This is one of my least favourite episodes - I actually had to look up a recap of it because I couldn't remember this episode, I figure now that it was selective amnesia.
BUT I have to point out that while I don't think Sam's wife had been mentioned before, the fact he has children was established in 2.7 anonymous. He talks about his daughter eating cereal for the first time, and about following the bus to school - if memory serves, he specifies "children", and when asked, Callen says that he knew. Given Sam's work hours, it's pretty certain that there must be a wife, ex-wife, partner, or *something* because there aren't enough hours in the day for Sam to be a single dad and an NCIS agent. And I can't see an active SEAL or an active agent jumping through the loops required to have a surrogate or to adopt, yadda yadda.
I mean yup, even season 2.7 feels like they're just making it up as they go along and not with necessarily good motives, but the wife and kid didn't materialise out of thin air in season 3. The kid (at least one) and all the implications of him having a kid have been around since early-ish season 2.
Still a crappy episode, and I don't really understand why the investigation couldn't wait till they get back from their super time sensitive mission? Poor storytelling.
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BUT I have to point out that while I don't think Sam's wife had been mentioned before, the fact he has children was established in 2.7 anonymous. He talks about his daughter eating cereal for the first time, and about following the bus to school - if memory serves, he specifies "children", and when asked, Callen says that he knew. Given Sam's work hours, it's pretty certain that there must be a wife, ex-wife, partner, or *something* because there aren't enough hours in the day for Sam to be a single dad and an NCIS agent. And I can't see an active SEAL or an active agent jumping through the loops required to have a surrogate or to adopt, yadda yadda.
I mean yup, even season 2.7 feels like they're just making it up as they go along and not with necessarily good motives, but the wife and kid didn't materialise out of thin air in season 3. The kid (at least one) and all the implications of him having a kid have been around since early-ish season 2.
Still a crappy episode, and I don't really understand why the investigation couldn't wait till they get back from their super time sensitive mission? Poor storytelling.