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NCIS this time.
So Director Shepard bought it. All I can say is thank goodness. I will not miss her in the slightest. Her character was obviously brought in as a romantic foil for Gibbs and when that didn't play they had to find other things for her to do. Things which were for the most part obstructionist, thoughtless, volatile, emotionally-based, jingoistic and at times downright illegal. She was the poster child for the old patriarchal arguments that women should not be allowed in positions of power, which aggravated my feminist soul no end. So, like I said, I am not at all unhappy with her demise. Though it was kind of ::koff:: overkill ::koff:: that they actually kind of killed her TWICE, once with a disease and once with bullets.
Also, will someone please tell me what agency she and Gibbs were working for that would allow sanctioned assassinations, which have been ILLEGAL for decades? Clearly it wasn't NCIS, since real NCIS agents are cops, not spies.
And setting her house on fire there at the end? Wow. Way to endanger her neighbors while you're covering up your illegal execution, Gibbs and Franks. Speaking of Gibbs... what was the point of his emptying screws and nails out of that jar so he could pour his booze into it and drink out of it? Why not just drink out of the bottle? And speaking of Franks... this guy who is supposed to be the best ever and who is always coming all superior over what he perceives as other people's mistakes... he rents a car using an easily identifiable ID and stays in that car the whole time? Way to go.
As for the team breakup-- I give it three eps in the fall before they resolve it.
So Director Shepard bought it. All I can say is thank goodness. I will not miss her in the slightest. Her character was obviously brought in as a romantic foil for Gibbs and when that didn't play they had to find other things for her to do. Things which were for the most part obstructionist, thoughtless, volatile, emotionally-based, jingoistic and at times downright illegal. She was the poster child for the old patriarchal arguments that women should not be allowed in positions of power, which aggravated my feminist soul no end. So, like I said, I am not at all unhappy with her demise. Though it was kind of ::koff:: overkill ::koff:: that they actually kind of killed her TWICE, once with a disease and once with bullets.
Also, will someone please tell me what agency she and Gibbs were working for that would allow sanctioned assassinations, which have been ILLEGAL for decades? Clearly it wasn't NCIS, since real NCIS agents are cops, not spies.
And setting her house on fire there at the end? Wow. Way to endanger her neighbors while you're covering up your illegal execution, Gibbs and Franks. Speaking of Gibbs... what was the point of his emptying screws and nails out of that jar so he could pour his booze into it and drink out of it? Why not just drink out of the bottle? And speaking of Franks... this guy who is supposed to be the best ever and who is always coming all superior over what he perceives as other people's mistakes... he rents a car using an easily identifiable ID and stays in that car the whole time? Way to go.
As for the team breakup-- I give it three eps in the fall before they resolve it.
