20.5 – “Guardian”
Written by Marco Schnabel
Directed by James Whitmore, Jr.
Reviewed by KathM
I stated Leon ought to have moved out of that home years in the past. I imply, how will you dwell in a spot that was primarily destroyed and the place your spouse DIED? And Ziva’s father too, however, yeah, not inquisitive about Eli. And tonight? He comes throughout “burglars” in his home, chases two off, and kills the opposite! By no means let or not it’s stated that Leon Vance, former champion boxer, continues to be not match and prepared for motion.
However we now have a narrative to proceed. Regardless of a possible menace to his life, Leon decides that he nonetheless plans to attend an Interpol assembly in Berlin. He even picks out a shiny workforce of bodyguards, however Parker dismisses them and decides to guard Leon himself. The Director leaves McGee in cost as a result of, why? I assume he doesn’t have an assistant director or something.
Parker does an distinctive job as Leon’s bodyguard, a lot in order that he stops Leon from visiting comely German agent Lena Paulson by himself with a pleasant bottle of wine. It is like taking your mother on a date, however it’s ust as nicely as a result of once they arrive, they discover Lena overwhelmed and bloody in her lodge room.
Whereas Parker and Leon are having enjoyable with nail polish remover (please strive at residence and report again), Torres and Knight are trying out the opposite brokers on the op the place Leon and Lena met. It was referred to as Fortress, and the baddie who was killed was referred to as Umarov. His girlfriend was killed as nicely. Apparently, we additionally uncover that $3 million in diamonds went lacking and was by no means checked into proof. Who was chargeable for checking all of it in? Lena, in fact, made a visit to Antwerp (the diamond capital) shortly thereafter.
Does anybody need to inform Leon that his potential life accomplice is a thief? They had been speaking about shifting in and all the pieces. Leon is lonely, and had hoped that Lena may assist him from changing into that agent . You realize, the one who’s alone, perpetually ingesting and telling tales about his glory days at reunions. This might have been an attention-grabbing dialog for Leon to have with Gibbs as a result of whereas Parker was a superb listener and has been there, Gibbs had been by the entire thing with Leon. From dropping his spouse and watching his children develop up and away, it will have been a superb place for these former co-workers to speak to at least one one other. The final time we’d seen Gibbs, he was discovering a spot of peace, and I feel Leon is likely to be on the lookout for the identical. Might our Director be following (probably) Torres out the door?
We come to search out out that Lena is a do-gooder of types. Sure, she did take the diamonds, however she additionally took a uncared for child discovered on the shootout. Quite than depart her to the Umarovs, Lena raised a bit of woman, who she referred to as Heidi, herself, alongside together with her sister Elizabeth, who was presently caring for her niece. And the diamonds? Lena put these in a belief for her “daughter,” contemplating it her inheritance. So yeah, I’m fairly positive it is Sport Over for Leon. Or not. It’s exhausting to inform. His lady and sister are mendacity thieves who stole a child and a load of cash. True, they did it with one of the best of intentions (I stand by this), however that doesn’t change the truth that Leon was practically killed by the lads Sergi Umarov, the brother of the person killed within the op six years in the past, despatched to his home. When Lena wakes, and Leon tells her Heidi and Elizabeth are protected and the baddies are useless or in jail, he is ready to inform her that he and Parker are going to miss the diamonds factor, however can’t inform her whether or not they have a future.
I assume we’ll have to attend and see. And I don’t assume this was a Leon leaving story, I feel it could have been an “I feel this may very well be the start of a phenomenal friendship” story between Parker and Leon.
PS – Oh, and whereas some are going all Center Faculty about it, there is no such thing as a approach the gang would have proven up at their Director’s home of their jammies, even when they’re a bit social. So there may have been higher methods to indicate Knight in Jimmy’s shirt. That being typed…giggle, giggle!
