Nice to see Gibbs say good things about Tony. Of course, we still have Tony acting like a doof and doing yoga while on duty.

I wonder how the revelation of DiNozzo Sr. being a flamboyantly neglectful conman father will contribute to the fanfic emo manpain of Jr's childhood.

I went out of my way and watched CSI: Orange online. Phoenicks? Burnt to death? Really? Have you no professional shame, writers?

I wonder how the revelation of DiNozzo Sr. being a flamboyantly neglectful conman father will contribute to the fanfic emo manpain of Jr's childhood.

I'm pretty sure that being left in a hotel room for a couple of days at age 12 will transmogrify into being left in a back alley for two weeks at the age of 7. In the winter. In shorts.

I think the Hawaiian hotel room story has been told before.

I think the Hawaiian hotel room story has been told before.

Hmmm. I don't remember it.

I'm pretty sure he mentioned his mother dressed him as a sailor at age 10, so I don't really trust the writers ::googles::

Really? So you're saying my intimacy issues stem from my mother? Who dressed me as a sailor until I was ten years old.

I was wrong. More googling does show an abandonment in a hotel room story, but it doesn't fit the two day time period--apparently Sr. was alerted to Jr.'s missing status by incoming credit card bills, which is way more heinous.

My god, googling scarred me. I skimmed past a request for Gibbs/DiNozzo MPREG.

People will write Mpreg about anyone. Whenever I come across it, I always sort of wonder how it works. When I read a lot of fanfic, it was Smallville, so when you have aliens and mutants, the leap to male pregnancy isn't that hard. But, how does Spencer Reid get pregnant by Derek Morgan?

how does Spencer Reid get pregnant by Derek Morgan?

Lots and lots of practice?

At least...at least those two are allowed to get it on. DiNozzo and Gibbs are not. I decree it.

Which reminds me. The final scene kinda came out of nowhere--I'm willing to accept Gibbs' statement that DiNozzo is hot shit, even though it's telling and not showing, in the worst way, but Tony dropping by for dinner and Leroy cooking in his fireplace? Read like fanfic. Felt unearned to me.

Lots and lots of practice?

har. I stumbled across it when looking for something else. I admit that my mouse hovered for a moment, out of curiosity, but I could not bring myself to click.

The final scene kinda came out of nowhere--I'm willing to accept Gibbs' statement that DiNozzo is hot shit, even though it's telling and not showing, in the worst way, but Tony dropping by for dinner and Leroy cooking in his fireplace? Read like fanfic. Felt unearned to me.

That's what I was wondering! As a recent fan of the show, I thought I was missing something, but until last night, I never got the impression that these two guys hung out outside of work. And the way that Tony just strolled into the room with the six-pack of beer definitely felt like it had happened before.

Regarding DiNozzo's mom, there is also this from wikipedia that I remember: She [Tony's mom] went through a "Louis XV phase" when Tony was ten that inspired the decor of his childhood bedroom and gave him vampire nightmares.