Dom shows up as a prisoner on a jihadist website; the OSP team swing into action; Sam sees his friend Moe; a runner provides a lead to a wealthy source of funds for terrorism; Dom escapes wi... Read allDom shows up as a prisoner on a jihadist website; the OSP team swing into action; Sam sees his friend Moe; a runner provides a lead to a wealthy source of funds for terrorism; Dom escapes with help, and Sam finds him but not soon enough.Dom shows up as a prisoner on a jihadist website; the OSP team swing into action; Sam sees his friend Moe; a runner provides a lead to a wealthy source of funds for terrorism; Dom escapes with help, and Sam finds him but not soon enough.
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Did you know
- TriviaThe USS Cole bombing was a suicide bombing attack against the U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) on October 12, 2000 while it was harbored in the Yemeni port of Aden. 17 sailors were killed.
- GoofsRegarding the drenched laptop computer, "If I power this up, and there is any moisture on the components, I could fry the motherboard and cause a lethal shortcut to the CPU." While true, you don't need to power up the whole laptop just to find out what's on its hard drive. In fact, a forensic computer expert would remove the drive anyway and connect it to his own computer, which has all the necessary diagnostic software, decryption etc. installed.
- Quotes
Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange: I tolerate it because you are unequaled at what you do. I am the way I am because I demand the best. This is an elite unit whose unparallelled success rests on the superior skills of those who work here. And that's why I know that if anyone can fix this, it is you.
Eric Beal: I'm trying.
Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange: I know. I know and I'm sorry. I should've trusted your judgement earlier and because I pushed you, I may have buggered up everything. But I have complete faith in you, Mr. Beal. Do what you do.
[Hetty puts Dom's bobblehead alien on the workbench]
Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange: That's for good luck.
- ConnectionsReferences Flipper (1964)
- SoundtracksGet It Done
Written by Bob Mair, Joel Wachbrit and Don Reynolds
Performed by G-$tack
Courtesy of Black Toast Music
The driving concept behind this episode is a compelling one: different intelligence agencies compete for funding with little regard on the fate of the "rank-and-file". The whole US intelligence community was examined in an article in late 2010 by The Washington Post and was found mostly to be a huge black hole that sucks devastating amounts of money with not enough justification. This would have been a great subject to explore.
What NCIS: Los Angeles offers us is a quick reference to the pissing contest between the agencies and gives us instead a standard investigation episode, which just happens to include a hostage situation. Not to mention the series shameless attempts to appeal to the lowest common denominator: When a suspect tosses a laptop into a swimming pool, who dives in after it? Is it G? Is it Sam? No, of course it's Kensi, because then we get a nice shot of *wet* cleavage. Not that there is anything wrong with that, as the famous line goes, but the writers could have been more subtle...
A man's life is in danger yet the investigation lacks any real sense of urgency. The pace is sluggish and even music is way off from creating the necessary sense of race against time. And the requisite "extreme situations demand extreme measures" discussion? As faulty as 24 became after the first two excellent seasons, at least they took the matter seriously, with consequences. Here, it's just briefly touched upon. Also, Jack Bauer never had the time for this kind of a drag. Plus, when Jack interrogates a suspect, they better talk - G would most likely get laughed at and mocked: "Make me talk? You? The Boy Wonder?"
There are redeeming features. It's always nice to see Carlo Rota, who, funnily enough, portrayed Morris O'Brien in 24, but as a whole, this episode is not different enough from any other to live up to the standards set by its excellent predecessor. Even the climax is predictable, by the numbers, every single element seen before elsewhere, done better. Sadly, a 6/10, the usual for most NCIS: Los Angeles episodes.
- ttapola
- Jan 5, 2011
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- Runtime1 hour
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- 1.78 : 1