Episode Review: 7x01 - Truth and Consequences
There are many things I should be doing right now, including writing up my learning journal from last week's uni class, and also general work, seeing as how I am in the office and all.
But, NCIS is on in America tonight, and I really should put down some thoughts about the premiere of a week ago because otherwise I'll get all wrapped up in the ( Read more... )
But, NCIS is on in America tonight, and I really should put down some thoughts about the premiere of a week ago because otherwise I'll get all wrapped up in the ( Read more... )
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But yeah, Tony as the indulgent parent, spot on. Also, I always see him as the beta to Gobbs Alpha. Like he CAN lead, Wants to, and Knows how to, he just prefers when Gibbs does it. I think that why i hate fic with Tony having a different/new team.
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Yes, totally, he kind of plays a dual role in the team - vaguely irritating older brother who will take charge when he needs to, but is also perfectly happy to play beta to Gibbs' alpha - and he really is happy to do that - but also willing to step up and ... not quite be the mother, but at least be the slightly more accessible parent, who always has band-aids ready and knows where everything is. I'm convinced he does Gibbs' filing for him.
Ooh, Tony having a new team! I haven't quite decided where I fall on that, but I think if I had to pick, I'd be on your side - not really liking him having a new team unless it's done very well. I think it can be done well, and I've seen quite a bit of discussion in fandom over whether Tony should have his own team, because he's good enough at his job that really, it makes sense for him to get a new team and prove himself as a leader, not ( ... )
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I love the idea of Tony being the older brother. Cause I have them and I know for a fact that if someone was picking on me or etc I wouldn't got o my daddy(who is the most awesome ever)[read the Gibbs] I'd go to them and they take care of it.
That is totally Tony to me. I wish there was fic where Abby needed Tony to take care of somebody, and Kate found out and Abby had to explain that.
Older brothers are half parent/halfJERK. But no matter what they fight to the death for you, they teach you things without making you feel stupid cause that's they're job. That's where my love of Tony+McGee friendship stems from. -happy sigh-
I totally think Tony deserves his own team, I just don't think he wants a new team. When he takes over for Gibbs, hes still basically DiNozzo-Senior Field Agent, just a really stressed out senior field agent.
never really considered Jenny his boss either, I don't think, even during the Jeanne undercover opI love that. I agree completely. When he tells her he ( ... )
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I'm an only child, so that's interesting to read! He is very much the big brother, and I love that: half parent, half jerk!
Yeah, the moments they've shown him being in charge, he always seems really stressed out by it. He seems a little more relaxed in some parts of Shalom and Escaped, but the strain definitely doesn't sit too happily with him. And I've never thought he needed to be needed the way Gibbs does, either. But, I do still think he'd be a great team leader. I just don't think he'd want another team. And I'm not that convinced, right now, that McGee wouldn't follow him, if he went.
He's just so very distressed at having to lie to Gibbs, and she actually calls him on who he calls his boss more than once - like in Hiatus. I think he respected Jenny, and recognised her authority, but Gibbs' would always override hers. And then I get to the question of just why he accepted that undercover op in the first place - and my brain is a bit overtaxed at the moment, saving you more inane chatter! ;-)
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Tony looks so plucky under duress! Yeah, that's as insightful as I've got.
Well, okay, one other thing: I may be the only person in fandom who Ziva's idioms, but I'll spare you the rant on that, because it's boring.
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Plucky under duress - that's an awesome description, I love it!
LOL, did you mean like or hate Ziva's idioms? Rant to me! You'll probably get a ramble right back, but I love discussing this show. I could talk (type) about it forever. ;-)
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In fairness, they've gotten better at that over time, but I still have cumulative resentment.
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But I still quite like them - not so much because of the idioms themselves but because the actors play it quite well. And I love me some grammar-psycho!Tony. I think my favourite was when she actually gets it right, like when she says she is barking up the wrong tree, and Tony is all, "bush", and she's all disappointed. So while I would agree they're often unconvincing and very obviously engineered, I like the cute moments they create! :-)
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Oh, the shoulder holster! I really, really hope you're right and we get more of Tony the Cop this season, because I love that part of him. Episode 2 was obviously great for the whole cop thing, and the fact that he still refers to hismelf as a cop, not a fed, and I'm going to join you in hoping that the recurrence of the holster in Ep 3 and also, the whole semi-tutoring he did with the cute young rookie, means they're really going to make an issue of it. And yes! I much prefer the writers/showrunners focusing on that, rather than the Gibbs-DiNozzo (non) similarity. Because you're so right, they're really not alike at all - Gibbs never talks, ever, Tony talks all the time, even if he doesn't say very much; Gibbs is pretty much furious, all the time (I think) whereas Tony has got next to no temper whatsoever. And there are a thousand other differences, I'm sure. Although, saying that I loved the same-wrods ( ... )
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