
NCIS: Los Angeles Season 14 Episode 4 Evaluation: Useless Stick
As if Sam did not have sufficient on his plate …
His son Aiden discovered himself on the middle of the case of the week on NCIS: Los Angeles Season 14 Episode 4.
Everybody knew that Aiden was harmless. However at the very least there was a little bit twist within the case’s decision.
Everybody who thought that Aiden was a chip off the outdated block discovered in another way. He is extra just like the present-day Raymond.
Raymond has been making life difficult for Sam this season. That conduct contains inflicting his caretaker to stop as a result of he complained about her pancakes.
At the very least Aiden’s crash allowed them to come back collectively and be a part of forces on a typical trigger, proving that somebody or one thing was at fault apart from Aiden.
Naturally, battle of curiosity pushed Sam to the sidelines. Watching Sam joust with Lt. Commander Hirsch proved why he ought to have been sidelined.
Sam wasn’t serving to the investigation, and neither was Raymond. Most of all, Aiden’s concussion resulting in his erratic reminiscence wasn’t useful.
Nonetheless, the disciplinary report of Aiden put him in Hirsch’s crosshairs. And Callen discovered about Sonic’s historical past earlier than Sam ever did.
However the remainder of the workforce’s investigation was telling a distinct story. It turned out that Aiden’s flight examined a labeled system of considerably doubtful high quality.
Simply attempt to get somebody to confess that. That Frazier threw that reality on the market ought to have been an indication that he had an axe to grind.
The best way the bottom commander gave Kilbride, an admiral, minimal data was one other clue that one thing was amiss.
However the clincher was the skittish official from the protection contractor who could not be bothered to take a couple of minutes to reply questions from Callen and Shyla. As a result of the system was delayed, they needed to throw up one other take a look at flight that afternoon.
Yeah, that made sense. A aircraft crashes as soon as on a take a look at flight. So let’s blame the pilot reasonably than pinning down the true drawback and check out one other take a look at as an alternative.
It was good that Aiden had that fortuitous flash of reminiscence, and Fatima and Rountree discovered that stoner witness that backed up Aiden’s account (any witness is best than no witness, I assume).
Nonetheless, the day wasn’t saved till Aiden got here up with precisely the correct maneuver for the second pilot, whose aircraft was dropping like a stone.
That was when Aiden was cleared, and Sam acquired a well timed return to responsibility, simply in time to take part within the takedown.
It will have felt sweeter if the offender was Starling Aerospace, greedily hiding the flaw of their system.
Sadly, it was the well-meaning Navy mechanic Frazier, who clearly did not place a lot inventory in Starling’s software program patch.
Sam’s well timed return enabled him to show he was the larger man by speaking down the sailor whose actions had injured his son.
Now onto the gathering of ongoing storylines. Most necessary was Rountree’s persevering with involvement with the racist cops who arrested him and his sister on NCIS: Los Angeles Season 13 Episode 15.
Rountree was rightly peeved that these cops have been a slap on the wrists for his or her actions within the type of paid day without work.
Sadly, the recommendation he was provided from each Kilbride and Fatima basically was, “Comply with your coronary heart.” Hardly the clear path for which he was wanting.
Kilbride at the very least advised him that his teammates have been behind him no matter he selected to do.
This storyline would not seemingly have come up once more if the plan was to comb it beneath the rug, the destiny of so many different dangling storylines. So anticipate extra aggressive motion on Rountree’s half.
There was additionally some constructive course on the Raymond entrance.
Raymond took trip from yanking Sam’s chain to have a heart-to-heart dialog with him after Hirsch tossed them each out of Aiden’s room.
Raymond admitted that he stopped being the hardass with whom Sam grew up when he noticed what an upstanding citizen Sam had grow to be. That allowed him to chill out and revel in life extra. It was like they’d come to some understanding, though hopefully, Raymond would return to busting Sam’s chops.
The hospital did yield a possible caretaker for Raymond within the type of Nurse Constance, who appeared to have a deal with on dealing with a cranky outdated man like Raymond. Sam undoubtedly ought to give her a name.
Shyla acquired to exit into the sphere, primarily as a result of Kensi and Deeks will need to have had a parent-teacher convention or one thing to attend.
That left Kilbride manning Ops by himself. He acquitted himself admirably, though he bristled at Fatima making an attempt to offer him an “attaboy” for his efforts. How else would he have reacted?
Regardless that Shyla beforehand has been seen as Kilbride’s administrative aide, she did high quality in interrogation and the chase of Frazier.
Does the truth that she was given a again story as going by way of a divorce imply that she’ll be extra of a presence within the OSP this season? Will she be Fatima’s new gal pal? Time will inform.
To revisit Aiden’s historical past, watch NCIS: Los Angeles online.
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