Rebecca should be asleep but can't tear herself away from the fanfic!
This might prove to be a very busy week. I'm still in the middle of packing to move, as well as applying for something (not a job, but more of a volunteer position) that I would really like. It seems hard like a hard program to get into, so keep your fingers crossed! And just a few nights ago, I was caught without an inhaler when a bad asthma attack hit. Of course, there are many worse things in this world than having asthma... but when you have to drive to the drug store twice between midnight and one the morning, you sure can't think of any!
Now to fire off a few notes about tonight's NCIS.
Notes on episode 9x21 Rekindled
Writers: Reed Steiner (Psych Out) & Christopher J. Waild (Newborn King).
+ "I call it Practical Playboy." Okay, I admit I lol'ed at this line. Usually immature, frat-boy stuff from Tony bothers me, but I thought this one was just funny and fitting in response to Ziva and McGee ganging up on him about his shoes.
+ "Fire doesn't destroy evidence, it creates it." I liked Jason from the start. He seemed very capable and competent, and I liked guessing at the history between him and Tony (we only knew bits, via spoilers and Tony's "I almost lost that kid in Baltimore" line back in A Man Walks Into a Bar).
+ I lol'ed at McGee slowing discovering that Plimpton had been a geek, and Tony talking about hot cartoon women. But then...
- ...we had the reappearance of that Phantom 8 storyline! UGH!
+ How funny were Ziva and McGee in those lab coats and glasses? And I loved Murdoch assuming that Phantom 8 was a "lame role-playing game."
+ Abby roasting a marshmallow over her bunson burner was nice little touch, and she really seemed to like Jason from the start, which I thought was sweet.
- The camera's constant sweeping back and forth when Gibbs and Ziva were interrogating Billy. Ugh.
+ The flickering fireglow on Tony and Jason's faces when they were watching the fire through the sealed door. It was just brief enough to be cool, without crossing the line into an over-the-top, flames of hell shot.
+ I liked how Ziva and McGee noticed how working with Jason was effecting Tony and were concerned for him.
- Jason lost major points for blaming Tony for what happened to his sister. I got so pissed at him when we saw the flashback. Tony wasn't even a cop yet! He was just a college student (and geez, Tony's college hair reminded me of Zac Efon) who pulled Jason out of that fire, alone and unassisted.
- But the writers lost more points for this, because it seems very unrealistic that Jason would not only remember the fire so well (children that age tend to suppress traumatic events) but also still blame Tony for it! Aside from this, Jason seemed like a very mature guy, and hanging onto that grudge didn't fit with his character at all.
+ "Geek bastard."
The next two episode titles are Playing with Fire and Up In Smoke, so it looks like this fire storyline might be this season's finale arc. I really hope the writers do it well. Last season's finale arc started out so good, only to progress into what-the-fuck territory.
P.S. I don't usually do fanfiction recs on my journal (I leave that to Kew), but I do have to recommend to all my fellow NCIS fans that you check out the amazing fic Treading Water, if you haven't already. It's much longer than most stuff I read (+48,000 words and counting) but I've been following it since it was first published, and it is fast becoming one of my favorite stories.
Now to fire off a few notes about tonight's NCIS.
Notes on episode 9x21 Rekindled
Writers: Reed Steiner (Psych Out) & Christopher J. Waild (Newborn King).
+ "I call it Practical Playboy." Okay, I admit I lol'ed at this line. Usually immature, frat-boy stuff from Tony bothers me, but I thought this one was just funny and fitting in response to Ziva and McGee ganging up on him about his shoes.
+ "Fire doesn't destroy evidence, it creates it." I liked Jason from the start. He seemed very capable and competent, and I liked guessing at the history between him and Tony (we only knew bits, via spoilers and Tony's "I almost lost that kid in Baltimore" line back in A Man Walks Into a Bar).
+ I lol'ed at McGee slowing discovering that Plimpton had been a geek, and Tony talking about hot cartoon women. But then...
- ...we had the reappearance of that Phantom 8 storyline! UGH!
+ How funny were Ziva and McGee in those lab coats and glasses? And I loved Murdoch assuming that Phantom 8 was a "lame role-playing game."
+ Abby roasting a marshmallow over her bunson burner was nice little touch, and she really seemed to like Jason from the start, which I thought was sweet.
- The camera's constant sweeping back and forth when Gibbs and Ziva were interrogating Billy. Ugh.
+ The flickering fireglow on Tony and Jason's faces when they were watching the fire through the sealed door. It was just brief enough to be cool, without crossing the line into an over-the-top, flames of hell shot.
+ I liked how Ziva and McGee noticed how working with Jason was effecting Tony and were concerned for him.
- Jason lost major points for blaming Tony for what happened to his sister. I got so pissed at him when we saw the flashback. Tony wasn't even a cop yet! He was just a college student (and geez, Tony's college hair reminded me of Zac Efon) who pulled Jason out of that fire, alone and unassisted.
- But the writers lost more points for this, because it seems very unrealistic that Jason would not only remember the fire so well (children that age tend to suppress traumatic events) but also still blame Tony for it! Aside from this, Jason seemed like a very mature guy, and hanging onto that grudge didn't fit with his character at all.
+ "Geek bastard."
The next two episode titles are Playing with Fire and Up In Smoke, so it looks like this fire storyline might be this season's finale arc. I really hope the writers do it well. Last season's finale arc started out so good, only to progress into what-the-fuck territory.
P.S. I don't usually do fanfiction recs on my journal (I leave that to Kew), but I do have to recommend to all my fellow NCIS fans that you check out the amazing fic Treading Water, if you haven't already. It's much longer than most stuff I read (+48,000 words and counting) but I've been following it since it was first published, and it is fast becoming one of my favorite stories.