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NCIS: Seasons One - Six

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4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(9)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(14)

 

 

This show is simply amazing. All seasons of it are wonderfully done. I started watching this show only recently and became so addicted that I bought all of the seasons on dvd. My husband, in-laws and brother-in-law are all now addicted to it as well. I can't wait for this season to be released on dvd and for the next season to start! I usually don't watch tv shows during the season, I typically wait until the season is over and the dvd's are released, but I just haven't been able to wait for season 6, I've actually been watching it on tv (and then on my laptop while at work!!)

The cast works so well together. The dynamics of the the characters - the best I've seen since Firefly. The way they love each other as a family, look out for each other, rip on each other, joke around, work so flawlessly. This is by far the BEST crime show procedural I've ever seen. It's actually very believable. I mean, besides having to solve a crime in such a short time frame.

The music is great, the camera angles, the editing, the everything. This show is amazing! I hope it stays on for as LONG as it can. It's gained 5 new viewers this season alone.

My thanks goes out to the cast and crew for the superb job done on this television show.

I first started watching NCIS somewhere in Season 2. I liked that much that I now have the complete 5 seasons and cannot wait until season 6 is released. Even my wife who does not watch TV that much keeps on reminding me when NCIS is showing on TV. It has to be one of the best shows around. Come on guys push for Season 6 to be transferred to Disc

Noel from Sydney Australia

NCIS has been one of the leading network TV shows for the last few seasons. With its colorful cast and fascinating story lines, NCIS proves to be "more addicting than pistachios." NCIS is based out of Washington, DC but the crimes that they investigate take them all over the country and even the world.

The characters that make up the NCIS team are truly what make the show. The team is made up primarily of 6 main characters. The team leader, Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs, is an ex-marine gunnery sergeant who proves to be a brilliant investigator whose gut is famous. Under him are his three agents Special Agents DiNozzo, McGee, and Todd (seasons 1+2) or David (seasons 3-7). Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo is the senior field agent and never lets anyone forget it. His personality is best compared to that of an overgrown frat boy. Despite his immaturity, Tony brings his experience working with the Baltimore Police Department adding great experience to the team. The third member of the team is Special Agent Timothy McGee, aka Probie. McGee joined the team half way through the first season bringing with him a MIT education in computer sciences that he uses to track criminals and access pretty much any information that was ever digitalized, if it's out there McGee will find it. He takes flack from Tony for being a geek, often to the point of calling him McGeek, but McGee doesn't let it get him down. The team of special agents can be rounded out by the only female on the team. In seasons one and two this position is filled by Kate Todd, an ex-secret service agent who joins the team in season one after being fired from the Secret Service for helping agents Gibbs and DiNozzo get the body of a dead marine off Air Force One. She is a feisty agent who is always trying to to prove to Tony that she can do anything just as well as any man. Kate takes her job very seriously and this ends up saving Agent Gibbs life, but costing her her own at the end of season two. After Kate's death this position is filled by Mossad Liaison Officer Ziva David. Ziva is a trained assassin from Israel who has issues avoiding using force to get the answers she wants. While this rounds out the team of agents their support staff is just as important and even more colorful.

They are supported by Medical Examiner Dr. Donald Mallard, Ducky and Forensic Scientist Abby Scuito. Ducky is an older gentleman from Scotland who has seen everything and is not afraid to let anyone know. Every case reminds him of something that he has seen before and the story of that situation precedes every briefing Gibbs receives, whether he wants to hear it or not. Ducky is known for his expertise in allowing the dead to tell their stories. He is a proper gentleman and is always sporting a bow tie, except the one time that he was seeing a younger woman and traded the bow tie for a younger looking neck tie for a few weeks. Upstairs from Ducky's autopsy is Abby. Abby is an amazing forensic scientist who never allows anything to go unprocessed and will do it all double time as soon as Gibbs asks. Abby's blood must be type caffeine as she lives off a highly caffeinated drink called caf-pow, which Gibbs brings her every time he needs answers. Abby is one of the happiest people you will ever find yet she has a very extreme sense of style and living. Abby dresses very gothic and even sleeps in a coffin. She is fascinated by death yet so warm and caring. Tony describes Abby as "a paradox wrapped in an oxymoron smothered in contradictions in terms." She shares wonderful relationships with all the members of the team, particularly Gibbs who is very protective of Abby and seems to see her as a daughter figure. Between these two any evidence that exists will be found and linked to anything and everything it can be to catch the criminals.

These six team members always seem to be able to figure out what happened and who is responsible. The rimes that are depicted can often be very troubling and even gruesome at times and watchers of NCIS should be cautions but that should not stop a mature viewer from at least giving NCIS a chance. While NCIS may seem like just another crime show, the characters truly set it far above any other show out there.

It doesn't make sense to buy this set at $141 when you can buy each individual season (with free shipping from Amazon) at $22 each for ten dollars less than the set.

PS - LOVE THIS SHOW!

This is possibly a bootlegged DVD set.
!) One episode had been recorded in closed caption that could not be turned off by us.
2) The packaging was wrong. It wasn't individually packaged by season nor the discs labeled in chronicological order. The disc came in a NCIS tin with disc in plastic sleeves.
3) Subtle breaks in action and movement occasionally seen. Two people are walking down a hall and go from 1/4 of the way down the hall to 3/4 of the way in an instant/blip.

The quality was fine and we still enjoyed watching them.

I am probably the biggest NCIS fan Australia has to offer! I have been an NCIS fan since Season 1 Episode 1 and usually watch all Seasons from 1 to the latest at least 3-5 times a year... I watch them all then catch up with the series as it airs then watch it all over again once I get the newest DVD set. I am DYING for Season 6 to come out on DVD... I keep checking the website every day to make sure I haven't missed my notification!!!

Please put me out of my misery and release it soon!!!

I read some reviews before ordering NCIS 1-6. I was concerned about the packaging errors and quality of the recordings but I like the show and wanted to take the chance. Mine was packaged as I would expect with each season packaged separately, disks in order, and all in perfect condition. Another concern I had was the quality of recordings but after watching all the cds I didn't find any errors of any kind. I agree with the reviewer that there are breaks in each show but these I attribute to commercial breaks for broadcasting. Not a problem. The transition from one segment to the next is very quick, just a second or so. Hope this helps!

This series is quite excellent, however some of the plot lines are definitely less than inspiring in latter seasons and I can see why Harmon and Bellisario had their recent disagreement followed by Bellisario taking a step back to keep Harmon aboard.

* Season 5 Spoilers Below, you have been warned *

In season 5 I had some definite problems with how Jenny's character changed from a reasonable woman and intelligent Director to an obsessed woman who wasn't willing to acknowledge or adapt to newly revealed information as far as Rene Benoit was concerned which made her much less effective as a Director - the excessive focus on that plot arc soured me on the character as well as giving me some doubts about Tony who was also involved.

She created trust issues between Gibbs and his team as well as put her own judgment into question with a series of bad decisions that didn't really make a hell of a lot of sense with the information that she would have had available to her - I had liked her previously and I think the writers had a distinct failure to keep within the established character in what I consider to be a failed plot arc.

There were simply too many loose details with too many unreasonable actions attributed to her and caused as a result of the plot line and it turned me off of the show somewhat - its taken me weeks to get through season 5 when I devoured season 1-4 in days. I haven't watched season 6+ as of yet, however I'm certain now that it has been resolved it will return to the quality I expected and enjoyed beforehand.

I wish that they had resolved the situation about Jenny's father with some credibility - it was obvious he's alive up to the point I've seen (that may change with more information later; I'm not sure) as fingerprints that weren't damn recent wouldn't be around after the amount of time he was supposed to be dead on a bottle of whiskey.

Overall, I heartily recommend this show other than the plot issues mentioned. Vance also becomes an issue later on from what I understand and breaks up the team for a while with no real reason for doing so other than to cause some sort of trouble - I haven't seen it yet, but the interplay of the team is what makes the show so great compared to CSI or Law and Order (both of which I'm not terribly fond of).

In the Season One Set, Disc 6 would not play. In Season Two, Sisc Two would only play Episode one and nothing else. I have now finished the rest of the Seasons due to time constrictions. I am very disappointed in the
overall quality of the Set.

NCIS: Seasons 1-6, has to be the best drama on TV in many years. It has an appeal to all genders as well as all ages. The actors re great together and there is enough humor to ease the serious subject matter. I look forward to getting season seven.

There are extras on this set.