Eh, NCIS:LA is a fun train show - you don't think too much about it :) Haven't seen NCIS yet but yeh, Ausiello's item was totally about them. Harmon got Bellesario ousted from his own show so it'll be interesting to see if the studio bends like that again.

Oh, re: the buyers being safe - don't forget the bad dude handed out a vaccine thing before the auction started. I reckon Sam was able to hijack a car from the swat team outside and drive to the mall. Timing is a bit fuzzy, sure, but not totally impossible. And besides - FUN TRAIN!!!