"Herding cats?" He sharpened his skills on Blue Team.

[Brainy being friends with Wash overrides any xenophobia Emily had been feeling, and her demeanor loses that edge of wariness it had held at the beginning of their conversation.]

I'm not surprised Agent Washington was an asset, but you've really knocked me for a loop on Grif! I know he was covering his feelings of inadequacy and fear of failure by pretending not to care and avoiding any difficult tasks, but that behavior was deeply ingrained. I suppose removing him from the triad dynamics among him, Simmons, and Sarge enabled him to break free of unhealthy psychological patterns!