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Higher Power (3×11) review by @phillydi

First up is last night’s holiday themed episode entitled Higher Power written by Joe Sachs. The NCIS team has to locate a classified device called a Flux Generator stolen from a college research facility with the power to destroy Los Angeles if placed in the wrong hands. Of course, the best part of this series is when the back story features the wonderfully created characters by Shane Brennan. We get to find out more about Sam, the father, as he tries to track down a highly sought-after pony for his daughter’s Christmas present. And lo and behold the Eric/Nell partnership is moved along a little bit as Eric meets Nell’s parents…inadvertently! Will he ever find out what Nell told her family about him? Perhaps that he is an avid collector of action figurines? I was also surprised that Eric and Nell’s family are not aware of what they do for a living and that they maintain undercover personas as tv news editors and professional gamblers. Interesting! Back with the Densi partnership, Deeks is hoping to join Kensi this year in her holiday travels but it looks like she is taking a solo trip back to Hawaii. Hmm, a meet up with Danno, perhaps? Will Deeks eventually find out? Looks like this could be the back drop for what is coming up next between the two.

The story focuses on DOD researcher, Professor Gareth Carlyle who is an expert of electromagnetic pulses or EMP. EMP can give off invisible blasts of microwavable energy that can destroy any piece of electronic equipment. Actually I have a four legged pug that can do the same without the microwavable energy…but that’s another story. After they find out that the professor made off with his own prototype, he confesses he stole it so he can blow up the engineering department in order to warn the world of the legitimacy of an EMP threat. But before the team is able to contain the generator, they find it isstolen again. Once they establish that there are a handful of students who know about his work, Kensi (with a new hairdo) and Deeks (with a god-awful knit hat) go undercover to find the possible thief among the group of graduate students.

When they steal another instrument which will act like an amplifier when used together with the generator, the stakes are raised (Deeks is pretty sure his surge protector won’t help! Actually LOL!). So now the whole of Los Angeles is threatened and it isn’t good. The updated design would disrupt all power sources causing, rioting, disease, trauma, dehydration, and starvation. Definitely enough going on here to cancel Christmas for sure!

After season two’s Christmas episode, Disorder, I was looking forward to how the team would be spending the holidays again this season. Although not as satisfying as the re-gifting caper by Hetty, the team’s mandatory holiday party, the hunt for the illusive pony, and Deeks search for Kensi’s holiday destination made it fun to watch.

Despite all the Christmas cheer going around, this was a dark episode at times and the last 20 minutes were pretty tense. Although I’m not sure I buy the premise of destroying all of LA just to pay off college loans, I did enjoy watching the final 15 minutes of the show. Sam finds a Plan B just in time to avoid mass destruction of the city! The final action sequence was spectacular, with Sam and Callen catapulting over the building just in time to avoid a spectacular display of fireworks when the generator blows up!

Here’s some highlights of the episode:

Best line of the show:
Eric: Have you considered leggos?
Sam: How about I break your leggos

Deeks’ Moments:
Sam is describing the Parker Pony that he needs to find for his daughter:
Sam: She talks. She flaps her wings and she responds to 30 commands.
Kensi: Oh! Five more than Deeks!

Looks like ECO had fun going undercover as the janitor:
Be careful with your crumbs I just swept that whole area yesterday!
Whatever happen to keggers and toga parties?

Kensi: Did you not take high school physics?
Deeks: No I was pretty much just focused on Marsha DeLuca’s skirt.

Kensi demanding that Deek’s take off his shirt to short out the exploding coil. But it will need to be wet when they throw it at the coil. Kensi suggests he urinates on the shirt.
Deeks: You know this isn’t going to work, I have a shy bladder!
Kensi: Deeks! Pee or perish!

Student: You’re hanging out with the janitor?
Deeks: Ooh that hurts.

Student: Do I get a lawyer?
Kensi: I don’t know…have you been naughty or nice?
Deeks: Ten bucks on naughty.

Densi Watch:
Of course every review will need a Densi watch to cover how the relationship is going between our two favorite partners. It was fun and heartbreaking to see Deeks searching for clues as to where Kensi is spending her Christmas holiday. When he finally takes a wild guess that Kensi is off to Hawaii, he tries to tag along, but Kensi has ‘secret lady business’? Doesn’t sound too good for Deeks does it.? Although he was a good sport in giving Kensi a gift to use in Hawaii, what’s all the secrecy about? Obviously Kensi is doing something she knows Deeks won’t be happy about. Is she still pouting about being left in the dark after Deeks was fired in the last episode? Is Kensi doing what Kensi does best and taking 3 steps back after taking two steps forward in her ever complicated relationship with Deeks? There’s certainly a storm brewing and we’ll find out more in the second half of the season as hinted by one the writers of the show. But will it be enough to make Densi fans happy? We will have to wait to find out the next step in this dance….but I know I’m definitely looking forward to the second half of the season!

Free Ride (4×10) Review by Phillydi

Free Ride (4×10)

WRITTEN BY: Tim Clemente and R. Scott Gemmill
DIRECTED BY: Jonathan Frakes

It wouldn’t be Christmas without a holiday episode from the cast and crew of NCIS LOS ANGELES. This is the second holiday episode directed by Jonathan Frakes. From all the location pictures taken during the filming, it looks like Mr. Frakes and the crew spent a fun time together. This is the first script from Tim Clemente since Season One (Blood Brothers) and it was also co-written with R. Scott Gemmill. The team is investigating the death of one of their own. I may be mistaken, but I think this is the first time Callen and the crew has gone on location aboard a US Navy ship. As a trainer for the Navy, I spent many hours on board ship and it was nice to see the gang actually working in a naval environment.

The opening scene finds special agent afloat Niles lying dead at the bottom of a ladder and it seems Christmas is going to have to wait for the crew as they fly out to the USS Van Buren to investigate. (Much of this episode was filmed on board the decommissioned USS Iowa which is now a museum in the Port of Los Angeles.). I really enjoyed Deeks’ rant about flying in the C2 Greyhound. Having flown in one of the aircrafts, I can really appreciated his apprehension!

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While Callen interrogates the two enlisted men who may have had something to do with the death of the NCIS agent, Deeks is in search of a Starbucks. (Wait until he finds out his morning coffee is going to come out of a huge urn. LOL!) Getting a bit bored with his tour of the ship (and lack of interest from his pretty escort) Deeks decides it’s time to go undercover. Poor Sam, he has to get Deeks out of trouble already. But being the exceptional undercover agent that he is, Deeks has discovered the first clue… Niles was killed somewhere else on the ship.

Meanwhile, Kensi is involved in apprehending the ship’s Master Chief who has gone crazy attacking crew members. The cause is attributed to cocaine toxicity. All of a sudden, there are a lot sailors and marines testing positive for drug use on this ship and Callen is having a hard time trying to convince the Executive Officer there is a drug problem. The team surmises that Niles was killed when he discovered who was smuggling the drugs on board. With everybody denying the drug use, is there a set up going on? Or is someone trying to sabotage the ship? With a ship this big, it’s not going to be easy tracking down the evidence they need to find the murderer, not to mention how hard it will be to watch each other’s back. Too many strange things going on here and when Deeks is missing in action after finding where Niles was actually killed… the team goes into full search and rescue mode to find the killer.

This episode is based on a real-life FBI case. Tim Clemente was a former FBI agent who worked undercover in narcotics and drug smuggling. It seems crazy that smugglers can conceal cocaine in paint, concrete and plaster… but Mr. Clemente should know. In our story the cocaine leaked into the food supply from the paint and caused the cocaine toxicity when ingested by the crew.

How great was it to see Hetty show up on board dressed in full flight gear!??? I was so happy to see she had to be with her team at the holidays even if she sends Sam home to spend Christmas with his own family. Did you ever see Sam so happy? And what can we say about our favorite geeks? Nell really got into that kiss under the mistletoe, didn’t she? Maybe she’s finally warming up to the possibility of a romance between her co-worker?

There was a lot of fun and merriment going on in this episode, exactly what you want to see for a holiday episode. Romance and Bromance was in the air and holiday cheer was in full swing. Everything we needed for one short hour to take our minds off of some of the sad events going on right now. Thanks go out to the cast and crew for putting a smile on our face tonight.

Highlights From the Show

I really enjoyed Eric trying to comfort Nell regarding their lost Christmas. The team all means so much to each other and they have become a working family. It was sweet to see her so upset that they wouldn’t be able to spend the holidays together. I think this was first time Eric didn’t have to try so hard around Nell either. Although, you have to feel for the man when Nell asks him to wear leggings as part of his elf costume. There’s only so much you will do for love… but then again… maybe not! One kiss was all it took!

We get to hear more about Sam’s wife in this episode. He’s still worried that Sidirov will try and find her while he’s gone and his worst nightmare comes true when he can’t get through to her while he is on board ship. Of course Callen is always there to reassure his partner that all is well.

Best Lines from the Show

Sam: Come on Deeks… pull your skirt down, I hardly hit you.

Deeks: Yeah I know I was just in character.

Sam: You’ve been on the ship less than an hour and you’re already in trouble.

Hetty: Mr. Beale, you have elf head.

Deeks: Just for the record this is a gross misuse of my undercover talent.

Hetty: If you truly feel that way, you can go in as a Marine as well. Just let me get my clippers.

Deeks: What clippers?

Kensi: You’re going to look so good with a high and tight!

Deeks: I have nerves of steel. I just think it’s a little disconcerting when the back of the plane opens like my garage door. It’s like a flying tool shed.

Callen: Deeks! I’m trying to sleep here.

Deeks: I’ll be sure to wake you when we crash into the ocean.

Deeks: Where I grew up special meant that you took the short bus and wore a helmet in the sandbox.

Sam: That’s almost as funny as you telling those two sailors that you kicked my ass.

(Great Kensi snort!)

Bromance Moments

Callen can be such a ball and chain! But you have to giggle every time he tries to get Sam hot under the collar:

Callen: As you know the memory is the first to go!

Sam: You’re not helping!

Callen: I’m not really trying.

Callen: I know that look.

Sam: You’re starting to sound like my wife. You know what they say when your partner starts sounding like your wife?

Callen: Get a new wife?

Sam: I’ll pretend you didn’t say that.

Callen: See, that’s the problem right there….you and I don’t talk. Communication goes; the relationship is soon to follow.

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Densi Moments

Why doesn’t Deeks just come out and ask Kensi for a date, for god’s sake! “Snowboarding during the day, roaring fire at night.” If that’s not a romantic getaway for two, I don’t know what is! Then he has to go and spoil it all by inviting her mom! I give up!

Deeks: Wow! Hello sailor.

Kensi: I’m a Marine Major.

Deeks: You’re a major hottie!

From the ‘what’s good for the goose is good for the gander’ file:

Deeks: I don’t know if you heard that but I have an escort.

Kensi: Fraternization is forbidden on board Deeks.

Deeks: Wow. Jealous much?

Sam and Callen turn the table on Deeks when they tease him about Kensi’s investigation on board.

Sam: Girls love their daddys. Ooo Rah!

Deeks is not liking Kensi’s escort so much either…especially after catching her casually touching his chest. Ah, Deeks, when are you ever going to learn, it all comes back to you eventually?

From everybody here at NCISLA Magazine have a happy holiday and wonderful New Year! Join us for the first episode of the new year… Drive (4×11) on January 11th, 2013. I’m very excited about this show since sindee and I were on set for this episode and the filming of a scene in Ops. Read about our magical experience being on set and meeting the cast and crew in my two part column during the week the episode is aired… Check out In the Bullpen by Phillydi.

The Gold Standard (4×09) Review by Phillydi

The Gold Standard (4×09)

WRITTEN BY: Joseph C. Wilson
DIRECTED BY: Tony Wharmby

Welcome back Joe Wilson! It’s about time! This is Joe’s first script of the new season and we couldn’t be more delighted. Teaming up with Director Tony Wharmby (Lange, H.), this dynamic duo promises more than its share of excitement and explosive moments. The team is off to investigate another terrorist act which can have dire effects on the U.S. Economy. This time we get to explore Sam’s aversion to clowns more closely and watch Kensi as she partners up with Granger! (Oh, no, no!).

The show begins with a violent gold heist and a vintage Joe Wilson boom. The gold was in route from the Federal Reserve to a bank in China for a $70 million dollar interest payment on a loan. Always fun to watch the usually unflappable Sam Hanna dealing with his own shortcomings when they find a dead clown who was part of the robbery. The poor man hates clowns which probably comes from some deep routed childhood fear. Wouldn’t you love to see that one explored in a future episode? This sets the team off in search for other accomplices who may have worked with the criminal.

Meanwhile, Kensi shakes off her temporary partner, Granger and is on her own (seems strange without Deeks, doesn’t it?) trying to get more information from one of the guards who was injured during the attack. The amnesia was a nice touch. Now all the criminals are being picked off one by one leaving only one suspect. The team is hot on his trail as well but finds him dead trying to escape with all the loot! Case solved? This was just too easy! Callen knows there is more here than meets the eye and he’s not buying how the circumstances all played out. The gold was left behind because it was bogus. The felons were melting the real gold down to make fake gold out of tungsten which would multiply their investment on the open market many times over. In light of this new finding, Hetty knows this economic terrorist attack will compromise the American gold reserve and put Chinese/American relations on the line.

The key is the guy behind the gorilla mask. There has got to be one clue that they are missing and our tech geeks, Eric and Nell come to the rescue, finding the location that is manufacturing the fake gold bars. The last of the criminals are apprehended by the team which in the end exposes Iranian Nationalists who were the masterminds behind the terrorist attack all along.

So… a very strange episode, don’t you think? Very subdued, and restrained for the most part. The episode had the feel of a Series One story in terms of balance. Deeks definitely brings a lot of stability to the team and you can feel how the members would totter back and forth on this tenuous balance beam. Very interesting to watch though. We also see a much more confident Kensi from the one we knew three years ago… some of it coming from age and some from experience, for sure. But I also feel it comes from her time spent as Deeks’ partner. She has become a better agent because of Deeks. Although she can obviously perform her job without him, we really don’t want her to. They are just too good together and wonderful to watch on screen.

I also think this was a very pivotal episode which had less to do with the story line and more to do with things to come. The writers and producers are setting up a future story line and asking us to speculate on what may happen in the future which was evident in the scene between Hetty and Granger. I always enjoy the Lange-Granger tête à tête moments… mostly because Hetty always finds a way to one up the Assistant Director. But the small talk was a bit disconcerting, I thought. What has gotten Hetty’s back up regarding Deeks future with the team and what does Granger know that has her so upset? Is Deeks in danger of losing his NCIS liaison job or is it something more sinister? Looks like we will have to wait for a future episode to find out. Damn!

What do you think? Any speculations?

Show Highlights:

I know there are folks out there who have a hard time with the Nell / Eric pairing, but whether there is a budding love affair looming or not, I enjoy watching the two of them together. It may be too saccharin for some, but they got my vote for most promising couple since it doesn’t look like Densi is going anyplace soon. Young geek love. Don’t ask don’t tell? Ah, come on… let’s get on with it!
The award for the most awkward moment goes to the scene with the guy in the costume shop. If Deeks had been a fly on the wall, he would have loved it.
Enjoyed Eric’s psychological profiling by costume choice rambling.
Kensi giving her definition of a booty call to Sam and Callen was hysterical! “I’m gonna shut up now.”
Enough with the smelting, Eric!

Best Lines From the Show:

Granger: You and I could use some quality time. Kensi: Awesome.

Eric: Do snakes like being petted? This just took a really weird turn, didn’t it?

Sam: Where’s she hiding the camera? Callen: Where she will have his full attention. Kensi: You know I can hear you, right?

Remo: Look, honey. Callen: Shouldn’t have said that. Sam: Big mistake. Kensi: Excuse me!?

Sam: I had him. Callen: Of course you did. Kensi: Obviously. Sam: Whatever!

Bromance Moments:

How much did you enjoy Sam and Callen gesturing behind Granger’s back when he was talking to Kensi. Priceless!

Sam: I hate clowns. Callen: Yep, not nearly as funny when they’re dead?

Callen: You know what I’m gonna do? I’m going to buy you a yacht so you can come visit me.
Sam: Make it a private jet and I just might.
Callen: You would buy a jet?
Sam: No, I’m gonna make you buy me a jet… and open up an auto body shop.
Callen: 70 million dollars and you’re gonna become a mechanic?
Sam: Auto-science specialist. It’s a calling. Open a place where people can go without being ripped off.
Callen: No need for cars on the island.
Sam: What, you and Gillian going to build a bike out of coconuts?

Non-Densi Moments:

Poor Kensi! It’s bad enough that Deeks stiffed her and didn’t pick her up for work but now she is teaming up with Granger on a mission! “I would love to learn the ropes from a grizzled veteran like yourself.” Kensi’s looking a bit pale around the gills!
What was that strange conversation with Granger and Kensi in terms of her future all about? That was creepy! Please don’t tell me he’s trying to step into Deeks’ shoes because I think I will throw up!

Next week we get to have some holiday fun when we watch the team spend Christmas away from home. Come back again to NCISLA Magazine for all the fun!

Collateral (4×08) Review by Phillydi

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Collateral (4 X 08)
Written by: Cheo Hodari Coker
Directed by: Kate Woods

Hetty is missing and it may be related to the death of a former and very wealthy CIA agent. The promos look intense and I have been looking forward to an episode with a little bit of angst thrown in. Looks like we get all that and more with this one. In this episode, we get to see the writing talents of Cheo Hodari Coker for the first time and Kate Woods is behind the camera. Woods has my admiration for directing one of my favorite, if not my very favorite Deeks-centric episodes, Personal. So my expectations are high for many different reasons.

We have another explosive opening. I guess tobacco will kill you…what a way to go for our ex CIA agent! Once an expert in precision explosives, Potter’s killer is definitely sending a message. Hetty has brought the team together for this mission despite the lack of a military angle. But Callen senses there’s more here than meets the eye about this case after Hetty mysteriously disappears. The team is on their own, and a preliminary sweep of the agent’s apartment shows his connect to a high priced call girl operation. Perfect time to send Kensi undercover to id the women who were with Potter at the end.

In the meantime, Callen is still perplexed and worried over Hetty’s secrets and her disappearance. What’s Granger have to do with all this? And why does he want the team to back off the case now and leave Hetty alone. Granger should know you’ll never get Callen to obey an order if you go ordering him around. With Nell’s reluctant help, they break into Hetty’s secret box from the past. With both Granger and Hetty off the grid, who is the new player…Barry Brooks? Seems they were all part of a CIA team working in Afghanistan once upon a time. Now Potter and Brooks are dead and Hetty and Granger could be next.

It was fun to watch the team get into Hetty’s head and figure out the clues she left behind in order to rescue her. She knew they would come looking for her despite Granger’s orders. Shades of Romania. The showdown at the end was exciting, well played and directed. Nice to see Hetty out of the Mission and in the middle of the action again. We get to find out a bit more of her earlier life and how she didn’t really get to choose her past. Yet it’s got to be a full time job to keep her conscious clear and her enemies at bay. Kate Woods directed another action pack show. In our interview with Nick Puga, he talks about working with Woods and what he learned from her on the set. Make sure you check out Nick’s interview this week.

Show Highlights:

Poor Deeks…messing with Sam’s vinyl collection. Enjoyed Deeks trying to encourage Sam to join the ITunes revolution. But he really is taking his life in his hands calling Sam a hippie!
Hetty has a swear jar! Something else we didn’t know.
How cute was Nell doing her Jets cheer!? Callen: I’m a Pats fan so I’m going to pay you now before I curse.
Looks like Eric’s passions are rubbing off on Nell too! But they almost came to blows over their favorite NY team. Perhaps there was some real life rivalry going on between Renee and Barrett going on here? Do you think?
Nice to hear the use of LL Cool J’s music in the soundtrack this episode.

Best Lines From the Show:

Sam: I’m married not dead.
Deeks: Names come and go but you never forget a pretty face like that. Callen: I’m pretty sure it wasn’t her face you were looking at.
Sam: What’s he trying to tell me? Eric: That you’re a geek. Sam: I am not a geek! You don’t see me collecting lunch boxes and action figures. Eric: Nothing wrong with being a geek, Sam.
Eric: If Mata Hari and Genghis Khan had a daughter it would be Hetty. Nell: Or General Patton and Joan of Arc? Terrific moment between Eric and Nell. Don’t underestimate Hetty for sure!
Hetty: We share a similar attitude towards obeying the rules, Mr. Callen.

Bromance Moments:

Sam: I know that look! That’s the What’s Hetty not telling me that I’m dying to know look. Don’t try and figure it out….many have tried and failed.

I love when the boys tease each other when they are driving in Sam’s Challenger and this week it’s about cartoons.

Sam: Underdog beats him every time! He had a better theme song, plus he could fly! Underdog would kick Hong Kong Phooey’s ass!
Sam: Where’s your uniform Hong Kong Phooey? Callen: Where’s your theme music Underdog?

Densi Moments:

Deeks: You know what? These targets are culturally biased. Kensi: Against what? Surfers? Deeks: I’m serious, because I am much better when I am on the move and my target is talking smack and firing back.
Deeks getting flustered over Kensi looking the part was a sweet moment between the two:
- Kensi: Do I look the part? Deeks: Absolutely you look the part. Kensi: Is that supposed to be a complement or an insult? Deeks: As a professional, I mean a pro, not a pro pro, as an agent, I’m going to stop talking.
Come on Kens, you wouldn’t tell Sam Deeks sat on his album, would you? That is not cool!

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In this week’s interview chair we had a chance to speak to the very funny and talented Nick Puga in his role as Dex Stevenson, at the top of the show. Find out what he says about his time spent on the set of NCIS Los Angeles. Next week we are on hiatus so come back and join us again in two weeks for all the excitement at NCISLA Magazine!

Skin Deep (4×07) Review by Phillydi

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Skin Deep (4×07)
Written by: Gil Grant
Directed by: Paul K. Kaufman

Since the pictures on the beach surfaced of Densi surfing together, fans of the will-they-or-won’t-they couple have been biting at the bit hoping for another tantalizing morsel that will move the relationship moving forward one more step. This time the team hits the beach to investigate a surfer, a video and a dead Navy teckie. Gil Grant is behind the pen for the first time since Sans Voir (Part 1) and we have a new comer in the director’s chair too. Paul Kaufman is a great addition to the list of directors and I look forward to his next directorial assignment on the show, especially after the exciting opening sequence.

The dead naval engineer in question is Kevin Stone and he’s been working on a relatively low level, mundane security projects. When a video of his murder is posted, the team sets out to find his killers. Maybe his low-level work is not so low-level after all? The first mystery is why the victim may have had something removed from his abdomen during the stabbing. A major intelligence device you say? Hmmm. So much for working on the mundane. Looks like Stone was headed to London via Istanbul. Was he taking the device to an unknown location as a sell out?

The team is not having any luck coming up with any leads. So it’s time to hit the beach to find the dude that shot the video. Perhaps if they find his surfing mentor, Sonny Amador they will find the skittish surfer. Loving the use of Johnny Rivers’ song, Secret Agent Man as the background music for the opening on the beach. So retro! And Deeks hanging ten! Let the twittering begin! I loved seeing him with the ocean as a backdrop. He looks so much at home on the sand, doesn’t he? The bar fight reminded me of all those old Elvis movies from the sixties too! The Topanga Canyon hippy commune added more treats when Deeks is recognized as the guy from Scooby Doo! Bad karma, Shaggy! I enjoyed Callen trying to gain Lance’s trust talking about his foster placements. He understands why Lance doesn’t trust anyone anymore including the government and gets him to expose Sonny’s get rich scam. Of course, eventually the team is finally able to find the missing the robotic device and send the bad guys packing.

Paul Kaufman chose some interesting camera shots during the show. I especially liked the overhead shot of the team in Ops. From Gil Grant, we get to find out more about Callen’s life in the foster system and we took one more step in a Densi direction. So enjoyed watching Deeks and Kensi surf. Overall a fun episode on and off the beach!

Show Highlights:

– Loved the pizza race to the kitchen. Didn’t think you could see three grown people run so fast, did ya?

– Glad to see Rose back and asking for Nate.

– Kensi and Deeks quoting O’Rourke and Emerson. Nice touch.

– Will somebody please get Sam some curry shrimp!

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Best Lines from the Show:

Kensi: Deeks loves food. Sam: He also loves Donnie and Marie!

Sam: Maybe they can program the robots to pick a decent food truck. Ha!

Deeks: We’re partners Kensi, you can ask me anything. Kensi: Donnie and Marie? Really?

Deeks: She likes me… just wait for it.

Hetty: Well done, Mr. Deeks. But let’s not blow the whole case budget in the first hour, shall we? Or I’ll have to move the decimal point on your first pay check. Sam: Yeah, those mani/pedis don’t come cheap!

Bromance Moments:

Callen and Sam throwing golfing metaphors around was amusing. It’s a metaphor for life, Sam! You need to stare down your fears. Although Callen may have never played a single game of golf, we all know COD is an avid golfer.

Densi Moments:

– Well we find out that Deeks sleep walks… that could get interesting.

– Deeks, you just love to taunt Kensi, don’t you?

– How’s your beach body? Really Deeks? Like you don’t already know.

– Kensi trying out her surfer lingo and Khaka hand sign was disturbing. I think Deeks is the one who is going to need the luck!

– Kensi: I hope you choke on your liver! (No riding of any wild surf going on here!)

– Ok, we got Deeks to admit the fact he enjoyed touching Kensi. But Kensi is not impressed. One step forward…..one step back. Oh well….

In this week’s interview chair we had a chance to speak with the multi-talented Greg Cipes about working with Kensi and Deeks. Find out what he says about his experience on the set of NCIS Los Angeles and what it’s like to be a successful voice over artist. Next week’s episode, Collateral, co-stars Nick Puga. He will be our featured guest interview next week, so come back and join us again for all the excitement at NCISLA Magazine.