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NCIS, catching up and such...
Spoilers for stuff that's been shown recently.
1. I... I don't know how to say this, but I think a lot of the writing for this season has been pretty shitty. Sure, it's the same team, sure there's stuff that will always resonate and be amusing with me, but--
I don't know. There's just something about the quality that has really felt... lacking. Like the writers are in their little niche and not pushing themselves anymore.
2. The last two episodes had OMG TWISTS to them which felt really lame. The setup was lame, the execution was meh. I think the writers are trying too hard to be different and NEW and just ending up being boring.
3. Abby's new whiny "OMG YOU GUYS ARE IN DANGER AND IT'S TEARING ME APART" rants are really fucking obnoxious. STOP IT. I'm just waiting for them to use this as an excuse to maim/rape or kill her so they can bring in new blood.
4. I didn't think I'd say this, given how much I didn't like him last season, but... I miss the new director. I mean. I miss Jenny, too, but she's gone. And the new director is now about as hands-on as the first director was, which was sort of boring.
5. Ziva. This is something I've been noticing, just from having watched earlier episodes, but... They're turning Ziva from her own unique person into a stereotypical "ballsy chick" thing, like Kate was (which is NOT AN INDICTMENT OF KATE. I like Kate, but Ziva shouldn't be Kate 2.0, fuck it all). Used to be, Ziva got the upper hand with Tony nine times out of ten, because she wasn't trying to be some American Girl. Now, she loses to him most of the time, and she's trying to conform and be Cute.
6. Martha Hackett did a fabulous job in the prison episode. I just. Man. She's a fairly gifted actress, it's a pity she's not around more often. (also, I'm pretty sure it was McGee's little girlfriend who killed the bad guy, because that makes way more sense)
7. Torri Higginson was also smashing. And she called Ducky 'Donnie'. *cackles*
8. Can we have a tv series with Torri and Martha and half a dozen others? That might be awesome.
9. That said, there was... still a lot of questionable hinkiness in the prison episode. It wasn't as bad as it could have been, but--
Meh. That is sort of my reaction to new NCIS these days. Older episodes, I giggle and curl up and cheer. Newer ones, I'm sort of watching to see what questionable content will annoy me this time.
1. I... I don't know how to say this, but I think a lot of the writing for this season has been pretty shitty. Sure, it's the same team, sure there's stuff that will always resonate and be amusing with me, but--
I don't know. There's just something about the quality that has really felt... lacking. Like the writers are in their little niche and not pushing themselves anymore.
2. The last two episodes had OMG TWISTS to them which felt really lame. The setup was lame, the execution was meh. I think the writers are trying too hard to be different and NEW and just ending up being boring.
3. Abby's new whiny "OMG YOU GUYS ARE IN DANGER AND IT'S TEARING ME APART" rants are really fucking obnoxious. STOP IT. I'm just waiting for them to use this as an excuse to maim/rape or kill her so they can bring in new blood.
4. I didn't think I'd say this, given how much I didn't like him last season, but... I miss the new director. I mean. I miss Jenny, too, but she's gone. And the new director is now about as hands-on as the first director was, which was sort of boring.
5. Ziva. This is something I've been noticing, just from having watched earlier episodes, but... They're turning Ziva from her own unique person into a stereotypical "ballsy chick" thing, like Kate was (which is NOT AN INDICTMENT OF KATE. I like Kate, but Ziva shouldn't be Kate 2.0, fuck it all). Used to be, Ziva got the upper hand with Tony nine times out of ten, because she wasn't trying to be some American Girl. Now, she loses to him most of the time, and she's trying to conform and be Cute.
6. Martha Hackett did a fabulous job in the prison episode. I just. Man. She's a fairly gifted actress, it's a pity she's not around more often. (also, I'm pretty sure it was McGee's little girlfriend who killed the bad guy, because that makes way more sense)
7. Torri Higginson was also smashing. And she called Ducky 'Donnie'. *cackles*
8. Can we have a tv series with Torri and Martha and half a dozen others? That might be awesome.
9. That said, there was... still a lot of questionable hinkiness in the prison episode. It wasn't as bad as it could have been, but--
Meh. That is sort of my reaction to new NCIS these days. Older episodes, I giggle and curl up and cheer. Newer ones, I'm sort of watching to see what questionable content will annoy me this time.
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