Gibbs rule number 10: Don't make it personal. Who breaks this rule, Mcgee. The one person left on the show who should know it forward and backward by now. Why is it in existence? Objectivity. Why is that important? Well, because people can get killed if you are not focused and doing your job, right Magoo? Two head slaps, an icy stare, and possibly some quick choice words is what you deserve for letting a teenager outsmart you by getting your head all twisted around. You have also deserved a guilty conscience for letting a man die when you could have done something about it. Does the person who wrote this episode even know the rules? Do they care? Do they understand this show is predicated on two core ideas: One: if someone dies NCIS works tirelessly and endlessly until the guilty are brought to justice. Two: if someone is in harm's way we double down and spare no one until we find the truth and save them. Does this sound familiar? This is your show? You should know this right? No, not when you're using a staff writer that's more like a staff infection. Both of them get in there and screw up a perfectly working organism bringing it to its knees. Instead, This genius, right out of the school, I assume of WB writers, seems to care more about a teenager who has peer issues. Big deal! Seventy five percent of the teens her age have the same problem. Guess what? I'll tell you the ending. You'll live through it, smartmouth and all, once you get over yourself and understand your mom,who is providing the ultimate service, and is one of the biggest heroes this country will ever see. Are you serious? Do we let people die because we need to tap dance around this teen's feelings ? Do you understand that this violates every rule of logic that ever existed? Do you understand you have taken one of the best shows TV has ever created and belittled everything and everyone who has ever been on it, watched it, or ever appreciated its messaging. The reason you bring an actor like Gary Cole into your show is that he brings gravitas to your show to keep this from happening. The reason you bring Katrina Law to your show is that she was Quinn Liu and she could deliver that same for you on NCIS that She did on Five- O. Instead of taking advantage of this and maintaining a level of respectability or at this point competence, for did I say one of the best shows ever you debased yourselves and created the biggest pig pile of soppy, sappy, gooey redundancy ever perpetrated on the American public. Congratulations, you did something the Russian government could only dream of doing. Killing the American spirit. Let me put it this way. You wrote this episode for this reviewer and this reviewer alone. "Cay Ryan Murray did a great job representing a teen struggling with emotional challenges. Her acting was authentic and natural". There's a show for this person. I think this person would like this show very much. It's called the Facts of Life. It deals with teenage struggle and emotional changes. My guess is she thinks she is Natalie but more like Blair who wishes she was jo. Jeez... we'll never find out unless we put Mcgee on the job. Enough! I want the real NCIS back, you know when Gibbs was there, and I'll be happy. I don't care about Cay Ryan Murray if nepotism is what brought her to this episode. Apparently, she is who got our sailor / inventor killed. If you want to see a good episode of NCIS with Children who have real problems let me refer you to season 9 episode 8 and 9 Engaged. It should be in your handbook of greatest NCIS episodes ever. One everybody should be proud of knowing. This is the one with Sophia Pernas, who we are still waiting to see in season two of Blood and Treasure, rescues two young girls in Afghanistan. The most profound words provided by Gibbs who says "You get these girls whatever they want" after finding them abused with cigarette burns over 80% of their bodies. This is a real serious problem, and a very humbling situation. It's a very proud and warm moment for viewers. It's not that I have to move all the time and I have no friends. Shut Up! All I got from it was a sharp pain in my temples. For all of those who have ever watched Scorpion, we understand that IQ is more important than EQ. Even though EQ has its place. Therefore I ask, why are you writing this nonsense? Who goes to college saying I want to write this? Only if you have 64 Crayola's in your pencil box maybe but that's it. If there is a next year for this show, pray for an intellectual renaissance instead of a post Gibbs betrayal.
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