Pushback

Episode aired Nov 10, 2009
TV-14
1h

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7.9/10

474

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An unidentified young woman dies while on survellaince the LAPD contacts the NCIS; while investigating, Callen and company find connections and coincidences going back 10 years to Moscow; af... Read allAn unidentified young woman dies while on survellaince the LAPD contacts the NCIS; while investigating, Callen and company find connections and coincidences going back 10 years to Moscow; after hide-and-seek the team cuff the bad guy.An unidentified young woman dies while on survellaince the LAPD contacts the NCIS; while investigating, Callen and company find connections and coincidences going back 10 years to Moscow; after hide-and-seek the team cuff the bad guy.

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Enter Boris Badenov

NCIS:LA flounders sometimes, especially pre-Deeks, but the addition of Arkady Kolchek as portrayed by Vyto Ruginis elevates the previously hesitant performances of some of the cast who hadn't yet "found" their characters.

This episode kept me interested in the show which seemed doomed, to me, at the time. Fortunately some casting changes and real chemistry happened.

My favorite Arkady moment occurs near the end of NCIS:LA: The One That Got Away when Rogers has Arkady on ice at the boat shed and Arkady's tender drunk reflections of his daughter are inter-cut with her imminent (slo-mo) demise. Vyto dials back the "Badenov" aspect of his character and shows why he is in the Lithuanian-American Hall of Fame, as well as why he deserves an Emmy and possibly credit for saving this show. (Deeks too)

Anytime Vyto is in the credits it's good TV (on any show)

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Trivia
Callen says he was shot May 5. That's the original air date of Legend (Part II) (2009). The second half of the NCIS episodes that introduced the characters of this series.

Quotes
NCIS Special Agent Kensi Blye: [to Nate] How does a former KGB agent end up so wealthy so fast?
Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange: [Hetty enters] Because he knows where the bodies are buried. Most likely because he buried them.