Out of the Frying Pan

Episode aired Mar 22, 2011
TV-PG
44m

IMDb RATING

7.9/10

796

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A "meter maid" sees a body inside a home in Washington, DC; the victim, a retired Marine colonel, received seven blows of an ax; Gibbs and company question a prime suspect, who denies involv... Read allA "meter maid" sees a body inside a home in Washington, DC; the victim, a retired Marine colonel, received seven blows of an ax; Gibbs and company question a prime suspect, who denies involvement and helps Gibbs to arrest the real killer.A "meter maid" sees a body inside a home in Washington, DC; the victim, a retired Marine colonel, received seven blows of an ax; Gibbs and company question a prime suspect, who denies involvement and helps Gibbs to arrest the real killer.

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IMDb RATING

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796

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8Jinx-to-Ennien

Vance is horrible

They need to find a director who is not corrupt and so certain of his own perfection. Vance is on Gibbs all the time. He never listens to anyone because he thinks he is perfect. They need to revisit the idea that Vance might not be Vance after all. He ruined this episode.

8akicork

But how can we trust Leon...?

Good episode - story and acting up to scratch. Particular kudos to Cameron Monaghan as Nick, the screwed-up son. But really, after this how can we trust Leon Vance again? He is shown as corrupt (directing his agents to the benefit of an old friend without adequate evidence), close minded (unable to accept the findings of these agents when they run contrary to his preconceptions) and vicious (in his interrogation of Nick). It will take a lot of effort by the writers to convince me that Leon Vance is someone Gibbs and his team can rely upon. Nahh...he's a politician. (Perhaps that's the ploy!)

Trivia
The first verse that Ducky recites to the dead Marine's body is the rather gruesome conclusion to the English nursery rhyme "Oranges and Lemons". He continues with the infamous Lizzie Borden verse, and finishes with "Ring-a-Ring o' Roses" (aka " Ring Around the Rosies"), which is of uncertain origin but is commonly believed to be about the Plague.

Goofs
When Vance strikes the interrogation room table with the axe (which is actually a maul) the axe head is at a perpendicular angle to the tabletop. When Ziva is watching the recording of the interrogation the axe head is at a different angle and only loosely stuck into the tabletop.

Quotes
Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo: [Looking at Nick's file] "Daddy and me" had 3 violent altercations over the past 2 years. Cops had to break it up. Yelling, screaming - sounds like one of Ziva's family reunions.