Platicsco
Good story, Not enough for a whole film
Jakoba
True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.
Geraldine
The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
judyzilla
Different city, cast and plot lines. Quit comparing apples and oranges. What I like about this and the other franchises is that it also focuses on the individual team members - otherwise, it would be the same thing every week.
melly-bachorek
Short version: the latest NCIS franchise simply misses the mark. And it's sad to see because this show had (perhaps still has?) potential. The S1 cast was well chosen: each, individually, a good, seasoned actor. The location was a wonderful idea, with such potential to really showcase the City and it's people and the still-prevalent effects of Hurricane Katrina. BUT it was so ridiculously oversold by the characters, especially in the first episode with all the well known NOLA catch phrases and NOLA jargon just BLAH in your face and then the next episode...nothing, and so it's use as a background 'character' became eye-rolling right from the start. And finally, I thought that even the main storylines pertaining to the crime/investigation part of the show were decently done, but then all the unnecessary secondary and sub-secondary storylines and plot points forced down viewers throats were almost silly and certainly confusing. Highlighting little quirks and backstories so early in the season and then dropping them and not coming back to them at all or not for several episodes was just...mystifying. All the good things about this show fail to successfully combine. It just doesn't work together. I'm no expert. However, it seems that the main issue with NCIS: NOLA is that it tried to be the original NCIS right out of the gate. In this latest endeavor, everything about the characters and stories feels hurried and forced, like the characters overly-hyping NOLA in S1E1 and then not really bringing much NOLA-specific pieces into the next 2 episodes; introducing main character's secondary storylines in E1-3 instead of allowing them to develop more slowly and more organically over the season; the characters themselves - while individually interesting to a certain extent - are lacking in team chemistry and are given such overdone quirks and issues that it comes off as, well, again...forced. To have a great TV show, perhaps it must first start out as a good TV show. Great casts start out as good casts that are lucky enough to develop true offscreen chemistry which can't help but shine through in the show itself. Great storylines start off as good stories that are both believable within the setting of the show, and are able to be pulled off in a believable manner by the actors portraying them. I don't believe it can be force-created ("it is written and so it shall be"). Think of how long it took for the original NCIS to find its stride. And once they found it...well, I could feel it, as a viewer. I tried. I watched episode after episode hoping it would get better. I still hope it gets better but I can't watch it anymore.
CheriSilverfox
The show is very campy, and you are wasting the talent of the actors. Please bring a person who can write a quality dialogue to a deadline instead of the empty plots. I know there has been an over saturation of Ncis on tv, but I cann come up with better stuff than you have running.
handyjames
I don't like the merry-go -round camera work. It is distracting and is difficult to watch if you have bifocals. Makes me dizzy. I don't see how this circle improves the program or adds to the story. Get the camera person to stand still and let the script carry the story. Too often the camera wants to be the driver of the action. The actors and the script should be able to carry the story.
