All teenagers in the US do it. In fact, if you see a teenager anywhere who isn’t doing it, you might want to snap a quick picture, because it’s infecting them all at an alarming rate.

You guessed it: staring at their cell phones as if it is telling them the secrets to the Universe.

Guess who else does it occasionally?

G Callen.

So it begs the question that many a good fan are wondering: what is he looking at???

Is he texting? Some ask.

Studying cases. Some say.

Reading the news!
Watching stocks?
Finishing that Russian book on a phone reader.
Browsing the World Wide Web.

Good grief, the list is endless! Really there is no telling what is so interesting on his phone. All we truly know is that he has to go into multitasking mode whenever he does it, half listening to his peers, half using his cell phone. (He gets that look on his face that simply falls under “multitasking.” Like the times he’s trying to figure out flashbacks while listening to a person talk… I always thought it was rude of that person for not halting their blabbing so he could finish his flashback in peace. Alas, another rant for another post.)

Here’s the GOOD news.

We can pretty well guess what ISN’T on that cell phone screen.

1. He is NOT checking Facebook. Callen doesn’t do The FB. (And he thinks we’re idiots for doing it.)
2. He’s not watching YouTube. If he needs to know about something on YouTube, he’s certain Eric and Nell will tell him about it. (Of course he knows that Hetty occasionally browses YouTube. It was his first sign that she was human and not some super spy soldier woman hatched in a lab.)
3. He’s not planning dinner. It’s L.A.; lots of places to eat out.
4. He’s not checking on the video cameras that guard Ops.
5. He isn’t logging a tally of who wins arguments on his Team. (He wins all of them, anyway.)
6. He is NOT doing any sort of mathematics.
7. He’s not Googling Lady Gaga. Again, if he needs to know, someone will tell him. (No one keeps up with The Gaga like Hetty.)
8. He’s not finding e-mails that stump him, since nothing stumps him. Ever. EVER.
9. He is definitely NOT trying to find a way to take over the world. (Even though he could, and all of us think he should.)

What do YOU think?

#CallensCellPhone

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Callen reminisces…

Before there was Sam.
“I miss those days.” Callen lies.

Their first mission together.
“I went in first!” Callen protests.

Sam being there when he thought he was dead.
“G!!!” Sam’s voice echoes around Callen. “Stay with me!!”

Sam being maternal.
“Sam, how many times do we have to go over this?” Callen warns. “You are my partner, not my mother.”

Sam letting him crash at his place.
Sam being there when he learned about Alina, Amy, and Clara.
Sam being forgiving even when he let him down with Moe.
Sam putting up with his attitude.

Sam saving his behind.
“You’re like the lone wolf until your butt’s on the line,” Sam scoffs, “and then you expect me to come to your rescue.”

Sam throwing him under the bus.
“No donut, no love.” Sam says, matter-of-fact.

Partners for five years and more.

“We’ve been together for longer than most married couples in this city.” Callen says with an amused look on his face.

Callen reminisces and always realizes:
He’s at his best with the Big Guy at his side.

#CallenandSam

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The poll is complete. The votes are in. The results?

Team Callen may love the man in uniform, and may totally dig the man in jeans, but our hearts go wild when he’s wearing a tuxedo.

Callen Undercover Outfit Fan Favorite Winner: The Tuxedo.

Black, not white. Bow-tie, no neck tie. Pressed, not stressed. Smirking, not lurking. Girl, please. I’ll take two to go.

Behold. The final scene from Season 2, Episode 7:

Deeks: Callen? Come on, man. Chicks really dig the James Bond look.
Callen: Well, I don’t think a little male bonding would hurt anyone. Sam?
Hanna: Hmph. Somebody’s gotta keep you two fools out of trouble.
Deeks: This is what I’m talking about. Because this is going to be awesome! I know the perfect spot, too. We are going to make out like bandits!
HETTY APPEARS
Deeks: Ooo.
Hetty: Gentlemen. Going somewhere?
Callen: Just going to grab a little celebratory cocktail on a job well done.
Hetty: Not in my tuxedos, you’re not.
Hanna: We’ll only be a few hours, Hetty. We won’t get into any fights or anything.
Hetty: March!
Deeks: Now I know how Cinderella felt with her evil stepmother.
Hetty: I heard that, Mr. Deeks.

The undercover assignment was a success. The after-party, however, was not.
Pretty sure Callen, Hanna, and Deeks fans were all severely disappointed.
I mean, I’m still frowning about it.

Back to Callen.

Discussing why we would like him dressed in this hottness over all the rest, our sindee made this observation: “I think it was no surprise that the tuxedo won. It’s always the opposite of the “usual” clothing that people dig. Since Callen dresses like “Oliver Twist” people love seeing him in a suit or tuxedo.”

Point well taken. It really does take Hetty’s genius to pull our hero into clothing that is epic to look at. The formal shirts, the leather jackets, the stark blue dress shirts, the uniforms… these all pop in contrast to the shirt & jeans mixture that Callen usually wears. The tuxedo was just the highest form of “clothing high” we’ve gotten from G to date.

If Callen, himself, had anything to say about it, he’d be wearing the exact same thing undercover.
No variation.
No panache.
Nothing.
Just jeans and a casual shirt.
Again.
And Again.
And yet again…

Team Callen: Thank you, Hetty!!! You are epic!!! Don’t stop!

If we were to see Callen in another tuxedo situation- which we all hope we will- are there any modifications you would make to the look Hetty had him in last time? Tell us in the Comments below.

#CallenTuxedo

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The Five Steps of Grief.

The pep talks.

The threats.

All ways that Callen comforts the big guy.

Let’s see… Does Callen know how to comfort Sam properly, or not?

Oh. Right. There’s also that sarcastic thing he does.

Maybe not.

 
But, G Callen does know Sam Hanna and what makes him tick.

Aww. See?

That was downright sweet.

“Do you want a hug?” -Callen

#CallenComfortsSam

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It’s the basis of any good crush: what does he sound like?

Ladies, hang onto your hats, we’re talking about Callen’s language skills.

We all agree, right? There’s something incredibly sexy about the way a guy can speak a language that we don’t know. Have the man tell me my hair looks bad in Spanish, I’ll bat my eyelashes. Have him tell me I’m “a bit of a brumby” with that Australian accent, I’ll giggle like a school girl in the presence of Justin Bieber.

See, it doesn’t matter the words, so much as the flare.
And it doesn’t matter the meaning, so much as the mystery.

When we first heard Callen speak Russian, even with the sound of cold consonants, oh, yes, Team Callen got the shivers, and it had nothing to do with cold.

The questions he posed in Spanish during the first episode. Did anyone else grin stupidly at their television, just eating it up?

What about the “language battle” of sorts with Lauren Hunter? Waltzing through Polish, Russian, German, Italian, French…

Half of us were on the floor. Wait, someone get the smelling salts. We lost a few back there.

We love how everything is translated for us, but let’s be clear: we’d be just fine without fully knowing what’s being said. (I mean, we can Google Translate it later.) We just want the man to speak. Let him get angry and yell it in Russian or Romanian. Let him whisper insults at Deeks’ hair in Polish or Italian. Tell Sam a joke in Spanish. Just let us listen. Please.

The episode where Callen has to speak Chechen to infiltrate the terrorist cell? Even in fumbling through his declension and having Hetty correct him over and over, it was something to behold.

I would love to see a full discussion between Hetty and Callen in another language, just so we could listen to how he sounds for a longer period of time. The last time we had meaningful language fun between the two of them, Russian Scrabble was involved. THAT was fun. A Twitter shout-out for the person who can tell me what episode THAT fun was from.

The rest of you: what language would you like to hear G Callen speak in?

#LanguagesOfCallen

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