The opening scene where a U.S. Naval Officer shows up bloody and wobbling as a woman needs her drains unplugged is reminiscent of “Blazing Saddles” or “City Slickers.” Only tonight’s comedic opener foreshadows a disastrous turn for Jimmy and Ducky. And why did Lt. Gordon Roth die? Jimmy Palmer says it best: “Death by drain [...]
What a treat to have a new episode to watch and critique tonight! Some authors, including us, write a novel with two or more subplots that resolve at the finale. One is usually the primary plot while the other is lesser. We realized this evening that the writers of NCIS often do the same thing. [...]
Warning!! There’s no need to hurry home tonight to watch NCIS. There is no need to program your recording device to record tonight’s episode in your absence. If you do hurry home or program your device, instead of seeing NCIS, you will see the next episode of “Who’s at fault for the continuing decline in [...]
Former NCIS Special Agent Leon Carroll Jr. is the technical advisor for the show. It is his job to advise the writers and producers about how things are actually done by special agents of the real NCIS. He usually does a superb job. Then there are episodes like tonight’s, which usually follow after some deeper [...]
