"Rule Number 9, never go anywhere without a knife."
Based on the episode title, I went into this expecting an exciting episode. I wasn't disappointed. I wouldn't say I was expecting it to be better than it was, but it was a step-up from the previous two episodes: that's for sure. The comedic bits were good; the ones between Tony and Caitlin stood out the most. The moments between Gibbs and Tony stood out, too. In general, the comedic bits were all good.
I liked the somewhat comedic undertone of yet another jurisdiction battle between the FBI and NCIS. I like that Agent Freedman said that he was warned by Agent Fornell about Gibbs, only for him to get outsmarted, too. The callback was nice. Mark Harmon and Sasha Alexander looked pretty good in those uniforms, especially him. And I wonder if Sasha ad-libbed the last bit of dialogue at the end or improvised the little dance that Caitlin did. Something about the end gave me that impression.
Speaking of Agent Freedman, the actor played Malcolm Carruthers in L.A. Noire. What almost seems like a tradition of actors showing up in this show, who later on voice-acted a significant video game character, continues. I wasn't sure it was him at first. He looked different, and his voice wasn't as pronounced as in L.A. Noire, which makes sense. This episode premiered years before L.A. Noire was released.
There was yet another actor that caught my eye, not in terms of acting but rather familiarity. As in me: recognizing him. The actor was Michael Gaston. There's just something about him, man. His voice, the way he delivers his performances; I don't know. But something about him seems to immediately give you an impression, regardless of whether the character he's playing is a "bad guy." Do you know what I mean?
Maybe it's because the only two roles of his that I'm familiar with, he played a bad guy. Thomas Carter in Blindspot and Gale Bertram in The Mentalist; I'm less familiarized with the latter. Was his character in that show even a bad guy? It's been much longer since I've watched whatever episodes of The Mentalist he was in; his role in Blindspot is in recent memory.
Anyways, he caught my eye, and it was nice seeing him show up in this episode. Also, for some reason, he reminds me of Noah Emmerich a little bit: specifically, Stan Beeman from The Americans. Well, from the little bits I've seen of that character: I haven't watched The Americans yet. Something about Michael's general acting performances gives off a similar vibe. That's a little something else that came to mind. I wonder if anyone else has gotten that feeling of similarity between the two actors.
Yeah, this episode was better than the previous two. It was pretty simple. With this case, the storytelling unfolded to where all you could do was watch it happen. There was no room for theorizing about who the culprit was. You had to wait for the episode to reveal it, although once the final act was at hand, it was predictable and easy to tell who it was before the characters came to that conclusion. But even though that may pose a problem for some people, I thought this episode was enjoyable, as was watching everything unfold. It was a nice and refreshing change from the somewhat lackluster previous episodes.
Review by LineageBlockedParent2021-11-06T18:38:31Z
"Rule Number 9, never go anywhere without a knife."
Based on the episode title, I went into this expecting an exciting episode. I wasn't disappointed. I wouldn't say I was expecting it to be better than it was, but it was a step-up from the previous two episodes: that's for sure. The comedic bits were good; the ones between Tony and Caitlin stood out the most. The moments between Gibbs and Tony stood out, too. In general, the comedic bits were all good.
I liked the somewhat comedic undertone of yet another jurisdiction battle between the FBI and NCIS. I like that Agent Freedman said that he was warned by Agent Fornell about Gibbs, only for him to get outsmarted, too. The callback was nice. Mark Harmon and Sasha Alexander looked pretty good in those uniforms, especially him. And I wonder if Sasha ad-libbed the last bit of dialogue at the end or improvised the little dance that Caitlin did. Something about the end gave me that impression.
Speaking of Agent Freedman, the actor played Malcolm Carruthers in L.A. Noire. What almost seems like a tradition of actors showing up in this show, who later on voice-acted a significant video game character, continues. I wasn't sure it was him at first. He looked different, and his voice wasn't as pronounced as in L.A. Noire, which makes sense. This episode premiered years before L.A. Noire was released.
There was yet another actor that caught my eye, not in terms of acting but rather familiarity. As in me: recognizing him. The actor was Michael Gaston. There's just something about him, man. His voice, the way he delivers his performances; I don't know. But something about him seems to immediately give you an impression, regardless of whether the character he's playing is a "bad guy." Do you know what I mean?
Maybe it's because the only two roles of his that I'm familiar with, he played a bad guy. Thomas Carter in Blindspot and Gale Bertram in The Mentalist; I'm less familiarized with the latter. Was his character in that show even a bad guy? It's been much longer since I've watched whatever episodes of The Mentalist he was in; his role in Blindspot is in recent memory.
Anyways, he caught my eye, and it was nice seeing him show up in this episode. Also, for some reason, he reminds me of Noah Emmerich a little bit: specifically, Stan Beeman from The Americans. Well, from the little bits I've seen of that character: I haven't watched The Americans yet. Something about Michael's general acting performances gives off a similar vibe. That's a little something else that came to mind. I wonder if anyone else has gotten that feeling of similarity between the two actors.
Yeah, this episode was better than the previous two. It was pretty simple. With this case, the storytelling unfolded to where all you could do was watch it happen. There was no room for theorizing about who the culprit was. You had to wait for the episode to reveal it, although once the final act was at hand, it was predictable and easy to tell who it was before the characters came to that conclusion. But even though that may pose a problem for some people, I thought this episode was enjoyable, as was watching everything unfold. It was a nice and refreshing change from the somewhat lackluster previous episodes.