vance left after talking about it being one of their own who was dead Wolf said he had two left to go.

The actual specifics of the scene aren't the issue for me here. The doctor was an embarrassment to his profession and perpetuated every stereotype about it. The writers should have been ashamed to play important mental heath issues like pstd and whatnot for laughs. The whole thing just hit every squick and annoyance button of mine and was the final 'okay, I tried, but I give up' nail in NCIS's coffin for me.

If I'm home and bored I may have it on in the background, but unless I catch a promo that looks amazing, I'll probably never be interested enough to seek out an episode of NCIS again.

Cranston was also, IMO, unprofessional in the way she got into NCIS in the first place and her agenda and at least he didn't sneak around or lie. Yes, he was unprofessional but at least he was honest with it - unlike Cranston. I found her an embarrassment to her profession and the idea Gibbs would call her back in really stunned me.

The writers haven't written a decent shrink.

The writers haven't cared about any issues for far too many seasons to count; they mess up anything they try to do.

Come over to the dark side! (NCIS:LA) We have snacks!

*hee* I watch NCIS:LA too. Hetty is awesome.

Wow! This should be interesting. I'm not in a position to stop because of Hubby and haven't seen any of this season yet...maybe this weekend. I'll keep my eyes and ears open for a breaking point.

I think it'd still be a fine show to have on in the background, so as long as you can be online when it's on and only half paying attention you might be okay? Or maybe have alcohol handy? (kidding)

That's pretty much how I watch the endless repeats anyway, and I'm not generally that much more attentive to new ones, except when there is Gibbs/Fornell to be spotted.

Smart thinking.

You're in luck for the season premiere btw, there's a few great Fornell bits.

So I hear. That might be enough to keep me from raging about other things because I'm not (or at least I try not to be) that invested.

I hate to say it, but I doubt it. Both episodes were facepalm and headdesk inducing IMO. Good luck.

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