NCIS: Los Angeles Season 5 = Amazing!

Last season NCIS: Los Angeles left viewers on a cliffhanger.  Deeks and Sam were both being tortured by associates of the Chameleon (Janvier) while Kensi and Callen were trying to find the nuclear devices before they were sold into the wrong hands.  Little did we know as viewers how this event would effect all of the characters for the rest of season 5.  The repercussions are still being played out in fact, even mid season.  Deeks went through a rough time dealing with his personal torture and he admitted to Kensi that thinking of her was what got him through without losing his mind.  Kensi also realized how much she had grown to love Deeks and it looked like they were going to start up a proper relationship.  But this was not to be, as Heddy sent Kensi off to Afganistan to work undercover as a sniper which left us all with our mouths hanging open.  How could they do this when they had just gotten together?  The writers of the show are trying to make sure that Kensi and Deeks remain a couple without hurting the momentum of the show.  Most of the time, when a popular couple gets together, the show then "jumps the shark" and no one is interested anymore because what they wanted has been fulfilled.  By keeping them apart but still wanting each other, they are making sure this show lasts for more seasons.  We know Kensi will eventually come back but in the mean time the dynamic of Deeks having to work with Callen and Sam together is hilarious.  Also, the Chameleon is still available for more episodes of torturing Callen.  At the end of the first episode this season, Callen watched as he was placed in a cell at a maximum security prison.  Janvier made sure to remind Callen as he was leaving of the book The Count of Monte Cristo, a story where a man is wrongfully sent to prison and after years escapes to exact his revenge.  Janvier will definitely be back for more.