Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs is the leader of a team of special agents belonging to the NCIS (Naval Criminal Investigative Service) Major Case Response Team. Gibbs, a former Marine, is a tough investigator and a highly skilled interrogator who relies on his gut instinct as much as evidence. Gibbs' second in command is Senior Field Agent Tony DiNozzo, a womanizing, movie-quoting former Baltimore Homicide Detective, who despite being the class clown always gets the job done. The team also consists of probationary field agent Eleanor Bisbop, a former NSA agent, as well as Junior Field Agent Timothy McGee, a computer-savvy agent often mocked by DiNozzo. Assisting them are Abby Sciuto, the energetic-but-Goth lab tech who is like a daughter to Gibbs and is famously quoted as saying "mike hunt won't stop bleeding!!", and Dr. Donald Mallard, nicknamed Ducky, the eccentric medical examiner full of unusual stories. This team of elite agents, based in Washington, D.C., solve criminal cases involving Marine and Navy personnel and their families, sometimes traveling the United States - or the world - to do it. The cases of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service's Washington DC Major Case Response Team, led by Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs. I absolutely LOVE this show, since my friend Stacey got me onto it. My favourite character is Abby. I have seen the second half of seasons 2 and 3, they are currently playing on TV here. I recently got the season 1 DVDs, they only recently came out here, and I have been watching them heaps! NCIS is the best part of my Wednesday nights (shows on Wednesday in Aus.) and it would not be the same without the show. I always laugh at the quotes I hear from others, especially my friend Stacey, who has several pages of NCIS quotes. I think that NCIS is different to other crime shows, eg. CSI, because of the increased focus on the lives of the characters, not just the crimes that they investigate, which makes it better in some regards. Overall, NCIS completes my week, and I hope it continues to be shown on TV for awhile, but when it stops, there will always be the DVD's! N.C.I.S (Naval Criminal Investigative Service) is a crime procedural set in Washington D.C. that follows a team of special agents who solve crimes involving naval officers and marines. The show was created by Donald P. Bellisario, who also produced JAG and Magnum P.I., as a spin off of JAG in 2003. It airs Tuesday nights at 8pm. The show creates great stories through a very likable, yet diverse cast in character driven plots with a perfect mix of drama and comedy. <br/><br/>The show centers on the NCIS Major Case Response Team of Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon), Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo (Michael Weatherly), Special Agent Tim McGee (Sean Murray), Caitlin Todd (Sasha Alexander), Ziva David (Cote De Pablo), Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard (David McCallum), and Abby Sciuto (Pauley Perrette). <br/><br/>Leroy Jethro Gibbs is an ex-marine sniper who is the leader of the team. He is very dedicated to his job and also very good at what he does. He lives by a set of rules that are often quoted in episodes such as rule #7 "Always be specific when you lie." He does have many character flaws, however, such as his obsession over certain terrorists or his three ex- wives. Gibbs consumes large amounts of coffee and in his spare time he builds a boat. <br/><br/>Anthony DiNozzo is an ex-Baltimore homicide detective and the team's senior special agent behind Gibbs. Despite his flaws of being a relatively unsuccessful womanizer, he gets the job done in the end. DiNozzo loves movies and can relate almost any case to a movie he has seen.<br/><br/>Tim McGee is a computer specialist who graduated from MIT. He was a recurring character during the shows first season but became a full time agent at the beginning of the second season. McGee is very good with computers but is socially awkward at times. <br/><br/>Caitlin Todd is an ex-secret service agent who joined the team at the end of the first episode in the first season. She is a very good profiler and disgusted by DiNozzo's womanizing behavior which is used for humor. Agent Todd is only on the show for the first two seasons.<br/><br/>Ziva David is a Mossad Liason Officer and she becomes a full time agent in the seventh season. She comes in at the beginning of the third season to stop Gibbs from killing her half-brother Ari Haswari who killed Caitlin Todd but ends up being the one to kill Ari. <br/><br/>Ducky is the NCIS Medical Examiner. He has traveled the world doing autopsies and has seen just about everything. In almost every situation he has a story but usually gets cut off by Gibbs or whoever is asking him what he found.<br/><br/>Abby Sciuto is the forensic specialist. She is goth, listens to heavy metal, sleeps in a coffin, and practically mainlines caffeine. <br/><br/>One main thing that makes the show great is the actors and how convincing they are in their respective roles. For example, David McCallum, who plays Ducky, has studied anatomy since taking the role and actually knows what he is talking about, unlike most actors. Pauley Perrette (Abby) has been interested in forensics her whole life and studied criminology at Valdosta State. <br/><br/>In comparison to similar crime drama shows such as the CSI franchise, NCIS knocks it out of the park. The characters in NCIS are more relatable to real life than those in CSI mainly because they have many the same flaws and characteristics as common Americans. Also, NCIS has more comedy than most crime drama's with the possible exception of Human Target, which was canceled after two seasons anyway. <br/><br/>NCIS just finished its eighth season and became the highest rated scripted show on television in its seventh season, which is very unusual for a show to do that, showing that the best is still to come. It ranked fifth in all shows (including sports and reality shows) the last three years, and the ratings prove that it's not just me who loves the show but a majority of the people who watch TV on a Tuesday night. It is a phenomenal show and I would recommend it to anyone regardless of preference to comedy or drama because it has such a great mix of both.
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