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The following contains major spoilers from NCIS Season 22, Episode 7, "Hardboiled," which debuted Monday, Dec. 2 on CBS.

NCIS Season 22, Episode 7, "Hardboiled" is an episode that might divide fans. On one hand, it's a solidly entertaining installment of the CBS show, and one that avoids several very obvious pitfalls. On the other, it's an hour that doesn't make great use of the series' main cast, making them feel more like supporting players in the guest characters' story.

"Hardboiled" centers around one of Nick Torres' confidential informants, who becomes the lead suspect when her husband is found dead. But it doesn't dig too deeply into Torres, or any of the NCIS team. Instead, it's Sara Paxton's character Amber Carnahan who's front and center. While the script serves her well, it's also hard not to want more from the folks who have helped keep NCIS so popular.

NCIS Season 22, Episode 7 Is Meant to...

The new NCIS episode tonight featured some interesting cast members.

NCIS guest stars Sara Paxton and Sam McMurray had many viewers wondering about their characters.

The December 2 episode was called Hardboiled. It served as NCIS Season 22, Episode 7.

“Torres receives intel from a confidential informant regarding top secret naval information that’s at risk of being sold,” reads the brief synopsis for Hardboiled.

Only one new episode remains before the NCIS fall finale arrives later in December.

After the fall finale, the show begins its long winter break before returning in 2025.

Sara Paxton and Sam McMurray guest star on NCIS Season 22, Episode 7

A dead naval researcher leads to an intriguing case during the new NCIS episode. That researcher is Roger Carnahan, the new head of Weapons and Warfare at the Office of Naval Research.

It is later discovered that his wife Amber (Sara Paxton) is holed up in a hotel with...

There is something inherently frustrating about the prospect of university life. As a college student, you can feel as if you’re stuck in limbo. You’re obviously no longer a child as sex, drugs and alcohol pervade your everyday world, yet you’re not really an adult — totally free of the burdens of the 9-to-5 rat race for at least a few more years. A feeling of unease can fall over you, as there’s always a kegger or a party to attend while lovers change partners more often than bed-sheets.

Everybody Wants Some!!, the long-awaited spiritual sequel to Richard Linklater‘s classic comedy Dazed & Confused is now out in theaters. In the film, a college freshman (Blake Jenner) arrives at school to find that his new baseball teammates are an out-of-control, alcohol-fueled army of irresponsible party-dudes.

To celebrate, we compiled ten of the finest college movies, all ranging wildly in style and tone.

Cecil B DeMille's film does justice to the tale of lust and betrayal, despite the stuffed lion and bouncing temple stones

Samson and Delilah (1949)

Director: Cecil B DeMille

Entertainment grade: B

History grade: B

The story of Samson is recorded in the Bible's book of Judges, thought to have been written in about the 7th or 6th century BC.

Politics

The tribe of Dan are oppressed by the cruel Philistines, which everyone in the film doggedly pronounces "Fliss-teens". "Tyranny rose!" exclaims the voiceover, "But deep in man's heart still burned the unquenchable will for freedom." There's a political message here for the 20th century. The film is based on a treatment by Harold Lamb and leading Zionist Vladimir Jabotinsky, who died in 1940, nine years before the film's release. The modern state of Israel was established in 1948.

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Samson (Victor Mature), hero of the Danites, dumps big-eyed girl-next-door Miriam (Olive Deering...