NCIS Season 20 Ends With a Killer, Unsettling Face-Off — Grade the Finale
The following contains spoilers from Monday night’s NCIS Season 20 finale.
NCIS with its finale continued Season 20’s intermittent storyline arc involving Russian moles, by sending Torres undercover in prison (as “Manny Delgado”) to sniff around for intel from incarcerated Yuri Valkov.
There were a few scares — word quickly got to Yuri that a “rat” was among his ranks, though Torres did a good job of throwing the Russki off his scent — and at least one solid surprise (Yuri was shivved to death by an inmate pal acting on his father Kostya Valkov’s behalf, but the culmination of Daddy Valkov’s grand plan was pretty much just a brief, widespread blackout.
What the finale was really about, arguably, was Nick recognizing an older man who visited an 18-year-old inmate he had become friendly with. “Manny” asked the inmate about his visitor, and the kid said that it was his mom’s no-good boyfriend. That their life “went to hell” after this guy entered it.[pmc_inline_gallery]
Once the undercover op was over and Nick was back at NCIS, he sneaked off to make a phone call, leaving a message that said, “I found him, sis…. The bastard’s alive. And he’s still doing it” (meaning what, abuse?).
Then at episode’s end, as the rest of the team split off to celebrate their latest win in assorted ways, we saw Nick lying in wait inside the home of the man who had visited the young inmate. When the man arrived home and was started by the uninvited guest, it took him a moment, but he remembered “Nicky.”
And what does grown-up Nicky want after all these years? Picking up a pistol from the table near him, he told the man, “to watch you die.”
What did you think of the NCIS finale, and what do you think Torres will actually do next? Will Season 21 open up with that same scene, or will we get an “X MONTHS LATER” and be left to wonder — especially if that guy is found dead?
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Torres is one of my favorite characters and I love seeing him in layered roles. I still wish Bishop would come back and resume their romance!
The finale had some good, unexpected twists, and I enjoyed it. Looking forward to getting the backstory on this creepy guy Nick is after.
That final scene with Nick was certainly dramatic
Handy Manny reference ftw
Looks like Nick is sticking around for next season! I’m also still holding out for a bishop reunion! Incurable shipper over here 🤣
Nick’s not gonna shoot him. That would be Murder One. Or have we forgotten that Gibbs was kicked out just for beating up a guy (who also deserved it).
For a cliffhanger to work, it has to be plausible within the show’s format and also true to the character’s nature. If Valderrama were leaving the show, they certainly wouldn’t set it up this way.
Parker just pulled the same stunt Bishop did in Season 11 by walking into the interrogation room and pretending to be the suspects lawyer. :)
Kinda wish Mcgee had mentioned her though when Torres asked if it was legal
Nothing original about it. Anybody seen the movie Sleepers? They even ripped the dialogue off almost word for word.