Enemy Combatant

My fiance and I are both former Military. Neither of us watched NCIS when it originally aired, but started streaming it a couple of years ago. We have enjoyed most of the episodes right up to this point. We've noticed small rumblings of NCIS "going woke" in a few episodes, but this episode jumps into the deep end of the woke pool with both feet. I'm unsure whether future episodes can save this once entertaining crime drama from drowning. We are willing to give it a few more episodes to see if it can be saved. I doubt it, though.

How did Bishop's brothers get into the building? Apart from the security aspects they are REALLY irritating. Gibbs' statement that he had authorised the visit does not convince us any more than him - that was just something the script told him to say. Can we please see Bishop's brothers never again?

This series has been going downhill ever since Ziva "left". Kate Todd (2 seasons) and Ziva David (about 8) both made NCIS seem to be plausible. Bishop probably appeals to video game and comic book enthusiasts who revel in her "zany" quirks. Tony Di Nozzo was also a realistic part of this program who helped make NCIS one of my favorites. Today the stories just have lost their realism. It's a shame but after 13 years the original creativity has been sacrificed to a certain audience's desire to see humor in crime stories. Crime usually includes death which is always tragic. Ducky's droll humor was real. The 3 brothers "inside" NCIS interrogating potential suitors is ridiculous. Security limitations would not allow it. Of course in fantasy land anything is possible.

One of the things I love about NCIS is that its one of the few shows to be an action police drama with quirky humor and can use real life situations to tell compelling stories this episode had all of that in spades and had one of my favorite characters at the forefront. Bishop's brothers brought a lot of humor that the show sometimes doesn't deliver having them go from McGee to Nick to Clay in regards to who was dating Bishop. Abby's graph an attempted at humor just was wrong I love how Gibbs is a parent figure to Bishop but the thought of them together made me barf, happiest goth sometimes you go too far. Wow I didn't expect Bishop to be dating Qasim but they did seem to hit it off when he was introduced in 'Lost in translation'. And as I've mentioned case of the week is usually the stuff I don't pay attention to so I had no clue who the guy the arrested for the Chaplain's murder was. All in all solid episode.

This has to be one of the worst episodes aired. I've been a huge fan ever since it began but sadly it's going rapidly downhill. Bishop's three brothers in the squad room during the investigation! Seriously. The whole sub-story with them is so poor.Very poor writing.