Few series can lay claim to being on air successfully for 18 seasons. Even fewer can claim that the last season was as good as the first. NCIS is one of those series. Not only have the characters on this series become ingrained in our brains but fans have found themselves caring about them even when they leave the show. That’s a testament to how good the show and the actors are.
Each season ends with a cliffhanger and season 17 was no different. Agent Gibbs (Mark Harmon) and ex-FBI agent Fornell (Joe Spano) are tracking down the drug dealer who supplied Fornell’s daughter with the drugs she overdosed on. Suffice to say with these two doggedly pursuing the guilty parties it won’t end well. It doesn’t end with this episode but carries on throughout the season making for dynamite viewing.
But that’s just the kick off show. The next episode takes us back in time when Gibbs first met Ducky. Making it all the more special is the fact that young Gibbs is played by Sean Harmon, son of Mark Harmon. Family has always been an important part of the series but that was always the characters, now it’s behind the scenes as well.
Speaking of family the season was full of it. We got to see more of Delilah (Margo Harshman), McGee’s (Sean Murray) wife. Torres (Wilmer Valderrama) comes into contact with the father that left him behind years ago. Dr. Jimmy Palmer (Brian Dietzen) is left dealing with his wife’s passing away from Covid-19 and being left behind to raise their daughter. Gibbs must deal with the mother of Phineas, the young boy he helped previously, who is set on revenge against him. Sloane (Maria Bello) answers a call for help in Afghanistan that ends in her leaving the series. And as the final episode rolls around the crew loses Agent Bishop (Emily Wickersham) as she moves on to a more spy centric career.
The losses in this season were numerous and traumatic for fans. It’s one thing to lose a character but another to lose several. And the most devastating was the season cliffhanger in the last episode which saw Gibbs get the boat out of his basement and on a lake…only to watch it blow up with Gibbs floating face down in the water! With the new season airing odd are you know what happened but when this first aired it was stunning.
One of the joys of capturing series like this is the ability to go back and watch them whenever you choose. Yes you can watch them streaming on Paramount+ but having them on disc means you don’t depend on your internet connection or the wait up time. And if the series gets pulled from their schedule you still have them as well. While some claim that physical media is dying I continue to purchase items I know I’ll watch over and over again.
The NCIS series is one of those things I’ll watch again. It
may show up on broadcast stations in the afternoon and it may stream but I’ll
keep adding each season to my collection. I enjoy each and every episode enough
to want to have them on hand. And not tucked away in storage in case I get the
urge but right there up front. It’s that good a series. And season 18 is up
there with all of them.
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