The Reviewer

of books, movies, and everything in between!

[lexi-falcon12]

NCIS New Orleans Season 2 Premiere (Spoiler Alert)

EXPLOSION! End scene 1. Thus the season premiere begins with a high tech military missile being stolen by none other than good old home-grown terrorists. Just another day in New Orleans everyone. Two military men are killed in the explosion. Through quick forensic work that is not at all realistic to how it actually happens (which by the way, every crime show does this) the team finds their suspect, Mark Yaden. They corner Yaden in a park and after shouting the ever popular phrase, “Sic Semper Tyrannis”, as made popular by John Wilkes Booth, kills himself. Before this event, this separatist group did not do anything big. Dwayne Pride goes undercover in this group as another home-grown terrorist and meets a young man named Connor, who proceeds to inform Pride that they are going to attack a navy ship. Meanwhile, Brody and LaSalle are trying to find a way to take down the group without exposing Pride as an agent. They succeed, not before Pride finds out that the “leader” of the group has been dead for months before the recruiting videos that were circulated came out. And thus the day was saved by NCIS.

Although this show is new, and only on its second season, it still hold true to the foundations set up by NCIS. It is the only NCIS show that is actually filmed at the location it is set in. You have your Gibbs equivalent in Agent Dwayne Pride. Sebastian Lund is a little like McGee. Dr. Wade who reminds me of the ever-loveable Ducky. Also a number of the original NCIS characters make surprise appearances on the show. Tony DiNozzo and Abby Sciuto appear in an episode together. Ducky also appears in the first episode of the series. All in all, this show has some great potential to reach NCIS level of popularity and as an avid fan of the original series I give my stamp of approval.

Coming tomorrow: Once Upon A Time Season 5 Review

[lexi-falcon12]

NCIS Season 13 Premiere (Spoiler Alerts)

In usual NCIS fashion this season premiere did not disappoint. With the near death of a  main character, explosions, and the death of a dirtbag, everything was on point. Unfortunately, Gibbs was the one who almost died after being shot at the end of last season’s finale. After screaming at the television for the better part of 15 minutes, I was able to settle down once Gibbs was back at the office and back at hunting down the enemy. With Tony and Dorneget’s mother in China hunting down the head of the “Calling”, Gibbs sits down to talk to the only other lead they have, Matthew Rousseau, who will be dead by the end of the episode (killer still unknown). Gibbs puts a pen through his hand and then leaves. Apparently old school is back in session. Meanwhile in China, Tony and CIA Agent Teague (Dorneget’s mother, not to be confused with Captain Teague who is Jack Sparrow’s father) find Luke Harris, the little shit who shot Gibbs at the end of “Neverland”. They take him back to the US where he ends up only going to JUVI, a light sentence if you ask me. Tony kills Budd, “the Calling’s” head asshole. In the end, all is well... For now...