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I watch this without fail on Tuesday evenings, and the episodes have been dealing with the absence of Ziva (the actress decided to quit), but last night had an absolutely wonderful episode with Gibbs trying to drive his dad home, but dad is insisting on going to see his dying friend, Walter. Thruout the show Dad has various flashbacks of when he was in the Air Force, flying in WW2, and how he was headed in the wrong direction and another pilot (Walter)flew up along side, and helped him get going the right way. That dad was played by Ralph Waite, who plays our Father Matt on Days, and he brought tears to your eyes. He so wanted his son to meet Walter, but Gibbs was anxious to get back to his case.
It was such a moving episode, with Gibbs trying to deal with his crochety and forgetful elderly father, and the father trying to tell his son what Walter meant to him. They learn Walter was taken to the hospital, but there are no records. Gibbs gets his crew to search, they come up empty, he tells his dad there was no Walter in his squadron. Of course not, why would you look there, and we see him flash back again, and see the tail of Walter's plane with the swastika emblazoned on it. It was so moving, and finally, they locate Walter in hospice, and the two old men....I tell you it still makes me tear up, remembering it.
I am only writing this, because Ralph Waite doesn't get much chance on Days to show emotion, but wow, when this episode is rerun....I do hope those of you who have not seen it, will watch. Give the man an Emmy. Wonderful story. Fantastic acting.
It was such a moving episode, with Gibbs trying to deal with his crochety and forgetful elderly father, and the father trying to tell his son what Walter meant to him. They learn Walter was taken to the hospital, but there are no records. Gibbs gets his crew to search, they come up empty, he tells his dad there was no Walter in his squadron. Of course not, why would you look there, and we see him flash back again, and see the tail of Walter's plane with the swastika emblazoned on it. It was so moving, and finally, they locate Walter in hospice, and the two old men....I tell you it still makes me tear up, remembering it.
I am only writing this, because Ralph Waite doesn't get much chance on Days to show emotion, but wow, when this episode is rerun....I do hope those of you who have not seen it, will watch. Give the man an Emmy. Wonderful story. Fantastic acting.