Watching this week's episode and they went a little overload "forcing" too many movie references/quotes. I loved it when Tony was originally on the show and was glad to see some back. But this was a little too much and felt forced like they were playing a drinking game when they wrote the script.

How funny would a remake of the Odd Couple with the two of them be

Unexpected throwback on tonight's episode, Greatest American Hero's theme was playing in my head the whole time. Culminating in William Katt showing up. Good see it all being remembered fondly.

In 1993, the team intervenes when a general's rebellious teen son is targeted by a dangerous former gang member. In the present, Gibbs (Mark Harmon) returns to a place full of memories and discovers he's not alone.

After being held hostage by Ari for hours and after all his threats Ducky delivers this awesome line to him. “I can’t wait to weigh your liver.”

The delivery of that was great. And showed us that despite Ducky’s sweet and caring nature, you never mess with him.

What tasteless idiot chose the background music in NCIS New York episode 1/3?

I know that "new" music is supposed to annoy and offend the "old" generation, but that was over the top.

I’ve been watching these shows since I was little but not right from the beginning. I was wondering how I can keep track of the crossovers between all these shows. Between NCIS, NCIS LA, NCIS NO, NCIS Hawai’i and Hawaii Fjve-0. I don’t remember many crossovers, mainly just 1 or 2 characters going to a different show but I just want to keep my first ever full watch through consistent are they like the One Chicago Universe where one show is “Part One” and the next is “Part Two” or is it different. Thanks for any help in advance.

The episode's namesake song was released in 1999 even though the episode is set mainly in 1992. Google could have cleared this up in the beginning when writing the script and calling music contacts. It's like what Gotti did when they put Pitbull in charge of the score.

During my tumblr era, there was this cloud of "huh" over Kate and Ari. It gave off the possibility of a relationship. I don't know if people still get that impression or remember when that vibe hit, but I swear I'm not fucking crazy.

Anyway, my brain compared it to Hannibal and Clarice, which had two endings: the book, where they ran away together under false identities, and the movie, where Hannibal got away alone. Either way, she doesn't kill him, and he doesn't kill her because feelings.

Kate and Ari obviously ended the exact opposite way.

My assumption is that the reason Ari killed Kate was to inflict the most emotional damage upon Gibbs. We know there was some heavy hinting at Gibbs and Kate possibly becoming a thing, especially in season one. It got more into a family dynamic later.

But, Ari could have just killed Gibbs, but then Gibbs wouldn't have suffered enough. Tony had worked for Gibbs the longest at this point so one would think they were closer than Gibbs was with Kate... but Ari didn't see that. He saw Kate as the best target to hurt Gibbs.

I'm trying to think if anything similar happened in other fandoms. I know it's all down to real life with the writers combined with Sasha's decision to leave in the end, but Ari and Kate had such a vibe that, looking back, I'm surprised Kate was killed by Ari. They could've had Ari kidnap her, had her disappear, but instead they went with a sequence of events that I don't think I've seen before.

What other fandoms pulled a similar attraction dynamic between good guy/bad guy, and how did it ultimately end? With a fucked up "happily ever after" like the Hannibal novel, with simple separation and no giving in like in the film, or with one killing the other like with Ari and Kate? And if there's many of those instances, what was the vibe behind the death?

Was re watching both new episode of NCIS & NCIS Origins. I think that the main bad guy in both will end up being the Son of the Russian informant that runs the Blockbuster. It draws parallels to the latest NCIS episode where the young daughter of Torres' informant turned out to be the bad guy of the episode. And the movie quote of the Terminator saying "Ill Be Back" gives off Rule 39 alarm bells.

Some how his father dies (in an opp gone bad - presumably one that kills Lala) and his mom eventually marries Anatoly Zhukov (im assuming he is the brother of Zlata Zhukov from the episode). And with Gibbs/Sheppard killing Anatloy in MacAllisters opp in 1999, a early 40s Son wants to get revenge and hacks into the NCIS database to access the Pendelton Teams Files. And the one to go is Rando who is discovered to have hidden the file the Son is after and needs to track down Gibbs and Rando. He then hires the former CIA Tracker from Tonys File that Gibbs Recieves.

Just my head cannon theory.

Genuine question because I am a huge fan of both. How likely would it be that we ever see a major crossover event between NCIS and NCIS Sydney?

I know there have been episodes where Sydney has been mentioned in passing and episodes with the director appearing on a screen for the Sydney crew, but I would genuinely love if there was ever a storyline that led to some of the OG cast members appearing in Australia. I know it’s probably just wishful thinking, but do you reckon it will ever happen?

This scene with the main theme music was done so well!

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Just finished watching episode 2, season 24.

I don't like McGee as a leader. He feels amateur for a 15? year veteran. Emotionally naive, always the last to connect the dots in interpersonal relationships/office dynamics. He's still a probie mentally even though he's senior field agent.

God save the navy if he becomes SecNav.

I’m lowkey hoping for Pride, Deeks, Kensi and Kilbride appearance for Origins Season 3, since their showrunner David North says we’ll see other people from the franchise. And this made me wonder, what do you think LA, Hawaii, and NOLA teams are up to now?

I know Sam just joined the NCIS New York field office, and Pride’s actor Scott Bakula just turned 72, and Pride is probably around the same age, and according to Kasie’s whiteboard in S22 E13 “Bad Blood”, he’s still active as an NCIS agent, so surprisingly he hasn’t retired yet.

What do you think they’re up to these days?

EDIT: I’m referring to the present day scenes when I mentioned Pride and half of the LA team. I’m aware Deeks and Kensi were children in the 90s, although I kinda wouldn’t be opposed to a younger Deeks and Kensi cameo though.

wow. just wow.

NCIS is my comfort show that i literally grew up with. i’ve not been able to stay up to date (life happens) but i spedrun the episodes and got to the most recent one last night.

it took SO many turns i wasn’t expecting and i’m so surprised/ecstatic to see how the story arc shaped up. it’s like they’re bringing my favorite characters of my childhood back to life to grow with now as an adult 🥹

Thank goodness for this interview, because it confirms some things, things that made me a bit worried.

In the interview it said that Knight loves Torres like a brother. And that she views him like a older brother.

And the second thing is that Jimmy Palmer is the love of Jessica Knight‘s life.

While it doesn’t mean that Palmer and Knight get back together now, there might be a chance. But this definitely means that Torres and Knight won’t be together as a couple. Because there is a sibling like bond between the two.

You can watch the full interview on YouTube.

am i stupid or did the show just completely drop the story line about McGee’s son he just discovered. Like he got caught lying right and now they just don’t bring it up at all in the new season.