The Return of Mike Franks

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The Return of Mike Franks

The most recent episode of NCIS, called “The Outlaws and the Inlaws,” deals with the return of Mike Franks and how he almost cost Gibbs his career. That never happened, obviously, but it did make for an interesting episode. One can always tell that things tend to become quite interesting when Mike Franks appears. It has a tendency to liven the show up a bit, and just as you think a few past episodes might have been a bit boring? You are now in for a surprise.

This episode began with a floating ship had been spotted carrying two dead bodies. Once the identities of these two individuals are found, it thrusts the team into a case involving a skirmish between the military and a private contracting firm. In the midst of all this, it had appeared that Franks crafted a nice plan as to convince the team to investigate him. Franks had convinced the director that he had done it, not so much as to become convicted but rather as a means to launch an investigation by NCIS.

Knowing that Gibbs had earlier crafted a gift to his daughter by way of a boat, Franks employed this in order to launch Gibbs at the forefront of his investigation. A number of reasons began to appear during the investigation, but there was one thing that was as clear as ever: Franks isn't a cold-blooded killer. He has his problems and all, but Gibbs has known Franks for a number of years. Still, though, there was one thing that remained elusive: the boat itself. Just how was it removed from Gibbs' house?

Further investigation of the case eventually led to the team finding out the story behind the boat. Gibbs then realized that there were some similar events going on in this case that had occurred in a much earlier case. All in all, it was about personal relationships more than anything else. That may well be the moral of this episode, and how the title of it all, “The Outlaws and the Inlaws” came about. It was the director who eventually figured out the family plot involving, metaphorically speaking, outlaws and inlaws.

Overall, this was a really interesting episode. It may have been more interesting than previous episodes featuring Franks, but this one had a nice twist to it. It showcased the ongoing skirmishes between the military and private contractors, something that can be attuned to in real-life situations involving our current wars. It's good that these sorts of things were brought up in NCIS, because the aspects of private contractors in national defense are often overlooked. We all think it's a military thing, but there's more to it than that.

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Raymondo

Raymondo
Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:40:49 +0000

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