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FAVORITE RECURRING CHARACTERS - PAST AND PRESENT

• Tobias Fornell. I was taken with Fornell when we met him in the very first episode "Yankee White". I loved the way Fornell has developed into a friendly adversary and obvious friend of Gibbs. The character is sharp, intelligent and very much old school. He and Gibbs are very much the old dogs surrounded by yapping, over enthusiastic puppies. My favorite Fornell episode would have to be season 4's "Smoked". The scene in autopsy with Ducky, Gibbs and Jenny is a classic. A close second is the season 5 episode "Identity Crisis", his dressing down of his young subordinate was a great scene. Another great scene came in season 6's "Nine Lives", when Gibbs turns up at the Hoover Building to provide moral support when Fornell has to face his Director.
  
• Trent Kort. Wasn't too impressed when he was introduced to us in season 4, but the character grew on me. I tend to refer to him now as "My Favorite Weasel". I love the adversarial relationship he has with Tony. I do wonder if that will eventually grow into respect and then friendship ala Gibbs and Fornell. Best episode for Kort was, in my opinion, "Dead Reckoning". We saw a lot of Kort in this one, as well as the respect that he and Gibbs have for each other. Gibbs went so far as to cover Kort's back. Gibbs wouldn't have done that if he didn't have some measure of regard for the man.
  
• Mike Franks. Only one word to describe Mike Franks. Curmudgeon. He is blunt and frequently grumpy. Pairs up brilliantly with Gibbs, even though the two of them are poles apart in many ways. Gibbs needs to be doing, Franks is content to sit on his butt and watch the world go by. My favorite Mike Franks episode was "Judgment Day". His expression when Jenny says to him, "And stop looking at my ass" was a classic. A wonderful example of saying everything whilst saying nothing at all.
• Paula Cassidy. I liked Paula a lot. I felt she was a much more interesting character than Kate in many ways. I hoped when Kate was killed that Paula would step up as a regular character. From her shaky start in "Minimum Security" Paula became a really interesting character. The tension between her and Tony was good. Whilst taking her out in "Grace Period" made for a great story, I thought it was a tragic waste of a character with terrific material.
• Brent Langer. Only got to see him in 3 episodes, and one of those was only in flashbacks. This was another character I thought had real potential. I would have loved to have found out why Brent jumped from the FBI to NCIS. A retrograde career move to many people. He had to have had a reason for doing it. I would liked to have known why, and to have seen more of this intriguing character.

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