Comments on: ‘NCIS’ season 12, episode 21 preview: Tony’s jealousy; tension between Gibbs, Bishop

By: liz laughlin

liz laughlin — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 19:39:00 +0000

The question is “why?” The only two answers that I can see are defending Cote de Pablo and the Sarah Silverman video. Except for TPTB getting torqued.out of shape over one or both of those, what other reason can they have? Why pay him big $ when he could now be replaced with a potted plant or Bozo the clown? The only answer to that is that the fans like him and they are already bleeding viewers. The average viewership is still below season 6— 2.51 (18-49 demo) and 17.70 mil average. (Those numbers would be to die for for any other show but not for this show.) My guess is that if they got rid of MW entirely thy could drop another million viewers very quickly .

My mom used to call this cutting off your nose to spite your face–punishing someone in a way that causes more damage to you than the one being punished.

For anyone who is a JAG fan, TV Guide has a great article written in 2005 explaining what caused that show to be cut when they still averaged about 10 million viewers. It’s still available on the net. Search for JAG’s Star:Why…

By: Lorraine64

Lorraine64 — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 15:39:00 +0000

In reply to sadtonyfan. My thoughts exactly! :-(

By: Dido Twite

Dido Twite — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 14:42:00 +0000

In reply to sadtonyfan. Agreed, this is clearly going to be another humiliate Tony episode.

By: Dido Twite

Dido Twite — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 14:41:00 +0000

Bishop hasn’t shaped jack., She has no role on the team. She was given a lobotomy, does no analysis, and even though Gibbs promised to get tough, he coddled her as much as ever. I was not aware that Gibbs’ new training method is to treat an agent like a helpless child, give no training, then take them to a war zone. This isn’t tough love, this is a bad boss. I’m sure she will magically get out of it, everyone will praise her for the little she does, and Gibbs will gaze proudly. But when they get home, nothing will change. She will still be a weak little girl who cares more about gossip than doing her job.

By: sadtonyfan

sadtonyfan — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 00:36:00 +0000

Get your facts straight. McGee won’t be replacing Tony, he’ll be replacing Gibbs. In an almost identical humiliate Tony B plot in season 8, Tony was destined to be the face on a recruitment brochure only to be replaced by Gibbs. The joke was of course how stupid and disappointed the whole thing made Tony look. As a Tony fan, it was humiliating and this sounds like the same unflattering “joke.” No thanks. The rage of tptb to make Gibbs and McGee look valuable and Tony look like a buffoon is handled with all the subtlety of a sledge hammer. Oh well, the McGee and Gibbs are awesome and Tony is an idiot writing continues. Mission accomplished.