2.16 Pop Life - Mar. 1, 2005

[ML Fan]

Please post your thoughts about "Pop Life" here.
There are spoilers for this episode posted on NCIS Special Ops, if you're interested.

[jo]

fantastic episode. every character was well used.

so glad we were fooled by the 'kate reporting tony' spoiler - and that she only reported him to ducky.
i hope we see more 'counseling' sessions with him. he was superb.

the things that i enjoyed most:

1. kate/tony going to ducky for counseling. after trying abby - who refused to mediate. smart girl.

2. gibbs' concern over kate's not having backup when interviewing jade and hitch shows up.
kate: it won't happen again.
gibbs: i know.

3. just tony/kate thru the whole show. they were hilarious.

4. mcgee/abby/ palmer/superglue. you know, when abbs told him that palmer was now terrified of him and mcgee says "cool" - my neighbor died laughing. she said - oh, he'll love that. no one's afraid of mcgee.
but i think tim is such a nice guy, he probably did go and apologize to jimmy. but i wonder if he gave him a 'hands off abby' warning along with it. no pun intended.

i hate to admit this, but i thought hitch was the perp. i assumed, as gibbs said, that it was jade's fault - but i didn't really think she was involved in her sister's murder. wow! talk about COLD!!!

very good ep - i gave it a 9.
and since this is a more 'tonycentric' board - rather than NCIS as a whole - i should say that once again tony was HOT.
loved the scene in the bar - gibbs didn't have any problem getting tony to check out the dancers - his only problem was to keep him moving so they could get pix of all the girls. LOL
and tony's pulling the gun on the heavies when they came out to rough up him and 'lulu'. he definitely showed his street smarts - and his lady smarts [LOL] - last night.
while tony still calls mcgee 'probie' half the time and harrasses him as much as possible- i think he's beginning to show that he respects mcgee and is aware of his strengths and how to use them. i also think mcgee - while really wanting to punch tony now and then - has a bit of hero-worship for tony at times.

[ML Fan]

I also picked up the perp early on, I just didn't know how involved she was. I liked Tony's interrogation of Willie and Tony's behavior when he went undercover at that club was classic as was Gibbs's reaction to him during that scene. I also liked the cookie scene and how Gibbs not surpringly ended up eating the cookie. I thought that the best scene this week was the Abby and Palmer super glue scene, I also saw the outcome of that scene coming and I wasn't suprised by McGee's jealous reaction because, it goes long with his previous behavior in other episodes as well as Abby's. I thought that McGee's reaction of "Cool" after scaring Palmer may have had something to do with how Tony treats McGee and how he's the "new guy" and doesn't have the experience or the authority that the others have and with Palmer there he's no longer the newest member of the team.

[englishrose]

Loved Duckie's counciling session ;D

Palmer's babberling is irratating at best. Bring back Gerald, he would never get stuck to Abby.

Kate needs to lighten up. Although Tony shouldn't have taken her lunch, she gets offended by everything he says.

Loved Tony's smart talking with the guys outside of the club. Bruce and Lulu: gotta love those spur of the moment names.

Tony brushing crumbs from McGee's hair was hysterical.

Personally, didn't see the sister thing coming.

[Aerie]

jo said:

3. just tony/kate thru the whole show. they were hilarious.

very good ep - i gave it a 9.
and since this is a more 'tonycentric' board - rather than NCIS as a whole - i should say that once again tony was HOT.

What jo said. ;D ;D


Watched the ep this morning and liked it a lot. I never have guessed the perp in any epiosde, but have never tried. There is an advantage to ignoring the plot.

I like Abby's scenes with Tony, Kate or Gibbs, but find her interaction with McGee and Palmer worthless. She's such a strong character she can stand on her own. I'm aware she's a background character, but she is younger that the others and could bring in younger viewers. Oh well, just my opinion.