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NCIS: Los Angeles Season 3 Episode 20

Patriot Acts

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AIRED: Apr 10, 2012

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Nate Getz asks the NCIS team for help when the FBI looks at an ex-Marine alleged to have made a chemical bomb.

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Great, great storyline! I absolutely loved this one! The return of Nate!

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By amazing_race, Apr 30, 2012

So Nate makes an appearance today, in a very interestgin case. Part of the reason why it was so interesting, was because the storylien went in basically an opposite direction to what I was expecting.

The storyline was flawless. I really loved it, and it was perhaps the best one wsince Blye, K. I can only hope that this tstandard is maintained into the distant future, and this episode leaves me excited for the remainder of this season!

I absolutely loved this episoed! So many great moments, not least of which was Hett'y's epic comment at the very end, " I can't believe I didn't run into them" or something along those lines, referring to Kensi and Nell at a monster truck rally! LOL!

Great episode! Can't wait to see what they come up with next week, and I am also thrilled that the spidoes are airing only 5-6 days behind the USA, here in Australia!!! :)moreless
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Chemical bombs? Really?

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By tirebiter2, Apr 18, 2012

The bomb in the pickup truck didn't even damage the car behind it. Presumably this sort of device would be able to take out whole city blocks.

Not that I was eager for them to depict an attack that would kill hundreds of people, but that is what the storyline indicated.

If the writers and directors insisted on going down that road, they have to show the damage involved. Anybody more than 20 feet away wasn't even at risk.

This is the same for the other bombs. Even the cassette tape recorder (really?). A 2 foot blast diameter isn't that impressive considering all the effort the bad guys went through to get the bomb.

Again, I wasn't disappointed that the explosions themselves weren't big, but that is what the storyline indicated that is what the threat was. That is what was disappointing.

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Patriot Acts

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By thefanof, Apr 15, 2012

They made the return of Nate seem like a much bigger deal than it really was. It was not just that though, this was just a disappointing all around episode with no witty banter thrown in and a really generic, cookie cutter case at the helm of tonight's broadcast. The opening sequence with the bomb was good, but it wad downhill from there.
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Chris O'Donnell	Special Agent G. Callen
Linda Hunt	Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange
LL Cool J	Special Agent Sam Hanna
Daniela Ruah	Special Agent Kensi Blye
Eric Christian Olsen	LAPD Detective Marty Deeks
Barrett Foa	Tech Operator Eric Beal

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David Furr	FBI Agent Jonas Ambrose	Guest Star
Zach Lewis	FBI Agent Marcus Hinty	Guest Star
Richard Blake	Gavin Knowles	Guest Star
Peter Cambor	Operational Psychologist Nate Getz	Recurring Role

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- International Air Dates:
  Canada: April 10, 2012 on Global
  Australia: April 30, 2012 on Ten
  United Kingdom: May 13, 2012 on Sky1/Sky1 HD
  Germany: August 19, 2012 on SAT 1
  Czech Republic: March 28, 2013 on AXN
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