One of the things I enjoy about my favourite TV shows is the fact that they all portray strong female characters that are no "damozels in distress" but are still refreshingly real. I have already written about Kensi Blye, Ziva David, Kate Beckett, JJ and Alex Blake but I´ve not written about Nell Jones.
Nell Jones is an intelligence analyst on NCIS:Los Angeles and one half of the kissing fish duo in the operation center. She is portrayed as being incredibly smart, witty, organized but also having some quiet strength. And one of the more pleasantly surprising aspects about her is the fact that she regularly stands up to and challenges people. But she´s also seen being very human. She admits she has personal issues she is aware of and working on (pretty much one of her best scenes), is seen as being emotional and affected by things and not immune to the job she has and it´s effects.
Nell would fall into the same category as Abby on NCIS and Garcia on Criminal Minds as the resident smarty-pants/weirdo on the job. Except, unlike Abby and Garcia, Nell is not portrayed as being the "resident weirdo". She is in fact portrayed as a very normal character. I absolutely love Abby and Garcia but it is also good to see a change from them. Abby and Garcia functions so well on their uniqueness and Nell provides a good balance to that.Of course she is supposed to be ridiculously smart but at the same time she is not seen as a caricature of the typical nerd/geek girl stereotype. And that is an aspect of her character that is really refreshing.
So often on TV, smart girls are portrayed as being extremely weird (not just quirky but behave weirdly), always having big glasses and dressing in extravagant clothing that could only belong in a circus. And of course they quote comic books all the time and listen to weird Japanese music.This is generalization but it´s fact. It´s impossible for TV to portray smart girls as actually being pretty normal. Not that they don´t have their own quirks (everyone does) but that generally speaking they are mainstream characters.
So seeing Nell on NCIS:Los Angeles as someone that is incredibly smart but at the same time, just a normal girl is a good change and something I highly enjoy about the character. It´s good to have normalcy to balance things out and portraying smart women in more ways than the geeky weirdo. And that is what the character of Nell does.
And of course the actress is incredibly good!
Nell Jones is an intelligence analyst on NCIS:Los Angeles and one half of the kissing fish duo in the operation center. She is portrayed as being incredibly smart, witty, organized but also having some quiet strength. And one of the more pleasantly surprising aspects about her is the fact that she regularly stands up to and challenges people. But she´s also seen being very human. She admits she has personal issues she is aware of and working on (pretty much one of her best scenes), is seen as being emotional and affected by things and not immune to the job she has and it´s effects.
Nell would fall into the same category as Abby on NCIS and Garcia on Criminal Minds as the resident smarty-pants/weirdo on the job. Except, unlike Abby and Garcia, Nell is not portrayed as being the "resident weirdo". She is in fact portrayed as a very normal character. I absolutely love Abby and Garcia but it is also good to see a change from them. Abby and Garcia functions so well on their uniqueness and Nell provides a good balance to that.Of course she is supposed to be ridiculously smart but at the same time she is not seen as a caricature of the typical nerd/geek girl stereotype. And that is an aspect of her character that is really refreshing.
So often on TV, smart girls are portrayed as being extremely weird (not just quirky but behave weirdly), always having big glasses and dressing in extravagant clothing that could only belong in a circus. And of course they quote comic books all the time and listen to weird Japanese music.This is generalization but it´s fact. It´s impossible for TV to portray smart girls as actually being pretty normal. Not that they don´t have their own quirks (everyone does) but that generally speaking they are mainstream characters.
So seeing Nell on NCIS:Los Angeles as someone that is incredibly smart but at the same time, just a normal girl is a good change and something I highly enjoy about the character. It´s good to have normalcy to balance things out and portraying smart women in more ways than the geeky weirdo. And that is what the character of Nell does.
And of course the actress is incredibly good!
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