An Eye for an Eye (02x15)
This is the episode from which they took the deleted scene between Tony and Kate on the roof for A Man Walked Into a Bar.
Tony is not only competent in this, he is (for once) more competent than Kate. I love the scene in the bullpen when McGee and Kate think Tony's slacking and it turns out he has a whole bunch of stuff to report. It's not humiliating for anyone, and it really surprises them. Gibbs, however, is not surprised. I also like the scene in Paraguay with the phone. Tony's manner in that scene clearly intimidates Kate (she's probably never seen him like that before); it also demonstrates (to me, anyway) that he's had to improvise a lot more often than Kate has, and that he's very good at it.
In at least this episode, Gibbs likes Tony and Kate's petty competition, because it means they're trying to outdo each other in getting him the information he wants.
There's hash, of course. I sometimes think that's the only kind of humor some of the writers for this show know how to do. On the other hand, McGee's joke was pretty funny-and it wasn't hash, because when Tony asked him to tell it, Gibbs wasn't anywhere around, so it wasn't a case of Tony trying to set him up. On the gripping hand (as my friend Dave likes to say), the thing with the coffee was totally unnecessary. I can't believe that McGee still hasn't figured out that coffee is sacred.
I'm pretty sure Gibbs sends Tony south because of his Spanish, which is why he's the lead agent on this, too (I assume the fact that he gets to choose which teammate goes with him means he's lead). McGee knows Spanish too, apparently, since he was co-translating the email with Tony. McGee hasn't completely lost his innocence, either. He is stunned when the bad guy is killed by his own bosses. Gibbs is disgusted, though. It's what he wanted, but that someone would have so little loyalty to his team member that he would order that offends him.
The bad guy in this is really a total sleaze, although the people he works for aren't any better, given that they were going to let him get away with pedophilia and then they kill him. He doesn't do what he does out of loyalty to his country; he does it because he likes it. At least he doesn't manage to kill his wife. At least, I think it's his wife who lives and her sister who died.
This episode brings Ari back into the story arc.
Tony is not only competent in this, he is (for once) more competent than Kate. I love the scene in the bullpen when McGee and Kate think Tony's slacking and it turns out he has a whole bunch of stuff to report. It's not humiliating for anyone, and it really surprises them. Gibbs, however, is not surprised. I also like the scene in Paraguay with the phone. Tony's manner in that scene clearly intimidates Kate (she's probably never seen him like that before); it also demonstrates (to me, anyway) that he's had to improvise a lot more often than Kate has, and that he's very good at it.
In at least this episode, Gibbs likes Tony and Kate's petty competition, because it means they're trying to outdo each other in getting him the information he wants.
There's hash, of course. I sometimes think that's the only kind of humor some of the writers for this show know how to do. On the other hand, McGee's joke was pretty funny-and it wasn't hash, because when Tony asked him to tell it, Gibbs wasn't anywhere around, so it wasn't a case of Tony trying to set him up. On the gripping hand (as my friend Dave likes to say), the thing with the coffee was totally unnecessary. I can't believe that McGee still hasn't figured out that coffee is sacred.
I'm pretty sure Gibbs sends Tony south because of his Spanish, which is why he's the lead agent on this, too (I assume the fact that he gets to choose which teammate goes with him means he's lead). McGee knows Spanish too, apparently, since he was co-translating the email with Tony. McGee hasn't completely lost his innocence, either. He is stunned when the bad guy is killed by his own bosses. Gibbs is disgusted, though. It's what he wanted, but that someone would have so little loyalty to his team member that he would order that offends him.
The bad guy in this is really a total sleaze, although the people he works for aren't any better, given that they were going to let him get away with pedophilia and then they kill him. He doesn't do what he does out of loyalty to his country; he does it because he likes it. At least he doesn't manage to kill his wife. At least, I think it's his wife who lives and her sister who died.
This episode brings Ari back into the story arc.