NCIS: LA - The 3rd Choir

NCIS is so nice to us fans, having the episode title immediately after the opening credits. Makes my job easier. [Unrelated, this is my 200th post on this blog! Yaaay!! I'm not sure if that's an accomplishment, or just a sign that I have too much time on my hands. I'm going with the former.]

And Nate's baaack!! It's always a good day when Peter Cambor guest stars.
But here's the thing - obviously he's there to help Nell deal with shooting someone. But at the end of last episode, Callen says 'she'll be fine'. Guess not.

Also, does anyone else miss Hetty's giant Harry-Potter-esque round glasses?

"I never look back, darling, it distracts me from the now." 

Callen is taking money out of a vault in a cemetery. This is weird. Also, Eric's mom called him 'Beale'. And Eric likes eating cereal! Me too! ... Now I want Mini Wheats.

Deeks didn't get a bimbo pregnant - and Kensi guesses his stripper stage name is 'Dirty Deeks'. And the two of them doth protest too much when Granger asks to talk to them. Be cool, guys, be cool!!! There's no sign of the bad guy Mattias - or Nell. This isn't good.

Apparently it was Callen's own money in the cemetery vault. He does what he wants, regardless of Granger's opinions. They go on Hetty's version of 'code red' and lock down the Ops room to have secretive discussions about how they can't trust anyone outside of the team.

The pig-headed guy running the hearing tells Hetty that her people are 'not her family' so she just walks out. What a boss. And then they try to lock down the building - so she activates the fire alarm and jumps out a window. It's possible, she says, that she's getting too old for this. Never! I say.

Hetty might be a fan of Lethal Weapon.

Eric is such a sweetie and calls Nell asking if she's ok... Awwww. And then there's a knock at her door (repeatedly, impatiently) and IT'S NATE!!! Shit, she really must be scared, she answered the door holding a gun!! I love the friendship they have - although I find it weird, since they weren't really on the show together for very long (she showed up at the beginning of Season 2, he left at the beginning of season 3, and has reappeared about 7 times since then). I also think it's interesting that they use the sweet little innocent girl to represent the fact that the 'bad guys' they kill are actually people.

Deeks hates cockroaches. This is a hilarious turn of events. Hetty stowed away on an airplane full of soldiers. She also has a message for the congressman - she thinks he's an ass. What a lady.

Oh yes, ONE guy with a ringing phone in the middle of a crowded boardwalk is clearly incriminating - although they were right, and then get shot at by a sniper. Why has nothing blown up yet this season?

Friendly reminder: G Callen does what he wants. Granger told Sam to 'keep him under control' and I have to laugh, because honestly, do you think Callen cares? I really hope Granger turns out to be the bad guy - he's so annoying.

Scary clipboard lady is back, and is hitting on Sam a little bit - then he tells her he's married, and she's surprised. Awkward. He's amused. And so is Callen. They're hilarious. I love their dynamic.

Granger doesn't believe in the idea of the soul, but Nate does. And Granger's rushing Nell's return to the field, which is incredibly stupid.

Nate is smart. We listen to Nate here, Granger!!!!

Kensi is as excited to see him as I am - also he's well aware of the Densi dynamic. Hetty is also concerned about Nell and the fact that she's stayed home from work, which is kind of sweet.

Callen is stupid and rushes into a gang member's house because they supposedly were holding the bad guy as a captive as a favour to Callen and Sam - and all the gang guys are dead and there's a grenade and FINALLY there's an explosion!! *Cue dramatic diving out the window from several different angles*

Somehow the bad guy tracked their car, so he found the boatshed, and knows where Ops is too - Eric freaked out when they told him, and he didn't have time to divert Hetty before she showed up there, and Mattias did too. But he doesn't even know Eric's right there?! She's scarily calm and he threatens to inject her with something - until clipboard lady shows up at a most inopportune time, and gives Hetty a chance to shoot him, but he injures clipboard lady in the process (and then shoots her again as she's lying injured, because he's an asshole like that). Nell shows up at a convenient time and gets Hetty out of harm's way, then the rest of the team shows up out of nowhere and surround him.

She offers up her own version of 'I never look back, darling' - "That's your problem, Mattias. Too much nostalgia". She shoots him in the knee and blames it on a 'touchy trigger' (yeah no one is buying that Hetty, but nice try). Then Nate is randomly there, and Nell nods at him which somehow means she's now fine. *Magic* Hetty gets the final word, as always, that it's 'Nice to be home' and I'm sure I speak for all of us when I say we're glad to have her back!!

But who was the supposed 'leak' in their security?? And while we're at it, asking questions about this show that will likely never be answered -

WHAT THE HELL IS IN THAT BOX?!!