I can't see the audience being happy if the team *doesn't* come back -- at the very least, there's Gibbs and Abby and Ducky in the basement, but the heart of the show was really in Gibbs' on-site team. It's nuts.
And I was sort of annoyed at how everything ended up being sort of Tony's fault -- he didn't pay attention to Jenny or Ziva so the Director's dead and Tony's being shipped off as punishment. How are they going to get out of that one? At least we know they won't be pulling a "House" on us. I guess we'll see in Sept.
ETA because I think I missed a few points -- What I was driving at in this little ficlette was that Tony's character has been shown to care so much for his team, and to lost someone during a mission has to be ripping him apart. Or at least, pre-writer's strike Tony. I'm convinced up and down that during the writer's strike all the writers went insane or something. That's the only say to explain this show and Bones, to look at only two (SPN is another matter and meta for another time).
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And I was sort of annoyed at how everything ended up being sort of Tony's fault -- he didn't pay attention to Jenny or Ziva so the Director's dead and Tony's being shipped off as punishment. How are they going to get out of that one? At least we know they won't be pulling a "House" on us. I guess we'll see in Sept.
ETA because I think I missed a few points -- What I was driving at in this little ficlette was that Tony's character has been shown to care so much for his team, and to lost someone during a mission has to be ripping him apart. Or at least, pre-writer's strike Tony. I'm convinced up and down that during the writer's strike all the writers went insane or something. That's the only say to explain this show and Bones, to look at only two (SPN is another matter and meta for another time).