The episode opens with Abby hiding in the elevator outside
autopsy. We’ve been here before a couple of times, but I’m sure there will be a
new and interesting twist to this regressive behaviour.
She calls out for Ducky and Jimmy, but the morgue is empty.
She steps out of the elevator and gives herself a little pep talk about there
being nothing to fear. I’m yelling the same thing at her from my living room,
but she’s being a lot nicer to herself and more supportive than I will ever be.
She forces herself to go in, and she suddenly gets sucked through the doors as
lights flash and the sound goes all echoey. So it’s a dream. Cool.
Side note: Are those things on her collar the same things
you use to hang curtains? Or am I thinking of something else?
She looks up at a couple of those guys from American Horror Story looking down at
her.
For extra fun, they’re brandishing scalpels at her.
Not surprisingly this freaks her out enough that she wakes
up in a panic in her lab. She feels her neck to make sure her head is still
attached (free pass on that one—it was a pretty freaky dream), and then calls
Gibbs at 3am to tell him that it happened again. Credits.
In the bullpen in the proper morning, a facilities manager
named Judy is telling some contractors to do something for her. She’s there to
manage the refurbishment of the interior of the NCIS building. Tony and his
horrible, horrible jacket gets flirty with her.
He starts to tell her that not only is she great at her job,
but she is also the best smelling Navy facilities manager he’s ever met. Oh,
dude. No. Creepy. Don’t go around smelling women you barely know. Or if you do,
don’t tell that that you’ve been doing that.
Ziva listens to this from her desk and shoots Tony’s back
the stink eye.
She interrupts the flirting by asking if they can take this
opportunity to make some improvements to the décor in the bullpen. McGee’s on
board with that, “Seems like everything has gone back to the way it was.” He
asks if they can at least get a new paint colour. Judy says budget is tight,
but she might be able to get a new paint colour.
Judy heads off to see what she can do, and Tony bitches at
McGee for interrupting flirty time by bringing up paint colour. Ziva bitches
back about the creepy “best smelling facilities manager” comment. Meanwhile, a
guy stands behind them making notes about what he sees. He interrupts after
McGee and Ziva give Tony some more crap about how long it’s taking him to close
the deal with Judy. He guesses that the womaniser is DiNozzo, the “spirited
warrior” is Agent David and the “pensive academic” is McGee. They stare back at
him until he tells then that Dr Cranston (aka Kate’s sister) sent him bullet
points on each of the agents.
Side note: I am so freaking relieved that Dr Cranston didn’t
make an appearance in this episode. Not only is she as judgy and annoying as
her sister (YEAH, I SAID IT!), but she should never have been allowed to work
with the team anyway given the intense personal connection. That was grade F
fanfic right there, and I’m still pissed about it. God!
He introduces himself as Miles Wolf, crisis counsellor. He
says that recent events at NCIS have called for mandatory psych evaluations. So
I expect that by the end of the episode, McGee and Jimmy will be the only ones
left on duty.
Wolf heads off to see Vance, and McGee and Ziva aren’t keen
on having their heads examined. Tony tries to say it’s not that bad, and McGee
replies, “Yeah, not bad for you. You like talking about yourself.” Pretty much,
although Miles will probably want more from Tony than endless ramblings about
every single insignificant part of his life. It’s the stuff Tony never talks about that Wolf will want to
hear.
Tony says he has nothing to hide (uh-huh), and is like,
“Besides, we’re all perfectly fine. Aren’t we?” McGee and Ziva both lie
convincingly that they are.
In Vance’s office, Wolf reports that just about everyone
he’s spoken to is fine. Except for the people who work in the armoury.
Apparently one of their co-workers, Margaret Watkins, is missing. “Midge,”
Gibbs calls her. No one has seen her since she evacuated on the day of the
bombing. Gibbs says that her car might have been found, and they’re
investigating that right now.
Wolf goes on to say that the only unit he has left to
evaluate is Gibbs’. Gibbs tells him to start with Sciuto. “Gothic wildflower,”
Wolf says, readying Cranston’s notes. Oh, for fuck’s sake. Gibbs tells Wolf
that Abby’s been having nightmares. Wolf gets a look on his face like he’s
never heard of such a thing before.
Or perhaps he’s still stuck on gothic fucking wildflower.
Gibbs gets a call that confirms the car that was found
belongs to Midge, and leaves. Vance looks stricken.
Crime scene. Ziva says to Tony that after all this time, she
thought Midge would look worse. Jimmy pipes up in his best Ducky impersonation
that bodies don’t decompose as fast in cool, fresh water. Tony calls him out
for being too cocky, Jimmy backpedals, Ziva tells him he’s not being cocky,
Jimmy smiles and gets his confidence back.
Meanwhile, McGee is telling Gibbs that Midge is a local
around these parts so she knows the back roads. Jimmy checks out the body and
notes that she has quite a dark complexion. This confuses Ziva, because Midge
was quite fair. Then Ducky steps out of nowhere (he’s not supposed to be
driving, so I don’t know who he hitched a ride with) and begins to set Jimmy
straight. But Jimmy, having rubbed his finger over Midge’s cheek, gets there
before Ducky can correct him. “Yeah, it’s silt. It’s pond silt!” he declares,
and you’ll have to take my word for it that his delivery is great.
Gibbs is none too pleased to see Ducky.
Ducky says that Jimmy called him to say that one of their
own had been found. How could he stay away? Gibbs is all ‘doctor’s orders’. Ducky’s
all, ‘I’m swimming and playing golf every day, hombre. Step off.’ Gibbs looks
like he’s going to argue more but Tony cuts in to say he found Midge’s ID. They
wonder if she ran off the muddy road on her way home from the evacuation, but
Gibbs points out that they know she made it home that day. Then Jimmy calls out
that he’s found a wound in Midge’s abdomen, and that it looks like she’s been
shot. Cue confused faces:
Back in the bullpen, the Ziva and McGee versus Tony sniping
continues. Judy left some paint samples on Tony’s desk with a Post-It (that he
says smells “provocative”) that reads “See anything you like?” Of course Tony
takes this to mean that she’s flirting back with him. Ziva and McGee think it’s
pretty clear that she’s only asking about paint samples. Tony stubbornly won’t
hear it.
Okay, so this storyline is kind of annoying because we’ve
already been down this road a dozen times and bought the fridge magnet and
souvenir DVD, but it sets up a bit more of a narrative for what’s going on. In
the midst of rebuilding the office and constantly telling each other that
they’re all fine and everything is normal, things clearly aren’t. Tony’s idea
of normal is hitting on women. It’s his safe zone default. Does he really and
truly believe he has a shot? Or is he just forcing himself through it to make
it appear to everyone that he really is fine? I think probably the later. This
is Tony’s way of coping because, as he alluded to in the previous episode, he
doesn’t have anyone to talk to.
(Note from the future: yes, he has Ziva to talk to. But in
this episode they’re not there yet, regardless of whatever it was that they
specifically agreed to in the elevator.)
So although it’s annoying, it’s also (sadly) believable. He
gets a pass on this. But he does not get a pass on that terrible jacket. NO!
Gibbs strides in and it’s time to get back to work. They
give a bit of a rundown on Midge’s history, including that she’s widowed with
one daughter, Grace, who is a Navy ensign. McGee says it’s sad because everyone
liked her. “And she liked everyone,” Tony adds. “Mostly,” Ziva corrects. Tony
asks who she didn’t like.
I think Ziva and Gibbs are saying the same thing. Tony is
surprised that she didn’t like him, and starts badgering Ziva about Midge’s
reasons. Ziva tells him to let it go. Yeah. That’ll work.
Wolf is down with Abby in her lab. He finds that Abby can’t
say the word “bombing”, and then leans against one of her machines.
Abby tells him not to do that, and that it’s not just a
machine. “It’s Major Mass Spec, and he hasn’t completely recovered yet from
the…” She still can’t say it, so Wolf does. “Bombing.”
Abby says that she doesn’t want to talk now because this
thing with Midge has her upset. She was hoping for a different outcome. But
Wolf says that he wants to discuss the recurring nightmares she had a few years
back.
Yeah, Abby doesn’t appear to be down with that. Wolf says
it’s not uncommon for old neuroses to return after major traumatic events. Abby
sort of feels him out for more information, and Wolf just goes ahead and asks
how the nightmares about waking up in autopsy make her feel. Abby hesitates but
then walks away and says that she just can’t go there. She refuses to. And
despite Wolf pushing her a bit more, she shuts him down and walks away.
Autopsy. Gibbs strides in asking for info, and Ducky appears
out of a corner to start doing just that. Gibbs stares him down, and Ducky
catches himself. “Old habits die hard,” he says. “So do old doctors,
apparently,” Jimmy cracks. Heh.
I get why people would be annoyed by Jimmy, but since that’s
exactly the same joke I would make at that time, I’m with him. I probably
wouldn’t laugh at the joke like Jimmy did, though. Especially if it made Ducky
make this face.
Jimmy says that Midge was definitely shot, but they don’t
have the bullet. Abby’s running swabs Jimmy took of the entry would for gun
shot residue.
Gibbs leaves, telling Ducky to go home. Ducky stalks out of
autopsy after him to argue that he is bored to tears at home. Gibbs
dismissively suggests that he write a book (I would read that book), and
although Ducky insists that he’s well enough to work, Gibbs says he’s not
accepting that as medical clearance until he hears it from a doctor not named
Mallard.
Gibbs goes on to say that if “the kid” gets stuck and needs
help, Gibbs will call him. Ducky finally says he’ll go home, but not happily. Meanwhile,
“the kid” listens to the argument from inside autopsy. And I bet his frowny
face is due to Ducky being made to feel useless, rather than being referred to
as “the kid”.
Aw. Jimmy.
Down in the armoury, Ziva and Tony are talking to Midge’s co-workers,
Jon and Phyllis. They talk guns for a bit but Tony asks them to get back on
track. Ziva’s not enjoying the gun talk, and when Ziva’s not enjoying the gun
talk, you know it’s time to move on. Jon says that during the evacuation, he
and Midge stayed behind to secure the munitions while the rest of their team
left. He says that when the bomb went off so did a whole lot of their guns and
shrapnel was flying everywhere. He shows off his wicked scar.
Jon says he didn’t even realise he was hit until he was
halfway home, and Tony wonders aloud if Midge might’ve been hit too.
They report back to Gibbs, and point out that McGee even had
a shard of glass in his side for a while and didn’t notice. Yeah, I still don’t
buy that. But whatever.
McGee enters with Wolf at his heels and declares, “Good
news, I’m mentally stable.” Wolf adds with a touch of disappointment, “Almost
disturbingly so.” Legitimate question: why is McGee even on this show anymore?
Don’t get me wrong, I like him. But if they’re going to gloss over his bombing
injuries and his physical and mental recovery with one-sentence explanations
that don’t allow for any emotional
engagement from the audience, why bother keeping him there? Start using him!
Geez.
Wolf asks who’s next. Tony and Ziva play Rock, Paper,
Scissors for the honour.
Tony goes scissors, Ziva goes rock. “I always win,” she
says, and I’m sure there’s probably some subtext in that about why Tony is
scissors and Ziva is rock but I don’t care enough to think about it.
Gibbs asks Wolf how things went with Abby, because
apparently confidentiality for such things isn’t important to Gibbs. Wolf says
Abby was uncooperative. Gibbs heads off to see her.
In the garage he asks her about why she won’t talk to Wolf.
Abby says she doesn’t like to talk to strangers (because she’s actually four
years old and that’s what her mother taught her. God! Sorry. Uncalled for) and
she’d rather talk to Gibbs. Gibbs says they have to keep it short, and it can’t
be anything too deep. Wow. Sometimes Gibbs is so much like my dad that it makes
my head spin.
Anyway, Abby tells Gibbs that she got freaked out on the day
of the bombing because she didn’t know if she’d lost her best friends. And
although she didn’t end up losing anyone, it triggered something in her and now
she’s thinking about Wolf said about her dreams coming back because of
traumatic events, and good God I know I should care more about this but all I’m
hearing is ‘waa waa waa’. And as someone who has dealt with at times crippling
depression for the last 15 years, I’m usually pretty sensitive to people’s
mental health issues. But this just bugs me.
Moving on. Abby says that the nightmare of her lying on the
autopsy table makes her feel alone and that she doesn’t have any family.
Oh, so sad. Gibbs brings up her brother, and Abby says that
she doesn’t talk to him about thing like this. She thinks he’s talking about
Luca, the brother she grew up with. But Gibbs is talking about that other one
who she found out about last year who works in the pet store because he’s,
like, totally a sensitive soul just like Abby and that must be a genetic thing,
right? Abby reminds us that his name is Kyle (thank you, because I couldn’t be
bothered looking that up), and that he doesn’t even know that she exists. Well,
he knows she exists because he had a conversation with her. But he doesn’t know
she exists with some of his DNA. Gibbs thinks she should get in touch with him.
Abby starts to protest, but then gets sidetracked when she finds a bullet in
Midge’s seat. So that confirms she wasn't hit by shrapnel from the armoury, but
was shot at point blank range in the car.
Ziva’s at Midge’s house talking to her daughter. Grace says
they texted each other after the bombing, and Midge said she’d call her back
later, but never did. Ziva asks about enemies Midge might’ve had, but Grace is
no help on that. Ziva tells Grace that Midge was always very supportive of
female agents in NCIS, and that she always made Ziva feel like she had her
back. Grace says her mother was big on women supporting women in the workplace,
almost to a fault. That gets Ziva’s attention. Grace says there was typical
male grumbling about the agency playing favourites, and this gives Ziva an
idea.
Bullpen. Tony is still going on about why Midge might not
have liked him. Ziva says Midge liked him fine, but just found him occasionally
annoying. Occasionally? McGee pipes in with “high maintenance”, because he’s
always switching his gun from his hip holster to his shoulder holster to his
ankle holster. Dude, if it’s up for a vote put my firmly on the side of the
shoulder holster. Rrrowww!
Judy shows up and asks about the paint samples. Before they
can go into detail, Judy says that she can’t deliver on her promise. Vance
wants everything to stay the same. McGee is bummed.
“What is up with Vance?” he wonders aloud. What, indeed?
Judy turns to leave but Tony chases after her and asks her
out for a drink. Judy’s response:
Yeah. Don’t think the grimace bodes well. She tells Tony
she’s spoken for, but apologises that she gave him the wrong impression. “I
thought you and I were sort of…sport flirting. You know, for fun?” Tony lets it
go and heads back to his desk. “She smelled awful nice,” he laments.
Vance and Gibbs wander in having half an argument as McGee and
Ziva give Gibbs an update on where they’re up to. Then Wolf comes in looking
for another agent to evaluate, but stops at the sight of Tony. He asks Tony if
he told everyone his tribal name.
Seems as though Tony’s not keen to share, and as a
psychologist Wolf shouldn’t be sharing patient details either. But he does.
“Brilliant chatterbox.” Whether the brilliant refers to the awe Cranston felt
over just how much Tony can talk about nothing, or whether she was actually
making reference to the quality of brains in his head, we’ll never know. Maybe
it’s both.
Wolf starts explaining the tribal name thing to Vance, but
Vance is in no mood. “ENOUGH!” he yells.
He orders Wolf to finish his job and get the hell out. Wolf
tries to get Ziva to come for her session, but Ziva’s found a possible lead.
Seems Midge hired Phyllis in the armoury over a dude from the Air Force, and
the dude, Craig Wilson, was none to pleased. Wilson filed a bias suit saying
that Phyllis was only hired on the basis of gender, but the suit was thrown out
by a review board around the time of the bombing. Tony and Ziva go to pick him
up as Wolf gets Gibbs to agree to having a psych eval session with him. This
should be good.
Wolf says that Cranston used a lot of words to describe
Gibbs (funny, since Gibbs rarely uses words himself). Tough nut to crack sums
them up. Wolf starts asking about the bombing, but Gibbs just starts asking
about how to help Abby. Gibbs wonders is having family around might help her,
and Wolf says sure, if family is the root of her neurosis. That can’t be the only root of her
neurosis, surely. Also: root. Tee hee hee! (Funny for Australians.) Then Abby
calls Gibbs and he leaves his session. No surprise there.
In the lab, Abby tells Gibbs that the bullet that killed Midge
was really, really old and had mold spores all over it. Then Abby yawns,
leading to a convenient segue into a conversation about how she can’t sleep and
how Gibbs thinks she should talk to Kyle so that she can get over her issues.
Abby responds by abruptly turning off the music in the lab and making her
patented clenched-jaw, arched brow stank face.
Abby says no, Gibbs. Abby says no.
But Gibbs pushes, and Abby says that she doesn’t even know
if Kyle knows that he’s adopted. And she doesn’t know if he’s ready to meet his
sister. And he’s worried that he might not like her. Gibbs chuckles and says,
“Yeah, right. Like that’s even possible,” and gives her cheek a kiss. No.
Comment.
At Wilson’s house Ziva fills a silent Tony in on the very
old bullet information. Then she points out that “brilliant chatterbox” Tony
has barely said a word since they left the Navy Yard.
Tony says he’s not feeling brilliant. Ziva, no doubt feeling
a little more comfortable now that Judy is off the table, says that Judy didn’t
seem spoken for. Tony calls Judy a symptom, though. He feels off his game and
has lost his focus. “It’s like half my brain is still stuck in that elevator.”
Ziva asks if he talked to Wolf about that, but by now they’ve reached Wilson’s
house and the man himself makes an appearance. As soon as they identify
themselves, Wilson runs for it. “I hate it when they run,” Tony mutters, then
runs after him as Ziva goes the other way.
Chase scene! Followed by Flying Ninja scene!
As Ziva gets Wilson under control, Tony drawls, “Could’ve
warned you against that.” The ninja tackle has sent the box of guns Wilson was
carrying flying, and Ziva cuffs him.
Vance and Gibbs watch on as Tony and Ziva talk to Wilson in
interrogation. He basically paints himself as a misogynist from the start, and
after calling Midge a “broad”, asks Ziva is she’d prefer to be called a “lady”
or a “woman”. Ziva says she would prefer it if he didn’t wear so much cheap
cologne.
Wilson says that he knew he wasn't going to be hired because
he’s sportin’ the wrong sex organs, but Ziva counters that the person who go
the job over him was just more qualified. Wilson calls her “feminazi”, which
Ziva takes exception to.
Tony breaks in with a very low, very warning tone, “You
might not have noticed, pal, but that’s not a Swastika hanging around my
partner’s neck.” Wilson makes no apologies, but goes on to say that this
situation is just like the previous one with Midge, “Right down to the whipped
boyfriend.”
“Whipped?” Tony repeats.
“Boyfriend?” Ziva asks, picking up on the detail that’s
actually important. Namely, that there was another man sitting in on the interview
with Midge that day. Wilson calls the guy a lovesick puppy who was hanging on
Midge’s every word. In the viewing room, Vance is like “I don’t understand why
she didn’t hire this clown.” Heh.
Abby enters with her ballistics report on the guns Wilson
had. None were a match for the bullet that killed Midge. Gibbs isn’t willing to
cut Wilson loose just yet.
Abby says she’s heading off to attend to a “family matter,”
which Vance seems to have trouble understanding. But Gibbs doesn’t explain. He
heads off to see Jimmy.
Jimmy has found lesions in Midge’s throat and he says he
doesn’t know what caused them. He basically manages to fool Gibbs (JIMMY FOOLS
GIBBS!) into calling Ducky in to help. Oh, Jimmy. He’s using his powers for
good! The only drawback is that Gibbs smacks Jimmy in the face which, if I
recall my Gibbs history correctly, is more humiliating than a smack to the
head.
Gibbs warns Jimmy that Ducky can only offer advice and not do the work
himself. Jimmy takes it in stride, because he knows he’s won this round.
Tony and Ziva go back to talk to Jon and Phyllis. Mostly
Jon. Jon admits that he and Midge had a fling a while back after Midge lost her
husband. It was a moment of weakness that neither of them expected. He says
they knew they were better as friends.
Ziva shows them photos of the guns that were capable of
firing the bullet that killed Midge. They’re all kind of old, so Phyllis loves
it. She and Jon both offer to help find some dealers who might know where to
find guns like these.
Now we head over to Abby, who is standing outside the pet
rescue store that Kyle works at. He pulls up in a truck as she’s walking away
and runs after her. He remembers her from the one time she came in last year,
apparently, and this combined with his smile makes my alarm bells ring.
Kyle says that he was worried he’d never see her again and
that he wouldn’t be able to ever find her. Abby asks why he’d want to and he
says, “I don’t mean this in a creepy way (too late), but ever since you came in
I can’t shake the feeling that we had a connection or something.” He’s been
thinking about her ever since she spent two seconds in his company cradling a
puppy and OH MY GOD this is so uncomfortable and creepy to watch. Because you
know what? I seriously thought that he was crushing on his sister here, but
then I realised that it just seemed that way because this guy is a terrible,
terrible actor. He’s actually referring to the bond they share from having
spent time in the same uterus or ball sack at some point (can’t remember
which). And we all know that if you spend time in the same uterus or ball sack
as someone else you have, like, a total psychic connection and you just know it. IT’S SCIENCE, PEOPLE!
Abby reassures him that he’s not creepy (HE’S BEING TOTALLY
CREEPY!) and that she knows why they have a connection. Oh God. Seriously. This
is so icky and it’s not supposed to be at all. But my skin just crawls.
Ad break. Blessed ad break. How I’ve missed you.
When we return, Ducky’s striding into autopsy. Jimmy starts
saying how hard it was to call Ducky, but Ducky says this is no time for pride.
They must identify these lesions!
Bullpen. The team plus Vance go over the timeline of the day
Midge died. Blah blah blah, then McGee finds a gun dealer in Philly who sold a
gun on Abby’s list of guns that could’ve fired the bullet that killed Midge.
The dealer sold it about a month before Midge died, and the buyer just recently
called back to ask the dealer not to give out his name. The dealer is still
holding out on giving up the guy’s name, but McGee talked him into providing
the address to where the gun was shipped. And wouldn’t you know it? The address
is close to the pond where Midge’s body was found in her car. And the name on
the lease is Jon from Armoury!
(His surname is unlikely to be ‘from Armoury’, but I don’t
think it was ever given. Maybe it is. Whatever. It’s the dude Midge had the
fling with.)
Jon starts to spin a tale about how he can’t believe that a
1903 Colt just like his was the same gun that killed Midge. What a co-inkidink!
Gibbs wants to see it, and Jon’s all ‘yeah, sure! I checked on it this
afternoon and it’s totes fine and secure’. Gibbs opens the gun box, and—oh, my
stars!—the gun is gone. Jon seems befuddled, but it’s hard to tell if he’s
genuinely befuddled, or if the actor is acting at being befuddled, if that
makes sense.
Jimmy and Ducky call to say that the lesions in Midge’s throat
were caused by a chemical that’s found in things like soaps and detergents. And
this is when Tony realises that he can smell something familiar. They talk a
bit more and Jon swears he was at the hospital getting his arm stitched for the
whole night that Midge was killed. And so was his girlfriend! Except for when
she left to get him a clean shirt and it took her an hour or two to get back.
Tony finds a pink scarf and recognises the smell. Ooh! Is the girlfriend the
killer?
Jon admits to telling his girlfriend a thing or two about
him and Midge that night, and how the bombing might’ve made him realise how
much Midge meant to him. Hmm, sounds like motive. I wonder who his girlfriend
is, you guys.
OH MY GOD! It’s JUDY! Judy who managed the repair of the squadroom
interior and who flirted with Tony and then shot him down! Oh, we HATE Judy! Or
something. I guess. She’s at the pond where Midge was killed and throws the
murder weapon into the water. Tony appears and tells her the jig is up, and
then cuffs her and starts walking her back to the cars.
Judy asks if he knows what it’s like to be in love with
someone who’s constantly talking about someone else. When he doesn’t come
around to her way of thinking, she offers to let him frisk her. Ugh. Gross.
Tony ignores the offer.
Autopsy. Ducky puts Midge in the fridge and bids her adieu.
Jimmy says it’s nice to have Ducky back, but Ducky reminds him that he’s not.
Jimmy says it felt like it was, and then reiterates how hard it was for him to
admit that he needed Ducky’s help. Ducky says that Jimmy was capable of doing
those tests on the lesions himself. So what gives, yo? Jimmy makes a comment
about them working together, and Ducky yells, “Stop making it so bloody
difficult for me to be angry with you!” Aw.
Ducky says he needs to feel useful again, but he doesn’t
need charity. He appreciates Jimmy’s misguided efforts, but now he’s going to
go and have a good hard think about when or if he’ll ever return. Jimmy just
watches him go.
Aw. These two. Aw.
Wolf is in Vance’s office handing over his incomplete report
(Gibbs and Abby aren’t done, so I guess Wolf did get to talk to Ziva at some
point). “Is there anyone else?” Vance asks. Wolf replies, “That would be you,
sir.”
Vance:
Say what, now?
Wolf says the psych eval is mandatory for everyone in the
organisation, including Vance. Vance says yeah, he gets that. But Shouty
McGrouchpants doesn’t think he needs to be evaluated. Wolf’s like, ‘um, you’re
kidding yourself. You’re totally irritable and a pain in the butt.’ Vance
admits that he just wants to turn the clocks back to before. Wolf picks up on
what’s going on, and points out that Harper Dearing would’ve found another way
to deliver the bomb to NCIS even without Vance’s car. But Vance ain’t having
it. He parked his car in his driveway at home and drove his kids to school in
it. “So, when I think about what being that vulnerable could’ve cost?” He cuts
himself off and gets all verklempt.
Wolf tries to reassure him that everyone is safe, and that
no one is blaming him for what happened. Vance doesn’t buy that, and he can’t
answer.
Gibbs’ house. Abby turns up with Creepy Kyle.
Abby says to Kyle, “This is who I’ve been telling you about!
This is Leroy Jethro Gibbs!” Gibbs holds his hand out to shake, but Kyle launches
himself at Gibbs and grabs him in a hug because oh my God he has so many feels
with his Sciuto DNA and IT CANNOT BE CONTROLLED!
Seriously. Who does that? Weirdo. Gibbs doesn’t shoot him
but offers him a beer instead. Hmm. Maybe it’s poisoned? So, Gibbs and Kyle go
to get some beer, and when they come back, wouldn’t you know it? Abby has
finally fallen asleep on Gibbs’ couch. Because everything is right in her world
finally, and she doesn’t care that she’s just left Gibbs to look after a
houseguest on his own who he literally met five seconds ago.
Gibbs toasts to family. And I toast to this episode being
over. Ugh. Abby.
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