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Housekeeping

Season 9, Episode 12, Aired Jan 03, 2012

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While investigating the murder of a Navy Commander, the NCIS team finds out the whereabouts of Agent E.J. Barrett.

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Scott Wolf

FBI Agent Casey Stratton
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Philip Casnoff

Sean Latham
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Iqbal Theba

Ramesh Sengupta

Pauley Perrette

Forensics Specialist Abby Sciuto
Sean Murray (I)

Special Agent Tim McGee
Cote de Pablo

Special Agent Ziva David
Michael Weatherly

Special Agent Tony DiNozzo
Mark Harmon

Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs
David McCallum

Chief M.E. Ducky Mallard

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I'm not sure whether I think this was a perfect episode or a complete fail. There were lots of great things and lots of bad things.

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By amazing_race, Mar 08, 2012

Well, this was a great episode in many ways. The storyline was quite interesting to follow at times, but not throughout 100% of the episode.

In particular, the way the ending was played out was done immaculately. Tht scored some huge points from me. However, this was exactly and completely identical to how 'Spider & The Fly' played out on Season Seven with Paloma and Alejandro. While it was spectacular the first time, is this a sign that NCIS writers cannot come up with new ideas? I hoep not.

Furthermore, I was downright tired and bored of this whole EJ storyline. She was great and really interesting while going after the P2P killer, but this season's premiere was the worst episode of NCIS ever, and I didn't find the continuation to be particulary immaculate. I just don't think that they have taken that storyline in the right direction.

I havfe mixed feelings. I gave it a 10 because I really enjoyed the ending, and also the Tiva moment, but there was a LOT of flaws and I have probably been a bit generous with my score.

I certainly need to see an improvement next week.moreless
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EJ becomes a Tiva shipper

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By MissJess, Mar 06, 2012

Loved this episode!!!! The scene at the end with Tony and Ziva is one of my favourite on NCIS. Can't wait for the next episode. I actually think Tony and Ziva are falling in love. Tony rescued Ziva in Somalia because 'he couldn't live without her', Tony's bucket list says 'tell her' and 'talk about Paris', and because there was no couch in Paris. I think that they are falling in love. They are just taking a long time to realise, accept their feelings and act on them.moreless
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good show

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By bms29bms, Jan 18, 2012

Really good. active, good acting
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Signaling a return to form...

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By bmanx2, Jan 06, 2012

This season of NCIS has been great so far no doubt, but many (including myself) have noticed a small lapse in the usual stellar story department of this show. What has happened so far this season has largely been borrowed from past episodes and lacks a little creativity. In my opinion, this episode signals a turnaround for the rest of the season. Why, you ask?

1. The PTP killer situation has been wrapped up and done with. Time to move into a new story line. (see #2)
2. (SPOILER) As per the adv. for next weeks episode, Ziva may be getting engaged. There's a storyline that hasn't been explored yet.
3. I'm not the biggest Tiva fan out there, but this episode was doused with those moments. Makes you wonder what Tony's gonna do if #2 does go through. o_0
4. This episode in of itself felt original, exciting, and wasn't stale at all.
5. Gibbs past might make a return amid everything else. Oooooooh.....

I hope and strongly believe that this episode signals a true return to form of the series. I'm not saying that the past episodes have been bad. I admit they've been good. But NCIS isn't good. It's AWESOME!!! That's what has kept me coming back to it year after year after year...moreless
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Houskeeping

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By HarmonIsHot, Jan 06, 2012

For me the most interesting thing that happened in this episode was the in the final moments when E.J. took off, leaving Tony and Ziva in a romantic "cliffhanger." Wonder how that is going to work out if/when Gibbs tries to enforce "his" rule on not dating co-workers.
Hmmmmm....
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- Tony: You know... you and I, we have a lot in common, in that respect.
  Ziva: You think?
  Tony: I don't think. I know.
  Ziva: Well, then I am, uh, grateful to have someone in my life who is just as romantically dysfunctional as I am.
  Tony: Agent David, do you really consider me to be... in your life?
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- Ziva: With all due respect for what she has been through, Tony, how could EJ think that living off the griddle is a better option than having us protect her?
  McGee: That's living off the grid, Ziva.
  Ziva: Oh.
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- Rocky Carroll is credited but doesn't appear.
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- Original International Air Dates:
  Canada: January 3, 2012 on Global
  Australia: March 6, 2012 on Channel Ten
  United Kingdom: March 30, 2012 on FX/FX HD
  Finland: April 3, 2012 on Nelonen
  Germany: April 15, 2012 on Sat.1
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