Thursday, June 12, 2008

NCIS: Stakeout (Season 5)


Its taken the writers a little while to remember, This season. that Tony is actually a competent agent and not just a comedy sidekick, unlucky in love. After almost half a season, we finally have g script in which Tons is given somethinguseful to do. And it's about bloody time to!
The story starts off with a stakeout, but the desire to redo scenarios from earlier seasons merely highlights the fact that Ziva really is still not on par with Kate (yes, I'm still not over he death!) . The Stakeout in this episode, though considerably shorter, still sees McGee teamed with DiNozzo, while Riva (looking absolutely amazing I might add-fringe over widow's peak any day!) is with Gibbs. Perhaps the slight difference this time round is Gibbs' tolerance of the practical jokes. Regardless, once this little stakeout is played...er...out a murder takes place and a robbery of top secret naval equipment occurs. Later we find these two events we linked, though it does astonish me somewhat that Gibbs doesn't make the connection earlier. Surely a murder outside a garage storing the equivalent of $50 million can't be sheer coincidence?

Tony's interest in the murder comes from a usual angle. Although the detective working the case is hot (which Tony confesses to Ziva) it's the nature of the (line that interests him more. A "drug deal gone wrong" that just doesn't seem right seems to be the main spork for Tony's interest. the best thing about Diabolo has always beetle fact that, despite apparently being immature, he is actually the most competent member of Gibbs team, and it's not without reason that Director Shepard offered him his own team.

And, speaking of Director Shepard (who is notably absent from the episode), Ducky has a small storyline concerning a series of tests he is doing on the director. Quite where the, is going to lead remains to be seen, but if certainly provides for an interesting cliffhanger.

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