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NCIS: Los Angeles Season 14 Rewatch: “Sensu Lato”

The basics: After a scientist/Navy Reservist is stabbed, the team works to find the attacker. Kensi and Deeks deal with parenthood, Sam sees a possible new future.

Written by: Faythallegra Claude and Indira Gibson Wilson

Faythallegra Claude wrote season 13’s "Perception" and season 14's "Glory of the Sea". Indira Gibson Wilson co-wrote, “The Frogman’s Daughter”, "Signs of Change" and “Hard for the Money” and was the sole writer for "Lost Soldier Down" and "Let it Burn".

Directed by: Kevin Berlandi directed the season 14 premiere, "Game of Drones".

Guest stars of note: Duncan Campbell is back from “Sleeping Dogs” as Agent Castor, Brandon Raman as Arjun Sethi, Jason C. Louder as Dr. Daryl Howard, Krishna Smitha as Natasha Graham, Lisa Marie as Dr. Claire Winchester, Kelby Keenan as GenBioSys Tour Guide and Jordan Murphy as Chief Technology Officer Tom Fields.

Our heroes: Look for moths.

What important things did we learn about: Callen: In San Diego. Sam: Setting conscientious objectives. Kensi: Wants to spend a little more time with Deeks even though they work and live together. Deeks: Driving Rosa to school while listening to podcasts and introducing her to 70’s rock is the highlight of his day. Fatima: Tasked with organizing Hetty’s office. Rountree: Doing well with his denim investment, looking at growing his empire to real estate. Kilbride: Getting Fatima cool DoD access.

What not so important things did we learn about: Callen: Working on a Russian case. Sam: Looking at his future. Kensi: Wanting some romance. Deeks: Mr. Romance. Fatima: Not happy Kilbride was messing up Hetty’s office. Rountree: Obsessed with the future. Kilbride: Looking for a possible replacement.

Where in the world is Henrietta Lange? Don’t know but she’s planning Sam’s future.

Who's down with OTP: Kensi and Deeks are trying to navigate being both parents and a couple in love.

Who's down with BrOTP: Sam and Rountree were more mentor and mentee than pals.

Fashion review: Sam wears a chocolate brown pullover sweater. Kensi is jogging in a black zip-up fleece jacket, a red athletic bra and red running tights. While working, Kensi has on a white and grey striped sweater. Deeks is jogging in a medium grey longs-sleeve tee and light grey joggers. In the office, Deeks is wearing a medium blue light-weight hoodie over a white undershirt. Fatima wears a white turtleneck under a short black sweater. Rountree wears a black jacket over a medium grey sweater. Kilbride wears his ‘uniform’ – blue three-piece suit, light blue dress shirt, blue tied with red stripes.

Music: “WOJ” by EverythingOShauN is playing in the lab to start the episode. “Feels” by Nina-Symone plays as Kensi and Deeks leave the office.

Any notable cut scene: For the second straight episode! And there are two!

Number one has Sam and Rountree entering the lab building. Rountree is still discussing real estate – thinking of buying a multi-unit home. He’d live in one unit, Jordyn would live in another and he would rent out the third unit to cover expenses. Sam gives Rountree a non-committal “not a bad idea”. When Rountree says interest rates are high, Sam agrees but with little spirit.

Number two is after the kidnapping with Dr. Winchester is in the back of an ambulance getting some oxygen. She asks about Dr. Howard, who is in ICU but is expected to live. Dr. Winchester tells Sam that Dr. Howard’s work will save the world. Sam things the world needs all the help it can get. When the ambulance drives away, Sam sees Rountree looking at a lovely home. Sam teases Rountree about having it all planned – nice house, a dog. Rountree likes the idea of a dog. Sam tells Rountree that things work out when a plan comes to fruition. Rountree is waiting for a “jewel of wisdom” from Sam. Sam tells Rountree to ��pivot” – be prepared to pivot. Rountree will thank Sam in ten years, according to Sam.

That “pivot” scene should have stayed – it works beautifully with Sam’s conversation with Kilbride at the end of the episode.

Quote: Kilbride: “Henrietta evidently knew this office needed me and probably thought I needed it, too. Now, you don't open that envelope till you're sure you want to take this job.” Sam: “You know, in the past I would have given you a flat-out no. But my life has evolved into something that I barely even recognize. I think it's time for me to reevaluate where I want to go, how I want to get there.” Kilbride: “You mean setting goals.” Sam: “Ah, I wouldn't call it that. More like conscientious objectives.” Kilbride: “Tomato, to-mah-to. But let me know what you decide as soon as you can. I want to be able to leave at a moment's notice and somebody has to do this godforsaken job.” Sam: “Well, you make it sound so fun, Admiral.”

Anything else: In a lab, a scientist is examining an insect under a microscope. “WOJ” by EverythingOShauN is playing and the doctor is signing/rapping along. His phone beeps. Putting away his bug by covering the petri dish, the scientist picks up his things to leave, forgetting his car keys. Walking to the lab’s door, he passes a wall of small caged creatures – bugs, reptiles, animals. The scientist speaks to his charges before singing his way out of the office. He turns off the lights and is gone.

As soon as the scientist leaves, a person wearing black and a ski mask enters the lab through a side door.

The scientist gets about halfway down the hall when he realizes he doesn’t have his keys. Returning to the lab, he sees the masked person and confronts the intruder. The two struggle, knocking over some petri dishes, including the one with the insect the scientist was studying. After the scientist is knocked to the ground, the intruder pulls out a knife and stabs the scientist several times.

Kensi and Deeks are out for a run. Rosa is going to be carpooling to school with a classmate’s mother driving them on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Deeks wants a full investigation into the mom, making sure her driving record is clean. For Kensi, carpooling would give Kensi and Deeks a chance to have a little time for themselves in the morning – they could go jogging. Deeks is not happy – he loves listening to podcasts with Rosa as they go to school, introducing Rosa to 70’s rock songs is the highlight of his day. Deeks will have that on Monday, Wednesday and Friday but Tuesdays and Thursdays, Rosa would carpool. Deeks thinks Tuesdays and Thursday will suck until Kensi points out that he saying spending time with her would suck.

Deeks explains that they already spend a lot of time together – they both live together and work together like superheroes. Kensi doesn’t think they are superheroes. Kensi wants some romance. Deeks doesn’t – who needs romance when you’re married. Kensi is offended. Digging a hole, Deeks explains that romance is based on lies – wearing clothes you’d never wear, wearing perfume that masks a person’s true smell and well, bouquets of flowers are just dead flowers that were murdered for romance. Kensi is sad – she’s not going through life on autopilot, going through the motions. Deeks comes around – they could go to a taco truck they like, maybe a wine bar and a movie. Kensi calls it a date and Deeks doesn’t.

In the office driveway, Sam is talking to his father about dinner – Korean barbeque and Japanese food. Raymond doesn’t see much of a difference. Sam cuts the call short when the Admiral walks up. Sam actually invites the Admiral to join him and Raymond at Benihana – the Admiral will think about it. He has other business with Sam. Callen is working with the San Diego office in a Russian smuggling case. Sam saw the memo about Callen working in San Diego. The Admiral is worried – Callen is taking on a lot with the case, the wedding, Pembrook, the whole Katya business. Callen as a lot of plates spinning in the air. Sam is sure Callen can take of all that’s on his plate.

The Admiral’s concern is less about what’s going on now but what will be going on when the Admiral is unavailable to lead. Kilbride wants Sam as the acting supervisor of OSP. Sam wants no part of that - he’s a field agent. Kilbride is worried that some outsider may take over the office – “some blue-flame outsider” – and Callen would have a hard time with that. Sam as the leader would work better for Callen. Sam is now unsure so the Admiral gives him some time to figure out what’s best for the team. Sam sighs – he knows the Admiral did that on purpose.

In the firing range, Fatima and Rountree are shooting. Both did quite well looking based on the paper targets. Rountree asks Fatima how often she thinks about the future. She tries to stay present. Rountree is the opposite – he’s is obsessed. Fatima mentions doomsday prepping and Rountree already has his “end of the world kit”. He is visualizing his future. Fatima is a fan of visualization boards but that’s not Rountree’s style. He wants to have a ten-year plan, especially since the denim brand he invested in is beginning to show a profit. If there is a year’s worth of profit, he’d buy a home in Los Angeles and look for new investments – a good investment that could change the world. Fatima asks if a special someone changed Rountree’s future plans. A call to Ops saves Rountree from answering.

In Ops, Fatima tells Sam and Rountree about the scientist, a retired Navy reservist Commander Dr. Darryl Howard of Whitley University. Dr. Howard is a tenured professor of entomology at Whitley specializing in pesticides. He is alive, barely, in a coma at Cedars. LAPD is at the lab investigating what, if anything, has been stolen. Dr. Howard works for the Navy’s office of special research so the Admiral is looking into what Howard was doing for them. The bigger concern was a similar attack last year at Glenforest University. Gallons of pesticides were stolen and used in a bombing attack at a local city council office. Six people were hurt in the bombing. An extreme anti-government movement – the Patriot Mission Society – is believed to be behind the attack.

Video cameras outside of the Whitley lab show a figure walking out with a duffle bag. Sam doesn’t think the duffel bag would not carry the gallons of pesticides needed to cause a substantial explosion. Fatima disagrees – Dr. Howard had access to chemicals – severely restricted use chemicals - that a normal person could not get at a home improvement store. Some of these chemical as so powerful that it wouldn’t take much to cause a lot of damage. Asking about Dr. Howard’s family, he has an ex, Layla Lewis. Castor is going to pick her up and bring her to the boat shed. Sam wants Kensi and Deeks to interview Lewis. While Sam and Rountree go to the crime scene, Fatima is going to investigate the Patriot Mission Society to see if they are planning another bombing.

The lab is a mess – so much so that Sam says “wow” when he sees it. The hard drive from Dr. Howard’s computer is missing. While everything has been ransacked, the animals/reptiles/bugs in their cages are untouched but one cage is missing. Sam thinks maybe the whole crime scene was set up to cover up the theft of the cage and its contents. They need to speak to someone who knows about the lab.

Castor introduces Leyla Lewis to Kensi and Deeks in the boat shed. Moving her to the couch, Kensi asks about Lewis’s relationship with Dr. Howard. They were a couple for about 20-years but Dr. Howard only cares about his work. They’ve been separated for five years. She calls him a lovely man, a genius but he wants to change the world with his insects. When Deeks asks how, Lewis explains that people need to understand what is happening to the earth, insects and animals with certain chemicals being used. Dr. Howard is driven by the science and learning, not money. Lewis admires him – just can’t live with him. It’s hard when all the person you love wants to talk about is work. Kensi couldn’t agree more.

Lewis is so sorry about what happened to Dr. Howard but it all makes sense now. Dr. Howard said he thought people were hacking his e-mail, hacking his phone, making threats against him. Lewis thought he needed to see someone over his paranoia, especially when Dr. Howard started cancelling some of his speaking engagements. At a speech, he thought someone in the audience was following him from lecture to lecture. Lewis is crushed – she didn’t believe him. And Dr. Howard certainly didn’t deserve this, he’s a kind soul.

At the lab, Sam has Dr. Howard’s assistant, a young grad student named Arjun Sethi, reviewing the checklist of Dr. Howard’s lab creatures. Rountree asks who would steal the hard drive but Sethi has no idea. There should be four moth cages but one seems to be missing. When Sam isn’t happy with the Sethi’s surprise, Sethi explains he’s been out of town for two weeks. Maybe the moths were moved. Reviewing the pesticides, some are missing. Why would someone steal the moths, hard drive and pesticides? Dr. Howard is studying the negative effects pesticides have on soil, insects, reptiles and humans. His research, which was disseminated widely, may lead to enemies in the big agriculture pesticide business. Sam wants a list of all the pesticides Dr. Howard was researching so they can crosscheck them with the ones missing.

Watching Kilbride go through the drawers in Hetty’s office, Fatima offers to help since she organized the place for Hetty. The Admiral is not interested. Fatima asks if she could ask what he’s looking for. She could, according to the Admiral but that won’t guarantee a response. He wants to know about the Patriot Mission Society. Five are in prison, one died and the seventh member is in ICU after a bar fight. Kilbride wants Fatima to check other local terrorist organizations as he continues to look through Hetty’s file cabinets. Fatima tries again to help but Kilbride slams a file drawer closed to chase her away.

In the boat shed, Kensi has info about Dr. Howard’s security at the five conferences where he spoke this year. All five had incident reports with the last having a heckler removed from this audience. The heckler, a woman in her 30’s, had no ID. She was released without providing a name to security. Deeks gets Fatima on the plasma screen looking for the heckler at the Terrace Theater in Long Beach.

After Fatima is off the screen, Deeks recalls he and Kensi saw The Queen Experience at the venue. They had fun. Deeks agrees but now they have couples fun, married fun like Costco for the little samples, family dinners, carpools – family fun. Kensi asks if Deeks remembered what Layla Lewis said - Deeks remembers the bugs and saving the world. No, Kensi said it was easy to lose touch with each other dealing with the daily grind. Deeks tells Kensi that she is the most important person to him in the world. But the two of them only have 377 left. Kensi is confused – 377 what? 377 days until Rosa graduates high school and goes into the world as an adult. It flies by. Kensi loves that Deeks loves being a family man. But she doesn’t want to lose touch with the two of them “being us.” Deeks understands.

Sam and Rountree meet Sethi in the lab’s hallway as it looks like Sethi is leaving. Sethi provided a list of pesticides Dr. Howard was working on along with Dr. Howard’s ranking of the pesticides for their strength and damage they cause. Based on the way the intruder left the building, it has to be someone familiar with the lab. Security provided a list of all the ID holders in the building but Sam wonders if there is another way to get into the lab. Visitors can sign in at the front desk. Sethi is free to go.

Sam and Rountree figure that it is possible the moths and pesticides may have been stolen by someone who doesn’t want Dr. Howard to go public with what happens with the pesticides. Fatima comes over comms. While Dr. Howard was studying nine different pesticides, there were two that he was particularly critical of – matrazine and nitrithazine. They are highly toxic to the point that they change the cell structure of lizards. And if these chemicals can change cell structures of lizards, they might to the same to humans. Allurum Tech and GenBioSys make the two chemicals. When Dr. Howard went public with his research three-months ago, both companies took significant financial hits. That may be motive.

In the Admiral’s office, he is putting something into a 5X8 envelope. Fatima arrives with news of the woman causing a scene at Dr. Howard’s speeches. Natasha Graham is a public relations manager for GenBioSys. Fatima has a video of Graham but warns the Admiral that it was made by a college student and has a made by college student feel. The video is of Graham being dragged out of the lecture with all sorts of special effects, video looping and music. “People have entirely too much time on their hands,” Kilbride grouses. GenBioSys has been trying to discredit Dr. Howard and his research. That has the Admiral wondering how far the company would go to protect the product. Kensi and Deeks are going to the company to find out.

In a greenhouse, a woman is leading a tour featuring the good GenBioSys does with their pesticides. Kensi and Deeks join the tour late, posing as tourists from San Luis Obispo. He snarks about her complaints that they never go anywhere. They are being shown the way GenBioSys grows lettuce. While the group looks at the lettuce, the tour guide asks Kensi and Deeks “Strawberries or wine?” Deeks thinks the lettuce is plenty. She wanted to know what they grew, strawberries or wine. Maybe garlic. They are wine growers – the Smithingtons. They have Smithington Wineries. The tour guide asks some specific wine questions and Kensi and Deeks provide different answers. The tour guide dreams of owning a vineyard and Deeks agrees – it is so romantic.

Kensi spies Natasha Graham and while Deeks looks like a bunny with lettuce, they walk over to talk to Graham. Kensi confirms it is Natasha Graham while Deeks asks for kale that doesn’t taste like kale. Oh, can I get some of that? Kale ruins everything. Back to the show, Kensi asks about Dr. Howard. Kensi flashes her badge, Deeks flashes the video of Graham being dragged from the lecture.

At the lab’s front desk, Sam tells Rountree that if someone signed in with bad intentions, they’d use a fake name (isn’t that Day One lessons at FBI school? Pay attention Tess). Dr. Howard had one guest sign in but over five nights in a row – Dr. Claire Winchester from Braddock University. That would be too risky for Natasha Graham to be going in five nights in a row. Rountree asks Fatima to check out Dr. Winchester. Maybe she knew what trouble he was in.

Natasha Graham denies she is the woman in the video. Kensi accuses Graham and GenBioSys of going after Dr. Howard by breaking into the lab, stabbing him and stealing his research. Graham is stunned. She only went to one of his talks and only spoke to him once, the day before the attack. The pesticide that GenBioSys is very important to her, to the company. Kensi asks if Graham knew Dr. Howard – she didn’t. Dr. Howard was hired by GenBioSys to study the pesticide before its release. When he panned the product, the company went to smear him and release the product anyway.

Matrazine was Graham’s first big product launch. And the company believes it is safe. So did Dr. Howard at first. But Graham was tipped off that Dr. Howard was also working for a competitor. When he was confronted about working for a competitor, Dr. Howard thought matrazine “would poison the Midwest and babies would grow two heads.” While she tried to discredit Dr. Howard, she wouldn’t hurt him. Asked for an alibi, Graham was on a terrible Tinder date at Del Frisco’s (I love Del Frisco’s – pay attention Tess). The waiter Rodney saved her from a terrible date. Graham returns to work.

Walking in a residential neighborhood, Rountree picks up a flyer for a house for sale. The neighborhood is great and close to the office. Sam notes the homes in the area go for $1-million to start. Rountree may be looking for a home closer to Texas. Walking onto Dr. Winchester’s property, Sam mentions her office said she was working from home and there are cars in the driveway. Her front door, however, is ajar.

Calling into the house, Sam and Rountree go in with their weapons drawn. A man shoves Rountree through Dr. Winchester’s dining room table. The man runs out a back door with a laptop. Dr. Winchester is being shoved into the back of an SUV in an alleyway behind the house. Shots are exchanged with Sam hitting the man who pushed Rountree through the table. The injured man tries to make his way to the SUV but the vehicle races out of the alleyway. He keeps running until he hits the streets, when a vehicle runs over the injured man.

As the coroner’s office takes away the dead guy, Sam tells Rountree that Fatima has a BOLO out on the SUV and Kaleidoscope is looking for the vehicle. None of the neighbors have security cameras that face the alleyway. With Dr. Winchester spending so much time with Dr. Howard, Sam knows something is up with the three armed men who were sent to kidnap her. Rountree thinks it is because she and Dr. Howard were working together. Sam disagrees – Dr. Howard didn’t have what they want so they’re trying to get it with Dr. Winchester. Sam is going to search the house, Rountree is going to check with the neighbors.

In Ops, Fatima tells Kilbride that she hasn’t been able to track the SUV. The Admiral has his own bad news. Telling Fatima to pull up the DoD database, something she never had access to until the Admiral got her, there is a file on Dr. Claire Winchester. She is a DoD civilian contractor. Her work at Braddock University is a DoD project and it is in conjunction with Dr. Howard’s work. The DoD is sending a technical specialist to the boat shed to work with Kensi and Deeks.

Fatima’s tablet beeps – the dead man has been ID’d. He’s Zhang Chin, a Chinese citizen and a legal U.S. resident. The Admiral notes that is an odd mix. Chin has an old student visa – he attended Whitley University but never graduated. Checking who sponsored the visa, it is New Origin Talent, a Chinese recruitment agency. The Admiral is familiar with New Origin Talent – they help China steal intellectual property and work in espionage. Dr. Howard and now Dr. Winchester must have been targets for whatever they were working on. Kilbride wants an address from Chin – maybe they can trace where the kidnappers took Dr. Winchester.

At the house, Sam is looking around when Rountree returns. Neither found anything that will help rescue Dr. Winchester. One neighbor saw a vehicle with dark tinted windows parked on the street for a few days. Sam thinks by grabbing Dr. Winchester and the laptop, the kidnappers got what they came for. Sam sees an Apple Watch charger – Fatima can ping the watch’s location. He’s worried that once the kidnappers get what they need from Dr. Winchester, they may kill her.

Once again, Castor brings Kensi and Deeks a visitor, this time DoD Chief Technology Officer Tom Fields. While Dr. Winchester’s kidnapping is troubling, Fields is really worried about the theft of the moths. The moths are more important. Funded by the DoD, Drs. Howard and Winchester were working to create moths that would take out agricultural pests. The moths carried viruses that would end the need for pesticides. A good thing, according to Deeks. It is a good thing, Fields explains until “malicious actors” use the moths to spread viruses that could kill crops – devastating harvests. Dr. Winchester was kidnapped to recreate more moths.

Fields explains that insects are hard to control. Once released, they’ll reproduce. If the moths carry a virus that would damage harvests, half the food supply for the US could be gone in six months. Asked how the Chinese government would even know about the moths, Fields doesn’t know. Dr. Howard’s lab had top security clearance with his lab assistant managing projects, materials and data. Deeks points out that the assistant didn’t know what the moths were for when questioned. Impossible, according to Fields. Dr. Howard worked closely with his assistant, “he trusts Arjun.”

As the Admiral arrives in Ops, Fatima is going through Arjun Sethi’s e-mails. Nothing really jumps out. Getting everyone on comms or the phone, Kensi thinks that if Dr. Howard was as paranoid as he ex believed, maybe he never told Sethi about the moths. Sam and Rountree disagree – Sethi was supposed to know the lab inside and out. Even if he didn’t know exactly what the moths were being used for, he’d know that it was a classified DoD project.

A beep on Fatima’s tablet signifies that Sethi’s bank records are in. Not much money in the account but there was a crypto transfer of $5,000. Looking at the crypto account, there is $30,000, mostly coming from a company called Flow Genis. Fatima sees that Dr. Howard had a special company for his speaking engagements, maybe Sethi has a similar set-up. Checking, Flow Genis has been getting money from New Origin Talent. Sam and Rountree are sent to find Sethi.

Racing out of the lab, Sethi is taking a back staircase, panting as he runs down the stairs. Sam is on the landing below Sethi, Rountree on the landing above. He’s caught.

In interrogation, Sam explains to Sethi that they know he lied to NCIS about the pesticides and the missing moths. He can help himself by helping them find Dr. Winchester. Sethi has no idea where she is. “This was not part of the plan.” Rountree wants to know what is the plan. Sethi was paid to give “first looks” at Dr. Howard’s research. Explaining that Dr. Howard wouldn’t cooperate after Sethi tried to recruit him, Sethi tried to sell New Origin Talent offering a big grant to the lab. When Sam suggests Sethi set Dr. Howard up, Sethi assures them he did not. Sethi was sure he could convince Dr. Howard there was no harm in taking the money.

Sam tells Sethi he is in violation of the Patriot Act and his actions could be seen as treason. Asking one more time, Sam wants to know where Dr. Winchester is. Sethi knows about a lab in Shanghai. She could be on her way there.

Outside of interrogation, Sam and Rountree go the new boat shed armory. Fatima has intermittent tracking data from Dr. Winchester’s watch. It is near one of three airports on the Westside. She sees that New Origins Talent has a private jet at Santa Monica Airport – the watch beeps leaving the 10. Kensi and Deeks join Sam and Rountree.

With the SUV showing up on Kaleidoscope, Fatima tries to guide the Sam/Rountree and Kensi/Deeks to Dr. Winchester. Sam and Rountree cut them off but they are able to go in reverse to try to leave a street. Afraid to fire into the SUV and hit Dr. Winchester, Sam asks Fatima if she can switch off the SUV’s engine through vehicle security services.

Kensi and Deeks are able to cut off the SUV before it leaves the street. As the SUV barrels toward Sam and Rountree, Fatima is able to get the engine cut. Sam and Rountree get the bad guys out of the front of the SUV, Kensi rescues Dr. Winchester in the back of the SUV. Deeks finds the moths.

Returning to the office, Kensi finds a lovely floral arrangement on her desk. “You murdered flowers just for me,” she says to Deeks. Deeks said the flowers were already dead – no blood on his hands. Calling himself Mr. Romance, Deeks asks Kensi out on a date. Pulling something out of his back right pocket, there is a grade school way to ask if Kensi would be his girlfriend. In his back left pocket is tickets to see Gregory Alan Isakov at the Terrace Theater. Kensi is thrilled. Knowing they have so much on their plate, Deeks doesn’t want to lose what got them to where they are now. Though Deeks wouldn’t mind seeing Kensi in her torn up Levi’s – “a big part of our thing.” That’s why she wore them on every single date. Deeks thinks it feels like 10-years ago, he doesn’t want to lose their spark, lose “us” or lose Kensi. Kensi thinks Deeks could see a whole lot more of her. Deeks is going to call his mother to stay with Rosa – he and Kensi are going to have a standing date night. The two leave.

Kilbride finds Sam as he’s leaving. Dr. Winchester is out of the hospital. She’s banged up but OK. The DoD is happy with NCIS’s work and the moths are accounted for. Sam says in all his years as an agent, moth recovery was a first. Kilbride admits that what he loves about working with NCIS is that he does something new almost every day. Sam starts to talk about Kilbride’s job offer. Before he can say much, Kilbride hands Sam the envelope he was working on earlier. It was what he was given when he took over the job. He thought Hetty sent it but couldn’t prove it. Kilbride wasn’t thrilled with the idea of working with “a bunch of misfits” but Hetty knew the office needed him and that he needed the office. Handing Sam the envelope, Kilbride doesn’t want Sam to open it until he’s sure he is going to take the job. Admitting that in the past he’d have been an automatic no, Sam admits his life has changed “into something that I barely even recognize.” He’s reevaluating – setting “conscientious objectives”. Sam will give the Admiral an answer soon. Kilbride wants one in case he has to “leave this godforsaken job” for some reason. Besides, the Admiral tells Sam, “it is never too late to explore other pathways.” He learned that from his son, proving “you can teach old dogs new tricks.”

Sam gets into his car and starts to open the envelope. Thinking better of it, he says “You haven’t gotten me yet, Hetty.”

What head canon can be formed from here: According to the internet, “Sensu Lato” means "In the broad sense".

This was an incredibly talky episode. The basics were interesting but my attention kept floating away and that’s not usually a problem I have.

Callen’s absence was one of the best explained ones in a while. Of course the San Diego office would want Callen for a Russian arms dealer case.

If Dr. Howard thought someone was after him, wouldn’t he be more careful about his exit from the lab. He’s there late, it is dark, he leaves without his keys or anyone from campus security. Back when I was in college, if a student didn’t feel safe leaving, security would walk them to their car or to the bus stop. A fancy entomologist would get security if he asked, military background or not.

Sam’s future was interesting. I think his lack of interest in Rountree’s real estate dreams in the cut scene was Sam weighing being a field agent with someone young like Rountree and maybe being the Rountree’s boss down the road.

The Kensi and Deeks scenes were great. While I think Kensi is 100% right, it is admirable how much Deeks wants to be a great father – especially considering his past.

An average episode – the guts of the episode could have worked in any season – with a lot of talking.

Episode number: This is episode 18 of season 14, the 320th episode of 323. Winding down here.

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drwho-shipbracket · 2 years ago

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Initial Brackets!

[ID: All images in this post are brackets of the pairings listed below]

Bracket A Pairings:

Doctor/Corsair vs Caleera/Padrac

Donna Noble/Rose Tyler vs Valeyard/Vansell

Six/Peri Brown vs Rose Tyler/Raffalo

Rose Tyler/Gwenyth vs Six/Charley Pollard

Doctor/The Eleven vs The Eleven/Miskavel

Rose Tyler/Ianto Jones vs Valeyard/Master

Valeyard/Matrix vs Donna Noble/Stacey Campbell (Partners in Crime)

The Eleven/Helen Sinclair vs Doctor/Romana

Doctor/River Song/Rose Tyler vs Abby McPhail/Cleo Proctor/Shawna Thompson

Donna Noble/Lee McAvoy vs Valeyard/Death

Six/Hebe Harrison vs Rose Tyler/Toshiko Sato

The Eleven/Kandyman vs Seven/Ace McShane

Seven/Beevers!Master vs Rose Tyler/the TARDIS

Rose Tyler/Erisa Magambo vs Six/Mel Bush

Valeyard/Inspector Darkel vs Donna Noble/Rose Tyler/Martha Jones

Mel Bush/Ace McShane vs Doctor/Doctor

Bracket B Pairings:

Thirteen/Ada Lovelace vs Caleera | The Sonomancer/Liv Chenka/Helen Sinclair

Thirteen/Rose Tyler vs Thirteen/River Song

Thirteen/Jamie McCrimmon vs Thirteen/Jack Harkness/Rose Tyler

Thirteen/Yasmin Khan/River Song vs Thirteen/Jack Harkness

Thirteen/Clara Oswald vs Ryan Sinclair/Sonya Khan

Thirteen/Nikola Tesla vs Thirteen/Astos

Thirteen/Missy!Master vs Thirteen/Ace McShane

Ryan Sinclair/Trixabelle vs Thirteen/Claire Brown

Thirteen/Lord Byron vs Leela/Romana II

Thirteen/Solitract vs Thirteen/Mels Zucker

Thirteen/Swarm vs Thirteen/Yasmin Khan/Rose Tyler

Ryan Sinclair/Yasmin Khan vs Thirteen/Delgado!Master

Thirteen/Kate Stewart vs Ryan Sinclair/Tibo

Thirteen/Missy!Master/Rose Tyler vs Thirteen/Lumiat

Thirteen/Martha Jones vs Thirteen/Simm!Master

Leela/Vega vs Thirteen/Bill Potts

Bracket C Pairings:

Twelve/Nardole vs River Song/Martha Jones/Rose Tyler

Five/Tegan Jovanka/Nyssa of Traken vs Five/Tegan Jovanka

Twelve/Jack Harkness vs River Song/Liv Chenka

River Song/Martha Jones vs Twelve/Simm! Master

Twelve/Missy!Master/Simm!Master vs River Song/Jack Harkness

River Song/Clara Oswald vs Twelve/Rose Tyler

Twelve/River Song/Jack Harkness vs Four/Sarah Jane Smith

River Song/Jenny Flint vs Twelve/Missy!Master/River Song/Clara Oswald

Twelve/Missy!Master/River Song vs River Song/Madame Vastra

Four/Romana vs Twelve/Missy!Master/River Song/Rose Tyler

Twelve/Psi vs River Song/Kate Stewart

River Song/Toshiko Sato vs Twelve/Mels Zucker

Twelve/Dhawan!Master vs River Song/Rose Tyler

River Song/Liv Chenka/Helen Sinclair vs Twelve/Robin Hood

Five/Ainley!Master vs Four/Ainley!Master

River Song/Christina de Souza vs Twelve/Missy!Master/Clara Oswald

Bracket D Pairings:

Eleven/Amy Pond vs Craig Owens/Sophie

Missy!Master/Helen Sinclair vs Theta Sigma/Koschei (Academy Era)

Eleven/Handles vs Missy!Master/Petronella Osgood

Missy!Master/Martha Jones vs Eleven/Rosanna Calvierri

Eleven/Rory Williams vs Irving Braxiatel/Leela/Narvin/Romana

Master/Master vs Three/Jo Grant

Two/Jamie McCrimmon vs Missy!Master/Liv Chenka

Inquisitor Darkel/Pandora vs Eleven/Dhawan!Master

Eleven/Craig Owens vs Graham O’Brien/Dhawan!Master

Missy!Master/Kate Stewart vs One/Ian Chesterton/Barbara Wright

Three/Delgado!Master vs Missy!Master/Nardole

Missy!Master/Rose Tyler vs Eleven/Rose Tyler

Eleven/Lorna Bucket vs Missy!Master/Donna Noble

Missy!Master/River Song vs Three/Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart

Theta Sigma/Vansell vs Simm!Master/John Hart

Graham O’Brien/Grace O’Brien vs Eleven/Amy Pond/Rory Williams

Bracket E Pairings:

Ten/Clara Oswald vs Prem/Umbreem (Demons of the Punjab)

Yasmin Khan/Gat vs Ruth!Doctor/Yasmin Khan

Ten/Jackson Lake vs Bel/Inston-Vee Vinder

Alison Cheney/Bill Potts vs Ten/Jacobi!Master

Ten/Rose Tyler/Jack Harkness vs Ashildr/Orson Pink

Yasmin Khan/Martha Jones vs Ruth!Doctor/Lee Clayton

Ruth!Doctor/River Song vs Yasmin Khan/Clara Oswald

Heather/Bill Potts vs Ten/River Song

Ten/Missy!Master vs Jo Grant/Sarah Jane Smith

Yasmin Khan/Sally Sparrow vs Ruth!Doctor/Rose Tyler

Ruth!Doctor/Gat vs Rachel Jensen/Allison Williams

Alice O’Donell/Mason Bennet (Under the Lake) vs Ten/Simm!Master/Rose Tyler

Ten/Vislor Turlough vs Alice Cassini/May Cassini

Barbara Wright/Ian Chesterton vs Ruth!Doctor/Dhawan!Master

Ruth!Doctor/Lee Clayton/River Song vs Yasmin Khan/Rose Tyler

Jo Grant/Liv Shaw vs Ten/Donna Noble

Bracket F Pairings:

Nine/Missy!Master vs Livia/Romana

Martha Jones/Riley Vashtree vs Martha Jones/Tom Milligan

Bill Potts/Yasmin Khan vs Lucy Fletcher/Grant Gordon (The Return of Doctor Mysterio)

Sarah/Nick (Eve of the Daleks) vs Bill Potts/Rose Tyler

Nine/Rose Tyler/Jack Harkness/Mickey Smith vs Tania Bell/Liv Chenka/Helen Sinclair

Martha Jones/The Hath (The Doctor’s Daughter) vs Martha Jones/Donna Noble

Martha Jones/Clara Oswald vs Martha Jones/Bill Potts

Tim Lunn/Cass (Under the Lake) vs Nine/Rose Tyler/Jack Harkness

Nine/Rose Tyler/Mickey Smith vs Liv Chenka/Molly O’Sullivan

Martha Jones/Chantho vs Martha Jones/Rose Tyler

Bill Potts/The TARDIS vs Martha Jones/Mels Zucker

Liv Chenka/Helen Sinclair vs Shalka!Doctor/Shalka!Master

War!Doctor/War!Master vs Ivan/Ellie (Oxygen)

Elton Pope/Ursula Blake (Love and Monsters) vs Bill Potts/Jenny (The Doctor’s Daughter)

Martha Jones/Verity Newman vs Martha Jones/Jenny (The Doctor’s Daughter)

Tania Bell/Liv Chenka vs Nine/River Song

Bracket G Pairings:

Eight/Charley Pollard vs The Master/The Eleven

Jack Simmonds/Mickey Smith vs Jack Harkness/Amy Pond/Rory Williams

Ace McShane/Tegan Jovanka vs Nardole/Narvin

Nardole/Ramone vs Eight/Roberts!Master

Eight/Jack Harkness vs Sally Sparrow/Billy Shipton

Mel Bush/Hebe Harrison vs Jack Harkness/Lord Byron

Jack Harkness/Rose Tyler vs Ace McShane/Kate Stewart

Sally Sparrow/Larry Nightingale vs Eight/Grace Holloway

Eight/Fitz Kreiner vs Saibra/Psi (Time Heist)

Ace McShane/Yasmin Khan vs Jack Harkness/Martha Jones

Jack Harkness/Graham O’Brien vs Mike Yates/BOSS

Olistra/Veklin vs Eight/Jacobi!Master

Eight/River Song vs Tegan Jovanka/Nyssa of Traken

Marco Poly/Susan Foreman vs Ace McShane/Graham O’Brien

Jack Harkness/Ianto Jones/Rose Tyler vs Jack Harkness/Ashildr

Rigsy/Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart vs Eight/Dhawan!Master

Bracket H Pairings:

Clara Oswald/Ashildr vs Fourteen/Jack Harkness

Kate Stewart/Sarah Jane Smith vs Kate Stewart/Petronella Osgood

Clara Oswald/Mels Zucker vs Dhawan!Master/Yasmin Khan

Missy!Master/Clara Oswald vs Clara Oswald/Rigsy

Clara Oswald/Madame Vastra/Jenny Flint vs Gwen Cooper/Jack Harkness/Owen Harper/Ianto Jones/Toshiko Sato

Vansell/Sentris vs Dan Lewis/Karvanista

Dan Lewis/Diane vs Vansell/Narvin

Fourteen/Dan Lewis vs Clara Oswald/Rose Tyler

Clara Oswald/Jane Austen vs Fourteen/Rose Tyler

John Benton/Mike Yates vs Dan Lewis/Sarah Jane Smith

Dan Lewis/Graham O’Brien/Grace O’Brien vs Helen Sinclair/Jean (The Love Vampires)

Owen Harper/Norton Folgate vs Clara Oswald/Psi

Clara Oswald/Saibra vs Rani Chandra/Clyde Langer

Master/Alison Cheney vs Dan Lewis/Graham O’Brien

Kate Stewart/Jacqui McGee vs Romana/Vansell

Tenteen/Rose Tyler vs Clara Oswald/Clara Oswald

I hope you all enjoy!!

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