Things AD Learned This Week (11/27) on Homeland Security
Gun thugs don't make good sheriff's deputies. If you steal a uniform and a car, be smart and steal the body armor as well. Because deputies always leave their body armor in their vehicle; they never actually wear it.
TTS needs to read Gibbs' rule #39: There are no coincidences. Since Sam doesn’t work for Gibbs, maybe he doesn’t need to know Gibbs’ rules.
NCIS has a couple of reasons to look into this, so we'll be happy to take over the case, I mean to assist. Law agencies are very cooperative in LA; it’s the laid back atmosphere.
TTS does not know the difference between a sheriff (one person) and a deputy sheriff (the sheriff's employees). They probably glossed over that at FLETC. When speaking to the deputies, Sam used the correct term; when speaking to NCIS employees, he used the word sheriff but oddly, nobody made a big deal out of it because they actually knew what he meant.
TTS may be a Reagan fan: Maybe the deputies (from the government) were not here to help you. Of course, by that time, Sam and Callen knew the deputies really weren’t deputies—so it was natural to think their motives might have been nefarious.
Dog walkers in LA are required to be able to ID stolen cars. Yea, it’s tough to figure out that a police (oops, sheriff) car has been torched when a burned hulk with a light bar on the roof is sitting in a parking lot.
Deeks also does not understand the difference between a sheriff and deputy sheriffs. He’s DYM.
If this show were A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988), Deeks would be Freddie thanks to dumb suspect theories of the crime. Hence his name, DYM, but to be fair, he was trying to be funny—it’s just now his humor seems as juvenile as it is.
ING made it a trifecta for improperly using "sheriffs". At this point we can blame the writers. Or simply realize that most people know they’re referring to law enforcement officers regardless of the term being used.
Chicks with skills such as being able to take down two armed gun thugs that have pulled and being able to locate PEBG's residence cannot obtain his phone number. The “chick” probably just wanted to meet Callen in person (who wouldn’t?) and a safe place (hard to get that from a phone call). Besides, there’s no guarantee that he would have answered a call from an unknown number.
If things don't work out with Kensi, Deeks should hit on her mom. Prettier, and less attitude. Talk about Mrs. Robinson! But Kensi’s mom seems much too sophisticated to hang with DYM.
It's never too early for a drink in LA. Or anywhere else if you have kids like DYM and NKADG.
TTS has been interrogating people for a long time, while SN hasn't. It's a sure bet she'll get the info now. Nell’s a lot cuter than Sam, and she’s interrogating a guy who falls for attractive women. Why wouldn’t she get info?
Even though he wouldn't make it as a singer, ING should quit his day job. And then who would locate the suspects or the suspect’s cars?
Like Deeks, I don't understand "this" either. That’s surprising since DYM once brought a treadmill to work because he was afraid of “death by chair.”
SN is up on prison terminology. She reads a lot. 📚📚📚
ING is a walking database of food trucks in LA. Being a geek, Eric understands how businesses use social media. He’s also a fan of Mexican food.
Nod by Deeks to the director, Jonathan Frakes, who played Riker on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987): So we've got all of this Star Trek (1966) gak... All that . . . but no mention of Data, the ultimate AI.
TTS knew it was a solar roof company despite ING not mentioning what type of solar power Vexsun was. PEBG realized it was simply a solar company. Oddly enough, DYM probably read the information on the screen that said “solar roofing installation” when Eric pulled it up and he looked at it. Why would Callen have to repeat solar roofing after Sam already said it?
TTS gave another reference to President Reagan. He's probably a secret Republican. Or it could be that he figured Mrs. Ramirez would remember Reagan because he’d been governor of California.
Just when you thought we had hit the bottom with ING, we meet Irritating Security Guard Guy: ISGG. Perfect partner for DYM
This is the last week for hoodie Kensi, which is a good thing seeing as how it is so warm that people are wearing shorts around her. DYM, Sam, and Callen were wearing shorts?
ING by himself in ops and singing is why mute buttons on remotes exist. Or why Nell wanted to go interrogate Carl again.
Among her other skills, APD is a great driver. Despite the Challenger being able to shave off 4 minutes from LA travel in the 11/6 episode, it came in second today. Sam was driving in Irvine—a long way from LA—in the 11/6 episode, and Hetty was driving a Porsche.
If you're trying to covertly approach a house where a suspect may be located, make a lot of noise by approaching really fast and then slamming on the brakes. Because there’s no traffic noise in LA
APD does not need a gun. Her mind is a weapon. It's a little known secret that as a child in a galaxy far, far away she taught mind tricks to the Jedi. That wouldn’t be surprising. She probably came up with that saying, “May the Force be with you.”
They can add destruction of government property to the charges. That was a cool robot. Agree
A lawyer? What show has this chick been watching? Law and Order?
There is no need to close the doors of a home after you leave with the suspect. Especially after you’ve knocked them off their hinges. Anyway, why bother when a forensic team is coming?
In a second poor showing, the Challenger is outmaneuvered by a van. TTS needs driving lessons from APD. A van and a sedan (two against one)
The gun thugs shot the Challenger! Despite being the best character on the show, it gets no respect. But it does get a lot of attention and air time.
The gun thugs from this week went to the gun shooting school as the ones from the 11/6 episode. They did somewhat better by wounding the girl. Because it’s always easy to shoot people when they’re armed with automatic weapons, hide behind vehicles, and you’re armed with a pistol.
The gun thugs this week missed the training that says when you have superior numbers, firepower, and have wounded your target, you don't get in the vehicles and leave. Of course, you leave if your goal is to mortally injure your target, your operation is a clandestine one, and you don’t want to be identified.
I need to invest in car window glass companies in LA. Be sure and get a government contract.
TTS missed the training in SEAL school for treating leg wounds and assessing injuries. That would be the training without a first aid kit in the middle of an alley? But he did recognize that the wound to her abdomen was the serious one.
Despite being shot in the leg by the gun thug and having no wound visible in her back, the chick suddenly had an abdominal gunshot wound. There were two shots fired when she was running. Anyway, everyone knows that when shot in the abdomen a bullet always exits the body.
APD is never wrong. Kensi's trauma must have been worse than we thought, as she also does not know her right from her left. NKADG knows her right from her left; she was hoping Hetty would forget.
Character Acronyms:
DYM--Dirty, Yellow-haired Man (Deeks)
NKADG--Now Known As Deeks' Girlfriend (Kensi)