A former Navy SEAL turned best-selling author, is attacked by terrorists in Utah. Fatima and Kensi team up with a DOJ agent and a CIA agent (temporary Special Deputy Marshal) to save the Day... Read allA former Navy SEAL turned best-selling author, is attacked by terrorists in Utah. Fatima and Kensi team up with a DOJ agent and a CIA agent (temporary Special Deputy Marshal) to save the Day.A former Navy SEAL turned best-selling author, is attacked by terrorists in Utah. Fatima and Kensi team up with a DOJ agent and a CIA agent (temporary Special Deputy Marshal) to save the Day.
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Chris O'Donnell
- G. Callen
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Eric Christian Olsen
- Marty Deeks
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- TriviaKensi demonstrates her ability to speak Portuguese in this episode. Daniela Ruah is of Portuguese descent so speaks the language fluently, along with English, Italian and Spanish.
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What happened?
Okay, I missed 1,5 seasons, so I kind of jumped in the middle a few episodes ago. But when you step into it after this time, the shock becomes quite big. Wow, what happened here?
And I'm not talking about what I missed in the storyline.
The acting and interaction between the characters has gone from relaxed and natural to very awkward! Not just this episode. This one is the 3th I have seen now, and it goes for all of them.
Some of it is the script, take Kensi and her foster daughter at the beginning of this episode for example. They've been in close contact for over a year (I mean, they live in the same house, right?) but their conversation feels incredibly stiff and forced and doesn't show any sign of close contact or personal knowledge. It makes me think of a scene between a teenager and someone who has no connection with children/teens at all and now suddenly has to babysit for a fortnight or so. I understand that there are probably some learning curves in their (Kensi and Rosa) relationship that clearly affect the bond between them. But you do get to know each other over time, right? It feels like they are strangers. (Opposed to the end, still a bit forced but at least it shows Kensie having some knowledge about Rosa's life.) And Namazi and Roundtree... I think the writers are trying too hard to copy the funny banter between Eric and Nell in this relationship. They even pick the same subject: Roundtree's clothes now versus Eric's clothes then!
But it's more than that. Even with parts that are totally okay line-wise, it just feels unnatural. Some parts are laid on too thick, others just have a weird feeling. I am wondering if there is tension on set that creeps into the acting. Or are there just too many actors who have no chemistry together?
I agree with others that it is not very handy to leave out such a large part of the regular crew in an episode (I also think it is a cost-saving measure). It is difficult enough to accommodate the departure of 1 or 2 people. 3 is just too much. Especially because there is no consistency due to the change per episode. No company works very well if more than half of the staff consists of varying temporary workers, and this also appears to be true for a set playing a company. It is not even that I miss the normal characters (which I do..) but more that you do not really get to know the ones you do see, so I'm not that invested in wanting them to survive or anticipating quirky little 'typically them' remarks or actions.
The story from this week itself, well it was okay. Not great, not bad either. But all above brought it down. And again agreeing with some other reviewer, Sabatino had a change of character. So any stability gotten out of using a slightly known character in replacement for the normal crew disappears in that. Dispite the story being okay, I had trouble watching the episode through.
And I'm not talking about what I missed in the storyline.
The acting and interaction between the characters has gone from relaxed and natural to very awkward! Not just this episode. This one is the 3th I have seen now, and it goes for all of them.
Some of it is the script, take Kensi and her foster daughter at the beginning of this episode for example. They've been in close contact for over a year (I mean, they live in the same house, right?) but their conversation feels incredibly stiff and forced and doesn't show any sign of close contact or personal knowledge. It makes me think of a scene between a teenager and someone who has no connection with children/teens at all and now suddenly has to babysit for a fortnight or so. I understand that there are probably some learning curves in their (Kensi and Rosa) relationship that clearly affect the bond between them. But you do get to know each other over time, right? It feels like they are strangers. (Opposed to the end, still a bit forced but at least it shows Kensie having some knowledge about Rosa's life.) And Namazi and Roundtree... I think the writers are trying too hard to copy the funny banter between Eric and Nell in this relationship. They even pick the same subject: Roundtree's clothes now versus Eric's clothes then!
But it's more than that. Even with parts that are totally okay line-wise, it just feels unnatural. Some parts are laid on too thick, others just have a weird feeling. I am wondering if there is tension on set that creeps into the acting. Or are there just too many actors who have no chemistry together?
I agree with others that it is not very handy to leave out such a large part of the regular crew in an episode (I also think it is a cost-saving measure). It is difficult enough to accommodate the departure of 1 or 2 people. 3 is just too much. Especially because there is no consistency due to the change per episode. No company works very well if more than half of the staff consists of varying temporary workers, and this also appears to be true for a set playing a company. It is not even that I miss the normal characters (which I do..) but more that you do not really get to know the ones you do see, so I'm not that invested in wanting them to survive or anticipating quirky little 'typically them' remarks or actions.
The story from this week itself, well it was okay. Not great, not bad either. But all above brought it down. And again agreeing with some other reviewer, Sabatino had a change of character. So any stability gotten out of using a slightly known character in replacement for the normal crew disappears in that. Dispite the story being okay, I had trouble watching the episode through.
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