Product Description
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Taking viewers behind the sealed doors of the , NCIS
follows the workings of investigators at the Naval Criminal
Investigative Service. Led by the wise Special Agent Leroy Jethro
Gibbs (Mark Harmon), a crack investigator with no qualms about
bending the rules to find his answers, the team takes on cases
involving terrorism, murder, espionage, and international
arms-smuggling. Gibbs is aided by homicide detective Anthony
Dinozzo (Michael Weatherly), forensic scientist Abby Sciuto
(Pauley Perrette), medical examiner Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard
(David McCallum), computer expert Timothy McGee (Sean Murray),
and department head Jennifer Shepard (Lauren Holly). This
collection presents the show's sixth season.
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NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service is that rare TV
series that grows more popular over multiple seasons. The ratings
of this slick and skillful crime show’s sixth season topped the
previous five--no doubt due to blending a satisfying story
formula with a perfectly balanced cast. Special Agent Jethro
Gibbs (Mark Harmon, whose long career includes St. Elsewhere and
Chicago Hope) is the stern but caring her-figure to a squad of
younger agents, including obnoxious, self-satisfied field agent
Tony DiNozzo (Michael Weatherly), sexy ex-Mossad agent Ziva David
(Cote de Pablo), quizzical cyber-expert Tim McGee (Sean Murray),
goth-chick forensics whiz Abby Sciuto (Pauley Perrette), and
crusty but wise medical examiner Donald “Ducky” Mallard (David
McCallum, whose career goes back even farther than Harmon’s, to
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.). The banter and tensions of this
eccentric sextet provide a reliable comic foil to the frequently
gruesome events under investigation.
At the end of the fifth season, this crack team was scattered to
the far corners of the earth by NCIS Director Vance (Rocky
Carroll), leaving Gibbs with a green new crew--but within minutes
of this season’s first episode, that’s revealed to be a ruse:
Someone in the new team is sending secrets to the enemy.
Naturally, sussing out the traitor requires pulling in the old
gang one by one. From there, the season gallops along with
gripping and often gory opening scenarios (A shower sprays blood!
A disembowelled Navy captain has a pentagram on his back! A dying
marine writes a number in his own blood--and it’s the number for
Gibbs’ service record!) which are cleverly twisted to reveal even
more sensational conclusions. The best episodes mislead the
viewer multiple times before finally unveiling a surprise
solution in the last few minutes. Gliding under these tangled
threads are comic subplots about stolen cupcakes and cyberdating.
Harmon anchors the show with understated gravitas (sometimes he
doesn’t change expression through the entire episode), but the
quirky side-players provide the juice, particularly old hand
McCallum and the petulant but demanding Perrette. Though the NCIS
setting means the crimes need to involve Naval personnel, that’s
just window dressing--this is a show that any fan of detective
procedurals will enjoy. NCIS: The Sixth Season features plenty of
extras for fans, including commentaries that show the actors have
the same chatty chemistry as their characters. --Bret Fetzer
Stills from NCIS: Season 6 (Click for larger image)