Merry Christmas, NCIS!

Jane: And...we're back!  And since we saw you last, we've learned that there are people out there who love NCIS even more than we do.  They're in the know, and they will have this under their tree this year (I don't qualify as a superfan - I saw it at Barnes & Noble while shopping for actual books).  Anyway.  We left you hanging a bit after "Enemies Domestic" aired, mostly because the entire thing was a maze of flashbacks and it was really annoying.  Blah, blah, Eli-and-Vance-cakes.  Long story short: the ultimate villain (and possible contributor to Jenny's death!) is none other than Ron Butterfield (sad!).  He tries to kill Vance in the hospital, Vance stabs him and Gibbs saves Vance from Ron's attempted morphine overdose.  Eli tries to mend his relationship with Ziva by leaving a miniature Israeli flag in her pencil cup, and since it was still there in this week's episode, it just might work. 

And now for Our Very Own Christmas Episode, In Which Abby Does the Turkey Trot and Ducky Joins Facebook!

Sucker!  If you clicked to read more, joke's on you because you've already discovered the coolest parts of the episode.  Though, in spite of the super-hilarity of Jimmy Palmer playing scribe to Ducky's burgeoning online profile and the spastic nature of Abby's dancing, this episode also continues the streak of Christmas episodes with Deep and Meaningful Lessons.  Remember Peter Coyote, who plays the morose and artistically gifted vet/former deadbeat dad who gets reunited with his daughter in "Silent Night" and in the process teaches Gibbs that he has a family after all? In "False Witness," we get it all - a deadbeat/thug enforcer dad, a lost boy, a hot redheaded lady prosecutor, and Tony with a conscience.  Oh, and one super-irritating murder witness whose life is being threatened.  His dopey-eyed shtick is to make all the team's obvious and unspoken emotional realities, well, spoken out loud.   In other words, He's the Ghost of Christmas In-Your-Face-Reality-Checks.  Except they save him from the person the guy themselves, while Jimmy cries!  Poor Jimmy.  I like his dimples. 

Carlynn, what say you?