#kate analysis

Katherine Marie Whistler has a family 💖

I'm going to be honest and tell you that the more I think about this part of the episode and what it means to Kate the more I want to cry. From what we know about Kate, the only support she ever had was from her brother, once she lost Noah for her it meant losing everything, when we met her in season one, her work is her whole life, there is no room for mistakes or delaying plans for the goals she wants to achieve, being with Lucy felt like a mistake and opening up to express her feelings was (and still is) difficult for her, she felt embarrassed of herself and it's clear to us that she's not very good at saying out loud how she feels.

She says it herself, after Noah she closed herself off to connecting with people and then simply couldn't open up again. She never would have imagined that a brunette with bright green eyes was going to change her life as much as Lucy has.

I always talk about Kate's growth as an agent, but @hashtag-kawaii is witness to how sentimental it makes me talk about how Kate has evolved into show this cute creature who smiles like a fool when she talks about her girlfriend and how she now has a family, not just a work team a real family who is going to protect her from everything and everyone even when they know she can do it on her own.

Kate spent over a decade on her own, having to face the world with no one to tell her she could handle it, with no one trusting her that she was capable of anything, she had to fall and get up by herself, that's why when we meet her it seems that she is always defensive, ready to face whoever gets in her way, she is not like that anymore. Now she has someone she trusts, someone to take care of her after an assignment, someone to ask her how she is doing, a family with her.

It makes me emotional to know what this means to her, to know that she can feel more at ease because she has someone to trust, someone to talk to and vent to, someone who cares about her, it is no longer just her against the world, she has more people with her cheering her on because they know what a great person and what a great agent she is.

After a year, it's finally here 🤗

This is going to be a short one, because Kate is in the episode but there's not much I can say 😬

Just let me tell you how much I enjoy it when these two have scenes together, the power they both have is just too much for my little sapphic heart 😭

I'm serious, I know Jane and Kate are out there being professional and all that, but I can't help but have gay thoughts when I see them 😳

"Better!"

My blonde baby was really thinking that she had done something right by bringing Ernie almonds and boiled eggs for breakfast 😂

I'm honestly loving that they decided to give Kate's personality that direction, we all know someone who eats super healthy and we just can't understand them

The fact that Kate is like this lends a somewhat comical touch to her personality and the situations in which this has come up 😅

Just look at her, she is so proud of herself 🥺

I have always loved the dynamic between Kate and Ernie, and between Jane and Kate, I really enjoy watching these scenes and having my blondie show how powerful and smart she is, I love seeing her more involved in the plot of the episodes and with the others on the team. There is nothing I can analyze about this episode, just tell you something you already know. I love this woman and my whole life is hers 💖

Here is her beautiful face up close one last time 🥰

I'm waiting to see her a little more with Kai (I'll never get tired of waiting for them being siblings) and Jesse, I hope we can see her working more with everyone and not only with Ernie who is the one we've seen her with the most, but above all I hope Lucy will be back and then I can be happy 🤗

I posted this a few days ago, I disappeared for the month of December because life and the holidays got me wrapped up in the Christmas spirit 😅 but I'm back and ready (not really) for whatever the crossover brings 🤭

Oh how I love seeing my blondie with her vest on and a gun in her hands, taking down the bad guys 🤗

I could talk -write- about Kate's growth for hours, because the Kate we saw in 1.20 and the Kate we saw in 2.11 are not even a little bit alike.

You know I love my girl and I love that she's always proven to be able to do it all, how she always saves the day just by making a couple of calls, how she gets information just because she "knows someone here/there" but to see her be what she is now as a field agent, it's a whole new universe, and I love it.

Seeing her be brave, going straight into action, knowing she may end up hurt but trusting that she won't, trusting in her ability and in Jane ( and in the whole team) is the best thing I've seen in a character in a long time. Especially because of the growth involved in her character, the Kate we know in the pilot is all rules, plans, protocols and the Kate of now walks straight into danger and knows how to do it, she's stronger and as always, she knows exactly what she's doing.

I feel like I'm repeating myself, I'm just proud of the agent Kate has become, she's more confident, she knows how to defend and how to take care of herself.

I'm so happy that the writers gave Kate a real personality, that they let her be part of the team and not just that character that appears in some episodes and happens to be the partner of one of the main characters. They gave her room to be a needed character on the team and grow on and off the team.

NCISverse crossover

Here's the thing, I thought long and hard about whether or not I wanted/should post this recap, mainly because I don't like crossovers, in a very personal opinion, I think they just interrupt character continuity stories to focus on a case that has no relevance within the context of the season. I'll do the recap and come back later to my opinions.

First Katherine

The growth that my blondie has had within the series is something impressive, and every day makes me love her more, the way we meet her as someone who works with the team only if she has to and as she progresses she becomes more and more a main and indispensable part of the investigations.

Plus the dynamic she has created to work with each of the team members, it seems like she is one of them and not just the FBI liaison.

Another thing is that we see her always firm with what she knows is the right thing to do and needs to be done, Kate follows the rules and does things the way they should be, but she knows that the rules sometimes need to be ignored when doing the right thing is different than what the rules say.

You guys know one of my favorite things in NCIS Hawai'i is Ernie and Kate working together, the way they are both so different but it just makes sense the moment they need to discover/find something, it's like being so different helps them be equals and complement each other as they work. And I love that Kai doesn't understand them but he does

That's what I was telling you, when they are wrapped up in the work, it's like they are one, where Ernie goes, Kate goes

And the moment we've all been waiting for finally arrived, Katherine Marie Whistler in a bulletproof vest 👀

Back to the growth she's had and how much her character proved it in this crossover (and she proves it with every episode not just this time) we see her back in the field

Showing that she has been training and that she remembers her mistakes very well, checks her blind spots, doesn't get ahead of herself, waits for any noise and is attentive to everything around her

And even when she is surprised to see the wall with the photos of all the members of the teams involved, she is alert to what she hears

And that's how we get to the best scene of the episode, Kate pointing straight ahead, not backing away or giving any sign of giving in to what he's telling her to do

One more thing I NEED to point out, is the way Kai doesn't doubt for a second that if he takes the shot, he's not going to miss, more than to prove a point, I KNOW he was doing it to assure Kate that he was going to protect her. Because he says it in response to Callen, but if you pay enough attention, you can tell he's looking at her

They're siblings, fighting crime together. And anyone who says otherwise can argue with the wall

She's this size 🤏🏼 and Kai too, they're both babies fighting the bad guys