Harmon and Lloyd on set for ‘The Arizona’ CBS A lot of people are going to be talking about the performance of Christopher Lloyd, and it is amazing, but for me the performance by Mark Harmon is the rock that keeps the whole episode together. We could have easily cut from “Joe gets to go to Pearl Harbor” to Pearl Harbor, but it was so important that we kept that scene with McGee intact. But it was really important to me, that scene with McGee.

Sometimes they run a little long, but this one ran really long, so we had to cut some moments that I miss. He’s definitely evolving.ĬARDEA | I’ll let you in on a little anecdote: the original cut of this episode was 13 minutes longer. But the Gibbs of three years ago might not have gotten there. It’s an opportunity for Gibbs to connect with someone like his father, and through this story he does open up. He’s talking about his dad in a certain way. He sees his father in Joe, he looks at his bracelet several times, he says, “That’s how these guys are,” WWII vets. To me, this was a way of doing a father story for Gibbs. I think we have seen a new Gibbs this year. TVLINE | Do you think that the Gibbs from three or even two years ago, even if he went through this Joe Smith experience, would have opened up to McGee in that penultimate scene?įRANK CARDEA | I don’t think he would have. TVLine spoke with NCIS co-showrunner Frank Cardea and co-EP Gina Monreal, who wrote “The Arizona,” about Gibbs opening himself up in such a meaningful way, who that random agent “Omar” was, and what this season’s actual finale would have - and to a degree, some day will - look like. How “you come home, and you’re like half a person.” Something about me.” And so he invited McGee to grab a seat in his living room and hear what he had to share about how war changed him. You got a minute? I want tell you something about Joe. But before Gibbs escorted the vet’s ashes to Pearl Harbor, he decided that he, too, needed to open up about his own wartime experiences, in Kuwait. Joe Smith died shortly after sharing his story with Gibbs. And embedded deep inside, Jimmy found shrapnel that was proven to be from the bombed Arizona. Afterward, upon carefully clocking Joe Smith’s right arm that long ago had been scarred with burns, Gibbs had the idea to have it x-rayed. Eventually, though, Gibbs compelled the man to open up - and that, he did, with a vivid, heartbreaking monologue about how he just barely survived the Day of Infamy, while his best buddy did not. In the absence of physical evidence, the special agents again and again pressed Joe Smith to regale them with detailed accounts of his actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor, but the nonagenarian kept mum. The show itslef has not been nominated for Best TV Drama Series.Young Sheldon Just Made a Huge Decision About His Big Bang Future Tracy Pollan, Nominated, Outstanding Guest Actress 2000 Martha Plimpton, Nominated, Outstanding Guest Actress 2002 Mariska Hargitay, Nominated, Outstanding Lead Actress 2004īarbara Barrie, Nominated, Outstanding Guest Actress 2003 Marlee Matlin, Nominated, Outstanding Guest Actress 2004 Mare Winningham, Nominated, Outstanding Guest Actress 2004 Mariska Hargitay, Nominated, Outstanding Lead Actress 2005 Mariska Hargitay, Winner, Outstanding Lead Actress 2006Īmanda Plummer, Winner, Outstanding Guest Actress 2005 Mariska Hargitay, Nominated, Outstanding Lear Actress 2007Ĭhristopher Meloni, Nominated, Outstanding Lead Actor 2006 Marcia Gay Harden, Nominated, Outstanding Guest Actress 2007 Leslie Caron, Winner, Outstanding Guest Actress 2007 Mariska Hargitay, Nominated, Outstanding Lead Actress 2008 Robin Williams, Nominated, Outstanding Guest Actor 2008Ĭynthia Nixon, Winner, Outstanding Guest Actress 2008 Mariska Hargitay, Nominated, Outstanding Lead Actress 2009 Mariska Hargitay, Nominated, Outstanding Lead Actress 2010Įllen Burstyn, Winner, Outstanding Guest Actress 2009īrenda Blethyn, Nominated, Outstanding Guest Actress 2009Ĭarol Burnett, Nominated, Outstanding Guest Actress 2009 Mariska Hargitay, Nominated, Outstanding Lead Actress 2011Īnn-Margaret, Winner, Outstanding Guest Actress 2010 Law and Order SVU has received the following:

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