Recap: NCIS 6x01 "Last Man Standing"

NCIS this week had just about everything I ever wanted. It was a great season opener, definitely better than last season's fake Tony death which was so contrived and unbelievable and stupid. Although I would have liked to see a little bit of mourning for Jenny, the story and all of our players put forth such a great show. I'm really excited about this season.

1. Ziva Singing!

Ever since Cote de Pablo joined the cast, I've been waiting for her to put her Carnegie Mellon BFA in Musical Theatre to good use.


And DID she. Her voice is beautiful and she looked SMOKING.

2. Jimmy Palmer Added to the Series Regulars!

Okay, it's only "Also Starring," but he totally deserves it. Oh, how I love our autopsy gremlin.

Adorable!

3. Palmer/Lee Tension!

"I still have your leopard print bra in my Gremlinmobile."

"And I still have those photos of you wearing nothing but your glasses."

Who else totally knew that the suspicion on Lee would lead to the reveal of her love affair with Jimmy?

"Who were you meeting? Assassins? Spies? Castro?!"

"No...I wasn't--"

"Who were you meeting then? Answer me!"

"Jimmy Palmer, okay? I was having sex with Jimmy Palmer!"

"Why didn't you just say so? Way to go, girl. He's a very attractive man."

And how sad was it that Palmer broke up with Lee because he thought she was using him for sex. Oh, Little Gremlin. So adorable that women just can't help but sleep with him.

NOT JUST FOR SEX. Cuddling included.

4. We Meet Ziva's Daddy!

I want him to be recurring and more badass in the future. Maybe commenting on driving his son into a terrorist organization and KILLING KATE.

5. Fun Mystery!

The new director didn't split up Gibbs' A-Team for fun, but to put three suspected criminals together under Gibbs' reign of awesome-ness.

Although, the moment they disregarded Lee as a suspect, she had to be the mole. They wouldn't make the new geek the mole and Lee had way too much against her (especially the pillow--I doubt Langer would have needed it).

I'm still upset because a) no more Lee/Palmer sexcapades and b) I really liked Lee, because she was really just a perfectionist who wanted to be liked and to be sexed up by adorable autopsy gremlins. That, and she really did just want to be a field agent and got pushed back to legal without getting a real chance to shine outside of her Asian hooker adventure. She's bound to get killed later this season, most likely right after she and Jimmy get back together for the ultimate emotional hit. Le sigh. I just want to know why she did it.

6. Tony Slapping Himself!

Although we only had him for less than five minutes, Michael Weatherly was his usual snark-tacular self.

"Feed the chickens!"

7. McAbby Goodness!

And we also had the Geek Gang calling Tim "Boss." You know he's been waiting for that for years.

All in all, a great episode. I can't wait for Tony to get back ashore and for Team Gibbs to save the world again, one episode at a time.