@JPKouz gave us above picture and this teaser for the episode starting production next wednesday… Thoughts ??
Great prep this week. #fmilitary is at the helm. Great story. Callen, young & old, major interest &focus #jpkteaser
Here’s another scoop for this episode
Watch for flashback in E618 Beginning of a significant relationship revealed. #staytuned #NCISLA airs in April. #jpkteaser
Wow, I’m betting on the “Callen/Hetty” relationship here… and you ??
Loving this ep already… 😀
Me too, my overripe imagination is running riot already! An episode called Rage (well, we know Callen has a temper). Frank Miliary writing and directing – his first double header was the very intense and absolutely brilliant Spoils of War last season.
And then the teasing subject matter; “Callen, young & old, major interest &focus”. Personally I would like this to be connected to Callen growing up (rather than the search for his family/father). And I’m also wondering if this is starting the lead up to the season finale?
But as a Callen-centric episode – loving it already!
Oh, me too! Your thoughts are written down so well – I fully agree
NCIS: Los Angeles or as I like to call it sometimes: ‘NCIS Los Angeles: A G. Callen Story’
Granted they just gave us the most amazing densi centric episodes in the history of ever, but there have been so many Callen and Sam episodes this season already. Feels like they are going back to all Callen, all the time. I knew this was gonna happen since they teased about Callen’s love interest knowing someone with a connection to his past or smth along those lines. Doesn’t change the fact that I’d much rather find out more about Deeks’ past and such. When was the last time we got some new past/background info on him? Feels like it’s been years.
Another thing I like to bring up is the fact that this season marks the 5th anniversary of Kensi’s and Deeks’ partnership. He has been officially part of that team since the season 1 episode “Fame” (1×20) which was also their first case together. Nevermind the fact that he went deep under undtill the season 2 premiere. That was their first case and it gave Kensi her first and now almost legendary nickname “Fern”. 😉 I also remember the season 3 episode “Partners” (3×14) that celebrated Sam and Callens 5th anniversary and in whicht Kensi asked Deeks if he thinks their partnership is gonna last 5 years.
I guess it did. And I feel like the writers and producers owe it to the show, the characters and to us, the viewers and shippers to also give them a 5th anniversary episode of their own. I feel like they (densi) and we have earned that. And there is not much time left to make that happen.
And I noticed something incredible this morning. The epsiode Fame aired April 27th 2010. And April 27th 2015 happens to be a Monday. If that day wouldn’t be a perfect fit to make that happen I don’t know what else would.
Sorry I digressed here but I’m so passionate about Densi and so sad and frustrated that I can’t do anything about that as a single indiviudal that I needed to make that fact known to others who love that show and those characters as much I do.
– R
Finally. We have waited long enough for another Callen background episode. The last one was 100!
I hope that this will be a good one. ‘Rage’ sounds promising.
Hopefully this one will be much better than the 100th, which was undoubtedly the very bottom of the 5th season, and in the bottom 5 episodes of all times.
I’m not really interested in Callen’s story, but as long as it is entertaining and/or fun to watch, I’m OK with it.
I loved Spoils of War, let’s wait and watch this one.
BTW my bet is, there will be another few Comescus, since they never seem to be get extinct.
Can’t wait for this episode. Sounds great!!!
As a Callen – fan I certainly look foward to an ep that sheds some new insights and adds to the mystery of G’s past.
To those who think there’s not enough ‘Densi’ I’d say last week’s ep was theirs, like there were lots in S5
Totally agree
I’m soo looking forward to this episode.
In the first season, Callen was introduced as the lead character so it’s only reasonable to expect some Callen-centric episodes. In season 5 we got only one so it’s high time to balance this.
As a fan of the 1st season, and a huge fan of Shane Brennan’s central interest, I too am hoping that JKP is hinting at more of Callen’s background. Many of our questions have been answered, but there is still that underlying mystery that keeps me wanting more. Last season felt a bit disjointed to me, with the team split up. Even though they Deeks and Kensi weren’t together for several eps, it felt like a good portion of the season was devoted to Densi angst. Glad they are all back in one place (at least for now) so that the writers can explore more areas.
Ok, maybe what I said about Callen came out wrong. I agree that there hasn’t been anything major on his past in quite a while. But to be fair, there hasn’t been all that much new/shocking/revealing background or past information on any of them since then. The characters have certainly grown, some of them more than others. They grew as people, emotionally, their interactions, those things. But new past or personal insights have been rare all around. So don’t get me wrong, I am also more than happy to get new background info and backstory on any of those amazing characters. 🙂
And like I said before, last episode was Densi all the way and it was glorious. And I’m not saying that every episode has to be about them. They got great scenes in both this season and in the last one. But so did Sam and Callen, only way more. You also can’t argue with the fact that Densi deserve that anniversary episode as much as Sam and Callen did theirs 😉
– R
I’m not too bothered about Kensi/Deeks celebrating their 5 yr partnership (I think the show is celebrating them as a couple instead). But I would be more interested in finding out more on Deeks’ background. Was there not a hint maybe from ECO himself saying that we’re going to learn why he went from lawyer to cop? There’s still time and at least season 7 to come…
But bring on Callen’s story again (as long as “Callen, young & old”, does not suddenly relate to an older relative that materialises). I want to know about young G Callen – youth/teenage years!
I’m still waiting for a “Deeks M.” episode…
I like Callen, but I prefer Deeks’ character. Ok, I’ll wait some more, (hopefully not till season 7!)
I want more of Deeks background as well, but I need more on Callen also. So it is a very mixed feeling for me!
I sense a Callen/Hetty teaser in this as well. And I can’t stop being excited about it
Re: part two of teaser, hope there are no Hetty connections. Thinking back to Sept 14 interviews with Shane Brennan & COD – recurring character, relationship with a relative of theirs that has a connection to Callen’s past etc.
FINALLY! It’s about damn time!
I’m already excited to watch this episode.As a die-hard Callen fan I’ve been longing for this kind of episode for such a long time. YES! More Callen,please.
Not that I don’t like/love her but I’d like the “Beginning of the relationships” not to be the one with Hetty.
The reason is simple….we already know her. I would like to meet new characters from G’s past. Don’t get me wrong, I won’t be disappointed if it turns out to be Hetty.
Gosh, I’m finally feeling this ncisla-chill,again! Some many questions are coming up.
One more thing: I actually didn’t plan to comment on this topic but since it came up again…… so not enough Densi?…. Well, season 5 was mostly about Densi, from where I’m standing Densi fans got what they wanted, didn’t they? They are a couple. Discussing relationship problems while their team mate is lying on the operation table in a critical condition.
I love these characters but I don’t see a, non-Densi-centric, “Deeks.M” episode in the near future which makes me sad and angry at the same time bc I’ve been waiting for this episode as well.
The Rumor is “Fighting Shadows” is Deeks centered. I know tweets from JPK mentioned about web of lies and Kensi being followed.
I like the idea of this episode and curious about the teases. I am just concerned that we discover Arkady is who Joelle is related to! :-\
I know that fans Callen/Sam thinks, that season 5 was full of Densi moments, but it was because of DR pregnant and we weren’t having her with the team for 8-9 long episodes. It would be hurtful for fans Densi to send her away for that long time without Deeks, so they (producers) “had to” do happen something between Densi. I know that there were some good moments at the beginning season 5, but it was reaction of the kiss that happen in 4×24. In that season was Densi centric episode only in the last one. Humbug was good, too, but I think that producers are too focus on Callen and Sam. Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy that we will have episode about Callen’s past, I hope it will be about his past, we haven’t got episode about his past for a long time. I’m talking about episodes we had whole season 6. It’s actually not about Callen/Sam, but about it, that producers don’t write them good dialogues. Maybe they are more focusing on dialogues between Callen and Sam, because they were the focus of the show from beginning, but now there are lot of Densi fans, who still miss something. I’m happy that we will have Deeks centric episode in 6×18, we didn’t have got episode about Deeks even longer than the Callen one.
But maybe it’s about my frustration that there are still no news about season 7. Maybe it will come soon, but I am afraid that maybe there won’t be season 7. And if so, me, as a Densi fan, will be really dissatisfied about season 6. At least for now, we still have 8 more episodes. Just my opinion. 🙂 I know that there a lot of fans Callen/Sam that are glad for it and I’m happy that they are happy about it. 🙂
The Callen episodes are my favorites. I am really looking forward to this one. On the commentary on the season 1 dvd for the first episode, Shane Brennan said NCISLA is essentially Callen’s story and has been from the beginning. This was long before Densi entered the picture. I personally think this episode is long overdue. I actually loved the 100th episode and have wondered when we were going to get back to Callen’s story.
Mmm, significat relationship… It could be Hetty but also Arkady. I know they already revealed in the first season how Callen and Arkady met but they haven’t actually showed it. I certainly wouldn’t mind seeing Arkady again. And theoretically Callen has a significant relationship also with Gibbs… But personally I would love to see Tracy again. Their relationship had chemistry. And we would get an insight into the spy again, because they were CIA spies.
I think maybe/hopefully the relationship might be Callen and Arkady. Callen has mentioned that he wanted to look for his father, and they never said he was dead. Since this episode isn’t until April, maybe it is setting up for the season finale. I thought SB said at the beginning of the season that Sam and Callen go to Russia for something. Maybe the mole, Callen’s father, and Arkady all go together. What an ep that would be.
I was hoping for a Callen episode, I think his father is still alive. Wouldn’t that be fun.
As for season 7, the show is No 1 on Monday night so I am pretty sure they will be back next season.
As per Alicia Coppola’s twitter, she’s on set today – and this episode starts filming today as per Rick Tunell’s calendar for March….
Make of that what you will!