I loved Mortimer! Especially in Abby's lab! I figure the skeleton grabbing thing was scripted, but the pigtail biting seems less scripted and it was SOCUTE! Let's get Mortimer on a recurring status! Ooh! Abby can organize play dates with Jethro!

And... I don't know about this Sophie thing, but for a different reason - I liked Jordan, the ME from 'Identity Crisis' and 'Broken Bird' and was kinda hoping we'd get more with them. As for Ducky getting involved with someone during this time... I don't know. When my Grandmother was dying from ALS, it felt very much like I had said goodbye to her long before her actual death, and I think Ducky's much the same, so I don't really see it as tacky. *shrug*