I watched the show for about a year in its third or forth season and then stopped. I watched it again last night and all of the reasons why I quit watching it came back. The odds on assembling a similar group of misfits in real life have to be astronomical. What I find interesting about the cast of characters is the one who is closest to being "normal" is a trained Mossad assassin.
First, there is Gibbs who has the social skills of dirt. You may be able to get away with some of the things he pulls as a Marine but given the way the government currently deals with its employees Jethro wouldn't last a month. Not to mention the staff turnover Gibbs would have because no one would stand for being treated the way he treats the people on his team. There are probably a few poor souls watching the show who actually think the Gibbs approach is the way to lead a successful group.
Then there is Tony, the man child who hasn't quite graduated from college yet. I completely endorse having one helluva good time in college but there comes a time when you have to leave and become something that remotely resembles an adult. Tony has yet to reach that point. The writers often play on Tony's broad knowledge of movies. The only way he could have accumulated that knowledge is by watching old movies seven days a week, most likely alone because his Neanderthal approach to women is so successful. Tony was raised in what could only be referred to as the world's most dysfunctional family. He needs constant reinforcement.
Next we have McGee who hasn't developed a shred of self confidence or learned a thing about how to approach an investigation since he joined the team 5+ years ago. They did have something going with McGee that I enjoyed very much – Tim the successful author. However, they dropped it I imagine because all of the money he was making as an author would have ultimately put him in a different financial class than the rest of the group.
And then there is Abby. Abby is a very capable scientist/technician who at times can only be described as spastic. Her lifestyle doesn't bother me as much as her approach to just about everything else. There were probably at least 5 or 6 situations during the year that I watched the show that she became so hysterical that in real life someone would have slapped her to bring her back to reality. There was no such situation last night but they were close.
Next, comes Dr. "Ducky" Mallard, one of the original men from UNCLE. Ducky's downfall is the breadth and depth of his knowledge. Whenever he opens his mouth the odds are better than 50/50 he will bore you to death. You do have to give him credit for carrying his 75 or 76 years very well.
Finally, there is Ziva, the trained Mossad assassin very skilled in marksmanship, the martial arts and everything else a highly trained Mossad agent would be trained in. When I watched NCIS I hoped Ziva would beat the crap out of Tony almost on a weekly basis but no such luck. Ziva does tend to "mother" Tony. As if he didn't have more than enough of that as a child.
First, there is Gibbs who has the social skills of dirt. You may be able to get away with some of the things he pulls as a Marine but given the way the government currently deals with its employees Jethro wouldn't last a month. Not to mention the staff turnover Gibbs would have because no one would stand for being treated the way he treats the people on his team. There are probably a few poor souls watching the show who actually think the Gibbs approach is the way to lead a successful group.
Then there is Tony, the man child who hasn't quite graduated from college yet. I completely endorse having one helluva good time in college but there comes a time when you have to leave and become something that remotely resembles an adult. Tony has yet to reach that point. The writers often play on Tony's broad knowledge of movies. The only way he could have accumulated that knowledge is by watching old movies seven days a week, most likely alone because his Neanderthal approach to women is so successful. Tony was raised in what could only be referred to as the world's most dysfunctional family. He needs constant reinforcement.
Next we have McGee who hasn't developed a shred of self confidence or learned a thing about how to approach an investigation since he joined the team 5+ years ago. They did have something going with McGee that I enjoyed very much – Tim the successful author. However, they dropped it I imagine because all of the money he was making as an author would have ultimately put him in a different financial class than the rest of the group.
And then there is Abby. Abby is a very capable scientist/technician who at times can only be described as spastic. Her lifestyle doesn't bother me as much as her approach to just about everything else. There were probably at least 5 or 6 situations during the year that I watched the show that she became so hysterical that in real life someone would have slapped her to bring her back to reality. There was no such situation last night but they were close.
Next, comes Dr. "Ducky" Mallard, one of the original men from UNCLE. Ducky's downfall is the breadth and depth of his knowledge. Whenever he opens his mouth the odds are better than 50/50 he will bore you to death. You do have to give him credit for carrying his 75 or 76 years very well.
Finally, there is Ziva, the trained Mossad assassin very skilled in marksmanship, the martial arts and everything else a highly trained Mossad agent would be trained in. When I watched NCIS I hoped Ziva would beat the crap out of Tony almost on a weekly basis but no such luck. Ziva does tend to "mother" Tony. As if he didn't have more than enough of that as a child.
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