My uncensored thoughts on Subject 17, and an announcement:
I, am mixed right now. Okay? Really mixed.
The familiar humor and banter
Callen looking after Hetty
That Season 4 pic of Hetty. (I really love those pics of her at her yacht)
Everytime KIlbride talked. (seriously, why wasn’t he dumped after Season 12??!)
The fact that my favorite platonic relationship had their 1st scene in a year and a half, and it was angst filled and a reminder of Raven and the Swans.
And the stuff that made me want to blow a major gaskert:
The ‘Special Guest Star’ stunt. What the fuck is that, seriously?! You have her in the opening credits, in the press releases under Series Regular, yet she’s listed as a Special Guest Star???!! 🤬🤬🤬🤬 There really is no respect anymore, is there? Except cheap promotion to get fools to tune in?
Mentioning Season 9 in a beyond inappropriate manner. Hetty should’ve smacked him for that.
(Time to once again come to Hetty’s defense like the dummy I am): Think about what Sam was telling Callen early on in the episode, and what Hetty said at the end of the episode when Callen was reading the file very carefully. That may lead to the conclusion that Hetty wanted to plan a future for Callen that was better then the 1 he was going to get eventually (etc. jail or dead on the streets).
And to anyone who wants Callen to dump Hetty: It’s not gonna happen. If he really didn’t care about her, he wouldn’t have sent Zasha to look after her. Also, given how long this looks to be taking and with how short sighted the writing is, wanna bet she’ll either have to be saved by the team, or she’ll come back after being feared dead and Callen will be too overjoyed to think about their little tiff? She’s looked after him most of his life, and he’s used to the secrets, you really think he’ll just dump her over this when he could’ve dumped her over any other big reveal throughout this show?! I don’t think so.
Which leads to my announcement:
I’m done with watching this show live. I’ll be recording future episodes and keeping track of them on here and on Twitter, and if I don’t like what I hear about, then I’ll skip the episode entirely.
Since Season 10, I’ve gotten through terrible episode after terrible episode hoping that 1 day, Hetty would come back full time and be a big part of the team again. After what I’ve seen tonight, after so many other ‘promises’ from the producers over the past couple of years for more Hetty, It looks like that was all just a big promotional lie to get us to tune in. I’ve had it.
Ever wonder how this show got through Season 1 with no Densi? I think it’s obvious of what really got this show through that Season. (Take a guess)
If this show wants to push it’s best actress aside for more Densi angst and more rewriting to try to make Hetty look like someone she’s not, then fine!! Go fucking right ahead! Just rename the show ‘NCIS Densi’ while you’re at it then!
Hetty is the beating heart of this show. When she’s gone, what even is this show? Just a crazy cop show with an angst filled couple that talks about babies and adoption all day?
If this was Season 5 or 8, and what Kensi was going through was completely pushed aside for something dumb, how huge would the reaction be? But I guess if you’re in your 70′s, you’re not so lucky!! 😡
I may not know the whole truth behind these stunts, and I don’t know if I ever will, but if this is the best the producers can do and they can say all this junk about how special Linda is, then these fools have no idea what they’re talking about!!
Final thought about Hetty: Long term grief can make a person do crazy things, I suppose. (or maybe these dumb writers have really forgotten about her since she’s been away for so long.) (Can anyone come up with a better explanation for the past few Seasons then ‘she never got over losing Granger?’, and yes, I’m well aware that’s just 1 of my theories, but it’s something to think about!!)
All in all: Enjoy the loads of Densi content. And I’ll be enjoying writing really good Season 13 fics and eye rolling at how far this show has fallen since Season 10.