I liked the ep. Kind of an even start to the season, not too many waves. Case wasn't a stand-out this week. Mebbe now that the team's knitting itself back together the cases will become a little more compelling again.
I liked McGee and Tony, increasingly like the little brother who grew up and big brother who discovered it's not quite so easy to pick on him like he used to :lol:. Him and Gibbs both torturing Tony by slowly sipping coffee when he had to hit the head was funny.
I liked the doubts from Vance and back and forth about Ziva, and the state she's in. I liked her finding ways to talk to everyone, though if I recall we haven't had scenes with her and Ducky and Jimmy yet (but I suppose those would make more sense now that she's returned to the team).
I loved the scenes with Ziva and Gibbs, that Ari was addressed. Something I never forgot either was that it was Ziva who sparked Gibbs into finding his memory and way back after the explosion a couple of seasons ago. Ziva and Abby were fun, mostly because of Abby's monologue somehow stradling both sides calling out Ziva's behaviour and also explaining and understanding it. And the "21 gun salute" was just too funny
. Was a good scene with Tony and Ziva too, I'd wondered how that was going to go, how long it would be dragged out.
The new girl resigning was a kind of easy out to clear Ziva's desk, but fun nonetheless.
They haven't hit awesome yet, but it's only been two eps :lol:. But they do Really Solid & Good & Consistently So very very well. I missed any previews for next week. Anyone see any promos or the like?