NCIS LA Episode Summary and Analysis : 5x24 Deep Trouble Part 1

Season Finale

CBS Summary: “Deep Trouble” – When the NCIS: LA team and the DEA uncover the cartel’s plans to slyly transport billions of dollars’ worth of cocaine from Colombia to the United States using a submarine, Callen and Sam must quickly locate the missing vessel. Meanwhile, Hetty is called to Washington in the aftermath of the controversial mission in Afghanistan, on the fifth season finale cliffhanger.

Episode Highlights

They started casually and before they even know they are in deep trouble. That is the fate of Sam&Callen with their ever funny chases and too much knowing about their jobs. Running, chasing, interrogation, leaving Deeks to his troubles and showing Granger his place, everything was casual for Scallen, until they get into the submarine!!

Any idea, why Scallen were acting so casual?

They are miraculously knowing the looming seriousness. Hetty and Kensi just know it in their head that its got to do with Afghanistan Mission and White Ghost Case. Some guilt showing up for showing disregard to the system? Contrastingly and amazingly, the rest of the team is quite serious even about their mundane decision calls. Granger and Hetty read seriousness into a call from Washington that takes away Hetty from the OSP base indefinitely. Kensi and Deeks look at it seriously as they see their bosses argue about something so much that Kensi's intinctively gets apprehensive about her White Ghost Mission gone wrong. The three women are serious enough to be backed seriously by their male partners.

Any idea why the failed and wild goose chase of the White Ghost Mission is again given an attention ?

If anyone remembers, I had actually raised all about resource wastage over White Ghost Mission in my 5x18 and 5x19 Episode summaries. So there is a semblance of sanity from administrative hierarchy perspective that higher authorities are actually investigating the fiasco. However, Hetty is indefatigable. She is going to survive everything and come back in 6x01-Deep Trouble Part-2. That's my thought.

Any idea why DEA Talia is so eager to join Deeks in the boatshed ? Whats the idea behind bringing her back? Is it to revive Densi Love Story that had been nipped in bud in 5x21-Three Hearts ? Gemmill believes in Densi and is also a Deeks fan. So I guess, Gemmill is giving a message to Dave Kalstein's Kensi that they are real girls out there to get Deeks if she keeps insisting him on opening Empty boxes because racoons mate for life.

Amen!!

Welcome to Writers World and Resetting Stories for New Season with a sense of balance sheet review of what was Season 5 was like. Scallen, Neric, Densi, Afghanistan, Hanger (Hetty+Granger), Love Story, Metaphors, Planes, Trains, Boats, Choppers and Submarine with regular stuff of Drones, Patriot Act, Interrogation, Secret Locations (Undisclosed Site) and Drug Cartels!

Season 5 actually ended with 5x21-Three Hearts.

5x24 is made to believe that it is the finale, but then actually speaking 5x22-One More Chance starts resetting all stories for New Season 6. One needs to see that 5x22 begins from a fresh perspective of the Middle. The Start of the Middle, with established Scallen like family, with Callen getting grounded into love-life, Neric happening while Densi settle down into their relationship status quo, Hetty and Granger, fighting between themselves, who gets to keep the one and only boss's chair. Granger passes his time without a chair in the OSP for the whole season, sitting opposite until 5x24 when he finally gives a news to Hetty that she needs to leave.

Question really is...with that kind of Season 6 reset happening end of Season 5, what does Season 6 look like ?

Episode	5x24 - Deep Trouble - Part 1	Deep Trouble indeed for Hetty. And also for Sam and Callen who are deep under the water travelling in a submarine with their lives in danger with three armed men ready to shoot them down.
Writer	R S Gemmill	No idea what is Gemmill doing in this episode. But my guess is that he is resetting the Chess Board. He just moved the board and left the chess board pieces to figure out how they want to play out. What is he picking on? Whats going to be the punchline for Season 6? Thats the cliffhanger material. It was a cliff-hanger episode with unresolved case, but we see no imminent danger in the form of any formidable protagonist. Something that started so casually ended up being serious. And this is what is so difference about the #NCISLAfinale. I will have to wait until Season 6 opens and I see Deep Trouble Part 2.
Director	Larry Teng
Editor	Eric Wilson
Episode Summary	Navy Engineer dead, who is traced to be missing from 28 days, who is traced to killers who have executed a boat-makers wife after he had built a submersible (submarine) for unknown guys.	Meanwhile, Hetty is called back to Washington indefinitely until the White Ghost Mission is investigated. According to Hetty, there is change in command and hence reopening cases. Sam and Callen find the submarine parked at a boat repair shop packed with Ammonium Nitrate and before they are backed up by Deeks and Kensi, four men with Muslim men ambush them and set the submarine on...as in it sails on. To be continued….. Will Hetty return? Will Sam and Callen survive? What were the Men with Muslim names doing in the submarine that was supposedly sponsored by Drug Cartels? Who are they? DEA Agent Talia is back…
NCIS Personnel Highlights and Bull Pen Fun	Health drink that looks like Laterine. That’s the topic.	Deeks health drink is happening. Sam and Callen not getting any irritated with Deeks. The change in Callen and Sam is that they accept whatever Deeks is doing, including the noise, even if they turned down the drink. So thats the season ending for Deeks looking at the older boys as brothers and bonding with them, including him whining to want to go to places where they would want to go and asking to be rescued by them when Talia and Kensi seem to be making a sandwich of him. And likewise, the season ending Kensi is the girl in all boys gang looking for an respite from the boys gutter-talk. Season ending Sam and Callen are brothers who can be parted only by death. Season ending Nell, is as ever closer to Hetty. Hetty leaves her command in charge to Nell while she goes away indefinitely to Washington and also entrusts Nell with confidence she has in her. Season ending Eric, is the smart and serious geeky handsome guy with a good hair-style. Season ending Granger is grumpy and nervous about managing the OSP alone as Hetty is called to Washington.
Ops Manager/s	OPs Manager Hetty Lange Asst Director Owen Granger	Deeks (or rather R S Gemmill) calls Hetty and Granger as Mom and Dad when they fight. Why were they fighting? Hmm. About White Ghost Mission... and to what extent they can be involved in unison of the purpose and principle. Hetty and her Samurai practice is back. Will Granger get a seat for himself rather than roaming around to make himself useful in Season 6?
Partnership 1-	G Callen & Sam Hanna	Bromance. Nothing but bromance. They started casually and before they even know they are in deep trouble. That is the fate of Sam&Callen with their ever funny chases and too much knowing about their jobs. Running, chasing, interrogation, leaving Deeks to his troubles and showing Granger his place, everything was casual for Scallen, until they get into the submarine!! Any idea, why Scallen were acting so casual?
Partnership -2	Marty Deeks - LAPD Liaison Officer Kensi Blye -Special Agent	Kensi and her meaningless and senseless punching on Deeks arms. Nothing much investigative from this younger team...except for handling Talia, who was waiting to be taken to boatshed to enjoy Deeks company.
Ops Room Partnership	Eric Beale- Tech Operator Nell Jones - Intelligence Analyst	Cute couple. Doing their bits individually apart from each other. And yet gathering and disseminating all Intel to the field agents.
Afghanistan White Ghost Story	Hetty, Granger, Kensi RS Gemmills Story from 5x10 until 5x19 Episodes	Hetty is called to Washington indefinitely. Granger and Hetty suspect it is about the White Ghost mission. Granger has tough time giving his back to Hetty and asks Hetty to consider all alone in this matter. Hetty shows Granger thtat he could as well back-stab her if he cannot have her back. Kensi is apprehensive that perhaps Hetty is being called for the Afghanistand White Ghost Mission fiasco and tries to talk to Hetty, but Hetty does not allow her to talk at all. Hetty believes that she may come back to NCIS LA OSP base, but its also possible that she may not come back. She leaves her instructions with Nell about whats to be done if Hetty misses even for one day to check with her.
Love Story	Densi Love Story RS Gemmills initiation from 5x02-Impact, 5x14-War Cries, 5x24-DeepTrouble	How is Gemmill planning for the Densi Love Story? 5x02-Impact : Deeks to Nate (in his head/subconscious) Its a Love Story 5x14-War Cries : Deeks to Granger We(Him and Kensi) are more than partners. 5x24-DeepTrouble-1 : Deeks to Talia We are a little more than brother-sister relationship. In this EP, he makes Deeks say to Talia that his relationship with Kensi is a little more than brother-sister relationship !!! Could it not be rephrased as something else?!!! What is going on in Gemmill's mind? Why is the Love Story being underplayed from Deeks end when talking to Talia, when in 5x16 EP Deeks already sorta impressed Talia that he could be involved with his partner. Gemmill makes him behave as if he is shy and stuck between two attractive women, who equally punch him hard. And there it is out. Kissing is forbidden as per regulations, which ofcourse gives us a reason why kisses cannot be shown while on the job. So is that end of the love Story is that Talia is brought in to pep the losing love story with spice, such as competition for Kensi and adding confusion of two attractive women for Deeks?!!! Gemmill what are you doing? No more love story for Densi? or is it because you were so confused by Kensi's boxes and felt liberated like Deeks when refusing to open the boxes and going on with the things in Dave Kalstein's 5x21-Three Hearts Episode that you decided to take plunger and color up Deeks marketable Lover Boy status? It is ridiculously interesting to see Kensi as usual acting highly possessive about Deeks, including the toilet seat conversation, as if to say she kinda owns even his peeing!!! Haha!! What a change from 2x09-Absolution where once Kensi called Deeks gay and having cheated her by going out with her brother, for calling her Sunshine and trying to make her his Wingman. Definitely, the reset is there. Deeks knows Kensi owns him and that's why he is so quick with his comeback of "You are beautiful" and Kensi knows Deeks is actually up for grabs by any other competitive girl like her if she does not claim him first and kill the competition.
Guest Chracter	Talia Del Campo Joe Sachs introduced her in 5x15 -Fish Out of the Water	Since when she really got interested in Deeks? !!! Whats Gemmill’s story here? Have to wait until September….Bad!!!! My thoughts: Why DEA Talia is so eager to join Deeks in the boatshed! Whats the idea behind bringing her back? Is it to revive Densi Love Story that had been nipped in bud in 5x21-Three Hearts ? Gemmill believes in Densi and is also a Deeks fan. So I guess, Gemmill is giving a message to Dave Kalstein's Kensi that they are real girls out there to get Deeks if she keeps insisting him on opening Empty boxes because racoons mate for life.
Others/GK

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In crew's terms this is known as 523-120

The Production Crew has different numbers than what later became the air sequence. Season 4 Production Schedule had an extra episode shot which was telecasted as Unwritten Rule 5x05-101 in airing reality. This changed the sequence numbers for all the season 5 episodes either in terms of Season Episode number or actual episode number for show's grand total serial number. Deep Trouble Part-1 realistically becomes 524-120 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 5th March 2014Prepping - 28th March to 9th April

Concept Meeting -

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 : 9th April to 21st April

Post Production : 22nd April to 1st May
Press Release : Storyline - 28th April |Photos - ***

http://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/releases/view?id=38780

Promotions: CBS
CBS2 Air Date : May 13th 2014.
CBS2 Rating :

Credits
Writer : R S Gemmill
Director : Larry Teng
1st Assistant Director : **
2nd Asst Director: **

Co Producer: Christopher J Molnar, Chad W Murray, Jordana Lewis Jaffe
Producer : Joseph C Wilson, Eric Whitmyre, Kyle Harimoto, David Bellisario, Rick Tunell
Consulting Producer : Joe Sachs, Gil Grant
Supervising Producer : Dave Kalstein
Co-Executive Producer : 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 : Eric Wilson
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 : Tony Salome
Stunt Coordinator : Troy Brown
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 : Diana Valentine
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:
Mercedes Masohn (DEA Agent Talia Del Campo)
Cameron Daddo (Charles Anderson)
Val Lauren (Jabril)
Julian Works (James Martinez)
Francis Capra (Salazar)
Jud Tylor (Sarah Hill)
Andy Mackenzie (Michael Wilson)
Rafi Silver (Ali Hanna)
Chervine Namani (Yusef)
Eddie Ramos (Flaco)
Jason Mac (Driver)

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#NCISLA season finale tonight, directed by yours truly. Big thx to those who help make it, and to the fans who watch it. See u next season.

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Only two weeks before the finale – but here is  your sneak peek at the narco sub from the case. #NCISLAShowNShare: http://bit.ly/1lIA3jM 

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Someone is about to get wet. #ncisla #setlife @ Al Larson Boat Shop http://instagram.com/p/m3aSeyAm_X/ 

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#Afghanistan storylines are definitely a TV trend this season... #NCISLA, #CriminalMinds, #Arrow, #H50...

‏@jpkouz

Thank you @larryteng for an outstanding three days of shooting on #NCISLA Knows his stuff!

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‏@Miguel_J_Ferrer

Love the Paramount Studios lot.  The last one that feels like old Hollywood.  My mother was under contract here in the 50's.  Much the same.

‏@jpkouz

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‏@Miguel_J_Ferrer

Started shooting the season finale today.  R. Scott Gemmill wrote a beauty.  Lot of stuff I did not see coming. #NCISLA

‏@larryteng

It's on. First day of shooting #NCISLA Season 5 finale. chrisodonnell llcoolj http://instagram.com/p/mlFbmlj7bP/ 

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#jpkteaser...the plan is in full gear! Season 5 finale. @larryteng pic.twitter.com/fcoWwb5G0N

‏@Miguel_J_Ferrer

Always sad coming to the end of the season. Don't like vacation. Horses, dogs, family, and a great job. What more can you ask for? #NCISLA

‏@jpkouz

Day complete. @larryteng guides us through another epic tech scout. @chadwmurray @zalikmdp @MrZUZU

‏@rtunell

Larry Teng takes us to all of the best places. Tech scout Ep#523 @larryteng #ncisla #ericpot #victorhammer #troybrown pic.twitter.com/Xuzyco8zvx

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Thanks to @TheCCF for feeding our 28 person tech scout. @jpkouz Greek locks tickle the bottom of frame. #lastsupper pic.twitter.com/RE7OfHkYsf

‏@jpkouz Apr

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Good times happening today on Tech scout w/ @larryteng @MrZUZU @bldflts @chadwmurray @zalikmdp Prepping season 5 finale. #NCISLA

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Good morning from #NCISLA tech scout E523 pic.twitter.com/PxMufuysg1

‏@rtunell

You'll have to wait to see what the construction crew is building for ep#523. Wow! #ncisla pic.twitter.com/B11JdotKfg

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@jpkouz @larryteng  Shot was taken just before Victor attacked.  Luckily JPK was wearing his taser.

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Scouting greater LA. Don't be climbing walls topped with makeshift barbed glass. #bestlessonslearned pic.twitter.com/ZublvcDFV5

‏@larryteng

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@larryteng @jpkouz I need in on this game...mine are pretty fancy today :)

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Scouting E523 w/@larryteng Discovered A Cactus older than me. The wonders of Los Angeles #NCISLA #bestlife pic.twitter.com/kKWumdbS7y

‏@jpkouz

#jpkteaser Wait to see what Don Frazee Sp.Efx Coordinator is scheming for the season finale. Never B4! #NCISLA pic.twitter.com/pmcqfWY6PU

‏@jpkouz

Scouting locations in LA 4 E523 Finale w/@larryteng sporting the peace sign. Beautiful LA sky, post rain. pic.twitter.com/kSfUMIfCFw

‏@larryteng

Location scouting in San Pedro. #ncisla #pontiac http://instagram.com/p/mTLHYqj7Rl/ 

‏@Miguel_J_Ferrer

Moving in June.  Will be dangerously close to R Scott Gemmill's pad.  Not sure if he's quite ready for it.

‏@jpkouz

Looking forward to season finale prep. Begins next week. @larryteng directing. It's a Gemmill gem! #NCISLA #HappyWeekend #wontdisappoint

‏@larryteng

Jobs on deck for 2014: #Arrow #Elementary #CriminalMinds #NCISLA (season finale) plus one possible surprise for the month of May ;)

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