In many ways, Season 5 of NCIS: Los Angeles could be called the “Year of Densi.” Despite having to deal with Daniela Ruah’s real life pregnancy and subsequent maternity leave, much of the focus shifted from Sam and Callen to the relationship between Deeks and Kensi. For the first time, in a long time, both Deeks and Kensi communicated, like really actually communicated, their feelings for each other and even acted on them for one special night. Heading into the Season 5 finale this seemed like a good opportunity to take stock on what’s happened during the season and discuss what I hope will happen in the finale as we head towards Season 6 in the fall.
The season opened with Deeks feeling the effects of the previous year’s finale where he was tortured for information. Eric Christian Olsen did a fabulous job bringing a new dramatic layer to the Deeks character as we saw his recovery and struggle with PTSD. Deeks is so often relied upon for that element of humor that having him work through the depression brought a whole new feel and attitude to the team and show as a whole. Season 5 began with a much more somber and morose feel to it. Luckily Kensi was there, as one person who could bring him out of his depression. The scene where she brought takeout to comfort her partner and bring him out of his “funk” gave fans one of their favorite scenes of the season and summed up the Densi relationship perfectly with one little line: “It’s a love story.”
In many ways, Season 5 of NCIS: Los Angeles could be called the “Year of Densi.” Despite having to deal with Daniela Ruah’s real life pregnancy and subsequent maternity leave, much of the focus shifted from Sam and Callen to the relationship between Deeks and Kensi. For the first time, in a long time, both Deeks and Kensi communicated, like really actually communicated, their feelings for each other and even acted on them for one special night. Heading into the Season 5 finale this seemed like a good opportunity to take stock on what’s happened during the season and discuss what I hope will happen in the finale as we head towards Season 6 in the fall.
The season opened with Deeks feeling the effects of the previous year’s finale where he was tortured for information. Eric Christian Olsen did a fabulous job bringing a new dramatic layer to the Deeks character as we saw his recovery and struggle with PTSD. Deeks is so often relied upon for that element of humor that having him work through the depression brought a whole new feel and attitude to the team and show as a whole. Season 5 began with a much more somber and morose feel to it. Luckily Kensi was there, as one person who could bring him out of his depression. The scene where she brought takeout to comfort her partner and bring him out of his “funk” gave fans one of their favorite scenes of the season and summed up the Densi relationship perfectly with one little line: “It’s a love story.”
Finally feeling better and stronger, Deeks made his move and the two partners shared a night together. However, lest we all think there would be smooth sailing and clear skies ahead, Season 5 taught us the metaphor of the Frozen Lake. It seems that this relationship is the one thing that both Kensi and Deeks want more than anything else in the world, but they realize that they must move slowly and carefully as to not break the ice that surrounds them on their “frozen lakes.” As fans, we felt ourselves slowly start to rejoice as they shared some meaningful conversations about their new relationship status and seemed ready to move forward. But in true NCIS:LA fashion, we should have known to not get too comfortable, an
