There’s no brawl like a Halloween brawl.
Let the ruckus commence!
Also, if a SEAL asks after the quality of your medical care, you should already be running.
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Torres (Wilmer Valderrama) is lobbying for a state-of-the-art gym.
She awkwardly says she has no idea, but dont worry.
Things between them are fine!
(Jimmy and Jess are the Sour Patch Kids portion of the episode.
Their relationship was once sugary sweet, but its turned acidic.)
The discussion about Ducky’s office is interrupted when theyre called to Bryces Halloween brawl.
Bryce explains that this is his grandmothers house, which he inherited when his father died.
Ah, but Hals already there, in the basement with a hammer embedded in his skull.
(Good luck sleeping tonight with the memory of thatsquelchas Palmer removes it!)
I like his style!
Once Hal-turned-Felixs body is removed, Palmer continues to cheerfully, almost maniacally, insist that everything is fine.
Hes fine with changing Duckys office, just like hes fine with the change in his relationship with Jess.
EVERYTHING’S FINE, OKAY?
This brings the team to Bryces grandmother, Wanda Prescott.
Even more importantly, Wanda is played byDonna MillsofKnots Landingfame!
She and her personal assistant, Leonard (Dominic Burgess of hey, its that guy!
(Wanda and Leonard are crisp and delightful, making them the fun-sized Butterfingers of the episode.)
Wandas shocked about the murder and the short-term rental situation.
Leonard is… less so.
Naturally, the team detains him for further questions.
Who can blame him for trying to earn a little cash on the side?
The extremely haunted hunting lodge is clearly the Payday candy bar storyline because it is absolutely nuts.
But more on that later.
For now, the teams still debating the issue of Duckys office.
For Parker (Gary Cole), thats a place to eat lunch that isnt his desk.
For Kasie (Diona Reasonover), thats a place to meditate.
that he saw in theseason 21 finale.
Parkers ghost sister: the rock-hard Tootsie Roll of the episode.
This memorys been hanging around Alden’s psyche for a long, long time.
Back they go to Wanda, who insists that the treasure Gavin meant was his family.
Also, Leonard came clean with her, and she rewarded him with a big, fat raise.
I only hired him to see how long he could keep up that terrible accent, she explains.
When we finally eat the rich, we eat her last.
Leonard adds that hes experienced spooky things like cold spots and weird sounds.
Last season, aliens.This season, ghosts.
I, for one, welcome the shows slow transition toThe NCIX-Files.
The hunting lodge reveal splits the team into those who geek out about haunted houses and those whodo.
ghosts.McGee and Parker are in the former group; Knight and Torres make up the latter group.
Why, Knight breathes.
But her statement is undercut when a creepy talking doll yeets itself off the fireplace mantle in her direction.
Get out of that house.
Lets call this the episodes box of Red Hots.
(The reason for this, I hope, is self-explanatory.)
Didnt Phil the candy-grabbing delivery guy say he hadnt been to the house during Bryces absence?
He and Hal argued over it, so Phil delivered a hammer to Hals skull.
He would be so proud of you, she tells her grandson.
Thats the candy for this part of the episode, as well as what’s to come.
Because Duckys office has become the Dr. Donald Mallard Memorial Multi-Purpose Room.
Naturally, hes poking through LaRoches files before joining the team at Ducky’s.
