Doppelganger fish tank!
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shallownessNCIS: LA
4.13 The Chosen One (insert Buffy joke now – like, Hetty would be the Watcher, Eric and Nell would do magic, and the other three would be warriors. Sorry, that was exacerbated by my being in the middle of reading a BtVS fic.)
This episode called back quite strongly to a couple of things from the last episode – Deeks calling Kensi “Kenselina”, Eric’s mime (sigh) and everyone knowing about Eric and Nell having kissed now. I hooted at Nell explaining that the kissing fish were fighting for dominance.
I adore that it is clear the authors put a lot of thought into the question of which fish best represented each character.
I want to concentrate on that, because this week’s baddies were a kind of Chechen terror cell, with the characters and show trying to differentiate between Islam and Islamist terror with its Middle East music and I found the handling of it all a bit facepalmy. For one thing, Kensi, ducky, even if you didn’t know like Callen that Anwar had left his family to die, he’d left his family to join a jihadi terror cell. They were a useless card to get him to talk.
It was also surprising that Hetty was surprised that her boy wanted to replace Anwar. Should have seen that coming. I thought Callen’s subpar Chechen was reason enough to nix it. I also thought that he was oddly hot in the get-up (well, not oddly, O’Donnell is not unattractive), but I think it was more the wire-rimmed glasses than the dun-coloured clothes. Let’s not go into how unconvincing the acting was.
But Gloria’s story was touching. Callen was right to feel sorry for her and Sam was way harsh. The issues with the lack of earwig, leading them to make a miscalculation, the team rescuing Callen and the final bit of the pressure trigger were decent enough.
I have heard a couple of LL Cool J songs of late, and have to admit that both times I burst out laughing (I’m not one for hip hop except for old, goofy classics and Dessa. Mainly I am ‘ugh, stop talking over the nice music.) It’s just the mental dissonance.
4.13 The Chosen One (insert Buffy joke now – like, Hetty would be the Watcher, Eric and Nell would do magic, and the other three would be warriors. Sorry, that was exacerbated by my being in the middle of reading a BtVS fic.)
This episode called back quite strongly to a couple of things from the last episode – Deeks calling Kensi “Kenselina”, Eric’s mime (sigh) and everyone knowing about Eric and Nell having kissed now. I hooted at Nell explaining that the kissing fish were fighting for dominance.
I adore that it is clear the authors put a lot of thought into the question of which fish best represented each character.
I want to concentrate on that, because this week’s baddies were a kind of Chechen terror cell, with the characters and show trying to differentiate between Islam and Islamist terror with its Middle East music and I found the handling of it all a bit facepalmy. For one thing, Kensi, ducky, even if you didn’t know like Callen that Anwar had left his family to die, he’d left his family to join a jihadi terror cell. They were a useless card to get him to talk.
It was also surprising that Hetty was surprised that her boy wanted to replace Anwar. Should have seen that coming. I thought Callen’s subpar Chechen was reason enough to nix it. I also thought that he was oddly hot in the get-up (well, not oddly, O’Donnell is not unattractive), but I think it was more the wire-rimmed glasses than the dun-coloured clothes. Let’s not go into how unconvincing the acting was.
But Gloria’s story was touching. Callen was right to feel sorry for her and Sam was way harsh. The issues with the lack of earwig, leading them to make a miscalculation, the team rescuing Callen and the final bit of the pressure trigger were decent enough.
I have heard a couple of LL Cool J songs of late, and have to admit that both times I burst out laughing (I’m not one for hip hop except for old, goofy classics and Dessa. Mainly I am ‘ugh, stop talking over the nice music.) It’s just the mental dissonance.
