NCIS: Meat Puzzle

[kelliem]

They didn't screw it up and play it for laughs.

Whew. I am so relieved.

Little comments unrelated to plot: Did y'all catch the pic of an Illya-era David in Mom's room? Nice touch. And of course, the IK reference. Kate probably should have said "Who?" in response to Gibbs, since she's really not old enough to have seen MFU first run and doesn't strike me as the fanfic type who would run into MFU on the internet. :) And good casting on Ducky's mom. Nina Foch's nose and jaw are enough similar to David's that it really made it work.

And it was the first thing I've seen Morgan Weisser in since Space: Above and Beyond, I think. Nice to see him again.

Possibly spoilery comments :

For a few minutes there I thought maybe Jimmy was related to the 'Addams family.' Was relieved that he wasn't, even though I still want Gerald back.

Mom was pretty scary, wasn't she?

Why didn't they use dogs when looking for Ducky at the mortuary? That would seem to have been a logical thing to do under the circumstances.

Comments

the ending

[tgabrielle.livejournal.com]

And I'd have preferred they close with Ducky instead of the bickering duo.

The ending was a disappointment, most unsatisfactory. After seeing what Ducky had gone through, we needed a curtain call from him to let us know he is all right. I would have had Ducky returning to his home and his mother and the yappy dogs with Gibbs at his side.(Gibbs should have been looking after him in the first place--what was he doing instead?--sanding his boat?) Kate and Tony's bickering conclusion didn't connect the dots; the episode wasn't about them. Their blathering trivialized what had gone before.

Re: the ending

[kelliem.livejournal.com]

Definitely agree with that.

Re: the ending

[mrlnpndrgn]

I would have had Ducky returning to his home and his mother and the yappy dogs with Gibbs at his side.(

Yes! Ducky/Gibbs slash :)
Oh, where, where is it?