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dippinginthe4door · 3 years

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Wait what’s on the “thanks to” section on Swan Songs I must know

Obviously there’s lots of the standard stuff, but I like how the guys added their touch to it in some lines.

Deuce:

Our fans for helping create this. Rita & Alex (Mom & Dad), Arina Erlichman, Angela Marie Young, Jeff Peters, Mike Renault, Riva, Zeda, My Grandma, Jim Milner & Ben Milner (Milner Bros.), Joel Foss, Marc Bosserman, Jeanie Ibert. Everyone in HU working hard with me. Tim from LADAY, Alex Sophli, Brian Weinberg. Everyone @ A&M/Octane Records …… and of course Merlin.

J-Dog:

Thanks to my parents, especially my Italian, ball busting Mom, my Mother Jennifer. All the band’s parents, especially Deuce’s. Science. The Phantasm. Truth & his Brother. Wes & his Brother. Everyone from JOR & EL. The whole Panther family. LA Pride Lauren. Jeff Peters, for putting up with our shit. Mike Renault. Desiree “money making, jerry maguire” Mandelbaum. Ann Murray. Steve Busch. Ben and Jim “Milner Bros”. Jimmy Iovine & James Diener, for making me rich for a hot minute. Ashlee and Asia for the awesome double dates. Glen Danzig, the real one who plays our drums. MTA workers for getting me around this city for so long. JLo and Steve from Tiny’s Bar ….and most of all of course, all our fans and everyone who likes our music and has supported it. No thanks to haters and the Glendale and Burbank pigs and MI and all it’s students, for not letting me in the building, you know who you are. Get the fuck out of my town.

Johnny 3 Tears:

Jeff Peters, the band’s manager, but more than that, my mate. Mike Renault for shutting Jeff up ….sometimes ! ! Desiree Mandelbaum. Jeff Kurtich, the Boston Brawler. My Mom for all her help. My Brother for inspiring me. Jim Milner, for all his hard work. Ben Milner, for being the light side of the darkness. Jack, J.K., Jake and Jesse Terrell. Fydor Dostoevsky. Don Gilmore. Danny Lohner. Tony Lavato, my first mate. James Diener, for that fat dollar ! ! Asia, for being so beautiful. Lauren Byrnes. Ann Murray. Steve Busch. Greg Ladanyi. “Biscuits”. Glendon Crain. The Mothers and Fathers of all the members of HU for all their support. The Mothers and Fathers of all the members of HU for all their support. ……...and much love to all our fans for the support.

Charlie Scene:

Jack Terrell, for teaching me everything I know, I love you Dad, To my Mom J.K. Terrell, don’t worry, I love you just as much. My funny Brother Jake and big ups to my Big Bro Jesse, raise yer hands if you hear me. Thanks to the rest of my family in Ohio and Florida. To all my friends. To my Managers, Jeff Peters, me mate and me manager, all together me mate-ager, and Mike Renault, both you guys are an unstoppable force. James Diener. Tom Anderson, my dick has more friends than you ever will. Ed Alexander. Don Gilmore. Danny Lohner, the porn star fucker. Shady Fizz, you know where you at dog. My 3 blonde buddies, Graham Noll, Sean Noll and Jared. Daniel “da big homie” Dingman. Jeremy Martiniano, for getting “lost” with me every Thursday. Tommy “T-head” Scribner, a.k.a Contagious. Gangster George, for always havin’ my back. Bully Shaun. Aaron Gfarm. Upright Radio. Lucas Macauley. The Milner Brothers. Nigel Smithwick, see ya at the pub. Brad Pitt, for letting me crash on the couch. The Hideaway Bar, where I go to hide away from Da Kurlzz. Debra Lee and the trigger happy. Joel Bennett. Jer Bear. Gsellman. Shadow Skillz. Sky, Glen “Biscuits” Crain , Drew Young, Jared Miller…...and to my glock, cause my glock is my hoe and my hoe go everywhere I go……..and of course, thanks to all the UNDEAD ARMY.

Funny Man:

I’d like to give a big thanks to my Madre Joanne, Paco, my Father, and my lil’ sis Mingo. To my Grandparents and the rest of my family, for the love, support and always being there for me, and being a huge impact on my life. Jeff Peters, for sticking his neck out for us and making this shit happen. If it wasn’t for you and Mike Renault, “we’d be wondering these streets so aimlessly”.

For all my homies, Big Badass T-HEAD, thanks for all the nugs bro. Snake The Coin Collecta and 3-B. Big E. SAUS MAN. Thug Life George. Felipe. Spazz Money. Gavin. Jesse. Cmar. Titts. Stanley. Shady Fizz. Dirty Jack. BULLY. Science. Big Worm. Cory The Champ, Obar and Big Luke Duke. A big shout out to everyone at A&M/Octane Records. Jimmy, thanks for the I-Pod. That lil’ monkey Dez, and that beautiful Latina Ann. The Snooge Bros. Danny “The Lone Machine” Lohner. Don G and his bitch ass crew. Glen a.k.a “Biscuits” , Lil’ Tony, Donland from Stonehurst Park, Ritchie Stites, Sleepy Brown, Bones. Thanks to G-STAR for making me look so damn good, And the Bitches with the big ol’ butts. . .and last but not least to the UNDEAD ARMY, this is for you, stay Undead, uno, dos, Ghost……..I’m Gone.

Da Kurlzz:

My Dad a.k.a. “The Frenchman”, My Mom, I thank you both for your love and support.

Jeff Peters & Mike Renault, for being there for me through all the crappy ups & downs, honestly the best managers I could ever have. My Sister and the rest of the Family, BEAR (RIP) ! ! ! Conner “CADE” Garrity, my best buddy @ Studio City Tattoo. Lemmer. Des & Ann, Glenn. Eric “FSUsXe” Curry. Erik “FSUsXe” Scandalous. BAJOS. Scott K. Tdogg. Murph. Lauren Byrnes @ LA PRIDE. Chris & PTW. BERM. Ms. Lupi. Bojesse Christopher. Ben & Jim Milner. Mark V, Sam and everyone @ Safari Sam’s. Steve Busch. All my good friends that have stuck around the past three years, who have been there and supported me (a small amount), the rest can fuck off ! ! Our fans the UNDEAD ARMY, you know this band only happened because of you. I love you. Tom Anderson, thanks for buying me smokes that one time. All the Girls that wasted their time with me. Last …...but most important of all, my five Brothers, Johnny, J, Deuce, Charles P. and Funny, for not only being my best friends, but amazingly talented fucks as well. I love you guys…...Now let’s fuckin’ party ! !

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typingtess · 3 years

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NCIS: Los Angeles Season Twelve Rewatch: “Raising the Dead”

The basics: An incarcerated killer requests to speak to Kensi to help find a possible Presidential assassin.

Written by: Frank Military wrote/co-wrote "Little Angels", "Deliverance", "Lockup", "The Job", "Greed", "Betrayal", "Crimeleon", "Vengeance", "Out of the Past" Part One, "Rude Awakenings" Part Two, season four’s finale "Descent", season five’s premiere "Ascension", "Allegiance", "Spoils of War", "Black Budget", SEAL Hunter", "Rage", "Unspoken", "Unlocked Mind", "Revenge Deferred", "The Seventh Child", "Crazy Train", "Uncaged", "The Silo", "Monster", "Line in the Sand", season ten opener "To Live and Die in Mexico", "The Patton Project", "Better Angels" and "False Flag" (the season 11 finale), "A Bloody Brilliant Plan" and “Code of Conduct”.

Directed by: Terrence O’Hara directed “The Only Easy Day”, “Brimstone”, “The Bank Job”, “Borderline”, “Tin Soldiers”, “The Job”, “Backstopped”, “Crimeleon” (written by Military), “Blye, K.” Part Two, “San Voir” Part Two, “End Game”, “Paper Soldiers”, “Descent” (written by Military), “Ascension” (written by Military), “Fish Out of Water”, “Blaze of Glory”, “Command and Control” (episode 150), “Matryoshka” Part Two, “Belly of the Beast”, “Payback”, “Mountebank”, “Asesinos”, "Searching" and “Yellow Jack”.

Guest stars of note: Adam George Key returns as LAPD Officer Harrison. Executive producer and the episode’s writer and series occasional director Frank Military plays David Kessler. Izabella Miko as Michelle Boucher, Angel Parker as Secret Service Agent Alicia Monroe, Matt Peters as FBI Agent Michael Rudolph, Bojesse Christopher as Deputy Warden Max Fielder, Daryl Crittenden as Randy Sinclair, Jason Medwin as Prison Guard #1 and David Proffitt as Prison Guard #2.

Our heroes: Are doing their own version of “Silence of the Lambs”.

What important things did we learn about:

Callen: Impressed with Kensi’s work to capture Kessler. Sam: Feeling the racism from FBI Agent in Charge. Kensi: Got the OSP job for her work arresting Kessler. Deeks: Out of NCIS for good as the LAPD Liaison. Eric: Only mentioned in iTunes. Nell: Has to tell Deeks he’s out of NCIS as Liaison and too old to join NCIS> Fatima: Found Kessler’s connection to the White House. Roundtree: See Sam. Hetty: Showed the team Kensi’s work on the Kessler case before bringing her to LA.

What not so important things did we learn about:

Callen: Sure Hetty is getting Deeks back on the team. Sam: Looking for pliers to remove Deeks’s earwig. Kensi: Thinking only positive thoughts as she and Deeks go down the fertility road. Deeks: Worried that the fertility road, along with the house and the bar bleeding money is going to bankrupt them. Eric: Not today. Nell: Proud of Deeks and the work they did. Fatima: Put in a difficult position by Deeks. Roundtree: An amateur arachnologist. Hetty: Through this episode couldn’t pull the strings to keep Deeks with NCIS.

Who's down with OTP: Kensi and Deeks are on the road to fertility and possible bankruptcy. Deeks is in protective overdrive when Kensi gets involved with Kessler.

Who's down with BrOTP: Not a lot of Callen and Sam time but the one good thing throughout this episode was how well Sam and Roundtree worked in both capturing Sinclair and dealing with the racism of the FBI Agent in Charge.

Any pressing need for a cranky retired Admiral? I’d like the Admiral to have a few words with Kessler. Mostly of the four-lettered kind.

Who is running the team this week? Outside forces – Kessler has everyone but Deeks playing his game and Deeks isn’t playing because LAPD ended the liaison position.

Fashion review: Day one - long sleeve blue-green tee-shirt for Callen. Sam is wearing a long-sleeve, dark blue tee. In the field, Sam has on a tan cargo pants, black baseball cap and jacket. Kensi is wearing a long-sleeve burgundy henley and a black hooded jacket when she visits Kessler. Deeks is in a black tee-shirt. Nell shows up late with a green floral dress with another big bow. Fatima is wearing a lovely oversized gold blouse over an off white and light brown tee. Roundtree in the field has on a blue zip-up hoodie over a green-tee shirt with a green baseball cap and tan cargo pants.

The following day, Callen is in a blue plaid button down shirt. Sam is in a long-sleeve black tee. Kensi is wearing dark blue long-sleeve sweater with thin white stripes. It is a medium blue long-sleeve tee-shirt for Deeks. Fatima is in a pale pink and orange cardigan with big buttons over an orange sweater.

Music: Does Frank Military whistling and singing “Yankee Doodle Boy” count?

Any notable cut scene: Wasn’t there enough to this episode?

Quote: Nell: “Deeks, um, I don't think NCIS normally takes people your age.” Deeks: “Doesn't normally, or... or never? Because it feels like there should be an exception, considering the fact that I was a lawyer and I spent years here.” Nell: “I'm pretty sure it's never.” Deeks: “Right. So... “ Nell: “I'm so sorry.” Deeks: “No, no, you're fine. It's okay. I just didn't want to make a big deal about this, so if you just want to let everybody know...” Nell: “Yeah, of course I will.” Deeks: “I'm gonna, um... I'm gonna miss this. And I think we did good work here. We did great work. All right, well... keep it up. Make me, uh, make me proud.” Nell: “You made us proud, Deeks. Every day.”

Anything else: In a rural area, two men are being chased by law enforcement. The area is surrounded by mountains with a hilly terrain and some ravines. The men are both fit and in shape – they are able to navigate the hills with some ease. As they get to the bottom of a hill, the younger man knows the escape route but the slightly older man says “See ya” and starts in the other direction. The men split up as do the law enforcement officers. The younger man is quickly run down by an officer. As he orders the younger man to the ground, the officer is killed by a gunman working with the younger man. They pull the dead officer off the main path.

Whistling “The Yankee Doodle Boy” and then singing the song loudly, the other man is strolling through a wooded area. Law enforcement catches up with the man – calling him Kessler and “a crazy bastard.” Kessler agrees – “you can’t even imagine.”

Kensi and Deeks arrive at the office. Toting boxes to pack up his things, Deeks is discussing the two “going down the infertility road” but she’s having none of that. Kensi is being positive – it is about fertility, not infertility. Deeks is looking for a budget because treatments could get very expensive, very quickly. Kensi thinks they should do whatever it takes, even if it means debt. If they are willing to go into debt for something like a house, isn’t something as important as having a child, someone who will define their lives, worth the same investment? Deeks is worried – the bar is bleeding money, they are closing on the house and he just wants to know how far into bankruptcy they are willing to go.

Kensi gets a call from Fatima, cutting off Deeks’s laments about their financial woes. Fatima is driving in – the Secret Service needs to speak to Kensi immediately on a secure line in Ops. Deeks starts to pack his things, Kensi tells him it is a waste of time – Hetty will have him back in a week.

In Ops, Secret Service Agent Monroe is filling Kensi in on the prisoner escape from a federal prison in Winona, Arizona. The younger man is Randy Sinclair, in jail for plotting to assassinate the President. Agent Monroe admits it was just luck that they were able to arrest Sinclair before he could try to kill the President. Kensi said she heard a rumor that Sinclair was CIA. While the Agency denied it, Sinclair was not only CIA, he’s incredibly smart and an uncontrollable psychopath. When he was fired from the CIA, he decided to kill the President.

Kensi wants to help but wonders how. When Monroe moves to the recaptured David Kessler, Kensi reacts. Kessler is willing to help but only help “Special Agent Kensi Blye”. Monroe believes Kessler is obsessed with Kensi. The Secret Service wants her in Arizona “fast”.

Walking through the armory with a packing Kensi, Deeks is not thrilled with this. Kessler has been sending Kensi “creepy Valentine’s Day Cards” through the Navy Yard every year. She asked NCIS to stop forwarding them. Sam comes on comms with Fatima and a driving in Callen. Kensi explains that she arrested Kessler just before joining the OSP. Callen tells her the team was shown the case file when Hetty was bringing Kensi to the team. They were all really impressed.

Sam is familiar with Kessler’s history of dealing arms in Argentina and Iran. Kensi adds that Kessler was also a trafficking minors. Deeks calls Kessler “super creepy and a scumbag” which makes his presence known to the others. Callen tells Deeks he has to leave, Sam threatens to pull out his comms with pliers until things are straightened out. Deeks promises to take the comms out and doesn’t. Callen is sure Hetty will have him back with the team quickly. When Kensi says she’s going to Arizona, Deeks wants to go with her. Everyone but Deeks agrees - he can’t go.

Fatima joins in. Kessler’s former girlfriend, Michelle Boucher, is living in Los Feliz. Callen is going to bring in Boucher. Sam and Roundtree are going with Kensi to Arizona – maybe they can find Sinclair before Kessler spills.

As the Warden and Kensi is walked through the rough part of the prison to get to Kessler’s cell, the prisoners are enjoying her presence. Kessler is in a super-secure unit. Seems he was a delight when he arrived in prison – biting guards, throwing urine. About a year ago, he “found God” and calmed down. The warden believed Kessler changed and allowed him to work in other wards of the prison. It could have been part of his escape plan. The prison is sending all the video of Kessler for the last year to Ops for review.

Ops also has a full view of Kessler’s cell. Kessler is doing push-ups and doing them loudly. The Warden tells Kessler that Kensi is there but Kessler will only speak to Kensi alone. When the Warden calls Kessler an “arrogant bastard”, Kessler explains it is all about power and right now, he has it.

As the Warden leaves Kensi on the other side of the plexiglass cell, Deeks walks into Ops. Fatima wants him out but he’s not going anywhere. Kessler tells Kensi she looks more beautiful than he remembered. Kensi wants to know about Sinclair – she’s not staying long. Kessler disagrees – he didn’t ask her there to share what he knows and watch her “walk out of my life again.” According to Kessler, this reunion was years in the making. Kensi is having none of it. Deeks is taking in all of it and Fatima really wants him to leave – he’s putting her in a bad position. Deeks is not leaving.

Kensi wants to know where Sinclair is. Kessler expresses his disappointment in Kensi – she got married. When Kensi tries to deny it, Kessler points out a red irritation on the ring finger on her left hand. Kessler doesn’t mind – they can still have sex. Deeks thinks Kessler is dangerous.

A confused Kensi figured Kessler would hate her – she put him in jail for 30-years. Kessler is sure he can still hate her and have sex. Mocking his workout, Kensi thinks it is sweet he was doing pushups just for her. Kessler explains he’s keeping himself ready – Kensi is a capable woman and when he’s freed from prison, he is going to hunt her down, have sex with Kensi and then kill her. “Maybe not even in that order.” Deeks thinks if Kensi doesn’t kill Kessler, he will. That gets Fatima on comms to Callen. Deeks is tossed from Ops. If he won’t go, Callen will send people up to remove him. Tossing his comms on the big table, Deeks tells Fatima she made a mistake.

Callen pulls up at Michelle Boucher’s house just as she is leaving. When Callen mentions David Kessler, Boucher has a small reaction.

Agent Rudolph from the FBI fugitive squad is running his recapture. When Sam and Roundtree introduce themselves, Rudolph asks if Kensi got anything from Kessler. Where they are located, there is nothing but forest on one side and way to the highway on the other. Rudolph believes Sinclair is on his way to the highway and a ride out. Sam disagrees – Sinclair would know that and could be going deeper into the forest. Since it is December, Sinclair would likely freeze in the forest, according to Rudolph. Rudolph thinks Sam and Roundtree – “you boys” – are just there to tell him what Kensi learns.

Sam is a bit surprised by “you boys”, Roundtree is just shaking his head. They decided to go for a nice trip to the forest (tm, The X-Files). Sam thinks as a former CIA Agent, Sinclair knows they’d be looking for him to go to the highway. If he has help, there could be cold weather clothes, a tent, supplies including food and water waiting for him. Sam and Roundtree are going hunting.

Kensi compliments Kessler on his cell – the nicest one she’s ever seen. Kessler credits his lawyer and loyal connections in Washington. Kensi doesn’t think people in Washington are all that loyal to convicts doing 30-years. “So naïve, my sweet, sweet government employee.” There is a safe deposit box filled with photos and videos of important men in compromising positions. Kensi isn’t impressed – Sinclair is on the move and all the info Kessler has gets less useful by the minute.

Callen gently questions Boucher, who said she really wasn’t Kessler’s girlfriend. She was young and blinded by the money, private jets and lifestyle. There was also the cocaine – Kessler made her an addict. She had more of a relationship with the drugs than with Kessler. Callen mentions that the AUSA prosecuting Kessler thought Boucher ran his prostitution business. Boucher admits she “invited” friends into their social circle – friends who were as young and susceptible as she was. She didn’t run Kessler’s prostitution business, she was a victim, that’s why she wasn’t charged.

Callen asks why didn’t Boucher testify against Kessler. She couldn’t. “David” knew everything about her past, met her family. If she testified against him, he’d find and kill her. Not from prison, Callen says. “David Kessler will figure a way out.” Kessler is the smartest man Boucher ever met. Also the most evil. When Callen tells Boucher that Kessler escaped prison and was recaptured that morning, Boucher is visibly upset. She want to make sure he’s back in prison.

Walking through the woods, Sam starts talking about possible spiders they could encounter. Roundtree corrects Sam on some of the spiders listed – he’s into spiders. There’s a lot more out in the woods for the two of them to worry about than spiders. Sam agrees, finding a spot for a tent. At the same time, Roundtree finds a shell casing – they are concerned Sinclair is armed.

After Kessler finally puts on a shirt, Kensi tells him this is all a show for attention – like a four-year-old who says he has a secret but doesn’t know anything. When Kessler mocks Kensi’s psychological skills and take on him, she notes that her skills were good enough to catch him. He drops a “touché”. Kessler explains that in prison, there are three things to think about – sex, suicide and escape, though the last two are different versions of the same thing. He adds one new thing – revenge. Kensi points out his failure in the escape, his cowardice when it comes to suicide and his fantasies of sex and revenge are just that – fantasies.

Kessler slams into the plexiglass and gets really close the Kensi. Even in the “glass box”, Kessler says he’s in Kensi’s head – “every day and every night.” That makes his fantasies real.

When Roundtree calls in with the discovery of the shell casing, he’s immediately dismissed – it is elk hunting season, there are fresh shell casings everywhere. Rudolph reminds Sam and Roundtree that the FBI has special training for tracking – “these are things you boys might not understand coming from an urban environment.” Roundtree and Sam share a look. When Rudolph is off the walkie-talkie, Sam asks Roundtree about not mentioning that he was an FBI Agent. “Think it would have mattered?” Roundtree replies. Sam admires Roundtree’s restraint. Lighting up Rudolph won’t help find Sinclair. They agree that sometimes they have to call out the racism they endure and “call it for what it is.” Roundtree just wants to be better than Rudolph. Sam finds another shell casing.

Fatima has news on Dan O’Brien, Kessler’s former lawyer who is also a former lawyer period – he was disbarred for insider trading. O’Brien is now a lobbyist in DC and the only person who visits Kessler. After each visit, O’Brien immediately contacts James Lancaster, the Chief of Staff to the President. This has been going on for three years. And while O’Brien always calls the White House, the White House never calls O’Brien. Kensi thinks that makes sense – the White House would want nothing to do with Kessler. Kensi wants to know if Fatima finds anything else.

Callen asks Boucher if she loved Kessler or his money. Boucher said she was used and manipulated like the other women – she was a victim. The other women were sold into prostitution, Callen notes, “some of them were kids.” As she starts to cry, Boucher tells Callen she can deal with what happened to her but what was done to the young girls – “I should have done something. I’ll never forgive myself for that.”

When asked about Kessler’s weaknesses, Boucher calls him “wicked smart” but he can’t read or spell. Kessler grew up in an abusive home – chained to a radiator in his mother’s bedroom in the Bronx. Kessler’s mother was a crack addict and a prostitute who beat her son and even sold him to some of her clients. Boucher isn’t sure that’s true but that was Kessler’s story. Fatima on comms confirms some of it – Kessler’s mom, Karen Lerman, is doing time in Sing-Sing for solicitation, possession of cocaine and vehicular manslaughter. That info is shared with Kensi.

When Kensi returns, Kessler is back to working out. Kensi calls him a “regular Richard Simmons.” Kessler tells Kensi he just wants to be ready. She thinks that’s pathetic. He’s being thinking about her all the time and she hasn’t thought about him once in the last 13-years. She has an amazing and successful life. Kessler doesn’t think it is all that successful – Kensi doesn’t have any children. Kensi reacts for a second before asking how does Kessler know that. Kessler goes on a rather long description about Kensi’s body and her sadness was palpable. He asks if the problem is that “hubby doesn’t want kids” or maybe things aren’t just working out.

Kensi lashes out, asking how Kessler felt about being sold into prostitution by his mother. Inflict the same pain on women that his mother inflicted on him. Kensi tells Kessler it doesn’t take Dr. Phil to know Kessler has “mommy issues.” Kensi keeps going after Kessler tells her to go to hell, wanting to how badly it feels to know what his mother did to him. Kensi makes an offer – she could bring Kessler’s mother to Arizona to let Kessler scream at her, to make her apologize. “She would never do that,” Kessler tells Kensi. And as “satisfying a conversation with Mommy may be,” he wasn’t trading it for the information he has. Kensi asks what would be a fair trade. Locked alone in a room with his mother and full immunity against murder would be a tempting offer.

Roundtree asks Sam about the CIA actually helping Sinclair escape. Sam does the NCIS: Los Angeles OSP greatest CIA hits with the mole. They come across the dead guard from the teaser. While the FBI is looking at the dead guard, Sam is on the phone to Kensi with an update. Did Kessler know about who was helping Sinclair escape. Roundtree tells Sam the FBI is sticking with the highway theory – whoever was helping Sinclair is still driving him away. Sam and Roundtree are going deeper in the woods.

With Callen in her ear, Kensi tells Kessler that he wants something, she wants to leave, what deal can she offer. In prison, what would Kessler want? Callen offers a phone call with Michelle Boucher. When Kensi offers it, Kessler reacts. “She’s the only person from your past you don’t want to kill,” Kensi notes. Kessler doesn’t believe Kensi – Boucher would be too terrified to speak to him.

Callen asks Boucher if she would talk to Kessler – “five minutes, max.” Boucher wants no part of this. Saying that the man they are looking for is going to kill the president, it is vital for Boucher to help. With Kessler in prison, he’s never getting out. Callen assures Boucher she is completely safe. A reluctant Boucher agrees. Kessler agrees – once he speaks to Boucher, he’ll spill what he knows. While Kensi doesn’t immediately go with that – she wants Kessler’s info before the call – Callen thinks they have nothing to lose doing it Kessler’s way. Kessler also wants no charges filed for his escape. Kensi has no say in that – that’s up to the AUSA. Callen has Kensi agree. “You’re a terrible negotiator.”

Callen calls an ancient flip phone which is passed on to Kessler. After Kessler does a snarky hello, Callen reminds Kessler that if he isn’t cooperating, he will make sure that Kessler is charged with everything and will die in prison. “I don’t like whoever this is,” is Kessler’s reaction. Callen puts Michelle on the phone. Michelle is having a hard time speaking. Kessler asks “are you there my angel?” Callen tries to get Boucher to speak, promising her she’s safe. Kessler promises “I remember you like it was yesterday.” Kessler keeps talking but Boucher can’t say a word. Kessler understands why – “I did unspeakable things to that woman” and offers a big smile.

Sam and Roundtree come to a clearing. They can see the broken branches and flattened grass of a helicopter landing site. Sinclair could be miles and miles away while the FBI is looking at the highway. Just before Roundtree calls in their findings, Sam thinks the FBI should be looking at radar for any more helicopters and checking out smaller airports for anyone looking like Sinclair.

As Deeks has his final box packed, Nell arrives. He promises “Mom” that he’s leaving, he loves her and hopes to see her at the bar that night. Nell isn’t worried about that. She’s done all she could to keep him with the team but it is official. The liaison position has been terminated permanently. Hetty exhausted all her options too but this is an LAPD decision, not an NCIS decision. Deeks keeps saying “right” as Nell speaks.

Deeks talks about going to FLETC even though he’d lose his LAPD pension and start at the bottom of the pay scale while he and Kensi are buying a house and trying to have a baby. NCIS won’t take Deeks either – he’s aged out of being a trainee. Deeks is hurt – he was a lawyer and spent 11-years working with NCIS, that should count for something. Deeks is near tears and so is Nell. She’s sorry but he assures her she’s fine. He doesn’t want to make a big deal of this so just tell everyone. As he walks out, he turns around and struggles to say he is going to miss NCIS and he thought they all did great work. Nell agrees. “Keep it up and make me proud,” Deeks says. Nell tells him that he made them proud, “every day.” It is a great scene in an otherwise terrible episode.

With the Boucher move a failure, Callen tells Kensi to say the escape charges will be dropped if Kessler tells everything now. Kensi is giving him two minutes and then she’s leaving. Callen can see Kessler in his cell – Kessler is banging on the plexiglass looking for Kensi. Kessler offers Kensi a deal – he wants a two-minute phone call with an old friend and then he’ll tell her everything. The old friend “goes by the unfortunate acronym of POTUS” which to Kessler sounds like ‘poet’ and ‘doofus’. Kensi tell him that’s not happening. Kessler disagrees – he knows the President, knew him before he was a congressman.

Dropping Boucher back home, Callen asks if there is anything he can do. Boucher would like to know when Kessler is released from prison. All of Kessler’s victims will be notified upon his release, Callen will make sure she is on that list. Boucher is sorry she couldn’t help – couldn’t help Callen, couldn’t help Kessler’s other victims. Callen doesn’t say much but it is obvious he isn’t so sure.

Nell tells Kensi that POTUS remembers Kessler and is willing to give him two-minutes on a secure line if that is what it takes to find Sinclair. There is to be no news of this call – the White House does not want every criminal in America to think they can speak to the President at will. The Secret Service will have a secure satellite phone to the prison in 20-minutes.

When Kensi sees Agent Monroe, Monroe makes it clear the Secret Service was never at the prison. Monroe has the phone. All the prisoners have been removed from the cell block, the cameras are off and only Monroe and her partner are going in to see Kessler. Kessler starts up with Monroe but she’s having none of it. Kessler gets his conversation with the President.

When the call is over, Kessler will only tell the information about Sinclair to Kensi. Kessler does Kessler things which annoys Kensi. He wants a map. What good is the map if Sinclair flew out in a helicopter. Kessler thinks the helicopter was a set up – it didn’t show up on radar and nobody at the nearby airports looks like Sinclair. The helicopter’s purpose was to get the search called off. Sinclair has six weeks of food and water – Kessler wants a map.

Kensi returns with an iPad with a map of the area. Kessler orders her close to the plexiglass – it’s like they are going to kiss. Kessler keeps talking about being in her head. She just wants to know where Sinclair is. He finds the spot on the map – a cave near a ravine. “He’s inside.” Kensi says goodbye. “Until next time, my love.” Kensi sends Sam and Roundtree the coordinates.

At the cave, Sam and Roundtree fear losing the light if they wait for the FBI. Sam yells federal agents and has he watched this show? Everyone is shooting at each other. Roundtree goes around the side to the entrance of the cave and after Sam puts down some fire, Roundtree throws in a flash-bang. Sinclair is out of the cave. Roundtree gets to tell Rudolph that they have Sinclair in custody.

The following morning, Deeks is walking Kensi to her car with the two quite unhappy about not working together. They get a call from Fatima. “For both of us?” Kensi takes the call and Kensi is immediate told to hang on, Fatima is getting Callen. “That’s not good,” according to Deeks.

When a driving Callen joins the call, Fatima tells all that Kessler was released from prison eight hours earlier by a Presidential Executive Order for national security issues. Deeks reminds everyone that Kessler promised to kill Kensi if he got out. Callen orders Kensi and Deeks to a secured location before doing a U-turn. Kensi and Deeks quickly drive to safety while Callen wants LAPD sent to Michelle Boucher’s house.

At Boucher’s house, several LAPD black and white vehicles are outside and in her driveway. The house is empty, a neighbor saw her leave overnight with some luggage. There is a BOLO for Boucher’s car. Callen checks out the house – everything is tidy. Sam is on comms, asking about Boucher. He thinks Boucher ran after a call from Kessler saying he was free. Callen disagrees – the bed was made the empty closets are neat, it doesn’t look like she left in a hurry.

Kensi on her cellphone, speaker on, asking if Boucher is gone. Deeks is horrified by all this.

In a drawer, Callen finds a romantic 8x10 framed photo of Boucher with Kessler. He tells the others about the photo – “they’re in love.” Kensi can’t believe Boucher would keep a photo like that. “She would if they were working together,” is Sam’s thoughts. Callen realizes that Kessler was caught on purpose to leverage Sinclair’s threat to the President into a release. NCIS gave Kessler a direct line to the White House and got him out of jail. “And now he’s coming after Kensi,” Deeks reminds the group.

What head canon can be formed from here: What a disappointment this episode was. There is a really interesting story to tell about how young NCIS Agent Kensi Blye caught the eye of Hetty Lange. Look at the others on the team – you have Callen with experience from all over the feds alphabet agencies, former SEAL Sam, really good at his job LAPD undercover officer Deeks as field agents. Then you had Kensi who was fairly new to all this (and look how that worked out for Dom). How did she catch Hetty’s (and Macy’s back in the day) eye? Doing a TV-movie version of “Silence of the Lambs” with Kensi as Clarice isn’t it.

The episode had the interesting scenes between racist Agent Rudolph, Sam and Roundtree – that deserved to be in a better episode. So did Nell’s goodbye to Deeks. By the way, do we think FBI Agent Rudolph was named after longtime most-wanted fugitive Eric Rudolph – the FBI wasn’t all that good on that real life case and Rudolph had ties to white supremacists.

The iTunes description of the episode includes the line “Also though Eric is desperate to keep Kensi safe, he is forced to leave NCIS.” No, Deeks, played by a guy named Eric, is forced to leave NCIS.”

Episode number: Episode 267 overall, five of season 12.

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