Scary New NCIS Development

The latest episodes of NCIS are worrying me. Gibbs has gone from 'Second B for Bastard' to 'Piss off then if you don't want to be around you miserable old fart'. I'm finding him thoroughly unappealing right now ( though, interestingly, the less appealing they make Gibbs the more appealing they're making Tony, who appears to have matured in all the right ways). More terrifyingly, Madame Director...is OK. Not annoying. Episode 3 I liked her. Yes, you read that right. It seems all they had to do with her was stop with the annoying flashbacks and Be Nice to Tony. Huh.