Episode Review: 7x05 - Code of Conduct

[little_ozzo]

Beware! Tony-centric rambling, ravings, swoonings and squeeings behind the cut, along with 27 poorly cut and coloured caps! tejas, I swear I'm totally re-writing as well. I just got distracted by Tony's nose and hair. Again. ;-)

Comments

[little_ozzo]

He makes me wish TV was 3D! Glad you liked, his face is just too lickable, isn't it? :-)

[tejas]

And I'm reading this and realize I completely forgot someone else's thing I was supposed to look over last night. EEP!

Love your completely Tony-centric take on the episode. :-) You liked it more than I did, but you hit almost *all* the things I *did* like about it. ;-)

Great caps, btw. :-)

[little_ozzo]

LOL - are you sure you shouldn't start charging for your beta services? ;-)

You thought it was Tony-centric? Huh. ;-P I really enjoyed it, possibly more so because I wasn't sure whether I would - there weren't that many spoilers around to read before, and I'm usually very wary of holiday episodes in case they're too gimmicky. But I got hot, competent Tony. I thought the level of silliness/to-the-job-ness was just about right. And the subtext levels were good, I thought!

Thanks - I actually have no clue what I'm doing in Paint Shop Pro, I just like to pretend! I think the fact that they're caps of Tony's face lets me get away with many mistakes.

[tejas]

We're all so dazzled by the pretty who can tell? :-)

[little_ozzo]

That's what I'm relying on! ;-P

If anyone does happen to mention my lack of ability to colour without making the episode looks like it was set in the 70s, I'll just direct them towards Tony’s nose bump or wrists.

[tinlizzie82]

Love all the Tony caps ... gonna look over them again except this time maybe with a bib (to catch the drool).

[little_ozzo]

He should come with some kind of warning for excessive drool-production. I went through three keyboards making this, they kept shorting out from saliva.

Ew, that's gross, not really - but a bib would be a good investment! ;-)

[karababe_64]

I love your rambling comments. You remind me of a certain someone we have been discussing about a lot this past week

[little_ozzo]

I think maybe over-exposure to the DiNozzo charm this week has affected my brain. It's like I'm on sodium pentothal. ;-)

I'm definitely going to go back and re-watch the episode in that way we've talked about, where I start paying attention to things that aren't just about Tony's face/voice/awesomeness. Was it the plot that you found a bit jarring, or like, the way they switched scenes? I would say that I think they're trying quite hard, this season, to make sure viewers know that this is a character-driven show, if that makes sense. Like, they've got all these new viewers, and a lot of the articles on the show's sudden massive popularity increase focus on the character interaction, so they're focusing on that a lot, then the plot, rather than letting the interaction develop naturally from the plot. Thing is, the show's never been broken, maybe only a little faulty in parts, and so it doesn't need fixing or even enhancing from the earlier seasons.

Length is totally encouraged! Never apologise for length, it's one of my rules! ;-)

[karababe_64]

I think it was a bit of both. The plot felt like it was all over the place. And then there was the whole Gibbs being ooc thing and it just didn't flow right. That is a good point about trying too hard. SB is trying to prove that he can run two very successful shows and he is missing the small things that set apart the show from others.

1. I think that having itchy feet is probably more likely but I can't resist the rescued by Gibbs idea. One of the first fics I read was Rictus and it's hard to go back after that. It is about time we got more about Tony. We get a lot episodes that are centered around him but nothing about his past and considering how big a fans the writers are about character's pasts it's about time we got his

[little_ozzo]

I think with Gibbs, it's almost as though he's not really being characterised at all, if that makes sense - he's acting differently to the way he has before without any clear reasons why, and there's so little of him to judge that it's all very difficult to get a handle on. Looking forward to seeing more of him to try and understand. Reading around the episode a bit more today and definitely seeing some of the shakiness and holes - Tony distracted me earlier, clearly! The ending confuses me quite a lot, their evidence seemed less than solid. If this shakiness is a result of SB running two shows concurrently, I hope he or someone else wises up and changes things. Of course, he could be hedging his bets on whether NCIS:LA actually takes off or keeps losing viewers. (I have to admit, I haven't watched it yet. I love Cool James, but haven't yet given the show a chance. I'll wait a few more weeks, then try, because if I like it I might want to marathon-binge on it

[plutos_revenge]

So I had all sorts of thinky comments to add but all that picage has made me forget all of it. *drools*

Why do you hate DP btw? *is confused*

[little_ozzo]

Hee! Tony's hotness breaks brains!

DP as in Dorothy Perkins? I just dislike it - I think I have the wrong shape for their clothes, my legs are far too short and my bum is too small and it's just one of those shops that I always go into thinking I'll find something nice and simple, but never seem to. It's actually my fault, not the shop's, but I enjoy whining and moaning! Are you a staffer, or heir to the empire? If so, I'm very sorry - I do enjoy the student discount when I do find something! :-)

[plutos_revenge]

It really does! As does your icon...

I did quite like the ep - it wasn't all about Ziva which helped loads. Still wondering what's going on with Gibbs though *sadface*; I'm loving more Tony & competent!Tony to boot but I'd still like to see the bossman thank you very much. Loved McGee & his geeky knowledge of angles & trajectories when TP'ing a house *pets*

Hah! I wish I was heir to the empire *g*. Whining & moaning is indeed a most enjoyable pastime, one of my favourites in fact (after drooling over cute!Tony pics) :-) See, I would have no clothes without DP as the rest of the high street is seemingly made for thin people and i am not. DP jeans are about the only ones I can find that fit me. Next on the other hand make sizes that are insane.

[little_ozzo]

It's a newkidfan icon - how much of an adorable kid does he look? But with added holster/check shirt sexiness? Guh