Breach (5 Jan. 2010)

The team investigates an apparent drunk driver crashing into a strip club killing some sailors involved in classified projects.

Director:

Perry Lang

Writers:

Shane Brennan (creator), Shane Brennan (teleplay),

Stars:

Chris O'Donnell, Peter Cambor, Daniela Ruah

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Chris O'Donnell	...	G. Callen
Peter Cambor	...	Nate Getz
Daniela Ruah	...	Kensi Blye
Adam Jamal Craig	...	Dominic Vail
Linda Hunt	...	Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange
LL Cool J	...	Sam Hanna
Barrett Foa	...	Eric Beale
Henri Lubatti	...	Safar Jaddalah
Jana Kolesárová	...	Katya Vitkoya
Kathleen Rose Perkins	...	Coroner Rose Carlyle
JR Bourne	...	Dallas
Ronald Auguste	...	Mowadh Dusa
Josh Kelly	...	Navy Petty Officer Mostel Renney
Jason Hastings	...	Navy Petty Officer Derrick Dolenz
Bambadjan Bamba	...	Deng Oyat

Storyline

Naval encryption officers attending Dallas's strip-club are killed by a car crashing in, feared murder-targeted. Cullen & Co discover Al-Qaida terrorist Safar Jaddalah is involved, but not just after them. Nate must unravel confusingly complex motives after other crime links are found.

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Plot Keywords:

nightclub

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 January 2010 (USA)

Filming Locations:

1736 N Cahuenga Blvd, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Shane Brennan Productions, CBS Television Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Special Agent G. Callen: On the street, it's called "blackmail," in the government it's "leverage."

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Soundtracks

"Man Up"
(uncredited)
Performed by The Blue Van

User Reviews

Insignificant

This episode starts promisingly. There is a mystery and the plot seems not to be a retread of any story we've seen in other shows hundreds of times before. Also, we have an appearance of Rose, the Cute Comic Relief Coroner, previously seen in #1.2, "The Only Easy Day", and her revelation that she has a thing for Nate (the underrated Peter Cambor from the underrated Notes from the Underbelly, the *best* episodes of which did not even air in USA). So far, so good...

But. Come the end, the promising plot has fizzled out and there will be no follow-up according to the plot outlines of the rest of the season. What was Safar planning? Apparently, we'll never know. Also, Rose has no listed reappearance in the series, meaning that any romantic subplot is wasted as well. Seeing as how Rose is the most interesting character in this episode and Nate is the most interesting of the regular characters, the whole series has failed to sparkle and it's already mid-season.

The writers don't seem to bother writing interesting characters, and the actors, none of whom have exactly established a record of being reliable *character* actors, seem to be phoning their performances in. Can't really blame them as they are given such thin material. Worse yet, the show hasn't managed to establish an identity that would make it stand out from the crowded field of crime procedural dramas. JAG had an irresistible charm and NCIS established itself as *the* funniest procedural show on TV, but in Los Angeles, the jokes almost constantly fall flat. They are either clumsily written, poorly delivered, or both. All this is a shame, since if NCIS ends, this kind of 5/10 material is hardly a worthy bearer of the franchise torch.