Wow! They’re back. After the trauma of having Ziva and DiNozzo depart from the show, Gibbs’ reconstituted group has finally congealed. Tonight’s episode is well written and well acted. We really expected a continuation of the January 3rd episode (Willoughby) and the pursuit of a terrorist named Chen. Instead, while Ellie is distracted and examines [...]
Our last blog was long because we shared a Washington Post article about a real live NCIS case. We wanted our readers to get an idea of how much work goes into a real case. So we thought that tonight’s episode of “Willoughby” would be a simple one-hour episode of a simpler case. Wrong! Instead [...]
In the absence of a new NCIS episode this week, we thought we’d bring you the true story of what happens when a supervisor like Leroy Jethro Gibbs becomes corrupt. While the one-hour shows are entertaining, this lengthy account will be informative as it reveals how NCIS works in real life. The following article, written [...]
By now some of those of you who watch NCIS and respond to our comments on the show and other subjects, are wondering if we've abandoned you. Between the World Series, the election returns and the fact that we missed a few of the new NCIS shows, you've not been hearing much from us. Have [...]
Our critique of last week’s episode (postponed by the World Series) suggested the writers might have been attempting to influence the national election by writing a script about immigration issues. This week’s episode again features a conspiracy theory of some unnamed and unknown Defense Contractor prolonging the incarceration of an alleged terrorist who is wrongfully [...]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite complained on October 18, 2016 that Russian President Putin’s placing of nuclear-capable offensive Iskander (S-400) missiles in the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, was intended to threaten European capitals as well as the Baltic region. While Vladimir Putin has moved defensive missile systems around the region, this is the first time he’s [...]
By now you might have discovered that when there is a rerun on NCIS, we don’t write a critique. That’s because we’ve already written one when the episode appeared for the first time. Those critiques can be found in the archives of earlier episode on our website. For the last two weeks there has not [...]
Those who are checking our blog to read our critique of tonight’s NCIS episode must have forgotten tonight is the first game of the World Series and the Chicago Cubs first participation in too many years. So we’ll be watching the Cubs tonight, instead of NCIS’ annual gory Halloween episode. We are often asked if [...]
When a U.S. Navy sailor is killed, Leroy Jethro Gibbs assigns Special Agents Eleanor Bishop and Alex Quinn to investigate. It is in the city of “Brotherly Love” that these two agents connect with MI6 agent Clayton Reeves who is played by British actor Duane Henry. He will be joining the show as a series [...]
Tonight’s show was a cross between TV’s “Love Boat”, with many civilian passengers on a ‘Tiger Cruise’ (the Navy’s version of job shadowing) and Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express or Death on the Nile. It was a real Whodunit, with a large cast from the passengers. Diane and David differ on the high [...]