QUOTE (USA_Admin @ Dec 18 2008, 12:53 PM)

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http://www.usanetwork.com/series/ncis/game...via/markharmon/I've posted my observations on the lack of "sexy" in the "Gibb's" character on the Forum: DeeR1. With all the listed qualities you've posted and the agreement amongst fans, then why the persistence in portraying him as humorless, fixated on the loss of his family, this has merit in some aspect, but it's recurring all the time. It means less the more it's shown.
His one relationship with the Colonel was a welcomed opportunity to see the "Gibb's" character's lighter & sexier side. Interesting how short lived that was. Would appear someone had serious issues with a "Sexy Gibb's".
From time to time I've detected an I.V. drip of sanctimony in certain episodes from the Gibb's character, i.e. The Gibb's character was hostile towards a female suspect in regards to her being an adulteress, turned out it was her husband that killed her lover. The point was that the zeal of the judgement passed by the character was heavy handed and not dispensed to male characters in the same circumstances. Any L.E.O. worth a damn, will never concern themselves with the personal goings on of suspects, witnesses, etc. unless it has a direct bearing on the case be they male or female. Preaching has no place in detecting crimes.
27 years in a blue uniform, honorably discharged from a green Army uniform, wife, ex-wife, mother & now grandmother, 911 & Katrina/Rita first responder and definitely a a bit of a character myself, I feel qualify me to state moral judgments and investigations don't mix. Humanity is complex and too funny to lock into a box. It's our miss steps that make this dance of life that is so much a part of our charm.
Good show, don't spoil it with constraints on the humanity of the characters, flaws are a wonderful part of the viewers experience.
Would love to see the "Ziva" character become ambiguous, the Tony/Ziva connection is too silly to pursue and generates no interest in either.
The Abby & Tim characters have so much to offer if more personal off the job stories were created.
Best of success, keep the creativity flowing, would hate to see the show end due to lack of courage to expanded the great characters you've created.
Dee