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giveamadeuschohisownmovie · 3 years

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“The Suicide Squad” movie review:

Short review:

It’s better than the 2016 movie. I give it a solid A rating.

Long review:

I’m going to approach this movie from a different angle than my usual reviews. For me to really talk about this movie, I have to go back and discuss how I felt about the 2016 movie. First and foremost, let me just say that I hate the 2016 Suicide Squad film. It was clunky, pointless, and felt like a bunch of scenes stapled together rather than a cohesive picture. What’s interesting is that a big reason why the 2021 movie succeeds is that it fixed a lot of what I felt were the 2016 movie’s problems.

This is why I have to take a different angle for this review. To really talk about the good points, I gotta go into what I felt were problems in the 2016 movie and explain how the 2021 movie rectified those mistakes. Alright, let’s begin.

1) The mission is more appropriate for this type of team. I felt that the 2016 movie went about the wrong way by sending the Suicide Squad in to stop Enchantress from conquering the city/world. I know that it was more so to rescue Amanda Waller, but I felt that the mission in the 2016 movie was more suited for a Justice League-type team.

The Suicide Squad is a black ops team made of imprisoned supervillains that is sent in to do Waller’s dirty work. They should be doing shady shit that rubs the audience the wrong way. And in the 2021 movie, that’s what they’re doing. The mission is objectively horrible since it’s the US intervening in a South American country to cover up their illegal actions (insert real world parallels here). That’s far from heroic, but it works for the movie since that’s exactly what the Squad should be used for.

2) The movie actually lives up to the “Suicide” part of “Suicide Squad”. If I recall correctly, only two members of the Squad and some rando Navy SEALs died in the original film. While I generally frown on stories just killing people off for shock value, Suicide Squad is an exception since a high body count is to be expected for this team. Heck, even Deadshot called out that there’s a high chance most of them will die during the mission. So yes, most of the team dies in the 2021 movie, but it’s fine since it’s being true to the story and the comics.

3) The movie did a better job at portraying the team as villains being forced to do another villain’s dirty work. Deadshot repeatedly says in the 2016 movie that they’re bad guys, but the movie didn’t do a good job showing that. It’s Will Smith, the audience knows his character is actually a good man on the inside. And that’s not even covering Diablo, the tragic man who is trying to repent for his past actions, or Katana, who isn’t even a supervillain.

In the 2021 movie, it’s a lot more clear that the characters we’re following are horrible people. Bloodsport is a shitty father who competes with Peacemaker over who can kill the most creatively. Peacemaker is Captain America but if he was a crazy, right-wing monster. Ratcatcher 2 is an apathetic bank robber. Polka Dot Man is basically Norman Bates. And Harley Quinn is...Harley Quinn. While the team does get their hero moment, I like that the Squad was actually portrayed as supervillains being forced to do good.

4) Way better characterization for Amanda Waller. While 2016 Amanda Waller was no saint, 2021 Amanda Waller is straight up an irredeemable monster. And that’s good because the concept of the Suicide Squad (forcing prisoners to do illegal operations for the government) is vile to begin with.

5) The found family dynamics feels more earned in this movie than the 2016 film. I already wrote this in another post, but it’s not enough to just tell the audience that the team is a family. Harley Quinn can say her teammates are her family all she wants, but it’s not convincing since there were barely any scenes of the 2016 team just bonding. Yeah, they had that scene at the bar, but most of that scene was dedicated to Diablo’s backstory. Other than that, the team were just sorta together.

In the 2021 movie, you actually believe that the Squad is a found family just based on how they interact. What’s the big difference? Well, the team actually...you know...interacts with each other. This is where James Gunn really shines through since the “Guardians of the Galaxy” vibe really works for this type of story. You can’t just tell the audience that the team is a family, you need to show it, which Gunn does.

6) The movie utilizes the team way better than the 2016 film. A big problem I had with the first film was that the story didn’t really justify why the Squad had to be the ones to handle Enchantress. The US government already had the Navy SEALs. Plus, there were several members who didn’t really contribute to the mission. I kept forgetting that Killer Croc was there, Captain Boomerang wasn’t given that much to do, and Katana was completely wasted.

The 2021 movie did a better job justifying why each member of the Squad was important. Yes, most of them died, but the deaths established just how expendable the team was. And for the final battle, each member contributed in taking Starro down. I never felt that there was a teammate who could’ve been left out of the movie. Even the members who died early on were more memorable than the 2016 roster.

Okay, that’s a good stopping point. To sum up, this movie feels like James Gunn read the negative reviews for the 2016 movie and used them as a reference in directing the 2021 movie. Even though Warner Bros and DC don’t want to call this movie a reboot, it really does feel like one due to how much it feels like a do-over. And you know what...I’m fine with that since the end result was a much better, more cohesive story.

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jenniferxprentiss · 4 years

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I Knew You’d Linger Like A Tattoo Kiss -> 2/6

Alex Blake x Jennifer Jareau

The second time JJ kisses Alex in front of the team, they’re in a hotel lobby winding down after a long case. Their relationship is fairly new, and while they shared a hotel room together on most cases, the team often forgot about their budding romance — they tried to keep it as professional as they could. JJ looks up from her phone and notices Alex — the way her glasses are slipping down her nose and her hair is falling out of her messy bun — before leaning across the table, finger hooking under Alex’s chin and pressing their lips together.

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The case had wrapped up earlier than expected, the unsub behind bars and paperwork finished before dinner time — a welcome change, especially given the downtime they would have before they flew home in the morning. Instead of sitting in their hotel rooms, the team was spread across the lobby engrossed in various activities waiting for their pizza to arrive.

JJ was sitting in an armchair across from Alex, a small table between them filled with cups of coffee that had long since gone cold and a bag of gummy bears — a guilty pleasure treat she and Alex both loved. The lobby was buzzing with murmurs of conversation, but nothing she could really decipher.

Reid and Morgan were playing a card game that was too confusing for the rest of the team — too many rules they didn’t feel like expending the energy to learn —but JJ enjoyed watching the way Spencer’s eyes lit up behind his shaggy hair for just a second every time Morgan deliberately played a card that would give Reid an advantage. She could hear the faint murmur of Rossi’s voice, glanced over as he was gesturing something to Hotch, miming a bowl and mixing. Shaking her head, she let out a breathy laugh, knew it had something to do with cooking — Rossi’s only passion other than cigars and his job.

She looked down at her phone again, a small smile tugging the corners of her lips upwards when she received a text from Penelope with an innuendo about her and Blake and sharing a room — thank the tech goddess for the hotel mysteriously having a king sized bed available for them instead of two doubles. JJ laughed softly before looking across the table at Alex, breath catching in her throat.

The sight of Alex out of her typical work clothes — slacks, a blouse, and blazer that was often accented with her Kevlar vest — was enough to steal the air from JJ’s lungs. She was stunning in a way that JJ had never noticed before, relaxed and unguarded. She smiled a little wider, breathed a bit deeper, laughed a touch louder, and JJ felt so lucky to get to see this side of her — glasses on, wearing an oversized sweatshirt and leggings paired with a pair of ugg boots that JJ would have never imagined the other woman owning.

Her hair was gathered haphazardly in a messy bun, strands already having slipped free from the hair tie they were constrained in and framing her face. Every few seconds she blew a sharp puff of air through her pursed lips, blowing the lock of hair out of her vision before it promptly fell into her line of sight again.

JJ laughed softly, a low chuckle rumbling in her chest as she watched Alex exhale again, eyes crossing in her glasses as she stared at the stubborn lock of hair. She stood, leaning over the table carefully before brushing the hair out of Alex’s face, fingers gentle as she tucked the strand back up into the bun atop her head before sitting back down, a soft, shy smile playing on her lips.

The room fell silent aside from the low chatter from the television and ruffling sound coming from the table opposite them as Morgan idly shuffled the deck of cards in his hand. The rest of the team was staring at them, Spencer’s mouth agape as his eyes darted between JJ and Alex.

“What?” There was a soft blush coloring JJ’s cheeks, and she knew without looking that Alex’s face was a bright red color.

“That — you — what’s going on?” He was sputtering his words out, eyes wide and filled with a confused glint. “You never let anyone touch you!”

Everyone knew that statement was directed at Alex, having always been one to shy away from physical contact from anyone who wasn’t JJ. Their love language was acts of service and physical touch, but no one on the team would know it if they didn’t watch them carefully — watched the way JJ’s fingertips grazed Alex’s elbow before they stormed a house, or saw how Alex would protectively guide JJ behind her in a dangerous situation.

Alex cleared her throat, looking up over the thick dark frames of her glasses before smiling gently in JJ’s direction. Her knees were tucked up into her sweatshirt and JJ felt her heart flutter at the sight, at the way the book was nearly dwarfed in all of the extra material gathered in her lap.

“I don’t mind being touched when it’s Jennifer.”

The simple affirmation made JJ blush once more, eyes downcast and pretending to be engrossed in her phone again as she tried to avoid any other questions. It occurred to her that other than Hotch, Rossi, and Penelope, the rest of the team had no clue they were even together, let alone carrying on a relationship behind closed doors. She didn’t want to push Alex into something she didn’t want to do — not when she wasn’t ready — and there was no need for it to affect their work life anyways.

Alex’s answer seemed to appease Spencer, who shrugged his shoulders and turned back to Morgan and their card game. After a few moments, the room returned to its normal rumble of conversation, Hotch laughing loudly as Rossi dramatically re-enacted how one of his dishes burnt traumatically in the oven moments before a dinner party — it was one that JJ could recognize and found herself laughing at, even though she could only make out every few words of the story.

She looked back at Alex, already back to being engrossed in her novel, eyes darting across the pages as she was sucked into the fictional world of Jane Eyre. She had told JJ one night — cuddled together under a hotel blanket staring into the darkness, unable to sleep because of the horrors they had seen that day — that it was one of her favorite novels, always able to drift away to the world of Edward Fairfax Rochester.

Her ugg boots were kicked off, feet adorning mismatched polka dotted socks that made JJ’s heart flutter. Alex’s toes wiggled as she read, mouth silently moving, breathing out each word as her eyes flicked across the page. It was endearing to JJ, watching the way she read and absorbed herself in the fictional world — periodically glancing up at JJ with a slightly dazed gleam in her eyes that she could only attribute to being so engrossed in her novel.

After a moment, she looked across the table at JJ, lips twitching up in a soft smile. It was almost shy, having felt JJ’s gaze directed towards her, felt like it was burning a hole in the top of her head.

“Whatever are you looking at, Jennifer?”

“You.”

JJ’s lips were curved up in a goofy smile, tongue peeking out between her lips. She studied Alex’s form a little longer — a little more carefully — took in the way her hands were dwarfed by the sheer size of her sleeves, the way her knees tucked up into her sweatshirt and mismatched socked toes wiggling.

She stood, leaned across the table until her nose was brushing Alex’s, hooked her finger under the older woman’s chin and gently nudged her upwards until their eyes locked. JJ pressed her lips against Alex’s, humming gently against her lips and let her hand move to cup her cheek, thumb rubbing against her skin as she felt Alex grin against her lips.

After a moment, JJ pulled back and settled in her seat again, fully aware that the rest of the team was staring at them. In that moment, she couldn’t bring herself to care, only focused on the way Alex’s lips curved up in a goofy smile, eyes gleaming with a playful glint.

“What was that for?”

“Just because. You can go back to reading your book now.”

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The Suicide Squad Review: The Most James Gunn Superhero Movie Ever

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It feels like we’ve been here before. A C-list DC Comics villain has been brought to life by a major Hollywood talent—Idris Elba as Bloodsport in this case—only to be saddled in a seemingly generic scene with the character’s adolescent daughter. When we saw a variation of this cliché in the first Suicide Squad movie, it stood in for barebones character development; a familiar story beat which allowed Will Smith’s Deadshot to prove he really just wants to make his little girl proud. But that was then, and this is now. This is James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad.

Hence when Elba’s incarcerated baddie takes a look at his daughter through prison plexiglass, and she reveals that she too has gotten pinched and is now awaiting a court date for nicking a smartwatch, he has only one question: Why did she get caught for swiping something so stupid? “A year in juvie will do her good,” he sniffs later. “She’s always been a little ditzy like her mother.”

Welcome to Gunn’s familiar yet wickedly singular take on a valuable piece of Warner Bros. intellectual property. In a sign of the strange times that studio executives find themselves in, Gunn’s The Suicide Squad is a hard tonal reset on a film that grossed nearly $750 million five years ago. To be clear, it’s also a sequel to David Ayer’s 2016 movie despite what talent has said to the press in recent months, with passing references to both the previous picture as well as Margot Robbie’s solo stint as Harley Quinn in Birds of Prey. And yet, even with its setting in the DC Extended Universe, The Suicide Squad is on a planet created by, ruled over, and ultimately tormented through the prism of Gunn’s singular sensibility. Not since Super has the filmmaker’s vision been so unchecked or subversive, making for a whole movie that’s a lot like Gunn’s humor: dark, crude, and paradoxically heartfelt.

That Warner Bros. would surrender one of their biggest franchises to that kind of voice is a minor miracle.

The setup of Gunn’s vision for The Suicide Squad is narratively simple enough. Viola Davis’ Amanda Waller is still pursuing the seriously awful idea of taking convicted supervillains and putting bombs in their necks before ordering them to go save the world or die trying. But unlike the chaotic mishmash from five years ago, Gunn doesn’t want his antiheroes to look cool while doing it… at least most of the time.

Waller’s victims still include familiar faces like Robbie’s bubbly Harley Quinn and point man Col. Rick Flag (Joel Kinnaman). There’s also a slew of new meat for the grinder, chief among them being Elba’s stoic Bloodsport (a hitman who can turn any object into a weapon); John Cena’s Peacemaker (Captain America if he watched Fox News all day); Daniela Melchior’s Ratcatcher II (a young woman who can control rats); and David Dastmalchian’s Polka-Dot Man (a sad sack who can control… polka-dots?). Sylvester Stallone also voices a walking talking Great White Shark, which is as adorable as it sounds.

The team is sent to the fictional island nation of Corto Maltese to destroy evidence of something called “Project Starfish.” Madness and a whole lot of killing ensues.

At its essence, Gunn’s story is what the Suicide Squad concept has always leant itself toward: a men and women on a mission adventure. Indeed, Gunn homages the narrative structure of numerous “infiltrate and escape” ‘60s blockbusters, with The Dirty Dozen (1967) and Where Eagles Dare (1968) being the biggest touchstones. One could even squint and see Elba’s cynic with a heart of gold in Bloodsport and Cena’s patriotic-to-a-fault Peacemaker as dueling riffs on the same Lee Marvin archetype.

But for all those narrative allusions, Gunn’s not going for something particularly high-minded or even middle brow. He’s happy to crawl through as much mud and gross bits as the shark, and to have his pen gleefully unshackled from the constraints of Disney. More so than his Guardians of the Galaxy flicks, The Suicide Squad feels apiece with his early work, including for indie shock horror studio, Troma Entertainment, and perhaps more aptly his first Hollywood movie, the gruesomely mean-spirited Slither. Like that comedy-chiller about invasive aliens and body horror, there’s something faintly perverse and even juvenile to the set pieces in The Suicide Squad, especially near the beginning.

I suspect many audiences will love how hard The Suicide Squad goes in the opening 15 minutes or so, albeit more than a few will find it abrasive, gratuitous, and a tad immature. Which it is. Fortunately, Gunn is able to thread the needle between his excesses, balancing the primal joy of watching a Great White Man-Shark rip a dude in half with the emotional authenticity he’s long been underrated for. It’s what made his Guardians movies the strangely most sarcastic yet sincere films in the Marvel oeuvre, and it’s what keeps The Suicide Squad from being just an exercise in style.

While Robbie has fine-tuned Harley to perfection in this third outing—thereby raising the question of how much further she can take this character barring a possible Poison Ivy movie—and Elba makes for a rock solid charismatic anchor, it is relative unknowns Melchior and Dastmalchian who shine brightest. The actors are tellingly saddled with the most pitiful sounding superpowers ever committed to screen—rat mind control and the ability to throw colorful polka-dots—but Gunn’s affinity for outcasts and losers elevates them to the folks we most want to spend time with. There’s real pathos here, and in Melchior’s case, grace in this otherwise loopy cacophony. Ratcatcher II begins as an amusing riff on “millennial jokes” in a superhero movie while Polka-Dot Man is aptly nicknamed “Norman Bates,” and yet both nearly walk away with the whole movie.

Of course, with as much zaniness as there is in this flick (I haven’t even gotten to the giant starfish!), it’s hard for any single element to really overshadow the others for long. The movie is so overstuffed with ideas and gags, it’s downright overwhelming at times. For some that will be a detriment, but that Gunn is able to keep all the balls in the air, and manages to make most of these misfits engaging, and even endearing, is its greatest asset.

For too long, superhero movies have grown toothless, innocuous, and sandblasted clean of any strong sense of identity. Many are fine in a blandly inoffensive way that allows them to vanish from memory quicker than they entered. With its weirdness and warm-heartedness, The Suicide Squad is distinctly the outcome of a singular filmmaker given free rein over one of these fiscal calendar linchpins. I’m not sure if that makes for good business, but it makes for mighty fine cinema, polka-dots and all.

The Suicide Squad opens in theaters and on HBO Max on Friday, Aug. 6.

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Let’s kickstart Valentine’s week with some Gio!

Gio is making its way back onto the blog, and this time we are dressing a little vintage. I do love creating classic looks, and sometimes simple is the way forward when it comes to a luxe pair of stockings.

If you haven’t seen my previous reviews, you can hit the links below (opens in a new tab) or you can just pop in Gio in the search bar:

Gio RHT Stockings (Plum)

Gio Classic Cuban FF Stockings

Gio RHT Stockings (Full Contrast) Perfects

Gio Classic Fully Fashioned Stockings

Gio Vintage Stockings – Baby Blue

The Spec

Colour: Ivory

Size: Small (shoe size 4-5; 5’2″-5’6″)

Denier: 15

Materials: 100% Nylon

Price: £10.90

Website: Mayfair Stockings – Gio Reinforced Heel and Toe Nylon Stockings

My Outfit

I popped on my bodycon chiffon polka dot dress paired with matching open toe sandals to create a timeless look. I kept jewellery to a minimum by wearing white pearl studs only.

My Deets

Dress: Jane Norman

Stockings: Gio

Heels: Dorothy Perkins

The Review

From The Website: Authentic 100% nylon reinforced heel and toe (RHT) stockings, without a seam, from British brand, Gio.

These genuine 1950’s vintage style nylon stockings are luxurious and silky, 100% nylon, and are designed to fit the leg perfectly. They are a seamless alternative to the Fully Fashioned Stockings. They come with a reinforced heel and toe, are 15 denier, high-gloss and sheer, yet silky smooth to the touch. Being 100% nylon, they don’t stretch, so please select your correct size from the chart below.

Hand made in England using traditional methods. The perfect vintage stockings.

If you have very slim, or slightly petite legs, then it may be best to choose a size smaller than your usual size.

Complimentary hand wrapped in tissue and ribbons Genuine 100% nylon reinforced heel and toe (RHT) stockings RHT – Reinforced Heel and Toe Seamless Perfect vintage style stockings Denier: 15 – sheer British made

The Packaging: I ordered these from Mayfair Stockings (along with another pair that I have reviewed not too long ago – Obsessive White Stockings) and it came beautifully wrapped.

I have done a fair few Gio Stockings before, and they ll come pretty much the same. You get he model wearing the pair on the front with a small peephole at the side, and the back goes into little detail. When you get in, you will find these wrapped carefully around card that is covered in tissue paper.

Getting Them On: well I won’t say much as I want you to scroll down a touch for this part. They are super easy to get on the legs, especially going over anklets too. As long as you take care when putting on your hosiery and taking it off, they will last you 🙂

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On The Legs: well I had the time of my life wearing these today. I felt so vintage in my attire, and I loved it!

The quality of the stockings are great; I do love Gio for that reason. I always try my hardest to take care of them so they can take care of me over and over. I didn’t have any rips or snags to report, which is always good news in my eyes!

The fit of them were a little big for me, especially further up the legs but I didn’t let that bother me to be honest. I don’t mind it when it’s slightly loose – it gives it more of a vintage feel really than being super tight on the legs.

The feel of them were amazing; they were silky soft and super smooth inside and out so your legs just glide right off one another.

The colour was a favourite of mine; I think I prefer Ivory to White because it has a softer look to it than White does.

I find it easy to pair up with Ivory!

The Toes & Ankle: yep I went a little mad with the toe pictures in this blog – I wanted to show you what they looked like out of the sandals I was in. These have reinforced toes and heels, so the denier will become a little thicker and darker in colour compared to the rest of the foot.

As you can see below, they were slightly baggy around my toes, but not greatly that it moves out of place. I had plenty of room for my toes to breathe and move freely too.

Around the feet, these moved a little but not so much they moved out of place. The same goes for the ankle area; I had a few wrinkles as expected but not so many that they looked oversized on me.

The Bands: as the stockings were a little too long for my legs, I ended up having to fold the belt in slightly and then claps it in place to make sure that they sit in place. I used a double 6-clasp this time, however I might change it to a normal 6 claps next time to make sure they don’t sit as low as they are on the thighs currently. I didn’t have much leeway with the straps this time, which meant they couldn’t sit higher up the legs.

Anyways with the bands, these are lovely. They are silky smooth and they end up stretching out to the width of your thighs to make sure you have a comfortable fit. These did end up stretching out and staying stretched once I was done with them, but that means I get the exact same fit next time I wear them.

The band is a little denser compared to the rest of the legs; this is to act as a reinforcement so the claps can grip on well. It then turns into a lighter denier (around an inch underneath) and then it’s super sheer from thereon to the toes.

Overall I did like the bands on these stockings; they were comfortable, they sat really well on the thighs and they look gorgeous!

My Thoughts?

I would recommend this pair for sure! I loved being in them, and they looked amazing with polka dots! They fit really nice on the legs, even though they were slightly long for me and they looked beautiful against my skin tone too.

Gio Reinforced Heel & Toe 100% Nylon Stockings (Ivory) Let's kickstart Valentine's week with some Gio! Gio is making its way back onto the blog, and this time we are dressing a little vintage.

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NCIS: Los Angeles Season Ten Rewatch: "One of Us"

The basics: The murder of an international arms dealer has OSP teaming up with the DoJ to catch a killer.

Written by: Kyle Harimoto wrote “Omni”, “Merry Evasion”, “Chernoff, K” and “Command and Control”, “Granger, O.”, “Ghost Gun”, “Kulinda”, “767”, “Se Murio El Payaso”, “Assets” / “Liabilities”, “Venganza” and "Superhuman”. He co-wrote “Three Hearts”, “Leipei”, “Humbug” and both ends of the “Matryoshka” two-parter.

Directed by: Dennis Smith directed “Fame”, “Standoff”, “Rocket Man”, “Cyberthreat”, “Exit Strategy”, “Patriot Acts”, “Out of the Past” part one, “The Livelong Day”, Between the Lines”, “Deep Trouble” part two, “Black Budget", “Black Wind”, “Blame it On Rio”, “Defectors”, “Matryoshka” part one (co-written by Harimoto), “Granger, O” (written by Harimoto), “The Queen’s Gambit”, “Hot Water”, “From Havana With Love”, “Plain Sight”, the delightful romp that was “Monster” and “Superhuman” (written by Harimoto).

Guest stars of note: Bar Paly as ATF Agent Anastasia “Anna” Kolcheck returns from "Pro Se" two episodes ago. Esaí Morales makes it two episodes in a row as NCIS Deputy Director Louis Ochoa. Vyto Ruginis returns as Arkady Kolcheck, America's most beloved Russian weason from "Venganza" in season nine. Wrestling superstar Bill Goldberg as Lance Hamilton, Sara Visser as Karen St. Pierre, Elizabeth Anweis as Casey Aquilar, Claudio Pinto as Jerry Fuentes, Nick Rhys as Rick Dotson, Adrian Anchondo as Daniel Aquilar, Samantha Cope as Alessandra the hostess, Isaac Cheung as Alan Chen, René Ashton as Judge and Erik Soderbergh as Liam the head of security.

Our heroes: Go after a man avenging his son's senseless murder.

What important things did we learn about:

Callen: Told by Anna not to contact her again. Sam: Understands the deep hole Daniel found himself in. Kensi: Doesn't see today's case as a win. Deeks: Pounds a guy for hitting Kensi. Eric: Found the wi-fi camera on the beach. Nell: Unable to find anything on Hamilton, a ghost in the government databases. Hetty: Not today.

What not so important things did we learn about:

Callen: Not going to any Lakers games with Arkady anytime soon. Sam: No jokes about Sam today. This hit home. Kensi: Just got her GED. Deeks: Looks like the hostess' Dad. Eric: In the field despite his hearing issue. Nell: Help push Eric when he didn't hear Sam's request. Hetty: Absent.

Who's down with OTP: Outside of an odd, snotty exchange at the restaurant, Kensi and Deeks are fine. Not fine – Callen and Anna who is going to be unavailable for the next three-years with good behavior. With Eric in the field, not a lot of time for the wonder twins to banter away.

Who's down with BrOTP: The Bromance added a new player with Lance Hamilton admiring the cut of Sam Hanna's jib. Tom Olsen also shows up proving that Sam is good at making friends.

Any pressing need for Harm and Mac: No.

Who is running the team this week? Ochoa is back from DC.

Mosley watch: And thus ends this part of the Rewatch. Mosley is not in opening credits or hanging around the collaboration table. Once the episode began, Nia Long is not listed among the regular cast members. Derrick gets a mention when Tom Olsen drops by the boat shed.

Fashion review: Black button down shirt for Callen. Black henley for Sam with a zip-up jacket. White long sleeve tee for Kensi with different size blue stripes and black leather jacket. Blue-grey sweat shirt for Deeks under a medium grey jacket. Eric is wearing a blue print button down short-sleeve shirt with long pants. Nell is in a pretty red and white polka-dot dress with a bow/tie on top (despise that bow/tie look).

Music: "Follow" by G-Sy is playing in the teaser while "Pilgrim" by Fink played when Anna was sentenced.

Any notable cut scene: No.

Quote: Callen: "Just so I have this straight, we're here searching for an Army Ranger to make sure he doesn't kill some dirt bag drug dealer?" Sam: "That's about right." Hamilton: "I've been sent after criminals just like the ones Aguilar's targeting. Only differences were, they were in foreign countries and I was given a commendation after I got 'em." Callen: "Oh, this is so messed up." Hamilton: "Aguilar's off serving his country and his kid gets killed in his own home. The guy's lost. He's trying to kill as many criminals as he can as fast as he can." Sam: "Any one of us could go down that rabbit hole." Callen: "Well, hopefully, we can find Daniel, get him some help. Some peace."

Anything else: A very expensive car pulls into a gated Malibu beach house, a well-dressed couple enter the home, protected by private security. While he is happy to be at the beach, she prefers Paris. In a bedroom with enough candles to light a small church, the woman is changing for a romantic night while the man is going downstairs to prepare a night cap.

As he is pouring the two of them some drinks on their beachfront patio, the man is knocked out from behind. The woman comes down in lingerie looking for her partner – Rick. She sees the fence gate to the beach is opened. Rick looks to be dead in the ocean, face down.

In a prison waiting room, Arkady and talking about LeBron James and the Lakers to Callen. Arkady even got two season tickets but Arkady's other ticket is spoken for this season. Callen is on Arkady's short plus-one list if any tickets become available.

Anna is brought in wearing handcuffs. The guards take them off before leaving. Jumping from his seat, Arkady gives his "sweet daughter" a kiss the cheek. She seems genuinely happy to see him. She and Callen talk about yoga and his broken back.

Anna is "getting by" in prison but several of the women inmates are not a fan of her law enforcement ties. Callen offers to arrange a move but Anna would like to say. She is facing a long sentence – "years." Callen had Deeks looking into the case Anna cuts him off. When Callen promises to do all he can to get Anna out of prison, Anna is sorry Callen did not do everything he could to keep her out of prison.

This is all news to Arkady who is not happy that Callen's testimony to the ATF "hurt my daughter." Anna kisses Callen. "Kissing person who put me in jail would be low in my to-do list," announces national treasure Arkady Kolcheck. Anna tells Callen this needs to be his last visit. Arkady, too. "Why, I am not traitor!" Arkady objects. The only way Anna thinks she can survive the weeks, months and years of her sentence is to become the person she was before she met Callen. Anna says goodbye and calls for the guard.

At the firing range, Sam completes a very complicated but zen shooting routine when Ochoa arrives. Sam talks about frequent flier miles but Ochoa talks about returning to California. He grew up in Oxnard. Sam loves the beaches there. So does Ochoa who goes into his background. He was a troubled kid who caught the eye of a local sheriff. Off-duty, the sheriff caught Ochoa "doing something I shouldn't have been doing." The sheriff had Ochoa join his family surfing every day. Sam calls the sheriff a good man. Ochoa corrects him – a great man. Ochoa compares his surfing to Bobby Martinez's if Martinez was older and sucked at surfing. Ochoa offers to go surfing with Sam. Sam isn't a surfer but offers to go diving with Ochoa off the Channel Islands. Ochoa uses the shooting range – and is good.

Up in Ops, Callen and Sam are briefed on what happened the prior night in Malibu. The dead man is Rick Dotson, a bigtime arms dealer on NCIS's radar for years according to Eric. Dotson was stabbed. NCIS is worred that a rival gun dealer took Dotson out – Colby Talbert. The San Diego Office is investigating Talbert.

Callen asks about witnesses. The woman at the house is named Karen St. Pierre and is considered a witness not a suspect. She is in the boat shed with Kensi and Deeks in route. Sam thinks a man like Dotson would have private security. He did but they left once Dotson was found dead. That means they were working with the killers or stopped working when their paycheck was found dead.

The security system in the house is a closed system with footage stored on site. Sam has Eric pack up his things – he is joining Callen and Sam in the field. Eric sits down at his workstation and starts working. Nell asks why Eric is ignoring them. He's not – Nell must have misheard. When Sam calls for "Beale" again, he races to catch up.

Pulling into the boat shed parking lot, Deeks tells Kensi while it is very sweet of her, Kensi does not have to invite Bertie to go wedding gown shopping. Kensi thinks it will be a great way to bond. Deeks thinks it is great too but his mother is not going to keep her opinions about any possible wedding dress as well as anyone working at the store, shopping at the store or the fancy décor at the Beverly Hills boutique.

Kensi stops him. She is not buying a new dress. Deeks tells her that while they don't have a ton of cash, they can afford to buy Kensi a new wedding dress. She should get her dream dress. Kensi is sarcastically grateful that Deeks will allow her to buy her dream dress. That isn't what he means and Kensi knows that. Kensi is buying her dress from Brides Against Breast Cancer. She buys it, wears it and donates it back to the charity so another bride can do the same. Deeks feels both dumb and arrogant – his comfortable place according to Kensi.

The security at the house is solid with at least six external video cameras, a real security fence, a hydraulic lift arm at the gate. Callen notes that the house was rented three months ago – Dotson's people could have installed the extra security. Sam thinks that makes sense, especially if Talbert was a threat.

Eric arrives. Walking the perimeter, he found a Wi-Fi-cam pointed at the gate of the house. If the killer was watching, the security team probably was not involved. The killer was a pro. Colby Talbert becomes more of a suspect by the minute.

Callen and Sam are walking through the house. It is secure. The security team swept the place for unwanted visitors just before Dotson arrived. Eric could not find the signal for the Wi-Fi-cam but found security camera footage showing Dotson being pulled off the back patio.

Callen seems something move in a security shot of the beach. A man is swimming onto the property. Sam thinks that the killer is "good", Callen thinks he is a "pro". With all the big mansions on the beach having similar security systems, the killer would not risk coming on the beach using private property. He probably swam two-miles from the closets public beach access area. Callen thinks that's special forces.

At the boat shed, Karen talks about their time at the house feeling "locked up" with no "eminent threat." Deeks asks if she's former military. She's not, just too much time spent with Rick. Karen loved Rick and is willing to help find his killer. Deeks asks about Colby Talbert. Dotson and Talbert had an agreement made recently after Dotson, Karen, Talbert and his wife shared a dinner in Paris.

The security team gave Karen photos of three men they considered risks though the authorities did not. If Karen saw any of them, she was to contact the security team. Karen hands Deeks her phone with the photos. Asked about the security team, Karen knows they are in the wind. Rick's death was a total failure for the security team and they do not want to be found. Karen tells Kensi and Deeks that whatever they think of what Rick did for a living, he was good to her.

Callen questions Allan Chen, the parking lot attendant for the public beach at Malibu. He wants to know if anyone left their car overnight. There are on security cameras but every car is logged in. Allan has a list of several cars and a motorcycle parked in the lot at 11PM the prior night. Callen sends Nell a list of the vehicles.

Nell is on the main room TV screen in the boat shed. She tells Kensi and Deeks that she checked out the three men Karen St. Pierre was warned about by the security team. One guy spent the night in jail on a DUI. A Jerry Fuentes is the second man and he has a long history with drugs and gambling. The third man is large, bald and not in the system.

Sam is sent the photos of Jerry Fuentes and the large bald man. Sam sees the bald guy on the beach and the bald guy sees Sam. Bald guy drives off in his pick-up truck. Sam commandeers a motorcycle and takes off after the truck. After a long chase, Sam jumps from the bike into the flatbed of the truck. Breaking out the cab's back window, Sam orders the driver to stop the truck. "Special Agent Sam Hanna, good to meet you," the driver says stopping the vehicle.

While the bald man sits alone in interrogation, Tom Olsen arrives at the boat shed. He had a good time with Mosley's son, including learning the difference between Supreme and BAPE. Tom checked out the bald man – Lance Hamilton. He was a MARSOC (Marine Corps Special Operations Command) Marine who worked with some of Tom's SEAL buddies. Other than being a Marine, Hamilton was a "solid dude" who you'd want in a bar fight. He's trained in surveillance, breaching tactics and a sniper.

Hamilton left the Marines to join the FBI in their SWAT division. His wife was sick – died two years ago. After that, Hamilton left the FBI and disappeared. He has been removed from the government databases – that's why Nell couldn't find him using facial rec. Tom asked around – nobody heard Hamilton joined the CIA or any other US government intel groups.

Nell warns Kensi and Deeks that Fuentes has been arrested with illegal weapons in his car. Kensi thanks her for the head's up as they go to Fuentes’s home.

Walking into the main room with Sam, Hamilton apologizes to Callen for getting too close – he was monitoring NCIS's investigation into Rick Dotson's murder. Hamilton works for the DoJ but with "State Department equities". It isn't really a task force – he is a task force of one. There is a national case Hamilton is working. After asking what is in the upstairs part of the boat shed – another interrogation room – Hamilton explains that Dotson is the fourth murder in six months – a opioid maker in New Jersey, a heroin supplier in Houston, a gang leader in Oakland are the others. All high level criminals killed by someone with serious military training – a member of an elite special forces unit.

After admiring the canoe near the back of the boat shed, Hamilton states he had no specific intel that Dotson was the next target, just thought he fit the pattern. Hamilton didn't expect the killing of Dotson to be this quick or at the beach. Callen asks if there is another target. Looking at Sam, Hamilton says "the guy we're hunting, he's one of us."

Kensi knocks on Jerry Fuentes's door. Deeks can see him through the front window "standing there." Kensi figures Fuentes may run and he does. She takes him down with the hose he had unrolled in his back yard. After Kensi cuffs him, she and Deeks pull Jerry to his feet. Not being one of the brighter bad guys, Jerry tries to head-butt Kensi. And he's back on the ground again.

Kensi and Deeks banter about the charges Jerry could be facing in he doesn't cooperate. He does. Working as a broker, Fuentes set up a deal for Dotson that fell through. The buyers stole the Dotson's guns from Jerry. Dotson was not pleased. Kensi asks his whereabout the prior evening. After asking why, Kensi tells Fuentes that Dotson was killed. Fuentes is surprised and really happy. Fuentes claims he was having dinner with his parole officer.

And Jerry Fuentes was in fact having dinner with his parole officer – Nell confirmed it. There is even security footage from the restaurant. There was a motorcycle in the parking lot the prior evening. Hamilton mentions the killer used a motorcycle in Houston and Oakland. The one in the parking lot was registered to a Casey Aguilar, ex-wife of Daniel Aguilar, former Army Ranger, severed with honor and distinction until 20-months ago. His tour was up and he did not reenlist.

Sam thinks Daniel is a likely suspect. According to Nell, Daniel does not have an address in LA but rents a storage garage. Kensi and Deeks are near the garage so Callen sends them there while Callen, Sam and Hamilton are off to see Casey Aguilar.

Casey owns a home décor store. When asked about her husband, she wants to know if he's done anything wrong. Sam says they just want to talk. Casey believes her husband is in Germany – still serving. She's stunned to learned he left the military. She is equally surprised to hear she owns a motorcycle – she does not have one. Casey thinks the men believe her to be a fool. "Danny is such a kind and good man," who gave his life to the country. He's a hero. Casey still loves him, "with everything." She knows he loves her but they're divorced because just under two years ago, their 9-year old son was practicing his guitar in his room. There was what she thought was fireworks going off outside. Then she heard her son scream. He was shot in his own home. The young man next door was a drug dealer – the drive by shooting hit the wrong house. Daniel was close to his son and changed after the boy's death. Casey begs the three men not to hurt Daniel.

Kensi and Deeks have a warrant to go into the garage. They find maps of Malibu to Dotson's house, a motorcycle wheel. There is an armory in a storage shed in the garage. Two guns are missing. Daniel is likely after his next target.

Back at the boat shed, Eric and Nell are on the TV screen with Ochoa behind them while the team with Hamilton are all present. Eric and Nell looked through the items in the garage and believe bulk cocaine dealer David Whitaker is the next target. LAPD has outstanding warrants on Whitaker – the team can take him in if they find him. Ochoa thanks Hamilton for being so transparent in the case. Despite being Navy, Marine Hamilton thinks NCIS runs a pretty tight ship. Nell has the location of Whitaker's car. The team is on their way.

Callen can't believe they are going to save a drug dealer from an Army Ranger. Hamilton agrees – he killed drug dealers in foreign countries for the government and has the medals to prove it. With the death of his son in his own home, Hamilton believes Daniel is lost. Sam sees anyone on the team going down that kind of rabbit hole. Callen is hoping Daniel gets help.

Kensi and Deeks think Whitaker is inside a restaurant. Callen wants them inside as customers. In a terrible scene where they're mean to the hostess (who is mean too), each other and the other patrons, Kensi and Deeks are seated near Whitaker.

Callen is checking out the area around the restaurant for Daniel with no luck. Sam spots Daniel behind the restaurant. He is driving a courier service van. Departing the van with a package, Daniel walks into the back of the restaurant. Callen and Hamilton are running to catch up, Sam is just behind Daniel.

Kensi walks up to Whitaker and tells him to take cover. Deeks goes after Daniel, who is making his way from the kitchen into the restaurant. Daniel pulls out a gun. Deeks points his weapon at Daniel while Kensi pulls Whitaker to the next table. That causes one of Whitaker's guard to hit Kensi. Deeks goes after the other guard when Sam runs out of the kitchen to chase Daniel. Deeks beats the guard who hit Kensi while she makes quick work of the other security man.

Daniel runs straight to Hamilton in an alleyway near the restaurant. After being told to drop the gun, Daniel tells Sam there isn't a good way out. His son was killed so he is killing the "top of the food chain" criminals – the ones who are never arrested. Sam understands the darkness surrounding Daniel – he was there. With help, Daniel can get around it.

Daniel lifts his weapon and fires at Sam. Sam ducks but Sam and Hamilton have to shoot. Sam and Hamilton try to save Daniel while the paramedics are on their way. Daniel dies as the sirens near.

Callen walks up to Kensi and Deeks. The area is a crime scene, Daniel is under a yellow tarp. Kensi doesn't think it is a win. Callen agrees but with Daniel's background, this was the only ending. He was never going to jail. Callen walks up to Sam. "Don't beat yourself up," Callen says. Sam explains that Daniel missed him by eight inches. An Army Ranger like Daniel would never miss by that much. It was suicide by cop. "He wanted this over," Callen said.

Callen has an appointment – Sam and Hamilton pay the condolence call to Casey Aguilar, who collapses in grief.

Sam and Hamilton are gutted as they leave the shop. Hamilton has to fly out of LA but really wants to go to a bar and drown his sorrows. Aguilar dealt with the loss in his life they only way that made sense to him, Hamilton says. Sam feels that way some days. So does Hamilton.

Sam asks Hamilton what his exact job is for the DoJ. It is cases like these – sensitive cases the DoJ does not want in the press. The only way to keep the cases quiet to for Hamilton to work alone. He has no home base. Sam asks if Hamilton is running to something or hiding from something. Hamilton makes it clear, he's not hiding. Since his wife died, Hamilton does not have a home. Jessica, his wife, could turn whatever ten-by-ten shack the Marines had them move to into a home.

Knowing that Sam has a good thing going in LA, Hamilton tells Sam that if LA ever becomes too small for him, he'd be honored to have Sam as a partner. The two go off for a drink.

In a courtroom, a judge enters for Anna's sentencing. Anna is asked if she has a statement – she does not. Using the federal guidelines, Anna could do 15-years but letters of commendation for NCIS, the Chicago PD and her good record at the ATF, she gets seven-years with parole possible after three. Anna is taken from the courtroom. She gives Arkady and Callen one last look. Callen is surprised.

What head canon can be formed from here: This episode and "Blood Brothers" back in season one are such missed opportunities. There is a great story to tell about a hero soldier who survives a war and returns to his home only to be killed trying to save his brother from a gang. There is a great story to tell about a career soldier, a member of the Special Forces, who is protecting innocents abroad but loses his son to street violence. Both of these episodes where Sam had so much invested – seeing Mo in the dead man's brother in "Blood Brothers" and seeing himself in Daniel – LL Cool J was so good - were betrayed by the actual telling of the story.

Bill Goldberg didn't help. He was better in his second appearance in season ten but here you needed a more experienced actor. Goldberg would work in an action oriented episode – this was more character driven.

One thing that was interesting, former SEAL Tom Olsen thought Hamilton was a good guy except for being a Marine. Hamilton thought NCIS was great except their Navy ties. Always like a little services rivalry.

Episode number: Season ten's seventh episode is the 223rd episode overall.

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Live gig review: Jeremy Pelt Quintet at Smoke Jazz and Supper Club “The Artist” CD release, November 10, 2019. First set

Jeremy Pelt: trumpet; Chien Chien Lu: vibraphone; Victor Gould: piano; Richie Goods: bass; Alan Mednard: drums.

Over the past decade plus, Jeremy Pelt has truly cemented his place as a trumpet titan. Over his long career, his bold brassy tone and audacious ideas have put him at the forefront of so called mainstream jazz (a widely blanket term that now includes straight ahead, Latin, funk and hip hop influences) where his Max Jazz and HighNote releases have received wide critical acclaim. Pelt has also played in lineups that have honored Freddie Hubbard's infamous Night Of The Cookers, on organist Jared Gold's debut as a leader, and the forthcoming album by Connie Han. As a leader, Pelt has put forth his most ambitious album, The Artist and at Smoke Jazz and Supper Club on November 10th, the trumpeter concluded his 4 night birthday run at the hallowed venue with a superlative quintet consisting of rising star vibraphonist, Chien Chien Lu, pianist Victor Gould, bassist Richie Goods and drummer Alan Mednard.

Though the record featured Vincente Archer on bass,Gould and Frank LoCrasto a long time Pelt associate on Rhodes, there was never any question throughout the first set that the quintet is a strong working unit with Gould and Goods respectively. The incredibly warm and amiable trumpeter announced that one of his favorite pastimes is to go to museums. Pelt was commissioned to write a piece based around the work of the artist Rodin with five impressions of what certain figures would be like. Paris is one of his favorite places to visit, and before embarking on the Smoke gigs, the band played Paris. The quintet wasted no time in getting to the first movement “L'appel aux Armes”,whose kaleidoscopic textures made way for Pelt's bursting tone to spiral daring ideas in an intense inner dialogue with Mednard. Gould and Lu also shined brightly. Gould had a wonderful feature on “Dignity and Despair” demonstrating a harmonic resourcefulness, along with Lu's deeply soulful contribution. The suite finale, “Epilogue” featured a lengthy spot for Richie Goods, melodic and heavily rhythmic bass, which demonstrated why he has been a first call New York bassist for quite some time. The piece was a torrid showcase for Lu trading eight bar phrases mountain of choruses with Gould, the intensity getting impossibly hot from the combination of their trades and Mednard's highly interactive comping with ocean waves of cymbal crashes and massive snare and tom work. After the suite, Pelt launched into an incredibly sensitive “Polka Dots and Moonbeams” where his rich, sterling tone sang the lyrics, while the vibraphonist again stepped up to take another memorable, deeply felt solo, combining Milt Jackson's earthiness with the forward thinking of Bobby Hutcherson and wide eyed wonder and exploration of Stefon Harris, one of her heroes. The set closed with “Ceramic”.

The Jeremy Pelt Quintet is great vehicle for the trumpeter to explore some of his finest writing in a live setting, with a group of players that makes listening and exciting interaction a priority. Smoke is also a terrific, intimate venue which makes the audience as much a part of the proceedings as the musicians themselves. It was abundantly clear that the group was inspired by the audience's attentive listening and enthusiastic reactions, and on the final night of a four night run everything worked on all cylinders. The band has been playing this material for quite a while, so whenever one can get the chance to see this group live it is more than worth it.

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LAST MINUTE INSPO FROM A SNEAK PEEK INTO CELEBRITY HALLOWEEN COSTUMES 2019

Trick or Treat, Smell My Feet, Give Me Something Good to Eat! Soon there will Halloween parties in full swing, pumpkins lining the streets and masses of trick or treaters on a serious scrape to secure as many sweets as possible at midnight. It’s that time of the year when you fancy channeling your inner Rihanna or Halsey or any fictional a character like Shrek or Lego Batman or any celebrity to create a spotlight-stealing look. Many choose to pay homage to their idols this spooktacular season and as the season has already kicked started with a bang, you might be at the hunt for a last-minute Halloween costume inspiration from the A-list set, spending hours to create the iconic looks this Halloween, all hail to the early festivities that have begun with our stars flaunting their Halloween looks setting the bar high again this year leaving behind costume inspiration for many. If you are a die-hard Halsey fan like me, plenty of choices to channel your Halsey are open; from Met Gala, Victoria Secret’s fashion show to American Music Awards and New York Fashion week Halsey could be your go-to Halsey costume for the Halloween party.

From Cruella de Vil to the tooth fairy you might have experimented with all kinds of looks from spooky to sweet all your life and this year what will be your spin this year is giving you serious trouble. Just Eat, Drink & Be Scary.

2018 didn’t fail to disappoint the celebrity high bar for Halloween costumes with some of the most outrageous, funny and confusing costumes, from the barely recognizable (Rita Ora as Post Malone, anyone?) to the downright uncanny, one can recreate the previous year’s head-turners as this Halloween's spooky and glamorous ensemble with DIY. From the most hyped costumes from the last year Halloween that took Instagram and twitters with amaze and gaze was the Jessica Biel, Justin Timberlake, and Silas Randall Timberlake as Lego Batman characters, Chrissy Teigen and John Legend as Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles, the great Kardashians always making up to the highlights with fancy yet controversial stories, Kourtney Kardashian, Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner, Kendall Jenner, and Khloe Kardashian as Victoria's Secret Angels, Heidi Klum as Princess Fiona from Shrek, the millionaire whose Insta stories are always extravagant and stays at the top of social media hype, Kylie Jenner as Barbie and Beyoncé as Toni Braxton. When we talk about the most spine-chilling Halloween outfits we can’t just get over Heidi Klum's remarkable Jessica Rabbit in 2015 (which took nine hours of groundwork to complete the prosthetics), or Lady Gaga as a terrifying Edward Scissorhands in 2017 and the list goes on and on, for Halloween is the most sought social event in the celebrity calendar where their costume ideas are mandatory to prove as the crowd-pleasers.

Among the early Halloween feels, Dance with the Stars take the lead in giving us those creepy looks by going full zombie during Halloween night on Monday with a spooky opening number set to Billie Eilish’s Bad Guy. With the insane moves and crazy costumes donned with dreadful makeup to turn the ballroom floor into a creepier zombie world, the stars and the professional dancers are giving me chills down the spine.

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Some creepy costume inspirations are ready to be added to the Halloween mood board from the early Halloween festivity in Los Angeles hosted by Rande Gerber and George Clooney, the annual Casamigos the party had the starry guest list who donned their crazy costumes as the homage to classical idols or recreated the looks from their past events. All of this flooded twitter and their Instagram before the arrival of the big day. The social-media worthy clobber for the annual Casamigos party is listed below.

HALSEY: MARILYN MANSON

Halsey deserves all the applaud and the limelight, biased? Probably yes but the fandom of Halsey provokes such instinct in me and if I were to hand over the best celebrity costume award, Its Halsey and Halsey every time, every year and every event. Halsey this year didn't fail to disappoint and channeled inner goth rocker Marilyn Manson while she announces her relationship with actor Evan Peters on the Halloween bash in Los Angeles. Fiery redhead and a latex leotard was Halsey in the complete Halloween Spirit, spooktacularly-sexy.

Halsey and Evan Peter are giving us some real relationship goals or they chose to confirm their love by costume coordination, Polka dots giving nostalgia of the '70s. They donned the look at starry American Horror Story 100th Episode Celebration kicked off in California.

KYLIE JENNER – FLAUNTS HALLOWEEN LOOK AS MADONNA

Black is always a killer and Kylie Jenner totally slayed the look with blood-stained red lipstick and blondes to create the Madonna look in a now-iconic kiss at the 2003 VMAs. The makeup-mogul paid homage to the pop culture by pairing with her friend Stassie Karanikolaou to recreate Britney Spear. How cool is that?

Like mother is the daughter, all glammed up in the Jenner’s met gala ensemble look. Stormi Webster was a miniature version of Kylie at the Met Gala, with the same lavender dress and purple hair. She totally was a little cute fella.

HEIDI KLUM – TOOK THE RED CARPET WITH GLITZ AND GLLITTERZ

Her spectacular look made me utter “All that Glitters is just Gold!” The model dipped in glitter dazzled like a neon firework with green and other neon-colored glitters sprayed generously. That would be an understatement though as both husband and wife took the theme of fireworks to take Instagram like always to satiate the fandom every Halloween. But this is not the finale to the Halloween spook; a lot of creative prosthetics has been put to pull off this year’s costume for her iconic party.

DEMI LOVATO - MARIE ANTOINETTE

In round 1, Demi was shining in the ensemble by her glam team, Etienne Ortega and Paul Norton. She is the crown-winner just in round 1, the slayer has dressed like French aristocrat Marie Antoinette with a low-cleavage corseted frock, taking us back to the 18th century. The star-studded eyes with heavily-powered makeup and a high-bun is worth the applaud.

The second round brought forward the clown look of the singer, red-nosed and ginger head with complementing fierce red lens and pom-pom frock is another slayer and winner.

JESSICA BIEL - SARTORIAL TRIBUTE TO THE JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE NYSNC DAYS

When Jessica Biel dared to confess on air that she knows nothing about NSYNC songs, this is what it turned out as Jessica's costume for Halloween. In a metallic boiler suit with a curly wig and '90s sunglasses, Jessica paid homage to his husband's boy-band days.

UK celebs have been hitting hard to get into the game and giving tough competition to their US counterparts with hilarious costumes for the big day. The KISS Haunted House Party was another peak-into a place for getting costume inspo. Many of the stars that were performing in the KISS Haunted House Party took the stage with some incredible costumes; Four of diamonds rocked the recreation look of Bratz dolls with their infamous big eyes and face paint to complete the look. The Joker look was much expected after the acclaimed success of the movie, Cetinay was all Joker ready in red suit and clown painted face. Latex seemed more of a trend this Halloween in the celebs, after Hasley, Henderson was seen in black and orange latex with devil horns and blood dripping from the eyes, orange glitter blood to be specific.

Get your Halloween party shoes on and get running with the last minute DIY costume ideas. Slay the look completely. Happy Haunting!

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It’s that summer between the end of high school and the start of something else. Dean Stockton and Curt Hutton are best friends, and more often than not you can find them rowing on the Rogue River at dawn.

Together they experience something they will never be able to describe adequately. But then they won’t really need to. Not to each other. It’s that moment of swing when rowers find the rhythm and everything falls into place. The shell seems to lift right out of the water. Enter Isabelle Smiley. She’s beautiful yet insecure, knowing yet innocent, and crazy about Curt in a way that no girl has ever been crazy about Dean. She wants Curt to choose a college closer to home than the one he and Dean have selected—and she can be persuasive. “I’d never be able to hold out against a girl like Smiley,” Dean admits. “Don’t say that,” Curt replies. “I told her she’d have to convince you, too.” Everyone is conflicted in this story of friendship, lust, and life-changing choices. Only one thing seems certain to all of them: If Smiley strikes a match, Dean will catch fire.

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"Sharply drawn and deceptively quiet, Combustible is an excellent novel that lingers in the mind long after completion. I loved it." - Mark Richardson, author of The Sun Casts No Shadow.

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All the Way to France

The Sandpiper Bar & Grill overlooks the mouth of the Rogue River, and right now the parking lot is jammed with cars. A red Mustang convertible—the top down, for this is a starlit night in June—circles slowly to the back door.

In the kitchen, the scene is a whirl of cooks, busers, and dish washers.

Wearing an apron and a floppy chef’s hat, Dean cuts into a fresh cheesecake and passes a slice to the server waiting in the pantry window.

Above the din, a line cook hollers—

“Stockton, you’ve got visitors out back.”

Fellow pantry cook Victor Lee is shucking littleneck clams next to Dean, who says—

“Cover for me, will you?”

Backed into a loading zone behind the restaurant, Curt’s freshly waxed convertible couldn’t be shinier. The girl from Brookings is still seated on the passenger side; Curt opens the door for her.

Dean takes off his hat as he pushes through the screen door. He runs one hand through his hair, sweaty from the heat of the kitchen, while his eyes stay glued to the girl’s legs as she climbs out of the low-slung car. Her dress—white with tiny black polka dots—rides up and he can see all the way to France. She blushes but there’s reason to believe she is more pleased than embarrassed.

“Dean, I’d like you to meet Isabelle—oof!”

Curt’s date removes her elbow from his rib cage.

“You know I don’t like that name," she says.

“Well, how am I supposed to introduce you?”

She turns to Dean—

“Just call me Smiley," she says. “That’s my last name but it’s what everybody uses.”

They shake hands. Hers are soft and smooth—so much so that it’s unsettling.

“What’s wrong with...?”

Smiley cringes, so he doesn’t say her first name.

“It reminds me of my grandmother," she says. “I was named after her, actually, but I can’t stand her. The feeling’s mutual, I’m sure.”

“You don’t look like an Isabelle anyway.”

“Thank you.”

Only two words, but they say Dean is exactly right—and Curt is just … mean.

“Busy tonight?" Curt asks.

“A madhouse. But I think we’ve got it under control now. How was the show?”

Curt holds his hand out flat, palm down, and tips it from side to side. Smiley looks appalled at his lack of enthusiasm.

“She cried the whole time," Curt says.

“Well, it was sad ... but I liked it," Smiley replies. “You should see it, Dean.”

Since Dean doesn’t have a girlfriend and has never been to a movie alone, he’s not sure what to say.

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Hickey

A great one night stand leaves two things for me: great memories and no strings attached. Bonus points is if there’s no evidence left behind. But sometimes one cannot get lucky enough for that bonus.

“Oooooh, someone got a little action this weekend,” Aisha teased as she slid over to my cubicle on her chair, grinning like a Cheshire Cat.

I laughed sheepishly and rubbed my neck, where the still prominently red hickey stood out from my skin, like a proud signal of ‘I got laid’. “Yeah. He got a lil mouthy,” I said.

Aisha laughed and slapped her knee. “Least someone around here is. Who was it? Was it Ben? Oh my god, Chris, it better have been Ben!”

“No, no,” I waved that off, Ben was straighter than a ruler and I was too impatient to try to change that, “some guy I met at the bar. Sexy as hell, name was uh...” I had to rack my brain for a few seconds, “Claud? Or something weird like that.”

Aisha wrinkled her nose. “Not something I’d imagine screaming, but eh, could be worse. What was he like? Appearance wise, appearance wise, I’m not interested in every dirty detail!” She raised her hands as if she expected to be physically bombarded with tales about exactly how big his throbbing dick was.

I had to bite down on my lip to stop from laughing too hard. “Uh, tall. Dark hair. Accent, I think it was Russian... Broad shoulders. Washboard abs. Really standoffish at first but I got him to warm up after a few shots. But yeah, super mouthy. You can’t even see the ones under my shirt, I look like I’m polka dotted.” I rubbed my neck again. “How bad is it?”

“Honestly, it can pass for a bug bite.” Aisha slid back to her desk. “I think I just saw Bianca, act like you’ve been working all morning.”

A good friend knew when to stop gossiping. The time to stop gossiping was when the bitchy boss came into the area and started stalking about like a wildcat.

About noonish, my mouth was dryer than the Sahara Desert. I reached for my water bottle only to find that I’d already emptied it. Super thirsty thanks to the dry ass air conditioning. I groaned and got up to refill it.

“Don’t be slacking, Chris,” Bianca quipped as she walked on by. I pressed my lips together, ignoring the urge to remind her that I could absolutely get up to get something to drink before walking to the bathroom.

Once I was in there, I decided to take a piss too- I’d seriously been downing water all morning.

I just finished pissing when the door opened. I caught sight of Ben walking into the washroom, looking like he’d just been told he had three weeks to live. I zipped up and went to wash my hands. “You look like hell,” I deadpanned.

“My wife just sent me divorce papers.”

Oooh. In my shock I accidentally turned on the hot water too high, burning my hands. I hissed and quickly added cold water. “Ouch. Um… sorry?” I was horrible for these kind of situations. Especially since Ben was ultra fucking sexy. Hard to concentrate on things.

“It’s… I just…” Ben ran his hand through his hair. “I don’t know what the fuck I did wrong, you know man?”

As someone with commitment issues, I could more along the lines of what Ben’s wife was thinking, but I knew that’d be a dick move to bring up. “She’s a bitch if she’s not even gonna try to make it work,” I said as I dried my hands. “You’re a great guy, she’s clearly fucking this up.”

Ben sighed and leaned back, but I caught a hint of a smile on his lips. “Thanks, man. I gotta get back to work… hey, is that a hickey or a spider bite?” His eyes landed on my neck and I cleared my throat and adjusted my collar.

“Former.”

“Nice, er… maybe not nice. It looks really uncomfortable,” Ben walked up to the other sink and splashed water on his face, “I gotta get back to work. Keep the divorce thing on the downlow, kay?” With that, he walked out.

Frowning, I examined the hickey in the mirror. It did kinda look worse than it felt, it actually looked a little… swollen. Weird.

The next morning I stumbled into the bathroom, wondering if there was anything nice I could say to Ben. I like the single and ready to mingle life, I don’t know how people tie themselves down to someone for a more permanent situation.

I stepped into the shower and looked down at my chest.

And then I screamed.

I leaped out of the shower, nearly slamming my dick into the counter. I looked at the mirror, wondering if it was just a trick of the light, but my stomach dropped so hard I felt myself nearly puke.

My chest was covered in what looked like swollen bug bites, bright red and irritated. I poked one and my stomach churned. What the actual shit. I sunk to the floor and touched the one just below my belly button, it looked like Rudolph’s fucking nose. It gave under my harder prods, like an oversized pimple.

I remembered Claud sucking extra hard right about there.

Shit. I had an STI. I was going to die.

The hardest one to hide was, of course, on my neck. Turtlenecks were not my style, but I did not want to show off my ‘hickey’. Aisha rolled over to my desk, her lips pursed in a concerned manner. “Whoa, Chris. What’s with the turtle neck? Getting tired of the hickey jokes?” She asked.

I swallowed. This was humiliating. “Um… yeah, sure. It just gets a lil old. Plus I might be visiting my mom tonight and she still thinks I’m a straight virgin. Can’t have her realizing I got my ass rammed by a hot guy Saturday,” I said, trying to keep my voice level.

Aisha was a good friend, so she knew something was up, but she was also a good friend who knew to back off. She chewed her bottom lip before she nodded. “Okay, okay. I can’t blame you. I’ll lay off too,” She said before rolling back to her desk. Right on time too, Bianca the Vulture was doing her rounds.

I kept my eyes glued to my computer until I got so thirsty my lips started to crack. I could feel blood welling up on the inside of my mouth. I got up and walked to the bathroom to refill my water bottle.

It was halfway full when I felt my neck twitch.

Gasping, I pulled down my collar to reveal the painfully large lump. It twitched again, noticeably, before it began to pulse.

The fucking STD pimple from hell was pulsing in time with my heartbeat.

I couldn’t breathe. I carefully prodded it with my finger and it squirmed. I jerked my hand away and nearly lost my balance. I couldn’t fucking breathe. What the actual shit was wrong with me?!

“There you are!”

Hearing a woman’s voice in the men’s bathroom is really not something you want to hear at the best of times, least when you’re me. And at this moment, I really wanted to tell Bianca exactly what I thought of her stupid bottle blond perm as she strutted in like she owned the place.

She set her hands on her hips as I slowly turned around, keeping the monstrosity of a bump on my neck covered with my hand. “You’ve been in here ten minutes and you’re just primping in the mirror. Don’t think this won’t turn up in your next review!” She shook a finger at me before she wrinkled her nose. “What the hell are you doing? Put your hand down, it’s creeping me out!”

“I’m taking care of something,” I managed to say in a strangled tone, “I think I need to go home, I’m… I’m not well.”

“Bullshit!” Bianca strode up and ripped my hand down, her eyes turning baseball size when she saw the thing on my neck. “Jesus Christ, what the fuck-”

The lump exploded, yellow-green pus covering her face and wide open mouth. For once, Bianca had nothing to say, only to look frantically at the glob that had landed on her fingernail before my neck exploded in excruciating pain.

I collapsed back against the counter, banging my head as it felt like something was pulling on my neck. No, not on my neck. Inside. From the inside of my fucking neck. I couldn’t see it. I just felt it pulling itself from the newfound wound and in a dark blur launched itself into Bianca’s mouth.

Bianca gagged loudly before her eyes rolled back, the veins in the whites popping and flooding her eyes with blood before she collapsed on the ground, writhing like she was being electrocuted. My head felt light, I could only watch as her body twitched a few more times before going deathly still. No breathing. No movement. I blacked out after that.

I woke up on an unknown couch. The place was nice. Super nice. I sat up and nearly cried, black dots swarming in front of my eyes that forced me to lay back down.

“Chris? You okay?”

Ben walked into the room and I swore I was in heaven. When Ben dressed down, he dressed down. Sweatpants, t-shirt. Had a bleach stain on said t-shirt. Not gonna lie- it was fucking hot.

Memories of Bianca’s bloody eyes killed any thoughts of getting turned on.

Ben sat at the end of the couch, those perfect fucking eyes looking at me. He looked so damn worried.

“We found you and Bianca… well, Bianca’s body in the bathroom. Doc says it looks like she had an aneurysm burst. Ticking time bomb. I mean, I hated her, but Jesus, what a way to go. I offered to take you back to my place to keep an eye on you, you might have a concussion and we’ll go the hospital if you feel like you need it.” He reached forward and rested a hand on my knee. “What happened?”

I opened my mouth and made the least sexy gurgling sound imaginable. Fucking kill me.

“I’ll get you something to drink.”

Water! God, water sounded amazing right now. When he returned with a bottle, I drained the thing so fast it was probably embarrassing, water dripping down my chin. I cleared my throat, god. Still so fucking thirsty. “Thanks,” I croaked.

“Good thing I grabbed two,” Ben laughed as he handed me the one he’d taken a sip or two from. I sucked that one down at a more respectable rate, finally feeling a little quenched. I still didn’t sit up though. I learned my lesson.

“I… I think I’m sick.”

Ben’s eyebrows drew together and he leaned forward. “Yeah? What’s wrong?” He said.

God, he was gonna get freaked out. I whimpered as I pulled up my shirt, shuddering once I saw the ‘hickeys’. They’d gotten worse, some starting to turn purple at their tip and becoming cone shaped. Ben gasped and shot back, his face twisted with revulsion. “Fucking Christ! What happened to you?” He breathed out.

I sobbed as I began to pull my shirt back down. “I don’t fucking know, man. I was just… these all happened after…” I felt my nose start to get all drippy. Boy. That was sexy.

Ben stopped me and slowly touched one of the hickeys. It pulsed and swelled. He breathed in sharply, still obviously thinking ‘what the actual fuck?’ but also a little fascinated. “The time you got the hickey?” He guessed.

“Dude, I swear to god, I used protection,” I said, staring at the ceiling. “I’m not an idiot, I’m a fucking gay guy whose uncle died from fucking AIDs… the guy was all over me though. And I swear to god each one of his lil marks he left turned into… these...” I sobbed and covered my face. Ben was going to freak the fuck out. I was fucked.

Again, Ben touched one of the swollen lumps. “I’m not assuming anything, I promise, shit happens… but… what are they?” He asked.

“… This one,” I pointed at my neck, which had been bandaged up when I was out, “Something… something came out of it. And it attacked Bianca. And… and it killed her.”

Ben jerked back much quicker. “Fuck!” He eyed the hickeys again, clearly much more careful. “But… how… that’s not… they’re going to open soon?” He guessed.

I glanced down and saw that the one he’d touched had begun to twitch. I whimpered as I covered it. “Just go, get out of here. I’m fucking dead, man.”

Ben got up, looking ready to run out the front door… before he sat down and started to rub the lump. I gasped and swatted his hand away. “Jesus, what are you doing?!” I shrieked.

“… I mean. I might as well be dead too.”

Ben glanced around the room, his eyes started to seem whimsical. “We’d been married so long. Ten years this November. Highschool sweethearts. Prom King and Queen,” definitely not shocked he was Prom King, “and I was finally bringing up having kids… and she’s gone.” His chest shuddered.

He was crazy. He was fucking crazy. “Come on, Ben, don’t be stupid. Please. You have so much going for you!” Especially with Bianca having kicked it, he’d be in line for a promotion. Morbid way to think about it, but fair, I figured.

“No I don’t.” Ben sniffed and wiped his eyes quickly. “I… I really don’t. And hey, at least this way you won’t be alone?”

Alone.

I didn’t realize that once he’d left I’d be alone. With these fucking twitching lumps that used to be hickeys. And god, I hated being alone. I’d rather have my innards ripped out than be alone. And I’d especially not want to die alone.

I took his hand and sobbed. “God, you’re a fucking moron, Ben,” I said as the lump slowly began to swell.

He nodded before he brought his fingers up and like popping a pimple, squished the largest lump.

The smell of pus and rotten flesh filled the air and I started to gag. What the hell was wrong with me?! How had I not felt pain?! How was I still not in pain!?

The pain kicked in when the thing began to crawl from my ribs.

It was like a worm, a brown worm with yellow stripes lining its side. It probably wasn’t longer than a shoelace and didn’t seem to have eyes. It squirmed out from inside me, my skin making a squelching sound. Its parasitical jaws opened, three teeth from its small mouth extending out. Ben was frozen, staring at that thing.

Then he reached up and petted it.

I could’ve laughed if it didn’t hurt. Ben was petting a goddamn murderous snake-worm parasite that had eaten god knows how much of me. It was fucking crazy.

Instead of trying to rip his throat out though, the parasite seemed to croon, leaning into his touch. It rubbed against his fingers before its teeth set into his finger. Ben screeched as blood started pouring from the stub that was once his pointer finger. The parasite squealed as it crawled from my chest and dove for his stomach.

Ben’s mouth opened in a silent scream as it burrowed in, I caught a glimpse of its fin like tail before it was gone. Ben’s eyes went glassy before he collapsed on top of me… and with his weight he successfully burst all of the remaining hickeys on my chest.

I screamed as the parasites erupted from my skin and punctured through Ben’s, Ben’s eyes going blank as they chewed right through his shirt and into his skin. One bit through his neck and blood spurted onto my face. I cried and clung onto the couch and squeezed my eyes shut, waiting for things to become dark and for me to finally just fucking die.

But that didn’t happen.

I didn’t lose consciousness. I didn’t start to go numb. Everything remained as sharp and painful as when it first started. And even though I thought I was stuck to a dead guy, Ben was just as alive as I was.

It must’ve been hours after it first started when Ben finally seemed to come back to life. He gasped and tried to pull back, only for the worms connecting our bodies to screech and their bodies to go taut. Ben cried out and fell back on top of me.

“… I think they’re eating me,” He gasped out.

I nodded and rested my head on his shoulder. “I’m… I’m fuckin sorry, man,” I whimpered.

Ben’s bloody hand reached up to my face and stroked it. “… Not your fault,” He groaned before passing out again.

Outside grew dark. I felt tired. Ben kept drifting in and out. I knew we had to die soon.

Then two of the worms flopped from our bodies and scooted to the door. No! I whimpered and reached for them as they squalled and made their way out of the house from underneath a crack in the door.

“What happened?” Ben slurred.

I cried. Not more people. Not more people.

The two returned back hours later, this time through the window. They had to break it, the shattering of the glass making me jump and the parasites complained about how they were jostled about. The two who returned were much fatter now, and as they squirmed in through holes in my ribs I felt something tear into my stomach.

And then I felt… better.

Ben clearly felt the same effect. He blinked and looked around, even a little color returning to his cheeks. “The fuck?” He muttered.

I reached up and gripped his bicep, pulling back as much as our torsos would allow. Our skin was flayed out, the holes passages between our bodies as the parasites dived in and out. Their squeals grew musical, like they were singing a song.

I laughed.

“They’ll… they’ll take care of us, Ben. We’re their home now. They’ll take care of us.”

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Our heroes: Get a new boss and a new co-worker as Sam returns and Hetty departs (for now).

What important things did we learn about:

Callen: Worried about the not working Sam, the suddenly retired Hetty and the recently dismissed Deeks. Sam: Still not working after Michelle's death. Kensi: Unhappy Deeks did not share their engagement news with his mom. Deeks: Let go from the Office of Special Projects for the first but not last time in season nine. Eric: Still awkward when greeting Sam. Nell: Did not get a contingency plan from the disappeared Hetty. Mosley: EAD-PAC Hetty: Looking for someone from her past.

What not so important things did we learn about:

Callen: Testing the new boss. Sam: Killing fish. Kensi: Liked more than Deeks by Deeks's mom. Deeks: Literally in the dog house with LAPD. Eric: Undercover Avocado. Nell: Poor empty cup drinker. Mosley: Passed Callen's test. Hetty: Sold most of her real estate holding.

Who's down with OTP: Kensi and Deeks are in a great place – jogging together, back working together after a several hour hiatus.

Who's down with BrOTP: Callen is the one working to bring his troubled partner back into the NCIS fold. It usually works the other way on this program.

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Today in Harley Hidoko: Cheerfully professional, friendly, willing to work with Eric and Nell to make sure they don't get in trouble with the new boss.

Fashion review: Callen wears a blue-checked button down shirt to start the episode, a dark dress shirt after his trip to the Pacific. Black henley for Sam (lots of black henleys for Sam this season) after some that has to be custom-made diving gear to catch some food. A rare season nine sighting of the brown henley after the trip to the ocean. Great red and blue stripped shirt for Kensi after a jogging top and leggings for her morning run. Deeks wore a dark blue tee and lighter blue shorts to jog, dark blue v-neck tee to the different offices.

Light blue plaid dress shirt over a dark blue tee for Eric after his time in his avocado outfit. Red floral dress with a black blazer for Nell. Green military style field coat for Hetty with khaki pants. Grey pinstripe suit (pants) with a white blouse with tiny polka dots for Hidoko. Darker blue suit (skirt) with a pale blue blouse for Mosley.

Music: "Blown" by DNCE featuring Kent Jones is playing when Agent Park lands on the limo in the teaser. "Spin It" by V2P is playing at the bar in Vietnam.

Any notable cut scene: No.

Quote:

Mosley: "When I said that your team could be better, I meant it. My definition of a perfect mission is one where you achieve all of your objectives without any casualties, civilian or otherwise." Callen: "There is no such thing as a perfect mission." Mosley: "Well, I disagree. And even if there isn't, that's no excuse for not trying. Your unit has a reputation for using lethal force far above and well beyond any other unit in this agency." Callen: "Well, maybe our criminals here on the West Coast are just little more dangerous." Mosley: "Or maybe it's time you and your team start to take responsibility for your actions. Gone are the days where you shoot first and ask questions later."

Oh that conversation aged well with the season nine finale and all.

Anything else: Outside an LA hot spot, a large crowd is on hand watching the rich and famous pull up in their limos for a night of partying. As one couple exits their limo, a man lands on the vehicle's roof. Things do not end well for the man or the limo.

Cue new credits with Nia Long and without Miguel Ferrer. They did not keep the "San Voir" explosion, an error that is hopefully corrected in season ten.

Callen is dressed for work but at the beach near the water. Sam comes out of the water in his wetsuit with a spear gun and a good's day worth of fish. Sam asks if Hetty sent Callen – she did not. Callen explains he's there on his own because the office is really busy and he knows Sam is going to be really upset about all the fun cases he is missing.

Walking to Sam's RV, Callen is impressed. Sam thinks it is heaven – he plans to stay "one or two days past forever." Callen thought Sam was just taking some time off to be with his kids but Aiden has started Annapolis (home of the U.S. Naval Academy) and Kam is at Stockdale, which isn't Keating but sounds military (Adm. James Stockdale was a Medal of Honor winner in Vietnam, the president of the Citadel and Ross Perot's running mate). Callen wants to know what Sam is doing besides terrifying the fish.

Sam says he's happy but Callen knows he is not. The peaceful, quiet beach life is not Sam. Sam wants Callen to find a replacement for the "big hole" he left behind. Callen doesn't want to train anyone new – "it took long enough to train you." Sam stares at his wedding ring – he's not coming back. He is, however, making the two of them breakfast.

Kensi and Deeks are jogging on the beach. Deeks is a little more beardy than usual. Kensi wants to know when Deeks is telling his mom about their engagement. Deeks believes that with Kensi's mom regularly chatting with Deeks's mom, Roberta already knows. Kensi asks if his mother has said anything. She has not, leading Kensi to believe that Roberta is angry. Deeks thinks if his mom was angry, they'd know. Kensi is worried that Roberta may not like her. Deeks thinks Roberta likes Kensi more than she likes her own son. Kensi mostly agrees. Deeks calls his mom and leaves a voice message for "Bert". It is a non-descript message asking for a return call. Kensi is not pleased.

Nell is pretending to drink out of a cup of coffee (and doing it poorly) when she spots a man in an avocado costume in a park area near the ocean (this is a pretty spot – go back there more, show). She walks toward the avocado man before taking off in a full sprint, jumping onto and over a park bench and then tackling and beating Mr. Avocado

Mr. Avocado – Eric Beale.

Eric was undercover and Nell was trying to spot him. Since avocados are out of season – making the costume a cheap rental – Nell picked him out right away. She also thought undercover work really meant wearing a hat or sunglasses. Eric's phone goes off, so does Nell's. There is an all hands on deck alert.

Callen arrives at the office first. Harley Hideko, executive assistant to the EAD-PAC, introduces herself. Callen asks if she sent the alert. She did not, new EAD Shay Mosley did. She's been assigned by NCIS to replace Owen Granger and to find a new Operations Manager. Hetty has retired and is "probably halfway to Fiji" (right ocean, wrong hemisphere).

Mosley is surprised Hetty didn't tell Callen she was retiring. Callen is just surprised. The reason for the all hands alert was not Hetty "sailing into the sunset" but concerns that a missile will be fired at Los Angeles by the North Koreans.

Up in Ops, Callen, Kensi, Deeks, Eric and Nell start to talk about the North Korean threat but Callen is more worried about Hetty. Nell was not left a contingency plan and Nell is always left a contingency plan. Kensi thinks that maybe Michelle's death hit Hetty hard.

Mosley arrives with Hidoko. Mosley starts the brief but Hidoko is having a hard time running the big board with her tablet. The man on top of the limo was Defense Intelligence Officer Thomas Park. He was supposed to be in South Korea and not on top of a limo. While Eric tries to get Harley's tablet updated, Deeks tries and fails at small talk.

Once up on the screen, Agent Park is described as a bit of a wild card who arrived in LA without any luggage. He sent a cryptic text to his superiors before he died. The team is dismissive of the idea of an attack from North Korea – they don't have the technology to launch a missile across the Pacific.

Mosley is concerned because Park died sending that specific text. Hidoko provides the team with Park's files. Kensi is assigned to Callen for this case by Mosley since this is a National Security investigation and Deeks is LAPD, he should go back to LAPD.

With two boxes of stuff (versus one in “The Debt”) Deeks is not given a hero’s welcome with his return to LAPD. Bates wants to know what he did to "piss off Thumbelina". Deeks explains there is new boss at NCIS and he's back. Bates – in a terrible version of this character – moves Deeks to the office where the K-9 unit houses the dogs. The computer monitor on Deeks's desk looks like the season one to season 10 or so monitors at NCIS's Navy Yard. Deeks is not pleased.

Also not pleased – Callen and Kensi. Callen is frustrated Hetty is gone and not returning calls. Kensi is frustrated that Deeks is gone and she can't do anything about it. Eric calls. Every government agency on the West Coast has been warned about the North Korean threat by Mosley but are under strict orders to not share it with the public. Kensi thinks that makes sense – no need to cause panic. That's true but Nell tells Callen and Kensi that nobody has been able to confirm the threat is viable. Callen thinks it is a wild goose chase.

Eric confirms that Hetty did put in her retirement paperwork. Kensi thinks Hetty is trying to become the Assistant Director and this is a way to apply pressure. Nell disagrees. Hetty has sold three of her four major properties including the beach house, Calisto and the home where Nell killed Daniela Ruah's stuntman husband. The Hancock Park house is selling for a reasonable $6.75 million. The Lady H is not in its slip. Callen wants Eric and Nell to track it.

They would but Hidoko arrives with questions about why there is a security camera shot of a marina on their computers and the big screen. Eric and Nell do a terrible job lying about wanting to have a place to dock boat that sunk in Marina del Rey.

Hidoko is fine with Eric and Nell looking for a place to dock their fictional sunken boat but Mosley thinks using NCIS resources for personal interests is a fireable offense. Oh dear – how will Mosley’s career survive such rules based on the season finale. /snotty.

Just as they did in season one, episode six's "Keepin' It Real", Callen and Kensi are standing on the rooftop of a nightclub trying to figure out how Agent Park went off the roof. This rooftop bar has a high plexiglass wall that would be impossible to either climb over or be pushed/tossed from, unlike the season one bar.

Callen sees a storage area near the roof bar. Inside, Callen and Kensi find signs of a struggle and blood. Security footage shows Agent Park being murdered by two men. The bar manager recognizes one of the killer – Michael Lee. Lee is a Canadian who is working toward his Ph.D. in physics. He doesn't fit the profile of a killer, according to Eric and Nell. Kensi thinks the Canadian ID may be fake – it is easier to get into to the US from Canada than from other countries.

On the phone, Lt. Bates is acting like a dolt when Deeks enters his office. Deeks asks about the missile strike and Bates is really not helpful. Deeks is swinging by a crime scene before seeing his mom. Bates isn't sure why Deeks told him that. Deeks said that since he's back and part of the team again, he thought Bates would want to know. Deeks thought wrong.

Callen and Kensi go to Michael Lee's house. No one's home. Callen calls Mosley to see if they can break into the house – it is a test for Mosley. Mosley tells him to get into the house. She also wants to know if she passed Callen's test. Score one for Mosley here (not being snotty - she won this one and if you liked the character, you’d be rooting for her. But they wrote her as a shrew so no rooting for her allowed).

Lee’s house is empty and tidy. There is a cross-cut shredder in one of the bedrooms and the shredded material is being flushed down the toilet. Kensi goes through his trash and finds three different cell phones with receipts from three different stores. Callen thinks that's pretty good spy craft.

Deeks is surprised when a man in his boxer shorts opens his mom's front door. Deeks chases the man through his mother's apartment, tackling him on the bed an pulling his gun. Roberta arrives fresh from the shower wanting Deeks to put his gun down because he's scaring Guy. Horrified, Deeks realized what he's just walked in on.

With a beautiful ocean view from her living room/kitchen, Deeks and his mother have a talk about what just happened. He was trying to call her for days – OK, not days but that day. Roberta explains she was busy and Deeks wants no part of why she was busy. Deeks explains he was worried about her. Roberta thinks if he was worried about her, he might have called earlier to talk about his engagement. Kensi's mom did tell Roberta.

Roberta does a nice job milking Deeks's guilt – talking about him not wanting her involved and being an embarrassment. Deeks doesn't think these things. Roberta knows he does but she doesn't care because she has a wedding of her own to plan. "It is high time you had a new father." Deeks is horrified. Roberta is kidding – she and Guy are just friends….with benefits. Deeks leaves.

The two of them could have their own sitcom.

Callen finds a safe in one of Lee's bedrooms but can't open it. Kensi finds an EMT uniform in the bedroom just a Lee and a second man return home. The second man has a high powered military-style gun. He shoots at both Callen and Kensi before murdering Lee.

Deeks arrives to cover LAPD's end of Lee's murder. He mentions to Kensi that he saw his mom and is now permanently scarred. Callen arrives, saying they could have used him in the shoot-out. Deeks tells Callen to talk to his boss. Callen intends to.

Kensi and Deeks take Lee's computer back to "the Wonder Twins" while Callen calls in the day's events to Sam. Sam is sharpening his knife outside of his trailer. He tosses it at a board – and based on the pock-marks in the board, that is not the first time he performed that act.

Up in Ops, Mosley is cranky that Callen was involved in a shoot-out near Lee's college and their best lead is dead. She also wants to know why Deeks is back. Callen explains he didn't want to be involved in a shoot-out either and maybe if Deeks was with them, the shoot-out would have ended differently. Mosley wants to know if Callen can't do his job without Deeks. Callen says he can do his job with the people he needs. If she wants to make the team stronger, that's fine but Callen thinks all she's done is weaken the team. She allows Deeks to remain with the team until she can find a better replacement. Callen wants a say in the replacement. Mosley tells him no.

Sam arrives to hugs back in the bullpen but band or parade, as he hoped. There was a bad handshake exchange with Eric. Lee’s computer was too badly damaged to be really useful but there were some notes discovered connecting North Korea to Iran. There were also photos of a conventional bomb – there probably isn't going to be missile attack, there is going to be a bomb set somewhere near one of the ports.

Hidoko joins the group. Mosley is on the phone with the SecNav. Hidoko continues to struggle with her tablet. Eric takes over. Satellite imagery has the North Koreans firing a missile at Los Angeles. Sam figures it would take 25-minutes to hit the city. Mosley arrives with news that the White House has all the anti-missile systems on high alert and a Carrier group off North Korea is waiting instructions. Mosley wants to know if Sam is back – based on the circumstances, he is.

Deeks wants to know what Iran is doing in all this. Sam wants to know why Lee and his friend were building a bomb when the North Koreans are acting like they have a missile. Callen says the missile launch was planned months ago. If there is a bomb going off in Los Angeles 25-miutes after the missile launch, it would take a long time to figure out it wasn't the missile that blew up the port. In the meantime, the US has likely retaliated to what they saw as an act of war. The US would pull all their troops from the Middle East for Korea, leaving it for Iran, ISIS and other groups to run free. Sam thinks the bomb should be mobile. Kensi remembers the EMT uniform – nobody would suspect an ambulance.

Up in Ops, Eric was able to match the logo on the EMT uniform to one near Long Beach. Callen and Sam are nearby. The man who shot Lee was in the country as Herbert Dieter but Agent Park identified him as Hamas bombmaker Hebod Darvish.

The SecNav calls. The USS Nebraska is ready to take out the North Korean missile site. Mosley orders Callen to stop the bombing. Sam tells thinks there are too many civilians around – Darvish can just blow up the ambulance and kill dozens. Callen asks Deeks to take one for the team.

Deeks does take one for the team as he is hit by Sam's car right in front of the ambulance. Sam runs up to Darvish looking for help. When he tries to flee, Callen shoots him. They now control the vehicle but the bomb is ready to go off. Mosley tells the SecNav to call off attack. He does – the SecNav is now a guy by the way.

Callen and Sam race through the streets (Callen) of Long Beach trying to defuse (Sam) the bomb. The two bicker like it is old times. Eric and Nell are trying to get the ambulance to the airport where they can go to an empty runway. Callen and Sam realize they don't have enough time to get to the airport.

Mosley asks they what they're going to do. Callen has a plan. He's driving them into the Pacific. Callen has a flashback to their time on the narco sub. Once the ambulance goes completely into the water, Callen and Sam are able to open the doors.

Kensi and Deeks arrive to help Callen and Sam out of the water. Back in Ops, Mosley is stunned, Hidoko is impressed, Eric and Nell are proud. Sam announces he didn't disconnect the bomb and at that moment, the bomb goes off, drenching the Kensi, Deeks and the already wet Callen and Sam. Mosley leaves, a bit pissy. Hidoko explains that the new boss really doesn't like excitement. When asked what does Mosley like, Hidoko really isn't sure.

Callen sees Mosley, who gives "gives credit where credit is due." She does think the team has to stop their high causalities rate. A perfect mission is one where there are no casualties – so how did that whole Mexico trip go EAD-PAC, especially if Hidoko is dead (which I don't think she is). And with your no personal use of NCIS resources too. But I digress as a person with complaints will often do. Mosley wants the team to cut its use of lethal force. Callen thinks they deal with more dangerous criminals than other agencies.

Callen returns to the team. Deeks is back for a while. Sam is back too- he couldn't live with himself if something happens to the team. Kensi wants to celebrate "the band being back together" but Callen is skipping out. He wants to know what happened to Hetty. Sam knows from experience – maybe she's left and doesn’t want to be found.

In a bar in Vietnam, Hetty is joined by a man named Dang. They know each other. She was late for their meeting – she had a hard time getting into the country. She didn't enter the country through customs. Dang hands Hetty his phone with a photo of a bearded man – an American. Hetty thinks the man could be American or Canadian or Swedish. Dang claims the American is former CIA who went down in a helicopter crash in 1976 – the same year Hetty went down in a crash. Hetty claims she was the only survivor of her crash. Dang tells Hetty a story of the American going native and killing people at will (which is a lot like the old White Ghost story from season five). Hetty doesn’t believe Dang. Or in ghosts.

What head canon can be formed from here: Less head-canon-y nine seasons in but you get the idea that while they probably had hard times, Deeks and his Mom did OK once they were on their own. Deeks also didn’t tell her about a major life change - much like not having her listed as next of kin.

There are two types of bosses for NCIS's OSP – Hetty and petty office tyrants who fight with the team. Hunter in the beginning of season three, Granger for the second half of season three and some of season four and now Mosley. What's the point? Here’s hoping Esai Morales’s new character works out better.

Episode number: The season nine premiere, episode 193 overall.

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