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I'M SO CONFUSED
Those scenes with Jack weren't flashbacks. They were from the future. And they actually did get off the island. I'm not sure if now or at some later point.
But they weren't supposed to?? They have to go back?? What does that all mean I'm so confused I WANT ANSWERS NOW
(but I always get more questions, no answers)
I'm just glad everyone in the comments is as confused as me. And apparently that season finale was a big thing in 2007.
Thankfully I don't have to wait three months for 4x01, I can just watch it now.
"We're getting off this island." Eh, I highly doubt it, there's still fifty something episodes left.
3x23 - "Hiatus I" (Behind The Scene)
SOURCE PHOTOS: Screenshots
"It is an intense episode. There is a lot of really serious stuff. Gibbs is in a coma. Jenny Shepard is showing her true colors as far as what her feelings made of her … She walks with that crazy red ball gown. And that crazy pixie hair and it is so good. You got that ridiculous, infamous Pauley Perrette monologue. Abby walks into the hospital, holds on to that woman's hand: 'You are a good person'."
Cote de Pablo for Off-Duty Podcast
"[About the line: If there is gonna be any b**ch-slapping on this team, I will do it]. I really said that out loud, just to make Don Bellisario laugh. That is kind of what I do. And they kept it. Season 3 started with a bang, right? I mean, it was Season 3 was your intro. And the rain that happened in those two first episodes. Then all of a sudden, we are at the end, and this season is bookended by two two-parters with a lot of really moody stuff going on."
Michael Weatherly for Off-Duty Podcast
"Watch that episode. Just turn the volume off and just look at the behavior and the expressions. Cote, what you can do without saying a word, with your body language, with your facial expressions. I would read these script sometimes and think: 'How are they going to act this? Like, how are they going to do this?' There is nothing there. You guys would find this way and it was and because well, the other part of it is you actually had real chemistry. There was real chemistry going on because you liked each other and and and so that came across on the screen. I think that has a lot to do with why people are so fond of both of you."
Mark Horowitz for Off-Duty Podcast
"People were very excited about having you there and and I thought a very unexpected outcome. I never really thought you were a relationship between you and Tony was in the cards. Like that is not where I thought this was going to go. It felt to me that the writers were encouraged to do was to sort of forget about dogma, watch the actors, write to their strengths, watch what they were doing, see what was interesting and then start writing in those directions. I thought that had a lot to do with your abilities as an ensemble group to connect in the way you did and to riff. You guys were like by the end of the Season 3, you were like the Beatles coming out of Hamburg after 10,000 hours in rock and roll. You know what I mean? I have read the scene a dozen times, I am sitting there and you are finding these little moments, digging deeper, going in and riffing off each other. It was the surprise of like 'Oh that is what this scene is about' that would come out of those rehearsals and hell it might not even happen till the third take of the coverage for crying out. I mean it could happen at any point in time."
Mark Horowitz for Off-Duty Podcast
"Gibbs is a keeper of secrets."
Michael Weatherly for Off-Duty Podcast
3x23 - "Hiatus I" (My POV)
Original Release Date: 9th May 2006
I do not speak English fluently, sorry for any mistakes.
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It is night. Tony, Ziva and Tim are sitting in a car, their eyes fixed on a boat moored in the distance at the port, where a Turkish flag is flying.
- Tony: This is so Usual Suspects. - Ziva: Your dying words will be, 'I have seen this film'.
- Tony: The Sound Of Music confuses you, Probie. - Ziva: I love that movie.
She starts to sing but Tony presses his hand over her mouth and warns her: One note and I will lock you in a room and make you listen to 'It is a small world' for 24 hours straight. Do we understand each other?
She does not react as one might expect. Normally, she would have immediately retaliated to defend her personal space. But this time, she lets it happen, does not struggle. She does not even look at him.
For me, there are two inconsistencies in this scene:
- Ziva sings even though she should be staying discreet. - The car seems far too visible for a proper surveillance operation.
A few moments later, they witness an explosion on the boat.
Gibbs, who was inside the boat, is injured and is rushed to the hospital while the NCIS team conducts its investigation. Upon his arrival at the scene, Ducky asks Ziva: How badly is Jethro injured? She answers: Paramedics took him to emergency. He continues: Which hospital? Portsmouth? She admits that she did not ask and her answer surprises him: You did not ask? Exasperated, she explains: I had other priorities.
What irritates her further is the medical examiner's reply: McGee and Tony will know. He tries to smooth things over: I am not implying that you do not care. Listen, I know you care. But she asks him to be quiet, awkwardly, because she does not use the right words. Palmer, who witnesses the entire exchange, remains silent and follows them quietly.
In the following scene, Ducky meets Tony and asks him the same question. He immediately replies that Gibbs has been taken to Portsmouth. This detail is interesting, as the writers could just as easily have had him say: I do not know. Instead, they choose to show that he has sought information about his boss’s condition.
This choice emphasizes the contrast with her attitude.
It could be, Tony feels the need to obtain information about Gibbs, whereas Ziva channels her emotions by focusing on the investigation.
Ziva takes a few pictures, then turns to McGee: You are going to have to look in there sooner or later. She adds: Do not let Tony smell fear, or else he will just … DiNozzo interrupts her: Probie. I have got a special job for you. Against all expectations, he assigns him a different task, deliberately keeping him away from the damaged cabin.
- Tony: I do love it when he calls me boss. - Ziva: Is that why you are being nice to him? - Tony: Nice? I am not being nice. Lugging foot lockers is probie work. All right, I cut the probie some slack. What a bad day. - Ziva: Yes. A very bad day.
Ducky and Palmer join them. The medical examiner announces that Gibbs is in critical but stable condition. He then exchanges a few words with them, while Palmer remains in the background, silent. Ziva looks up at the rain. A faint smile spreads across her face. She says: It is raining. Everyone falls silent and watches the rain fall through the window.
The rain marks an emotional pause after the tension and the bad news.
LITTLE ASIDE Just a quick side note, since this comes up in a phone conversation between Tony and Jenny: I am tired of hearing that apologizing is a sign of weakness. No, absolutely not! Apologizing is simply knowing that you were wrong. And I know I am not done hearing it … just a little rant.
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Ziva and Tim question the boat's captain, who lights a cigar. Without hesitation, she snatches it, breaks it and throws it to the floor.
The captain insults her in Turkish. Unfortunately for him, she understands perfectly and responds sharply in the same language.
The man asks to speak with the Turkish consulate. A police officer standing in the background offers to arrange it, but Ziva glares at him.
At that moment, Tony enters the room. He sits and asks Ziva if she has learned anything. The captain says: I know nothing. Tony immediately compares him to Sergeant Schultz from the television series Hogan's Heroes. Then he stands and says, With me, before leaving the room.
- Tony: Why do you suspect the captain? - Ziva: He smokes expensive Havanas and wears a 10-carat diamond. - Tony: Could be zircon. - Ziva: Never doubt an Israeli about diamonds. - Tony: I will flip to see who takes the captain and who visits Gibbs. - Ziva: I will take him in. You do not speak Turkish.
Going to the hospital = Entering an emotional situation. Staying with the interrogation = Staying in control and action.
In the evening, Ziva goes to the lab, where Abby and Tim are talking.
- Abby: The director has not called. - Ziva: About? - Abby: About ... ? Gibbs? - Ziva: Oh. - Abby: She did not call you, did she? - Ziva: No. - Abby: You might have, just, forgotten to tell us.
- Abby: What if those were Gibbs' guts smooshed all over that room? - Ziva: Oh, for God's sake. They are not. - Abby: I said what if they were? - Ziva: The colour would be more coffee-brown than red.
Abby slaps Ziva, who quickly hits back. Abby slaps again and Ziva answers in kind.
The two women face each other, eyes locked, each daring the other with a challenging stare. Tim, shocked, stands a few steps away, unable to look away, unsure how to respond to this sudden confrontation.
Unexpectedly, Tim rushes to tell Tony about the scene he has just witnessed between the two women. Tony’s reaction makes me laugh: Damn. I missed it? Assemble the team, including Abby.
Ironically, the women slap each other unharmed, but when Tim reaches Tony, he accidentally bumps into him and Tony’s nose starts bleeding.
Presented throughout the season as a strong and perfectly controlled woman, Ziva breaks down in tears in the restroom, silently.
From a very young age, she learned never to show her emotions, to maintain control in all circumstances. I also think that perhaps her father taught her that crying was a sign of weakness. But it is too much.
Away from her colleagues’ judgment, in this closed room, her usual control briefly gives way under the weight of emotion.
She lets the water run from the faucet, perhaps to cover her tears, splashes her face, and looks at herself in the mirror. The mirror could very well represent her outward facade and her inner truth.
SOURCE PHOTOS: Screenshots
The next day, in the squad room, Tony arrives and immediately asks to speak with Abby and Ziva: I know what happened. If there is gonna be any b****-slapping on this team, I will do it Clear? Good. Now shake hands. Shake. There we go. That was not so tough, was it? Now, how about a little hug? Big buddy hug. Come on. Now a deep tongue kiss.
They hit him simultaneously on the chest. He says: Now we feel better.
Tony makes me laugh. It is rather unusual to resolve a conflict in this way, but he does it with humor (in clear contrast to Gibbs). The tension dissipates, and the team calmly returns to the investigation at hand.
Ziva is in an NCIS interrogation room, questioning the boat’s captain once again, who asks her if she has Turkish origins. In the adjacent room, Tony cannot help but ask Tim with a smile: Can you see Ziva as a belly dancer? The question shocks his colleague, but the interim boss justifies himself by quoting the title of a movie: From Russia With Love.
It is true, the writers never went that far with Ziva; they never made her a belly dancer. It could have been a possible undercover role for her.
Episode rating on IMDB: 8.4/10
Althea Davis
for @scottappreciation, day 3: facial expressions
