Gibbs was not impressed.
He'd heard plenty over the years about DiNozzo Sr. He'd heard all about him from his second-in-command. But he also knew that Tony hadn't seen his father in years, and what he remembered was sure to be (to an extent) colored by a child/teenager's perspective. No matter how intelligent Tony was.
But being told that he (Sr.) was the real Tony DiNozzo? What did that make his Tony? A robot of some kind?
He was not at all impressed by how Sr. repeatedly tried to run rings around him, although he now knew where Tony got it. Did this man think he was an idiot? Sr. wasn't going to be able to deflect with him like he would be able to with others.
And he watched as Tony repeatedly told his father to stay out of their way, and to stay away from the royal family. DiNozzo Sr. clearly didn't listen to anybody, especially not his son. Tony appeared unable to keep anything from his father, likewise.
He wasn't sure what had prompted him to speak with Sr. on Tony's behalf. But, he also knew that no matter how much he despised the way Sr. treated his son, Gibbs' friend, he knew that Sr. had a chance that he never got to have with Kelly. He thought he got through to the man, but he wasn't so sure. The man was just as closed off as Tony had been when he first met him in Baltimore. He'd gotten through Tony's walls to see behind the mask, but he didn't know if he really wanted to make the effort with Sr.
He spoke the truth when he said he wondered where Sr. had been when Tony had the plague, and felt like throwing him out the window when Sr. said that Tony never told him, never called. Because he had tried to call, the hospital had tried to call. People tried to get in touch with him to tell him his son was deathly ill and might not make it, no matter how confident Gibbs was that Tony was a fighter and a survivor. He never picked up the phone and answered their messages, or came to the hospital to see his son.
He didn't like how distracted Tony was during the case, in fact, he'd been distracted ever since his father showed up.
He saw, however, how taken by him the rest of the team was, and he saw the discomfort on Tony's face whenever he saw Abby or Ziva on his arm, or whenever he saw his father start flirting with one of them. Understandable, really... especially considering what he knew about Sr.'s marriage history while Tony was growing up.
And then to be told that his father came to town right when his father was truly broke... which just so happened to coincide with when Tony was trying to access his rather healthy trust fund...
No, he was not impressed at all.
He wasn't at all surprised when Tony showed up at his house not long after his father left. He didn't even hesitate to split his steak in half for him.
