The Positively Positive

NCIS “Cracked” Season 8 Episode 6 – In this episode, Abby becomes fascinated by the body of a young lieutenant who ran in front of a bus and was killed instantly. The woman’s body is covered in a secret code that only she can understand and Abby soon loses herself while trying to crack it. When Ducky discovers that the poor girl was being slowly poisoned, the whole team goes on the lookout for who was involved in her death.

Pauley absolutely shined in this episode and I loved how she played Abby slowly losing her own identity as she started to take on the one of the woman who died. Makes me wish we’d get more Abby-centric episodes on the show.

My favorite bits…..

Tony having a very naughty phone conversation with his girlfriend…..Ethel?

Tony calling McGee “McTween” – LOL!

This bit:
Tony: “I think Ethel and I really have something.”
McGee: “Well they have antibiotics for that.”

Ziva being confused about what kind of role playing Tony was talking about.

Tony reassuring Gibbs that he would be able to pull off wearing a leotard.

Palmer once again finding the exact inappropriate thing to say in front of a dead body.

Ducky being able to figure out exactly how fast the bus was going just by looking at the body. Nice.

Abby’s “Holy Mother of Einstein!”. Oh I am so gonna be using that one now.

Tony asking the boss “Mel Gibson much?” after seeing the crazy message on her computer.

Gibbs admitting to the girl’s mother that he *did* have children, and the mother asking him to tell her that the pain does go away. His silence spoke volumes.

The woman’s eerie message “They’re going kill me” written over and over on the table.

McGee knowing that Abby was fine, she was just thinking.

Trying to figure out what an erased hard drive could possibly be a euphemism for and realizing I’ll never have half the dirty mind that Tony does.

Gibbs and Tony sharing similar expressions for a second there while they both looked at the plasma. Don’t know if anyone else noticed it, but I thought it was too cute.

Abby going down autopsy to talk to the woman’s body and promising that she would understand what the codes meant.

Abby admitting that she’d had “eleventeen” Caff-Pow!’s so far that day.

Abby asking McGee for help.

McGee’s reassurance that they’d find Abby, though I don’t know if he was talking more to himself than Gibbs.

The professor giving the book that was the victim’s, to Abby.

Everyone seeing that the woman was not talking to anyone when she was at her “meetings”. Oh boy, that’s not good.

Abby not shutting up until Gibbs was forced to raise his voice. He only did it because she didn’t listen the first time he asked.

Abby’s devastation when she saw the video and realized that no one understood what the Lieutenant was going through.

Gibbs brining in the woman’s daughter to try and bring her back from the brink.

The woman’s mother begging Abby to put emotion aside and let her daughter go.

Abby getting her mojo back…..until it hit a nojo. LOL.

Gibbs figuring out the one bit of the puzzle that Abby could not.

The look on Palmer’s face when Gibbs sent him off to work a lead. So cool!

McGee finding the source of the poison and reporting it to the team via a webcam.

Completely cracking up at the sight of Tony as “Tony” from Saturday Night Fever. The outfit was a bit tight but the impression was spot-on.

Tony being afraid that he was offending the movie gods by dressing up as Travolta. LOL.

Abby going back for the book.

Overall a great Abby-centric episode and just in time for Halloween – I’m sure Abby would appreciate the timing.

More NCIS Reviews….
NCIS Season 8, Episode 4 “Royals and Loyals”
NCIS Season 8, Episode 3 “Short Fuse”
NCIS Season 8, Episode 2 “Worst Nightmare”
NCIS Season 8, Episode 1 “The Spider and The Fly”

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