And that's primarily because of the plot, in which systems engineer Sienna Marchione (played by real-life deaf actress Raquel McPeek Rodriguez) is the only survivor of a break-in at Heptagon Technologies that resulted in top-secret technology uploaded onto somebody's flashdrive before Sienna could have a chance to stop it. In so doing, she manages to take out two mercenaries; unfortunately the third one got away. Now get this: Sienna Marchoine is a computer expert, adept in hand-to-hand combat (she would make an excellent mixed martial artist), comes from a Navy family that first saw combat during the Second World War, knows sign language, and just happens to be deaf. She still wants to serve her country, to the point where she joins Kensi Blye and the rest of the NCIS gang in recovering the technology before a couple of Saudi billionaires put it on the black market. By the by, this technology is a next-generation exo-skeleton that renders its wearers invisible. Not only that, it renders ships, submarines, aircraft, and tanks invisible to radar systems. That changes the rules of combat, does it not? So this episode wanders into science fiction territory. Shane Brennan and Scott Gimmell would make a grave mistake in not adding Raquel McPeek Rodriguez permamently to the cast. I would like to see more of Sienna Marchione. The showrunners already fouled up the Harmon Rabb/Sarah MacKenzie relationship a while back. Don't miss the opportunity to have Raquel McPeek Rodriguez in the cast for good. And this reviewer can hardly wait for Linda Hunt to reprise her role of Hetty Lange; she's supposed to come back for this season's final episode. Nell Jones would be so relieved. She's just not managerial material, is all. And I don't like how her romance with Eric Beale went down the crapper. Thanks for nothing, Brennan and Gimmell. And let's add Gerald McRaney to the cast. Anyway, this was a great episode. And let's have Densi have their child already, okay? Make it happen. That's all.
Review of Signs of Change
