Tony's father once again stirred trouble when he visited his son to meet his girlfriend Zoë in the latest NCIS episode. Besides father issues, Tony also had some trouble going on with Zoë while he was partnered with her on the latest case.
Meanwhile, Senior comes back to town to meet Zoë. Tony is planning a dinner with the three of them, but when Senior arrives early, he says he will take care of it. However, that means Senior himself is cooking and that plan goes horribly wrong when he accidentally sets fire in the oven. Having screwed up again, Tony lets slip to Zoë that he's glad his father lives in New York. That night, Senior once again stays at Gibbs' place and he later admits that he wants to move to DC to live closer to Junior. However, it is now clear that Junior doesn't want him around. Gibbs later forces the two DiNozzos to talk to one another and Tony offers his father to help search for an apartment. The next day, Senior tells Tony he has found an apartment right above Tony's and Tony is clearly unhappy with this. At the end of the episode, Senior has realized Tony's feelings and tells him he won't be moving to the same building as him. Instead, Tony offers to let him stay a couple of days until they find a place for him.
Also, after the failed diner, Tony is unwilling to talk to Zoë even though they work together on the case. He even sends McGee in his place to MTAC, but Zoë catches him in the lie. Zoë later goes to DiNozzo's apartment to retrieve her sun glasses and finds Senior there, who tells her Tony doesn't commit easily. After the case is done, Tony and Zoë talk and both decide they want their relationship to work.
So this episode was better than the previous Senior episode, "The Artful Dodger". It did follow the same path as all the previous Senior episodes (he screws up, but Tony and his father later make up), but it still had a pretty fresh feel to it. I am glad Senior was in no way involved in the case and was instead a sidestory of the episode. With Senior moving to DC, I am only hoping that he and Junior will get more used to one another so they won't behave so weird around each other. I feel that their storyline is progressing in the right direction. The case of this episode was a good one. Tony and Zoë are nice together, thought I would have preferred to see more of their talk on screen. It was clear they were having issues in this episode, but it wasn't fully explained where they came from. It was only suggested by Senior that Tony had commitment issues, but that wasn't fully explored. I feel like they could have done more with Tony and Zoë's relationship issues as it remained rather superficial and vague now.
What did you think of "No Good Deed"? What are your thoughts on the case of the week? How do you feel about Senior moving to DC to be closer to Tony? What is your opinion on the relationship issues between Tony and Zoë? And lastly, do you think Tony is getting his act together with both relationships with his father and girlfriend showing progress? I would like to hear your opinions in the comment section below.
The next NCIS episode airs Tuesday at 8/7c. Here is a promo for the episode: