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Post by nas on Jan 20, 2021 22:53:55 GMT
correct, llyan, I didn’t watch the episode...
still, my opinion stands: whereas McGee may not have died by being blown to bits, he was shot - twice! - leaving him in critical condition and “not out of the woods”...
imho, that is a very duh, duh, dumb “situation” to have even been written - period! 😖 eta: I’m not trying to be argumentative; I do realize that this “situation” is providing some drama to the relationship between McGee and Gibbs... in order for NCIS to keep going, the writers have to come up with something, but storylines like this is one reason why I stopped watching the show...
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Post by terrij58 on Jan 21, 2021 1:22:02 GMT
pardon me for asking a stupid question, but why the hell would Gibbs shoot McGee - twice! - and put him in the hospital to the point he’s so critical that he’s “not out of the woods” at episode’s end?!
isn’t that a bit radical!? so, to keep McGee from getting blown up, he shoots him instead?! WTF!! Gibbs had “no other choice”! SERIOUSLY?!
what are the writers thinking when they write drek like that? 😡
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I'm going to guess that you didn't watch the episode. Yes, it was radical but Gibbs really had no other way to stop McGee from approaching a plane that was wired to blow. In the full context of the episode, it makes sense.
- Gibbs was in a control tower a significant distance away, so he couldn't shout a warning. - Bishop had been kidnapped by the bad guys (McGee thought she was in the plane, which is why he kept going even after being shot.) - Torres was in Baltimore with Fornell picking up other bad guys. - McGee's comms were out so he couldn't hear Gibbs or Vance trying to get him to stand down. - Gibbs fired a warning shot and McGee kept going. - Gibbs shot McGee in the arm and McGee kept going. - Gibbs shot McGee in the leg and moments later the plane blew up. Had Tim been any closer, he would have been killed.
It was still a terrible decision for Gibbs to have to make though. Thanks--I was wondering about that myself.
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Post by nas on Jan 21, 2021 23:17:01 GMT
o.k., I just watched the entire episode of Head of the Snake, if for no other reason than to justify my negative comments and opinion...
I thought the entire episode was unrealistic (so, what’s new? NCIS left realistic years ago!), but I’m going to stick with just the original complaint I had about the shooting of McGee by Gibbs, and not write about anything else that imho was so unbelievably bad... 😖
after watching the ep, I will stick to my opinion that the shooting should never, ever, never have happened! Period!!
we must remember that Gibbs has been written since day 1 as a crack-shot, super sniper... being that, he could have AND should have simply kept firing on the ground ahead of McGee to keep him from advancing forward - just kept firing - not shooting him with a high-powered rifle, ffs!! a half dozen more impeding shots would have given him the time he needed before the plane exploded...
but instead, he shot him in the arm and then in the leg, hitting McGee’s femoral artery! at the rate that they showed him bleeding (which was very quickly!) McGee would have bled out and died before help could get to him!
for being this “super sniper” who supposedly can put a shot between someone’s eyes from a mile away, Gibbs really screwed up when he hit the femoral artery, didn’t he?
all that said, I contend that the purpose of this shooting situation was simply written to create the “Tim-Gibbs drama” for future episodes - and not because it made sense that “Gibbs had no choice”...
in the end the doe-eyed Delilah looks up at Gibbs and said, “You saved his life” and Gibbs says nothing, gave her that all-knowing grin of his, then bent down and kissed the top of her head... well, B.S.! he didn’t save his life - he almost killed the guy!!
once again the NCIS writers created a 💩situation that totally pissed me off, and makes me glad I decided to stop watching this show on a regular basis...
I think I’ll just stick to writing on and posting pictures of my Grandoggie on the Fur Babies thread, and stop aggravating myself with the duh, duh, dumb episodes that the show airs...
There, I’ve said it!
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Post by jessielee on Apr 7, 2021 13:09:01 GMT
Pam Dawber on Why It’s the Right Time to Join Husband Mark Harmon on ‘NCIS’
Finally, the NCIS guest star we’ve been waiting for is here! On April 6, Pam Dawber joins husband Mark Harmon (they married in 1987) for the first of four episodes on the crime procedural. She plays experienced investigative reporter Marcie Warren, who has caught wind of an incident that occurred in the March 16 installment: Director Vance (Rocky Carroll) indefinitely suspended Gibbs, who admitted he didn’t regret beating up a man who was running a dogfighting ring.
“She’s trying to find out more about what really happened here, the story on this guy driven over the edge,” says Dawber, known for her roles in Mork & Mindy and My Sister Sam. The couple have not worked on television together before — they did both work on the 2000 feature film, I’ll Remember April, and a 1990s theater production of the play Love Letters — and Dawber gave TV Insider the scoop on this very special first.
NCIS has been on since 2003. Why did it take so long for you to guest star?
Pam Dawber: I’ve been asked to do NCIS before over the years. It just wasn’t the right character or the right time. With Marcie, it was so funny because when they were casting, Mark goes, “Who you’re really looking for is my wife.” They said, “But she’s always turned us down!” I read the script and I’m going, “Oh no.” My fear rockets flew off.
What made you afraid?
I haven’t acted in so long. It’s also, at my age, do you really want to be on a big screen? I finally thought I’d feel worse if I chickened out.
Marcie definitely isn’t one to chicken out. She’s so gutsy!
Nobody is getting back to her, so she finds out where Gibbs likes to hang out. She thinks she’s going to be cute and start a conversation [at the diner] and work her magic on him — which doesn’t happen.
How do they get along as the story progresses?
This is the first time a character is not scared of Gibbs. She’s a strong woman. They’re trying to figure each other out, but they’re opposite ends of the spectrum as far as their personalities. He frustrates the hell out of her with his mumbling Gibbs’ one-liners. She’s a chatterbox. There’s a lot of humor — character humor, not joking humor. We play against each other. That comes naturally. It’s fun. We’ve had a blast.
Did you rehearse together at home?
I’d say, “Let’s run lines,” and Mark would be like, “OK, but can we watch this game?” [Laughs] But it was all really effortless. I felt so safe on that set. I know everybody. Rocky Carroll directed, and I love working with directors that have been actors — they really know.
Did you base Marcie on anyone, or do any specific research for the role?
I was thinking of Robin Abcarian at The Los Angeles Times. I started writing to her back when Robin [Williams] passed away. She wrote something about Robin, and I sent her an email, and I occasionally write her when I read something she’s written. One thing she said to me was, “Over many years I’ve grown a thick skin.” I put that in my dialogue.
Does your story takes some twists?
Marcie pulls Gibbs into something she’s working on. It’s just the two of us in my storyline, I’m not with the rest of the cast.
It sounds like this was so fun for you. Did this make you consider returning to series TV?
No. There’s too much social media negativity. And I have passed the point of wanting to sit the makeup chair at six o’clock in the morning!
www.tvinsider.com/993845/ncis-pam-dawber-husband-mark-harmon-gibbs/
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Post by jessielee on May 23, 2021 16:30:38 GMT
‘NCIS’ Finale Sees Gibbs in ‘Unadulterated, Pure, and Blissful Happiness’Even on suspension, Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon) has managed to find peril. In the conclusion to Season 18, the onetime NCIS big boss and investigative reporter Marcie Warren (Pam Dawber, Harmon’s real-life wife, wrapping a four-episode guest arc) follow up on last week’s chilling discovery: The criminal she’s been trailing — the one who murdered her childhood friend — is a serial killer.
“They dig deeper and begin to suspect the killer is aware of their investigation and that they have put themselves in danger,” NCIS executive producer Frank Cardea reveals. “Of course they disagree on how to proceed.”
But proceed they do, and the pair’s road to (hoped for) justice is surprisingly rocky, especially for the usually in-control lawman. “Both are headstrong, opinionated and don’t care what others think of their actions,” Cardea explains. “Marcie does not hesitate to call Gibbs out when he hides behind his stoic facade.” Dawber (above, with Harmon) cuts to the chase: “Marcie gets away with a lot, but she doesn’t have to go home with Gibbs. Need I say more?”
Meanwhile, the NCIS team is again joined by Special Agent Jessica Knight (Katrina Law, Arrow). The episode’s action-y opener finds agents Timothy McGee (Sean Murray), Ellie Bishop (Emily Wickersham) and Nick Torres (Wilmer Valderrama) in the middle of a case involving an arms dealer that, Cardea teases, “has gone very bad very quickly.” Another blow: Bishop is implicated in an old NSA leak.
At least there’s some potentially good news for broken-hearted Torres, who was let down in the May 11 episode when he and Bishop finally had “the talk” about coupling up. She seemed to reject him, but according to executive producer Steven D. Binder, “We’ll find out nothing could be further from the truth.”
We also discover another of Gibbs’ trademark rules to live by (this time it’s No. 91) when he finds it necessary to explain it to Bishop. And if that’s not enough to wrap up another year of America’s favorite crime drama in suitably intriguing fashion, Binder promises this NCIS first: “We’ll finally get to see Gibbs in unadulterated, pure and blissful happiness — something that has eluded him since we met him, but which we all agree is long overdue.” Maybe taking care of that pit bull Lucy taught the gruff old guy some new tricks.
www.tvinsider.com/998319/ncis-season-18-finale-preview-bishop-torres-gibbs-case/
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Post by BobNOTinValencia on May 23, 2021 17:42:35 GMT
Oh, great, we get to see the NickEl matchup. I don't look forward to it, but that is just my 2-cents worth.
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Post by Hari Seldon on May 23, 2021 19:04:08 GMT
Oh, great, we get to see the NickEl matchup. I don't look forward to it, but that is just my 2-cents worth. Bad news on the surface, but her love interests either cheat or get killed. I'm hoping for the latter on this one.
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Post by nas on May 23, 2021 23:51:06 GMT
oh man, that’s harsh, Hari... but if it happens, it’ll probably be a “you know what” that does it... nas
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Post by pkidelirium2003 on May 24, 2021 9:22:56 GMT
Nick doesn't seem like a cheater, and for once I'd like to see her in a relationship that actually works. Jake was written and played as a rather uninteresting, typical lawyer high up in a three-letter alphabet agency. Qasim worked pretty well being mostly offscreen but was also underutilized, and someone decided they needed to fire the anti-cupid cannon at them like with other relationships through the series.
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Post by luckysmom on May 24, 2021 10:42:48 GMT
Not a fan. But I don't watch live and there is an FF option....
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Post by Hari Seldon on May 25, 2021 1:22:55 GMT
Nick doesn't seem like a cheater, and for once I'd like to see her in a relationship that actually works. Jake was written and played as a rather uninteresting, typical lawyer high up in a three-letter alphabet agency. Qasim worked pretty well being mostly offscreen but was also underutilized, and someone decided they needed to fire the anti-cupid cannon at them like with other relationships through the series. He doesn't seem like it, but then none of the things he's actually done toward Bishop seem like romantic gestures to anyone but the writers. The biggest problem for any Bishop romance is they haven't given her any interests outside of work. How did things fall apart with Jake? The cheating was the result, but the actual problem was that once they were in different agencies they couldn't find anything to talk about (this is exactly what was said by Bishop). What did she do afterward? She found someone she could talk to about work (Qasim). Now she's ready to jump back in the saddle and where does she look? Her job.
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