This week (10/2) on Homeland Security...

a/k/a Things I learned:
In an unusual change of pace, a member of the Marine reserve is involved in a crime and NCIS investigates after the Marine Corps requested they investigate.

A handheld taser will immediately knock someone out.

Going to Syria is never a mistake.

We still have jobs!

So what does this have to do with us? Like, c'mon, dumbest question ever for this show!

When being interrogated, just pretend to be asleep.

Althea Tibbs did well for herself after leaving Sparta, MS. She's now a doctor in LA.

In another change of pace, NCIS IDs are shown and consent obtained prior to entering a building.

Talking about wanting to stay in ops means you'll be given a field assignment in under 60 seconds, especially if you are a 5 foot 1 inch tall female that weighs 90 pounds.

Poorly executed beard guy is a smart shopper when it comes to buying rugs.

Not unless you have a warrant? Dude, where have you been?

No one pulls off a questionable entry like Joe Fontana using the line "We're authorized".

It's a good idea to install a small storage building inside a storage unit, as they come in handy when you need to hide a kidnap victim.

Trained and otherwise serious DoD agents will easily become drunk and act irrationally while trying to obtain information from an all-powerful dwarf.

As a 20-something female, while drinking inside a conference room let your hair down, unbutton and untuck your shirt. That will help to compel a confession from a 70-something female.

As Undersecretary of Defense, don't monitor the interrogation. This will allow your operative to become so drunk they begin to tell embarrassing things about you.

When staking out a storage unit, always allow time for the suspect to come back while everyone is at HQ. The suspect will recognize this and be kind enough to come back when you're in place.

The reaction gap for thrown toolboxes is shorter than it is for edged weapons.

Nell has mad ninja skills. We'll probably see Renée Felice Smith on next season's American Ninja Warrior (2009), a show that has a predilection for short athletic females.

A search warrant for the storage unit and the vehicle? Am I watching the same show from last time? The irony here is that they did not need a warrant to search the vehicle since it was impounded incident to lawful arrest.

Questioning a suspect after they invoke Miranda will always yield useful information for court.

It's easy for Technical Operators to use guns while at work.

When the zombie Apocalypse hits, Beale will be the first one Granger calls.

Anything you found was illegally seized: An attorney calls it like it is.

Suspects with the blessings of their lawyer will always spill the beans w/o a prosecutor and a written deal being present.

Always use your real name while working undercover, and bring your IMDB head shot.

Ignoring a small female with an NCIS ID card will mean you'll try to kill the two dudes w/o any ID standing outside your door.

Nell is becoming the Chuck Norris of this show.

After picking up a note in front of the entry door, a gun thug will always step in front of the garage door instead of just reading the note.

Using the Challenger as a battering ram should be a crime.

Hitting a metal door with the plastic front end of a car will cause a lot of sparks.

Despite her fight record in the episode and wearing a letter carrier uniform, Nell did not go postal on the gun thugs.

Proposing to an unconscious woman ensures you won't be turned down.


Ignoring politics doesn't mean politics will ignore you.
-Pericles paraphrased in <100 characters