I just spent my morning on watching NCIS episode Shabbat Shalom and what an incredible episode it was. Cote de Pablo´s performance was nothing short of amazing. The storyline, the character interactions, the nail biting tension - it was all spot on and kept me engaged the entire time. I was reminded yet again why I enjoy NCIS so much. Everything about the episode was so well don and interesting. I am going to highlight a few of my favourite things
1-For those observant, they dug up some old clothes from the episode "Under Covers" and reminiscended about it. What a treat for fans. Tony also referenced his singing performance in season 4. It was great to see memories of old cases
2- Ziva´s interaction with her father. There was such a great mix of love, confusion and distrust on her part. Her conflicted feelings were evident and their encounters felt realistic. And the dinner scene and Vance´s house was great. But Eli is quite the douchebag of a character
3-Abby´s undercover glasses. And she was right, they were freaky but cool.
4- Jackie Vance. I´ve always enjoyed the character and to see her performance in this episode was great. It hightlighted well the trouble of having a husband with an occupation like Vance.
5- What effect all these events will have upon the next episodes. This will bring a much needed change of direction for NCIS and I am lookin forward to it.
6- Ziva´s grief when she saw her father. It was raw and emotional. And I loved the touch of her speaking Hebrew to her father. So often, when someone dies on TV, people tend to grief in really "pretty ways" with only a touch of tears. But this was a scene of real grief - there was nothing pretty about it but it was intense and realistic.
7- All NCIS are solid and good (I´ve never seen a bad NCIS episode) but when they deliver they blow one´s sock off. And Shabbat Shalom was an incredible episode from beginning to end.
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