SPOILERS
“Twofer” was a good follow-up to the season premiere. It was
a unique case of the week while not ignoring the ramifications of what
transpired in the previous episode.
Let’s start with the case of the week and the other small
storylines. While caskets are being moved, one is opened and two bodies fall
out. How did Richard Coyne get in there? The case seems pretty open-and-shut as
he disappeared a week before he was supposed to testify at a trial of a drug
dealer. We get more Ducky and Palmer action this episode as Ducky is plagued by
his (adorable) “Scotland the Brave” ringtone from the University of Edinburgh, and
Palmer becomes delirious after inhaling something from Coyne’s body. There were
drugs in his liver which crystallized when coming in contact with oxygen, as
Abby hypothesized earlier, and the drugs were not the types of drugs the obvious
suspect drug dealer dealt. Who could it possibly be? It wasn’t the wife, though
she was currently seeing the guy who was there when he died, accidentally or
not is up to you to decide. In order to hide the body, one of the friendly
people from the graveyard was a buddy and hooked them up with a nice casket
(though already occupied). The show got me there; I wasn’t really suspecting
either of the graveyard workers. The only bit that annoyed me with the episode
was Torres’ sudden concern with disturbing graves and how they were going to
haunt them. That didn’t quite seem in character, and at first I just thought he
was joking. I did like the ending, where it turns out Ducky is going to be
recognized at a special weekend and get an honorary degree; he’s not simply
being hounded for money.
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| Torres learns about disturbing burial sites. |
The heart of the episode is of course Gibbs and McGee on
their little road to recovery. They are all cleared to go back to work except
they must pass a psych eval. Surprisingly, it’s not Gibbs who skips out on his
appointment, but McGee. He goes to Gibbs’ house to talk because he can’t sleep,
and Gibbs really isn’t having it. Eventually McGee goes to the doctor and tries
to talk it out. He’s been worrying a lot since he’s come home, because there
was no time to worry while in Paraguay. But he just might be better suited to
deal with anything bad that comes his way because of this. Gibbs’
transformation was definitely curious. He’s sunnier, to use the doctor’s word. He
was still affected by Paraguay, but he’s dealing as best he can. And he
actually goes back for more therapy at the end of the episode. It will be very
interesting to see where these two go throughout this season, or if this, for
the most part, is the end of it.
9/10
Good title, btw. "Two-for-one"...in a coffin
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