# Let us praise NCIS **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 8, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-us-praise-ncis/535433 "2010-04-08T17:27:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![audit1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@audit1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audit1)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2010, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-us-praise-ncis/535433/61 "2010-04-11T04:33:27Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I’m not sure what your point is, as surely you wouldn’t want them to show the actual commute time. But, anyway, I’m not sure it’s ever been presented that way. When McGee was stationed at Norfolk but often working for McGee, it was made clear that he had to stay with someone in the city (Abby) to make that practical. My point if very often they get the call. “gear up we’ve got a dead sailor in Norfolk.” , travel the 190 miles from NCIS HQ in Washington examine the body, go back to DC, go back to Norfolk ,repeat all on the same day. Hollywood geography is fun. And would not the NCIS people in Nofolk handle the call to begin with? ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2010, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-us-praise-ncis/535433/62 "2010-04-11T10:22:17Z")
> [@audit1](#): > > And would not the NCIS people in Nofolk handle the call to begin with? I’ve always understood Gibbs & team to be the “major case squad” ala Goren & Eames on Law & Order Criminal Intent. They get called out on the big ticket crimes, the NCIS agents stationed at Oceania and Norfolk and so on hand over the murders, kidnappings, serial rapes, etc. to the specialists. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2010, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-us-praise-ncis/535433/63 "2010-04-11T13:18:50Z")
I don’t watch NCIS for the realism. ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-us-praise-ncis/535433/64 "2010-04-11T20:02:02Z")
> [@BMada](#): > > don’t forget the catchy intro theme music. I like both NCIS and LA intro music. I like them too - they remind me of old video game music for some reason. The LA theme feels like it should be from Mega Man or something from the original Nintendo :). ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-us-praise-ncis/535433/65 "2010-04-12T19:10:48Z")
> [@audit1](#): > > My point if very often they get the call. “gear up we’ve got a dead sailor in Norfolk.” , travel the 190 miles from NCIS HQ in Washington examine the body, go back to DC, go back to Norfolk ,repeat all on the same day. Hollywood geography is fun. > > And would not the NCIS people in Nofolk handle the call to begin with? Someone else has already pointed out that Gibbs’ team is the major case squad; they’ve been explicitly called that, in fact. As for the same day thing, you’ve not been paying attention, I fear. They generally make it clear that more than one day is passing; look at wardrobe changes and so forth. There have been a few episodes when that didn’t happen, but that was when the point of the episode was that they were racing the clock. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-us-praise-ncis/535433/66 "2010-04-12T19:12:13Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > I don’t watch NCIS for the realism. NCIS has realism? 😕🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-us-praise-ncis/535433/67 "2010-04-13T17:51:41Z")
I have watched _NCIS_ since the pilot aired – Mark Harmon and Michael Weatherly were the draws, I’ll admit – and I no longer try to kid myself that I don’t love this show. Though I’ve been loving it a lot more since they shortened the original, redundant name. 🙂 But I _hate_ Abby. More with every passing season. The “I sleep in a coffin but aren’t bunnies just soooo cuuuute” schtick got old years ago. As did the childlike wonder at the world, and the daughter-like relationship with Gibbs. When she got all up in Holly Snow’s face about being a prostitute I really just wanted to slap her. Self-righteous, naive little girl. She’s the only one I don’t like, though. Ziva’s mangled idioms are annoying, but on the whole I like her. And I like Vance a _lot_ more than I liked Jenny. I love everyone else! I tried to watch _NCIS: LA_ – Chris O’Donnell being the draw this time (yes, I sometimes watch shows just for the cute boys 😃 ) – but I couldn’t get into it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-us-praise-ncis/535433.md?page=3)