NCIS LA Episode Summary and Analysis : 2014-07-20

“Inelegant Heart” – The NCIS: LA team discovers that one of their own is compromised when they investigate the murder of a Navy contractor involved in illegal transactions of confidential data. Meanwhile, Hetty is under investigation in Washington, D.C., when the Department of Justice arrives in L.A. to investigate the team.

Courtesy: http://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/shows/ncis-los-angeles/releases/view?id=40708

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Highlights of the Episode:

Gemmill writes an episode focussed on Henrietta Lange’s hearing in Washington DC for her alleged misuse of Govt resources and funds and occasional exercise of liberty of self-willed execution of Govt assignments. He introduces Department of Justice as a body which can conduct audits over all federal agencies. Gemmill also backstops Darknet Chauvenet to be used later on through the season through an episode ending where although the agents are able to put the Darknet operator behind the bars, but the agents would keep running it to find out all possible Govt information floating around before they shut down the Site. Just as the agents surmise during the episodic investigation, the episode ends with the revelation that indeed there is a mole out somewhere who has sold information on Hetty over Chauvenet.

Episode	6x02 - Inelegant Heart	An anagram for Henrietta Lange. It appears in one of the files found over Darknet Chauvenet. Someone had paid 250,000 dollars for an information on a house. As Eric deconstructs the anagram, the team finds that the file pertains to Henrietta Lange.
Writer	R S Gemmill	Gemmill writes an episode focussed on Henrietta Lange’s hearing in Washington DC for her alleged misuse of Govt resources and funds and occasional exercise of liberty of self-willed execution of Govt assignments. He introduces Department of Justice as a body which can conduct audits over all federal agencies. Gemmill also backstops Darknet Chauvenet to be used later on through the season through an episode ending where although the agents are able to put the Darknet operator behind the bars, but the agents would keep running it to find out all possible Govt information floating around before they shut down the Site. Just as the agents surmise during the episodic investigation, the episode ends with the revelation that indeed there is a mole out somewhere who has sold information on Hetty over Chauvenet.
Director	John Peter Kousakis	An important episode. Makes sense for the regular NCIS LA Directors to direct the episode.
Editor	Robert Florio ACE	-
Episode Summary	Henrietta Lange’s being questioned by Senator Michael Thomas. DOJ coming for full scale forensic audit of all the Special Agents of NCIS LA OSP. Introduction of Darknet Chauvenet over which one of the files “Inelegant Heart” that was sold belongs to Hetty.	The Episode’s Mission is about finding the Killer of Brian Bell, who is a private Contractor working for Cyber Security of Govt. He had been working on the man behind Darknet Chauvenet. After his death by strangulation, the threats are that possibly Govt programs have been hacked and therefore it becomes imperative that the agents find the operator of the Darknet Chauvenet fast and then shut it down. But hinderances mount up for the team with Hetty being at Washington, Sam and Callen working in undercover at a jail. And finally when Scallen do get pulled out from their mission, Dept of Justice at the behest of Senator Michael Thomas, enters OSP site and takes control of the office with aim of full forensic audit. And the entire episode becomes a challenge for the team to complete the case protecting themselves against DOJ inspection onsite and off-site. Hetty remotely assists the team in the same manner as Granger is able to reach out to her inspite of tight security and layered surveillance around Hetty. Though the team successfully catch hold of Papa Lekba (Justin Stewart) the Operator of Chauvenet, running the site without business licence and contract from a recycling center in LA; the episode ends with shocking revelation of more trouble for Hetty. Someone was willing to pay $ 250000 to get information on her.
NCIS Personnel Highlights / OSP fun	The episode is racy and there is not one scene at the office that is not interesting. Let me recount.	Densi wrestling scene in the Gym reminds us of Raven and the Swans and Ravens episode of Season 4. Enter Eric Beale to call them for the case. And we have a hilarious scene to watch. As Densi get repetitive, I enjoyed watching Eric. He didn’t bother to help Deeks. At all. The Gym is offered as work space for setting up the temp office for DOJ Special Agent Ava Wallace and her team members. And Nell Jones cuts off the power supply for the office as the team gets ready to work in the Boatshed. And what is funny is watching Eric’s scene with Wallace Stevens. Enjoyable. And the funny banter between the whole team when team sees Scallen after couple of months may be. Deeks is impressed by Callen’s hair style.
Ops Manager/s	OPs Manager Hetty Lange Asst Director Owen Granger	Hetty is at Washington. Going by Sam’s words, the hearing is being dragged on forever basis. Hetty does not cooperate with the investigation more than is necessary. What’s interesting is Hetty being grilled about Berstram Colt, as East german Agent known as Branston Cole at the time of his death. Senator Thomas grills Hetty for keeping Branston Colt in a hospital without any declaration to the Govt. Hetty is also grilled for sending Kensi on Afghanistan Mission when there were other qualified people who could do the same job. Its interesting to watch the antagonism between Senator Thomas and Hetty. I laughed out at her astonished innocent comeback at Senator’s grilling. “I am sorry. Was there a question?” And she was ordering her attorney too. “...act like my attorney. Sit up straight.” Granger runs the OSP office. Efficiently and working as good team member.
Partnership 1-	G Callen & Sam Hanna	This was the first episode shot under Season 6 Production Schedule. And Chris O Donnell came back with long hair. Well..Callen looks good to me. Its almost same as Deeks. The long hair style for Callen is meant to reflect on the time they spent in undercover away from OSP office. And that indirectly reflects on time taken by Washington to try nailing down Hetty at her hearing. There is plenty of joking on hair with epithets as Angelic Mane and Thor humour. Sam and Callen’s introduction in the episode is about their undercover in jail as prisoner and gaurd. Granger pulls them back to work on the case.
Partnership -2	Marty Deeks - LAPD Liaison Officer Kensi Blye -Special Agent	One would rather watch the episode to enjoy their banter. I would just watch the episode to see their Season 6 dynamic established by Gemmill. Its the same friendship based partnership which is devoid of all sexism and the two competitive Agents and the LAPD Detective try to outsmart each other working the case in unison. What’s repeated for Deeks is these things: “This is not a game show” - repeat of Granger’s snub. First time it was in 5x14-War Cries “Who uses a pay phone?” - repeat of himself. First time it was in 5x08-Fallout. Deeks is a geek and Deeks talking about Undercover Work is for the revelation of character attribute. The repeat is obvious for old viewers and relevant for new viewers to watch on Monday nights at 10 PM.
Ops Room Partnership	Eric Beale- Tech Operator Nell Jones - Intelligence Analyst	We must watch the episode for Eric Beale, Nell Jones and Neric. Watch for Eric’s scene with Densi Eric’s scene with Scallen on field Eric’s scene with Special Agent Ava Wallace Eric’s scenes with Nell Eric the confident and proud Tech Operator. not agreeing to Brian Bell as incredibly being smart Nell as Hetty’s protege Nell when saying to Eric Beale, “you are still my fav brain.’
Guest Characters	Senator Michael Thomas Special Agent for DOJ - Ava Wallace	Impressive in their Characters !
Others/GK		“who says we are in the middle of a drought? Apparently not.” - Wonderful insert about California running Drought for year 2014. William Chauvenet - US mathematician professor of US Navy. founder of darknet. amazon for terrorists. bitcoins

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In crew's terms this is known as 601-123

The Production Crew has different numbers than what later becomes the air sequence. Season 5&6 Production Schedule had extra episodes shot for consecutive seasons. This changes the order of produced Episode and Telecasted Episode. 601-123 Inelegant Heart realistically becomes 602-122 for Viewers.

Production Planning and Rollout - Prepping - 7 Business days days | Shooting -7 Business days | Post Production - 7 Business days | Promotions - 2 weeks before Air date

Story writing/Script : by 23rd July 2014
Prepping - 24th July to 1st August

Concept Meeting - July 24th

Departmental Meetings : Video Effects Meeting, Stunts and Special Effects Meeting, Casting, Costumes

Location/Tech Scouting :

Table Read : End of Prepping and before shooting starts

Shoot Schedule : 4th Aug to 13th Aug

Post Production : 14th Aug to 25th Aug

Press Release : Storyline - 15th Sep 2014 |Photos - 29th Sep 2014

http://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/shows/ncis-los-angeles/releases/view?id=40708
http://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/shows/ncis-los-angeles/photos/?episode=7546
http://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/releases/view?id=40897

Promotions: CBS
CBS2 Air Date : Oct 6th 2014.
CBS2 Rating : At 10:00 PM, NCIS: LOS ANGELES averaged 8.60m viewers, 1.6/05 in adults 18-49 and 2.4/06 in adults 25-54. Compared to the year-ago time period, NCIS: LOS ANGELES was up +65% in viewers, +33% in adults 18-49 and +50% in adults 25-54.

Credits
Writer : R S Gemmill
Director : John Peter Kousakis
1st Assistant Director : Eric Pot
2nd Asst Director: Hillary Cohen

Co Producer: Christopher J Molnar, Chad W Murray,
Producer : Jordana Lewis Jaffe, Eric Whitmyre, David Bellisario, Rick Tunell
Consulting Producer : Joe Sachs, Gil Grant
Story Editing: Andrew Bartels
Supervising Producer : Joseph C Wilson, Kyle Harimoto
Co-Executive Producer : Dave Kalstein, Frank Military
Executive Producer : John Peter Kousakis, R Scott Jemmill
Assistants to Executive Producer : Chad Mazero , Samantha Chasse and Sarah K Mosse

Production Designer: Thomas Fichter
Director of Photography : Victor Hammer
Editing : Robert Florio ACE
Music : Jay Ferguson

Unit Production Manager : Rick Tunell
Casting : Suzanne Bluestein. CSA|Jason Kennedy CSA
Casting Associates : Meredith Forney and Krysty Baxter
Costume Designer: Darry Levine
Art Director : Anthony Parrillo
Set Decorator : Michele Poulik
Property Master : Steven B Melton
Make-up Artist : Chris Burgoyne
Hair Stylist : Brooks Stenstrom

Production Coordinator : Laura P Napoli
Assistant Prod Coordinator : Adam Rex

Set Production Assistant : Jimmy Ramirez
Production Accountant : Mathew Klipper
1st Production Accountant : Dana Micahaelsen
Art Department Coordinator :
Location Manager : Jason Savage
Stunt Coordinator : Tim Trella
Special Effects Supervisor : Don Frazee
Production Sounds Mixer : David M Schneider
Construction Coordinator: Mike Brooks
Construction Assistant : Krista Schoenbaum
Transportation Coordinator : Dave Bassett
Script Supervisor : Elisa Forni
Script Coordinator : Jimmy Donchey
A Camera Operator : Russell McEllhatton
B Camera Operator : Terence Nightingall
Gaffer : David B Jarell
Key Grip : Jeryll L Marshall

Assistant Editor : John McKnight
Post Production Supervisor : Dillom Gemmill
Sound Supervisor: Wilson Dyer MPSE
Post Production : Digital Film Tree
Post Production Sound : Larsen Studios
Re recording Mixer : Chris Haire CAS, Alexey Mohr
Online editor : Jacob Tillman
VFX Supervisor : Dylan Chudzynski
Colorists : Patrick Woodard
Music Supervisor : Mark Wiki
ADR Supervisor : Jay Keiser
Sound Effects Editor : Kevin Fischer
Theme by : James S Levine
Technical Advisor : Osama Shofani USMC (ret)
Multi Media Coordination : Justin Maradiegue
Specialized Imagery, Software and Promotional Consideration : Furnished by Lockheed and Pictometry International Corporation

Sponsored by Microsoft Corporation

Cast
SERIES REGULARS:
Chris O’Donnell (NCIS Special Agent G. Callen)
LL COOL J (NCIS Special Agent Sam Hanna)
Linda Hunt (Henrietta "Hetty” Lange)
Daniela Ruah (NCIS Special Agent Kensi Blye)
Eric Christian Olsen (LAPD Detective Marty Deeks)
Barrett Foa (Tech Operator Eric Beale)
Renée Felice Smith (NCIS Intelligence Analyst Nell Jones)
Miguel Ferrer (NCIS Assistant Director Owen Granger)

GUEST CAST:

Aisha Hinds: (Chief Investigator Ava Wallace)
John Heard: (Special Congressional Investigator Michael Thomas)
Mercer Boffey: (Douglas Fisher)
James C. Victor: (Daniel Howard)
Eddie Shin: (Matthew Ogilvie)
Christina Ferraro: (Judy)
Amol Shah: (Team Member)
Irene Choi: (Female Intern)
Shawn-Caulin Young: (Justin Stewart/Papa Legba)
Carlos Acuña: (Security Guard)
Marybeth Massett: (Congresswoman Ann Jones)

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