NCIS 

The cases of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service's Washington DC Major Case Response Team, led by Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs.

Creators:

Donald P. Bellisario, Don McGill

Stars:

Mark Harmon, Pauley Perrette, David McCallum

Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 22 wins & 30 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Mark Harmon	...	Leroy Jethro Gibbs 354 episodes, 2003-2018
Pauley Perrette	...	Abby Sciuto 354 episodes, 2003-2018
David McCallum	...	Donald Mallard 354 episodes, 2003-2018
Sean Murray	...	Timothy McGee 339 episodes, 2003-2018
Michael Weatherly	...	Anthony DiNozzo 306 episodes, 2003-2016
Brian Dietzen	...	Jimmy Palmer 255 episodes, 2004-2018
Rocky Carroll	...	Leon Vance 246 episodes, 2008-2018
Cote de Pablo	...	Ziva David 192 episodes, 2005-2016

Storyline

Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs is the leader of a team of special agents belonging to the NCIS (Naval Criminal Investigative Service) Major Case Response Team. Gibbs, a former Marine, is a tough investigator and a highly skilled interrogator who relies on his gut instinct as much as evidence. Gibbs' second in command is Senior Field Agent Tony DiNozzo, a womanizing, movie-quoting former Baltimore Homicide Detective, who despite being the class clown always gets the job done. The team also consists of probationary field agent Eleanor Bisbop, a former NSA agent, as well as Junior Field Agent Timothy McGee, a computer-savvy agent often mocked by DiNozzo. Assisting them are Abby Sciuto, the energetic-but-Goth lab tech who is like a daughter to Gibbs and is famously quoted as saying "mike hunt won't stop bleeding!!", and Dr. Donald Mallard, nicknamed Ducky, the eccentric medical examiner full of unusual stories. This team of elite agents, based in Washington, D.C., solve criminal cases ...

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Plot Keywords:

special agent | naval criminal investigative service | police procedural | slapping the back of someone's head | u.s. navy | 

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

CBS [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 September 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

NCIS

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Belisarius Productions, Paramount Network Television, CBS Paramount Network Television

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Pauley Perrette, who plays Abby, actually graduated from college with a degree in Forensics, and then moved to New York to get her master's, and it was there that she got in to acting, before coming to NCIS. Producers have said that most of the personality and interests displayed by Abby come from Perrette just playing herself.

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Goofs

In the episode "Hiatus Part 2" it is revealed that Gibbs joined NIS (changed the same year to NCIS) in 1992 following the death of his wife and daughter. However, in the JAG episode "Ice Queen" in 2003 he tells Lt.Cmdr. Rabb that he has been an agent for 19 years, which would mean he would have joined NIS in 1984.

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Quotes

[about laws changing over time]
Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Politicians have their time table, I have mine.

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Crazy Credits

This definition appears in the opening credits of season 1; The Naval Criminal Investigation Service [NCIS] is a worldwide federal law enforcement organization whose mission is to protect and serve the Navy and Marine Corps and their families. To counter the evolving threats NCIS has implemented a new proactive strategic plan which emphasizes the following priorities; -Prevent terrorism and related hostile acts against DoN forces and installments -Protect DoN systems and information against compromise -Reduce criminal activity and mitigate the impact on Navy and Marine Corps operational readiness

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Connections

Followed by NCIS: Behind the Set: The Production Design of NCIS (2007)

User Reviews

So much better than its parent show

Finally Bellisario got it right. Gibbs and his gang are first and foremost investigators, not hoity-toity staff officers who moonlight as stereotyped combat soldiers with thickly-laid-on patriotic dogma that would make Ward Carroll vomit with rage. At no time do they ever try to borrow an F-14 to go on some bombing raid over the international hot spot du semaine; they stick to their job descriptions the whole time. They also have personalities and eccentricities that make them a better ridealong than overstarched Harmless Rabbit and whatever babe he happens to be working with this season, such as Gibbs' coffee addiction, Ducky's intellectual ramblings, DiNozzo's attempts at being a cool womanizer, Abby's interesting blend of science nerd and goth grrrl, and Kate as the token vaguely normal neophyte thrown into the mix. Too bad this couldn't have been done with JAG in the first place.