NCIS 8.22 Baltimore - Episode Review - Beware Spoilers

[dragonheart]

I went into this episode with high expectations and walked away only mildly disappointed.

 

 Why am I disappointed?

 

 

I am not really sure, the episode gave us a lot of information about Tony’s past, some of it pretty interesting – namely that Tony was once engaged to a woman named Wendy and unless I missed it when my husband walked into the room talking about his dry cleaning (urggg) we don’t know what happened to her or the engagement – my curiosity is certainly peaked on that one – is this failed relationship the reason for his fear of commitment? 
 

We said weeks ago that Tony’s partner threw a kink in the victimology of P2P – now we know why – he was killed by a copy cat – Tony’s old boss – I thought the premise was kind of cheesy, but it was really the only option to shoehorn his origin episode into the middle of a serial killer arc and make it somewhat relevant without sullying the information we were already given. But I did enjoy the Gibbs and Tony flashback scenes.

 

 So while we learned a lot about Tony, we didn’t learn a lot about P2P – I learned more in the 60 second promo for next week than I did in this entire episode, but I think the writers don’t want us knowing too much too soon.  The flash was pretty quick, but did I see Trent Kort wearing an eye patch in the promo?  Still nothing definite on that eyeball except that it belongs to someone with a very high security clearance - you would think as Director of NCIS Vance would have or be able to get that information.   BTW, where was Vance?  You would think he would be right in the middle of this given his feelings for Gibbs and Tony at the moment.  Maybe he was in Hawaii with EJ and her team.
 

What we did learn in this episode:

·         Tony couldn’t find his phone (later to be found at EJ’s, but why do I think it was planted there? – he’s a seasoned agent, he wouldn’t just walk off without his phone would he?)

·         Gibbs glasses are missing (me thinks the killer has been inside the bullpen and he is “collecting”)

·         We learned two new rules: #35 – always watch the watchers and #5 don’t waste good

·         Tony used to be the more “casually” dressed partner – Danny told him that with the right clothes he would be unstoppable – and everyone credits his snappy dressing to Kate – maybe it’s a combination of the two

·         Mighty mouse stapler – got a giggle out of that one – but it doesn’t really explain his fondness for it – wonder if he will keep it now in light of what he just learned.

·         Tony was engaged once to a woman named Wendy – don’t know the full story there and I really want to know!!!

·         Tony would rather have the plague than be a navy cop – kind of jinxed himself there

·         Gibbs was married, but in the midst of a divorce when he met Tony

·         Tony wore tube socks – OMG is all I can say on that 
 

So to wrap it up - You know that feeling you get on Christmas after all the presents have been opened and you are surrounded by all your goodies, and life is grand and you are blessed beyond measure, but you still feel kind of let down – not because it wasn’t great, but because the anticipation is over and the adrenaline level has dropped? - well that’s what I am feeling right now -