Chimera

[annundriel]

USA is doing an NCIS viewers' choice marathon. I just caught "Chimera", which I hadn't seen all of for a while. Sometimes I watch an episode of this show and it really hits me in the gut how very fond I am of the characters.

I really like that in this episode, Ziva and DiNozzo are really very brother/sister banter-y. Especially Ziva's whole, "You can show him [Ducky] your freckle" jibe.

Plus, you've got Ziva believing in the supernatural. Which made me kind of consider a Supernatural crossover where Sam and Dean pretend to be NCIS agents and end up getting caught by actual NCIS agents. In which case, even their wonderful Winchester bullshitting skills would not save them from Gibbs.

As for the actual episode, there are two specific DiNozzo/McGee things I love a lot. One is, of course, the scene in which Tony thinks he's going to die and they're both sweaty and standing really close and Tim knows exactly how to handle him. ;) (It's at the beginning of this bit here.) That scene is great and intimate, but it's my second favorite.

My favorite is when Tim almost loses his lunch (again) in the mess and Tony reaches out to him.

DiNOZZO: Steady, Probie.
McGEE: Tell that to my stomach.
DiNOZZO: (bending to address McGee's middle) Steady, Probie's stomach.

And then as the scene goes on, you see Tony reach out to steady him again, check if he's okay, as the camera moves past them. D'aaaaw.

Also, McGee looks really young with his hair all loose and flopping forward, face a bit sweaty. I got flashbacks to Thackery Binx.

There should be home-safe-life-affirming-naked-hijinks, I think. Of they, "Hey, I didn't die, McGee. But want to check me for possibly new and dangerous freckles just in case?" variety.

Someone should get on that.

Comments

[ginnith.livejournal.com]

...ten bucks or a bowl of pho says that someone will be you.

: )

[annundriel.livejournal.com]

I'm sure someone has already written it. Probably.

I don't need more things to write!

...

Someone's going to owe me ten bucks or a bowl of pho. :P

[soldierly.livejournal.com]

THACKERY <333

[annundriel.livejournal.com]

Every other episode it seems like I end up going, "omg Thackery! You GREW UP."

[jack-infinitude.livejournal.com]

Hmm~~ That would be a good project to get the little gray cells revving. :D (I loved McGee's look in this episode. The floppy hair is WIN.)

[annundriel.livejournal.com]

Go, gray cells! Go!

I love McGee's floppy hair! Watching this one, though, I kept thinking about how it makes him look a little younger and wondering if Tony ever looks at him and thinks, "Damn, how inappropriate are the things I want to do to him?"

I wonder what Tony's favorite hair on McGee is?

[jack-infinitude.livejournal.com]

"The little sheep go 'baaaaa,' the little cows go 'mooooo,' and the little gray cells go 'poooooorn!'"

Or something like that.

I think the canon age difference is six years, but don't take my word on that. That would be interesting to play with, though. *thinks on it*

I would vote for the floppy hair, because it gives him something to tug on and braid and generally play with. (Ribbon! Pink ribbon!) But the current hair would be a close contender because he can stroke it and swirl it and do weird things to it with hair gel! (While McGee is asleep, of course.)

[annundriel.livejournal.com]

"The little sheep go 'baaaaa,' the little cows go 'mooooo,' and the little gray cells go 'poooooorn!'"

LOL. They do indeed.

I've always kinda wanted to do something with the age difference. Or at least the fact that McGee can sometimes look quite young. (Less so these days.)

Ooh, I think I totally agree with you on the hair. And now I can totally see Tony spending the night and then leaving early in the morning, Tim waking up alone and heading to the bathroom, catching a glimpse of himself in the mirror and being all, "TONY!" Only Tony isn't there. Meanwhile, Tony gets to work first and Ziva is all, "You look like the canary that got the cream."

"The cat, I look like the cat that got the--Probie! Running a little late this morning, aren't ya?"

Oh, these guys. <3

[jack-infinitude.livejournal.com]

It would be easier to play up the 'experience' angle, I think. Tony is definitely much older in that respect. (Actually, that might make his reaction to McGee's occasional "youthful" look all the more visceral. ANGST POTENTIAL! *rubs hands together*)

"The cat, I look like the cat that got the--Probie! Running a little late this morning, aren't ya?"

Heeeee! <3