NCIS: LA season 4 finale
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shallownessNCIS: LA Descent 4.24
I felt there was a palpable step-up in intensity that didn’t quite flow with what had happened all season or in recent episodes, but solely happened because this was the season finale. Hardly any Nell and Eric, little more Hetty and Grainger (and no fall-out from his latest idiocy re putting Deeks on that mission in the last episode). As well as Siderov and Michelle/Quinn, Janvier flounced back to waffle on about games and revenge.
It was mainly about the fab four. Sam’s aggression toward Deeks felt like it was a little more about creating tension for the finale than anything, because it’s normally tempered with good humour, or at least Callen and Kensi. And yes, Kensi has to put up with even more prattle. If they’d mixed up the partnerships a little more over the season, maybe it would have been more organic, although Janvier was more of a hot-topic issue for Callen and his wife was for Sam and it led to Sam and Deeks being tortured with Callen and Kensi separated from them. As we only got a glimpse of angsty Callen, that fact settled in more afterwards.
Anyway, I wondered if Janvier’s daughter was real or a part of an escape plan. The thing with his eyes was just creepy.
It became evident that Kensi would have to fight the two random Russian lady bikers, until it turned out to be Michelle. Heh.
Although they eventually referenced the previous episode, possibly because of the different feel of the finale, it almost felt like Kensi and Deeks were finally facing their feelings because it was the finale more than any other reason. Maybe that’s harsh. It’s been about time since ‘sunshine and gunpoweder’. I thought it was valid for her to be the one calling him out for his bad communication – she has put her feelings out there more of late.
But I loved loved loved the way he geed himself up to show her how he felt instead of telling her, I think I even loved the slight desperation of the kiss, and the cinematic bit came more from her blinking, shocked response, which then turned into a very Kensi bit of not dealing with that now. And then staying with him for a long moment as he registered that he’d done it, he’d crossed that line.
Of course, that doomed Deeks to get tortured (ew! Teeth). And as he’d saved Sam’s life so convincingly that Siderov thought he was his partner, and Sam was really never going to break and tell on HIS WIFE, having him watch Deeks be tortured was a high piece of drama.
About seven minutes before the end, I realised this was going to end on a cliffhanger and they were advertising another show in this slot. Apparently it’s coming back ‘in the summer’. Ah, the joys of watching something on its second run several seasons behind where it’s actually at.
I felt there was a palpable step-up in intensity that didn’t quite flow with what had happened all season or in recent episodes, but solely happened because this was the season finale. Hardly any Nell and Eric, little more Hetty and Grainger (and no fall-out from his latest idiocy re putting Deeks on that mission in the last episode). As well as Siderov and Michelle/Quinn, Janvier flounced back to waffle on about games and revenge.
It was mainly about the fab four. Sam’s aggression toward Deeks felt like it was a little more about creating tension for the finale than anything, because it’s normally tempered with good humour, or at least Callen and Kensi. And yes, Kensi has to put up with even more prattle. If they’d mixed up the partnerships a little more over the season, maybe it would have been more organic, although Janvier was more of a hot-topic issue for Callen and his wife was for Sam and it led to Sam and Deeks being tortured with Callen and Kensi separated from them. As we only got a glimpse of angsty Callen, that fact settled in more afterwards.
Anyway, I wondered if Janvier’s daughter was real or a part of an escape plan. The thing with his eyes was just creepy.
It became evident that Kensi would have to fight the two random Russian lady bikers, until it turned out to be Michelle. Heh.
Although they eventually referenced the previous episode, possibly because of the different feel of the finale, it almost felt like Kensi and Deeks were finally facing their feelings because it was the finale more than any other reason. Maybe that’s harsh. It’s been about time since ‘sunshine and gunpoweder’. I thought it was valid for her to be the one calling him out for his bad communication – she has put her feelings out there more of late.
But I loved loved loved the way he geed himself up to show her how he felt instead of telling her, I think I even loved the slight desperation of the kiss, and the cinematic bit came more from her blinking, shocked response, which then turned into a very Kensi bit of not dealing with that now. And then staying with him for a long moment as he registered that he’d done it, he’d crossed that line.
Of course, that doomed Deeks to get tortured (ew! Teeth). And as he’d saved Sam’s life so convincingly that Siderov thought he was his partner, and Sam was really never going to break and tell on HIS WIFE, having him watch Deeks be tortured was a high piece of drama.
About seven minutes before the end, I realised this was going to end on a cliffhanger and they were advertising another show in this slot. Apparently it’s coming back ‘in the summer’. Ah, the joys of watching something on its second run several seasons behind where it’s actually at.
