Reviews

Always liked Peter Davison..infact all the actors in this series were favs. Of mine..Brian Glover..etc..the story is a good one with nice touches and not that easy to work out which I like...good for the old brain cells..never suspected the doc..but of course a lot of whodunnits and crime progs...it's the one person who stays close to the case that's the killer.

One goof though..when Campion looks around the door at a drugged Lugg on the bed it's Glover...but when he falls on the bed during the fight with the doc...it's another actor...bit of an error there I thought..maybe they had to have a stuntguy instead of Glover in case he was hurt accidentally..which of course would be strange as Glover was also a very good wrestler who could easily take bumps and bruises..great cast and very watchable..

A good plot this one..nice follow up Ep...plenty of action ...twists and turns..one of the best "new" NCIS...so far.

But the ending has me baffled..who is this guy at the end Torres wants to kill..cant be his dad..because he has already been in the show...remember Ep.."Sangre" his undercover CiA dad...so who is this guy.?...a relation...uncle...friend of the family..someone who double crossed him or his family and almost had them killed before they had to flee after their dad had to go quickly..leaving Nick and family..destitute..and having to go to their aunts to stay..no doubt all will be revealed next season..but usually a reveal is just that ..a complete reveal telling the viewer who the stranger is...NOT in this case for some reason and a bit fraustrating. Ah well roll on next season and we will find out who the stranger is then.

I really enjoyed this episode...a lot of laughs...worth watching for Kensi take out of two baddies with a tray... that girl sure can kick ass...interesting they mentioned Ukraine.very topical...but not overdone...I like these quirky episodes..something a bit different..great to see Arkady in a prominent role in this one and his stand off witb his Ex girlfriend Mira was hilarious...and quite moving at the end ...great stuff..story line good and liked the idea of the auctioned piece being Russian and an Oligarch trying to sell the faberge egg , after his slush fund was sanctioned , although they didn't say Faberge in the show. I never usually give full marks but for this one 10/10.

Yep...not a bad episode...maybe at times too many characters in one place at one time .. I lik crossovers and i think this one worked and good its a continued epeosode...But..

I thought their prisoner protested too much and also the guy was a top hacker...surely that must have been a clue for the agents that he was the raven...also as someone said already the Russian guy died in 2012 as per the poster. I worked out he must be the raven the second time they talked to him.

So I would have given the episode a six but gave it a seven because of the crossover..

Also watch the relationships dont overdo it ...the focus should be on the crime and catching criminals,,,

All in all writers could be more deceptive in their writing and try to fool us better...jeez even Murder she wrote episodes were harder to work out than this one...

Nope just didn't work...absolute nonsense

1 / In his nightmares John not once ever dreamed of blowing up innocent embassy staff..

2 / We are expected to believe Harry would give John his gun after he told Harry the supposed truth about tbe bombing

3/ Why would they risk shooting Maya by shooting at the car when a chopper is minutes away and would stop them

4 / All in all they were so up themselves ...this series was supposed to be about stopping terrorists... but end of series 9 ..was far too much about them...more like a spy version of Emmerdale..or the worst soap.. Crime of passion...Eh !!! Come on.. very disappointing.

Albany story was a good idea but the john story pretty garbage.

This was a good episode...creepy scarecrows...liked the scarecrows in the pews in the church...really bizzare...

BUT.....spoiled by the scene where the hubby says to his wife " come on we agreed hand it over "....at which point she handed him her smartphone.

Now I discounted a secret lover possibly I thought online shopaholic

no that wouldnt really be a good storyline

one thing left....gambling addiction on online casinos.

What they should have done is not shown the phone at that point and kept us guessing as to what the hubby meant.

So from that point it was fairly easy to work out what was happening even although I didnt guess the perpetrators.

Ok the end twist was clever...but shame about the phone scene.

This was a very strange episode...all over the place...Salvo's infatuation for the young forensic scientist and looking vague with too many pauses throughout.

A weird guy who had power over his cast members...and made them do "Trials"...eh whaaaaat !!!

Some really weird stuff ..totally ridiculous plot.. Wax dummy that sidekick didnt spot wasn't real.

C'mon who wrote this garbage.

I like black humour but this verged on insanity...and finally...two things Salvo ends livia by phone ..eh what !!

And instead of double bluffing us with the girl disappearing into the distance on the train after saying goodbye to Salvo..

what did the writers do....

.. The obvious that any fool knew was coming and could have worked out..namely... she got off the train to be with Salvo...everybody ..aaah..what a load of crock..earlier she made it very clear she wanted to be single..also she was going to a better job...I think they made this episode deliberately so bad that viewers and fans would never want another one...poor show...is all I can say ..going out with a wimper.

Ps...only feeble excuse I can give is the fact covid was still going strong when they filmed it..so maybe had to make adjustments to suit and maybe had problems...but still had a writing time schedule to stick too. Still.. a poor ending episode to a great series.

This was a good episode with a serious problem theme..in the abuse of young women by handlers who got them to steal from their guardians...

But it was spoiled for me by the old pervert who drilled a hole in his bathroom wall to watch his young 22yr old guest bathing .Montalbano on hearing this , and also the fact the old pervert had tried to pay the girl for sex which she refused.. ,, instead of arresting him simply ignored what the old pervert said and carried on looking at the pictures of the naked girl the old pervert had taken when the girl was unaware.

Salvo was only seemingly interested in the tattoo. I did find that part distasteful and unbelievable that Salvo hadn't arrested the old pervert.very surprised no other reviewers mentioned this ...a shame because quite a good episode apart from the pervert who for me spoiled the episode. Because of this only giving episode 4 stars .

Watched first prog after seeing a trailer on Scottish news...

Great for Visit Scotland...but after that total dross...

Ok so we have to believe its an entertainment show first...and real truthful events second ...

But really the trick with hearing p pipe sounds being played back on a digital recorder..c'mon..obviously they used two recorders and played back the so called US mediums' effort on the hidden one...the sound was far more faint..than the shown recorder..

If it was real it would be world news ...stop press "pixies alive and living in a Scottish castle play pipes on TV show "

What a joke ..

If its not true and a load of hunkum ...

WHAT IS THE POINT OF MAKING A PROGRAM LIKE THIS....

read Randys' offer of a million dollars for anyone who can prove such stuff...so far in around 15 yrs...NO ONE HAS CAME FORWARD WITH ABSOLUTE PROOF to try and claim the cash

I wish all that on the program was true but as they say nowadays

Fake news...

This was a good episode..acting as usual..high standard..penelope wilton as usual top drawer.....but I was left asking myself why , if she admitted having sex with a minor...she was not arrested at the end ...very puzzling ..can anyone explain ?

Plot wasn't too bad..nice twist with the fingers guy ...whistler part , a bit more , is good because it lets us see more of her dept and what she does instead of previously concentrating on her relationship or walking in and out the NCIS office...characters are starting to come together .. I do think though they should transition Jane Tennant into main NCIS show by away of a joint op ...and make her the new Gibbs...needs to have an injection of pace with a sassy woman boss...iether her or Abby from the NCIS coastguard episodes.

I agree with most of the other reviewers....even worse than the cowboy singing episode...too disjointed ...nuff said...oh and Mcgee got shot ...really.!!!...why didnt gibbs shoot the pilot....

This ep. Was off the wall.... I thought the lawyer looked a bit shady...but being a friend of the victim all his life...find it difficult to believe he could execute her Or had her executed...did he know about her illness...that was never really explained..and may have been a reason for a mercy killing which would have been more believable if he knew she was terminally ill and arranged for her own execution.

I think that would have been a better concept. Also isn't it great that suddenly after all these happy years with his client and friend probably going for dinner etc..after killing her son..this guy breaks down with sorrow...c'mon who you kiddin'.

Like the hologram idea though.

All in all I'm still scratching my head over this episode...

1/ Was the admiral related to the spy ?

2/ The admiral took a huge risk in what he did...if the guys HAD given her a gun...what would she have done.

3/ why was a phone call allowed ,surely if they can track the bad guys the bad guys can track them.

4/ what was the admirals plan ...he must have known her fellow crew would try to rescue her so what was the point of a safehouse with his team sitting ducks.where was the back up.?

5/ Having an adoring daughter who had a loving mum all those years who as a sleeper gave up her life ...was she protecting her daughter because she had no choice ?

6/ Too many unbelievable parts in this episode.. with a lot of questions .

7/ I worked out the ending with her as the spy because everything pointed to that...otherwise the episode would just have been another shoot out...

8/ Only thing I didnt see coming was the admirals involvement in the spy shooting.

9/ Did leave a bit of discomfort not telling his team the truth...but telling the interrogator...if they find out could be problems for the admiral .

10/ another series with Mr Shatner springs to mind describing this episode

" Weird or what "

Not a bad episode..not the best but will get better when the killers are being tracked in the next episodes..and Gibbs hopefully is back with his team..although I think Mcgee will have more of a say after his speech to Gibbs..who was impressed.

More of straight story..not enough twists in the tale.