NCIS SEASON EIGHT HAS ALOT OF TWIST AND TURNS AND CAN'T WAIT FOR IT TO GO ON SALE SO I CAN GO OUT AND BUY IT. I ALSO CAN;T WAIT FOR SEASON 9 TO START AND I HAVE A COUPLE OF IDEAS WHO ELSE IS INVOLED IN THE MYSTERIS AND WHO IS BEHIND ALOT OF IT. NCIS HAS NEVER FAILED IN KEEPING US INTIRGED AND ON THE EDGE OF OUR SEATS WITH EACH EPISODE. EVERYONE WORKS SO GREAT TOGETHER AND I HOPE THEY ALL STAY WITH THE SHOW. FOR THE CEMISTERY THEY HAVE AS A TREAM AND FAMILY, IS SOMETHING NO OTHER SHOW HAS. THE DRAMA,JOKING AROUND, AND THE LOOKS ABBY AND GIBBS GIVE EACH OTHER IN EACH EPISODE MAKES ME LAUGH,SMILE AND IS TRUELY GREAT.THANK YOU TO THE WRITTERS AND CAST AND CONGRADULATIONS ON BEING ASKED TO DO ANOTHER SEASON.
MURIEL

I give the episode a C+. Doesn't it seem quite unusual and lacking in reality that in a Branch of of the Service (the NAVY !!!) that the SECNAV bypasses his own Director to give an assignment to an agent and bypasses that agent's first line supervisor also?? The new SECNAV appears to be a political hack and a pompous ass to boot. After killing numerous people the P to P says, 'OK I'm tired I'm going back to my roots.' Really? And when he could have killed the SECVAV he passed on it? Why are they transporting the P to P to court with only two people (one being the 4 foot nothing Barrett and some unknown guy) AND allowing anyone else in the elevator? The guy is a serial killer!!!! He needs leg irons and several interested people to shoot him if he tries to escape. Barrett cuts something out of her team member's arm AND puts it in an evidence jar. That's quite harder to conceal than just dropping it in your pocket. Is she bringing that somewhere? Tony looked like a jerk in the last scene. He sat there nodding his head and trying to look official. He looked wrong. I love the show but this was disappointing.

The Cobb ending was unclear/an anticlimax. He set up the scenario to hurt his "employer" yet he weakly allowed himself to be killed (he didn't know the secnav was resigning few dd).
Barrett and Cobb appeared to communicatein the elevator......
What was the point of Gibbs "talking" to Palmer? There was no follow through.
Cobb died with a smile on his face. What had he achieved to warrant this?
Barrett "would have died if Gibbs hadn't found her, yet it was explained as a non lethal warning??? Question perhaps Barrett was playing the part only.........

Why has the secnav singled out Tony and if he has already been communicating when did this start? i.e. was Tony's liason with Barrett in some way linked to this 'investigation" of the leaks. i.e. the investigation was being worked on around the prior secnav because of the family link, another reason why Vance wasn't being clued in.

Gibbs was always warned Tony that to be in his team he must be 100% open. So the BIG question is: Has Tomy quietly tned in Gibbs? If he has not it will break the dynamics of Tony in the team going forward. So is Tony being groomed to jump over Gibbs and into Vance's job?

It seemed to be that Tony was trying to tell Ziva that his relationship with Barrett was not sigificant and thereby trying to keep her interest.

Ray's interest in Ziva seems like he was saying "I want to, but I cannot".

McGee and Abby seem to e finding each other..this might play out in the Fall.

So many loose ends all over the place. Almost too many.

Ray is going to Tel Aviv not to just kill Kort, but to try to shut down the rest of the Frankenstein Program's contracted wet work. And who would the other Project Frankie assassins (remember, they told us Kort handles the "outside" contracts") have in their cross hairs than Ziva's father, Eli David?

The finale was okay, I loved the SECNAV’s guilty involvement and Vance standing up to him for once, The New SECNAV seems to be a real pill so far, he’ll have to earn my interest, the actor is wonderful so maybe I will like him. Uh-oh for Tony undercover, he hates lying to Gibbs and the rest of the team catch on that he is secretive pretty quickly. NO TIVA, ever ever. Didn’t like the almost engagement scene with Ray, that’s not her style, but maybe she is feeling desperate. Ray went to assassinate Kort. He is dead meat I think, between Kort and Eli David, he’s out manned and out gunned. LOL
The casket was lovely and I am glad Gibbs knew Mike was already dying and went out in a fight, like he would have wanted to go instead of suffering in a bed being fussed over.
There was no romance or any red-heads this season for Gibbs, he needs a bit on the side again.
I will be there next season.

I too wondered about the capsule. And I wondered why Ducky did not detect the extra cut in his autopsy (maybe he did and he and Jethro are on alert). Jethro has been a step up on EJ since her arrival.
Yes the killer was tired of killing and should offed the SecNav who was off the series anyway.
I like Kort.
I think Tony needs to watch over Ziva's possible treason (of course she is innocent and it will be the boyfriend). I don't like that Tony is contantly compromised by higher-ups. He's gotta tell Gibbs this time. Last time he didn't share secret assignments, it cost Jenny her life

Overall, this was an enjoyable episode that brought an end to the PtP killer, a plot a never really cared about. If it's not Gibbs and team, who cares. I was nice to the new SecNav immediately put Vance in his place, something you could tell he wasn't use to. I see a future dust-up with those two, especially if Tony is given freedom to bypass Vance. I wonder if Tony will fill Gibbs in this time. He has great respect for Gibbs but I don't think it bothers him one but to keep secrets from him. Time will tell. A good set up to the next season.

I thought this was a great episode! Loved the scene with McGee and Abbey and agree that he basically spilled his feelings for her :)

Now who is the leaker? Obviously Ray is part of the 2nd group of "Frankenstein" - the assassins and at first I thought Ray would be the leak but I forgot about the "thing" EJ slid out of dead guys wrist. This has me wondering if it is EJ or the ex-SecNav.

Do we really have to wait all summer?

I LOVE this show and thought it was a great service to Mike Franks! I love the way they showed Gibbs' intricate work on the coffin. I agree that EJ (who I don't care for) will be back and I think that is who is being investigated. I think that is why Tony was hanging around her to begin with, there was suspicion and Gibbs put him on it. It's also why he made sure he knew where she was heading and what she was going to be doing at the end. I think when we thought Gibbs was reprimanding him for having an affair with her a few episodes back, he was actually warning him not to fall in love again with a case suspect. I do wish there had been more Abby and Ziva and McGee. The way Cobb dies was suspicious also. It was too easy as someone else pointed out. He could have easily taken a head shot of the secnav but didn't? I think he knew they needed him alive to catch the niece and him in the secret leaking business. Vance is a waste and I wish they'd bring someone else in. Have never liked his character and would like to see someone in who is backing up Gibbs like Lauren Holly did. I'll miss Franks a lot. It was always fun and interesting when he popped up in a scene. RIP Mike.

Oh, few more things...I wish Mike Franks didn't die, but at least he did it his way and not by cancer. Going to miss Trent Kort, love it when he shows up. Get rid of E.J. and CIRay. Can't stand the characters....Ray is the more tolerable of the two.