Follows a young Leroy Jethro Gibbs as he starts his career as part of the Naval Investigative Service operating out of the Camp Pendleton.Follows a young Leroy Jethro Gibbs as he starts his career as part of the Naval Investigative Service operating out of the Camp Pendleton.Follows a young Leroy Jethro Gibbs as he starts his career as part of the Naval Investigative Service operating out of the Camp Pendleton.
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- TriviaNCIS ( Naval Criminal Investigation Service) was stood-up on a December 14, 1993 as a result of the dismantling of its predecessor organization NIS (Naval Investigative Service) as a consequence of the Tailhook scandal of 1991. The highlights of the case were: During the Naval Aviators reunion known as the Tailhook Symposium (sponsored by the Tailhook Association) hosted in Las Vegas, dozens of female civilians and military personnel were sexual harassed and assaulted by Officers and Enlisted staff. As a result of investigative missteps, certain Navy personnel had their careers ruined, retired early, letters of censure issued ( administrative action, and the letter is placed in the officer's official service record and is often seen as derogatory material for a promotion or assignment board to consider) or were relieved of command. Moreover, Congress imposed new legislation and Department of Defense overhauled the Investigative Service by making it an independent organization with civilian leadership (otherwise known as a Director), and civilianized the entire structure."
- ConnectionsSpin-off from NCIS (2003)
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Great idea, poorly executed.
Because the original NCIS arrived with Gibbs, DiNozzo, Ducky, Abby, and Fornell intact, a "prequel series" had a lot of appeal. And it made sense to have Mike Franks as a main character as Gibbs' mentor, given their relationship in the original series. However, this new series was written as if there was little understanding of the original series, or why it appealed so strongly to so many viewers. I know it's asking a lot, but the writers should have been required to watch at least the first 15 seasons in their entirety; preferably the full 18-19 seasons that involve Gibbs.
I didn't watch every minute of the 2 hour pilot (I saw about 75% of it); what I did see had littler resemblance to the original show. Gibbs is too tall, as many have noted. Gibbs losing his temper and getting into a fist-fight (not shown, other than his bloody knuckles) did match the original character, but that's about it. At one point, "Randy" (who seems to be a pretty good character to include) shows Gibbs their new personal computer, and Gibbs is impressed. Really? Gibbs was never big on technology in the original NCIS; it would have made more sense if Gibbs showed that he didn't care. And so it went throughout this prequel pilot, missing so much of the flavor of the original show.
There's a focus here on rock and roll music, which I'm not against when appropriate, but I don't think this was ever something Gibbs cared about. It seemed that the rock music was there to add "coolness" or "energy", which was otherwise lacking from the plot and dialog. Much worse than the sometimes harsh sounding music was the dark/creepy factor of dismembered body parts on display. While NCIS did have a few creepy moments (especially the bodies in Ducky's lab), it wasn't throughout the episode as here. In fact the whole episode had too much darkness for my taste, dark plots, dark barrooms, dark NCIS office. For a show supposedly set in the early 1990's, this one was surprisingly staged and lighted as if set in the 1930's, or 1940's. Weird and inappropriate.
Overall, I found myself not caring much about the characters in this one, the opposite of the original NCIS. I don't think I'll be able to remain a regular viewer here: to see how Gibbs develops his famous "rules", how and why he decides to start building boats in his basement, how and when he brings DiNizzo, Abby, Ducky to the team (the Ducky connection has briefly been part of the original NCIS series, told in flashbacks and featuring young actors), how long he's known Fornell (and they wound up having the same wife, at different times), etc. It might have also been better to start this even earlier in time, to when Gibbs was married, with a daughter, and as a Marine sniper. It appears that they missed a lot of opportunities to connect with the original show. And that's quite a shame, given how well the original NCIS (or Navy NCIS) started and developed over time.
I didn't watch every minute of the 2 hour pilot (I saw about 75% of it); what I did see had littler resemblance to the original show. Gibbs is too tall, as many have noted. Gibbs losing his temper and getting into a fist-fight (not shown, other than his bloody knuckles) did match the original character, but that's about it. At one point, "Randy" (who seems to be a pretty good character to include) shows Gibbs their new personal computer, and Gibbs is impressed. Really? Gibbs was never big on technology in the original NCIS; it would have made more sense if Gibbs showed that he didn't care. And so it went throughout this prequel pilot, missing so much of the flavor of the original show.
There's a focus here on rock and roll music, which I'm not against when appropriate, but I don't think this was ever something Gibbs cared about. It seemed that the rock music was there to add "coolness" or "energy", which was otherwise lacking from the plot and dialog. Much worse than the sometimes harsh sounding music was the dark/creepy factor of dismembered body parts on display. While NCIS did have a few creepy moments (especially the bodies in Ducky's lab), it wasn't throughout the episode as here. In fact the whole episode had too much darkness for my taste, dark plots, dark barrooms, dark NCIS office. For a show supposedly set in the early 1990's, this one was surprisingly staged and lighted as if set in the 1930's, or 1940's. Weird and inappropriate.
Overall, I found myself not caring much about the characters in this one, the opposite of the original NCIS. I don't think I'll be able to remain a regular viewer here: to see how Gibbs develops his famous "rules", how and why he decides to start building boats in his basement, how and when he brings DiNizzo, Abby, Ducky to the team (the Ducky connection has briefly been part of the original NCIS series, told in flashbacks and featuring young actors), how long he's known Fornell (and they wound up having the same wife, at different times), etc. It might have also been better to start this even earlier in time, to when Gibbs was married, with a daughter, and as a Marine sniper. It appears that they missed a lot of opportunities to connect with the original show. And that's quite a shame, given how well the original NCIS (or Navy NCIS) started and developed over time.
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