I am the Kat that Walks By Itself

I love Abby and Ducky with much love, but I am utterly sick and tired of the way that Kate and Tony are squabbling all the time. Sick of it. Stop it, please, peoples!

Also, Abby is doing the work of a dozen people. Just sayin'.

I've been catching up on NCIS, looking at Season 2. I haven't been remarking on the episodes, as they've been average, but fun.

However, this episode, "Call of Silence" impressed me. I think the writers of NCIS must know more about the Marines than they do about computers (Abby, whom I adore, I still have to roll my eyes whenever there's computer stuff, because she always spouts gibberish. Well, gibberish that sounds good.)
Of course, I have no way of knowing whether the Marine stuff was accurate, but it just struck me so much, the honour and tradition that was shown here.
The awesome, awesome characterisation of the guest-star, and how the evidence kept twisting in one direction and another.

And Gibbs was awesomely sneaky.

Has anyone else noticed that Gibbs always calls Caitlin Todd "Kate", but he always calls Tony DeNozzo "DeNozzo". Except when he's introducing them as "Special Agent Todd" and "Special Agent DeNozzo". And what's with all these Special Agents? Are there any plain Agents?

Wow, this show has really hit its stride! Interesting to see how obsessed Gibbs is about what happened in "Bete Noir". Tony is still an idiot most of the time. It's interesting how McGee has become a semi-regular.
( random spoilers )

That was actually a good plot there. A mixture of truth and paranoia. Intriguing.
( abandon all hope of lack of spoilers, ye who enter here )

I still don't like Tony. Though the thing that he and Kate have going giving each other dirty jobs... well that's kind of amusing, I suppose. Though I guess the positive thing is that he wasn't so much of a clown in this episode.

Aw, Gibbs looked good in uniform.
( there be spoilers )
Oh, and I have to say, I forgot to mention about the episode with the satellite ("Eye Spy") that I was thrilled to see James Morrison playing the part of the CIA boss, even though it was a tiny part.

Well, the plot on this one was more interesting than usual; all cloak and dagger.

Ah, poor Ducky! I don't think Ducky is boring, I just think he has a tendency to get sidetracked.

What is it with Gibbs and driving off in a sports car with a redhead (who is presumably his wife)? Or maybe I should say, why is it that his wife always turns up in a sportscar when Gibbs needs to avoid questions?

Well, I've seen the next two episodes of NCIS... and I'm somewhat dissatisfied. Well, I still like Abby and Ducky (and Gibbs), but the plots... don't make a great deal of sense. No, they aren't complete nonsense, but they feel... wobbly. For things I can verify (such as Australianisms, or computer geek stuff) they have stuff that's right and stuff that's unlikely, and stuff that's wrong. Wobbly plots.
Mind you, The Sentinel had wobbly plots too, so I'm not sure why I'm finding the wobblyness of these plots more irritating.

(sigh)