NCIS 10x2, or when I say goodbye.

[donutsweeper]

Oh, NCIS. That's it. Sorry. I've put up with so much from you, but.... No. That's it. I quit.

(vague spoilers in comments)

Comments

[nakeisha.livejournal.com]

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.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

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.

[nakeisha.livejournal.com]

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.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

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.

[nakeisha.livejournal.com]

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.