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donutsweeper) wrote2015-11-12 10:00 am
donutsweeper) wrote2015-11-12 10:00 am
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NCIS- surprisingly good?
So, after 3 or so years, I randomly started watching NCIS:LA again. I started with a cable channel's marathons of some of the episodes I missed and then began watching this season's offerings. Last month Tony Dinozzo crossed over and I put off watching that ep for a while (I mostly quit watching NCIS itself mostly due to the way they were writing Tony and having the other characters respond to him) but he was written well! Yes, there was little character growth/development from when I'd last seen him but he was competent and clever and funny so I decided to try out the NCIS mothership itself.
I was shocked as hell to find Joel Gretsch (aka Stan Burley) guest starring in it! Stan, Gibbs' former senior agent prior to Dinozzo, had always been a fixture in fanfic despite only appearing in one episode early in S1. (Yes, this was probably due to his being one of the few named agents who hadn't been killed off, but still). Since Tim knew him (despite not being in "High Seas") I figured Stan must have guest starred since then so I looked him up and apparently he was in both a S9 and S10 ep as well. That means he went 8 and a half seasons (202 episodes) in between appearances. I wonder if that's a record.
Jeanne Benoit also appeared. And it was done well! The team was really nice and surprisingly supportive/kind in response (a nice change considering their previous response was awful).
All in all a good episode! Not a lot of character development/growth/change since I stopped watching 4 or 5 seasons ago or whenever that was (which was yet another reason for quitting) but if Tony's not going to be constantly put down and treated as comic relief instead of a real character I might keep checking it out for a bit.
Humorously, over on NCIS:LA, the season opened with Callen *still* trying to find out about his past. Good to know some things never change....
I was shocked as hell to find Joel Gretsch (aka Stan Burley) guest starring in it! Stan, Gibbs' former senior agent prior to Dinozzo, had always been a fixture in fanfic despite only appearing in one episode early in S1. (Yes, this was probably due to his being one of the few named agents who hadn't been killed off, but still). Since Tim knew him (despite not being in "High Seas") I figured Stan must have guest starred since then so I looked him up and apparently he was in both a S9 and S10 ep as well. That means he went 8 and a half seasons (202 episodes) in between appearances. I wonder if that's a record.
Jeanne Benoit also appeared. And it was done well! The team was really nice and surprisingly supportive/kind in response (a nice change considering their previous response was awful).
All in all a good episode! Not a lot of character development/growth/change since I stopped watching 4 or 5 seasons ago or whenever that was (which was yet another reason for quitting) but if Tony's not going to be constantly put down and treated as comic relief instead of a real character I might keep checking it out for a bit.
Humorously, over on NCIS:LA, the season opened with Callen *still* trying to find out about his past. Good to know some things never change....
Sounds like it's not as bad now.
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