I think the writer of this op-ed piece didn't quite understand what was being conveyed.

Gibbs was still tied up inside. He felt something but couldn't place it and before he had a chance to compartmentalize it she ed away. So he buried it. This was a story he never tells...and now that he has, he realizes he did love her then and he still does.

I'm really tired of NCIS screwing their fans over. We had a whole two-month break and now we get wet three episodes maybe four episodes and we've got to wait another month there was no new episode last week no new episode this week there will be no new episode next week so we have to wait till the end of March when you literally just came back at the very end of January?