Warning: SPOILERS for the NCIS episode “Hardboiled” are forward!
I’ve been watching NCIS ever since I stumbled upon the Season 3 episode “Bait” on the USA Community again in 2008. So I’m simply 5 years shy of getting watched the favored procedural for the whole thing of its run, although I clearly went again to look at older episodes. As such, I’ve seen Sean Murray’s Timothy McGee come a good distance, from beginning out as a “probie” in Season 1 in a recurring capability, to Murray now getting high billing within the opening credit and having probably the most appearances in NCIS franchise, surpassing the late David McCallum. And but, now that the CBS present’s newest episode, “Hardboiled,” has completed airing on the 2024 TV schedule, I would like to speak about one side of McGee’s life I want NCIS would discover extra in-depth: him being a father.
What Occurred With McGee And Jimmy This Week
This week’s case was a twisty one. It began with the homicide of the pinnacle of the Warfare and Weapons on the Workplace of Naval Analysis, who was engaged on the Navy’s subsequent technology hypersonic missile, and culminated with the reveal of the parts from mentioned missile (which it turned out was a dud) getting used to create a brand new sort of vacuum cleaner.
In case you’re studying this, however haven’t seen the “Hardboiled” but, I like to recommend streaming it along with your Paramount+ subscription to find out how we obtained from Level A to B, in addition to watch Nick Torres attempt to shield his informant and forge a reference to a non-public investigator who was once within the Navy. What I need to speak about right here is the facet story exploring Timothy McGee and Jimmy Palmer as referees for the native children soccer league.
We don’t really see these males out on the sector, however somewhat coping with the aftermath of a controversial name they made that decided the successful workforce of the current championship sport. Each males acquired offended telephone calls from mother and father of children from the shedding workforce, and whereas McGee began to surprise in the event that they made the appropriate name, Jimmy, the pinnacle ref, felt that they shouldn’t doubt their choice. Nevertheless, because of a pc simulation Kasie put collectively pulling from footage taken of the sport and shared on-line, McGee and Jimmy realized that that they had certainly known as the ultimate purpose of the sport improper.
Initially Jimmy wished to maintain this data a secret as a result of he felt it they revealed they made one improper name, then all of their future judgements could be questioned. He even did Gibbs’ trademark transfer of shutting down the elevator for the primary time to make his level. Nevertheless, ultimately Jimmy relented and determined to retire from being head ref by being the scapegoat. Solely, McGee had already beat him to the punch, taken the autumn and resigned, as he knew being a referee meant extra to Jimmy and he was uninterested in coping with the offended mother and father.
Hey, when you’re not feeling it, get out whilst you can versus hold doing one thing that makes you depressing. Moreover, now he has extra time to look into Gabriel LaRoche, the brand new NCIS Deputy Director who’s kicked his Spider senses off actually exhausting.
NCIS Ought to Present McGee With His Youngsters
This was a advantageous sufficient subplot to observe together with in “Hardboiled”, however listening to about McGee refereeing these soccer video games for youths jogged my memory that whereas we hear so much about Tim and his spouse Delilah parenting their twins, John and Morgan, we’ve by no means really seen both of them onscreen with the youngsters. The youngsters have been born within the NCIS Season 17 episode “Voices”, which aired in November 2017. So John and Morgan would now be seven years outdated, and but they’re nowhere to be seen. Listening to McGee speak about parenting is welcome, nevertheless it’s just like the writing approach says, present, don’t inform. Let’s lastly meet John and Morgan and see them with their adoring dad.
Now I understand that is simpler mentioned than accomplished contemplating this could require bringing little one actors aboard for one episode, if not a number of. At that age, it might be tougher to direct such actors in comparison with in the event that they have been middle-schooled age, and it might even be troublesome to suit them into no matter case is occurring that week. Nonetheless, if Victoria, Jimmy Palmer’s daughter, might get an episode of her personal (see Season 19’s “The Helpers), why can’t McGee’s youngsters observe swimsuit?
I’m not saying this must occur in Season 22, but when NCIS returns subsequent 12 months for Season 23, if not retains going for a number of extra years, then the writers ought to critically take into account spotlighting the twins at the least as soon as. They wouldn’t even must be concerned with no matter the primary procedural storyline is. Frankly, I’d somewhat simply look in on McGee taking care of John and Morgan within the midst of a case, not as a part of it. McGee appears like he’s a terrific dad, so it’d be good for that to really be on show. If the scheduling works out, have Margo Harshman reprise Delilah in that episode too. Let’s see how properly these two guardian collectively. If it means we’ve to attend a number of extra years till the twins are a little bit older and extra will be accomplished with them, I’m pleased with that as long as it ends in a terrific story.
New episodes of NCIS air Mondays at 9 pm ET on CBS, with NCIS: Origins following proper afterwards. The franchise’s different present programming contains NCIS: Sydney, which returns for Season 2 on Friday, January 31, and the upcoming Paramount+-exclusive NCIS: Tony & Ziva can be anticipated to premiere on the 2025 TV schedule.