This month marks the most I’ve ever watched NCIS (or any of its 8,000 spin-offs) in its entire 22 year history. Not that it isn’t a decent show…it’s just that it takes a lot for a show to make me a dedicated weekly viewer. However, there have been plenty occasions when I’ve entered the room while my wife was enjoying an episode and it was intriguing enough for me to plop on the sofa with her. But unless Mark Harmon showed up as curmudgeonly Special Agent In-Charge Leroy Jethro Gibbs, I had no idea if we were watching NCIS: New Orleans or NCIS: Los Angeles or NCIS: Hawaii, etc.
Speaking of which, I had no idea Mark Harmon actually left the show a few seasons ago, as did a lot of other people I remembered. So for me, this was kinda like the time I caught Foghat (who I loved as a teenager) in concert at some casino, only to discover the drummer was the only original member left. But it turned out okay because they still put on a great show.
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But just as Foghat has reliably cranked out “Slow Ride” for decades, the song remains the same for NCIS. Aside from various ongoing subplots, the show’s mystery/police procedural formula still works pretty well after 22 years, and as usual, some episodic plots more interesting than others. So why fix what ain’t broken? After all, Foghat’s brand of butt-rock as served them well, no matter who’s on the stage.
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FEATURETTES - Behind the Scenes of a Legacy; Undercover I Do; The Expert Behind the Screen.
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