8.18 Out Of The Frying Pan March 22, 2011 Spoilers

[ML Fan]

Have you seen "Out Of The Frying Pan?" Tell us what you thought. There are discussions and spoilers posted on our sister site NCIS Special Ops, if you're interested.

[ML Fan]

I think that this was one of the few episodes where we saw a lot of Vance and it wasn't good or productive for him because he reminded me of Jenny during the "Frog" storyline and she took a personal vendetta too far and she ended up looking bad because everything wasn't what it seemed or rather how she wanted it to be and I would say the very same thing for Vance right now. Director Morrow was my favorite NCIS director because when he was there it was for a real reason and I don't think that this show really needs to have any director regardless of who they are as a series regular and I would say the same for "NCIS Los Angeles."

[Mr.Clark]

This episode ranks pretty high on my list if I were to rate the episodes of this season and it does so for one reason. There was an abundance of competent!Tony, I loved that Vance showed so much confidence in Tony when he implied that he and Gibbs were two of the best interrogators around. And I absolutely loved the scenes in interrogation with Tony and Gibbs, they had an awesome dynamic, the way they played off each other and used different attitudes. Always loved those rare scenes when Gibbs acknowledged that Tonys great at interrogations and to see him working with Tony entirely confident in how he was handling it was great.

Any episode where Tony gets to do the interrogating is a rare treat, MW just dominates in those scenes, it really is a shame they have to differ most of them to Gibbs.

[shywriter]

Mar 27, 2011 7:05:38 GMT -5 Mr.Clark said:

I loved that Vance showed so much confidence in Tony when he implied that he and Gibbs were two of the best interrogators around.

Interesting -- I took his silence on the second interrogator to mean that Vance implied himself as the other. After all, he let Gibbs try his way (with DiNozzo) and when Gibbs wasn't getting the confession Vance wanted, Vance stepped in.

Just a thought.

I know lots of people liked this one. Always good to have competent!Tony but not my favorite of his interrogation styles.

With the final scenes and all the recent teasers: Vance getting a return call from EJ and his wanting her back in DC, the last shot of Gibbs going to interrogation, staring at the table then turning out the light, Ziva earlier asking how long they'd be kept together as a team and Tim saying Tony couldn't afford to turn down another promotion, Tony telling both Ziva & EJ he'd been offered a team, as if to assure them -- and himself -- he was capable ... what can they be planning given the real world of S9 being picked up and all but Harmon & De Pablo on contract for another, what 3 yrs? (And each of them has another year? Or was it that those 2 re-negotiated a year before the others?)

I just hope they do this believably, whatever is ahead.

[Mr.Clark]

Harmon's an executive producer now so I think hes here till the end, unless he for some reason decides to retire which I don't see happening. I could potentially see him bumped to Director (of NCIS) despite how they keep saying he doesn't want it and wouldn't be able to handle it, its more likely that happens than they write him off the show.

Personally I'd love it if they bumped Gibbs to director and let Tony run the team, thought I think Harmon has to much control and too many fans to be relegated to a lesser role.

[Mr.Clark]

Also I can see why your not wild about the way Tony went about the interrogation, he was a bit of a dick. That being said thats just the way he had to play it, bit of a good cop bad cop. I still think the way he and Gibbs played off each other was very well written, especially the way Gibbs kept trying to break the kids concentration, subtly trying to get the kid to slip up.

[AngelZ]

I thought it was a good, solid ep - but I wouldn't necessarily say it was one of my favourite.

I personally thought the interrogation scene would have been better with Gibbs and Tony's roles reversed. ie Tony (being younger and in many ways a kid himself) chatting with the boy getting him onside then Gibbs the grump coming in to stir up the pot. However because Harmon is the STAR they love to write him as the character that has the bond with kids.

When Gibbs asks 'do you skate'? I thought the kid should have replied 'yes and what would you know about skating you old git!'

JMO