As opposed to other reviewers who are sadly so limited they can only
conceive of Linda Hunt as an object of derision, I tune in specifically
to see her. The show is adequate. I've always liked LL Cool J and it's
nice to see Chris O'Donnell again. (The nerds suck, especially when you
consider Abby from the original show.) But it's the presence of Linda
Hunt that elevates this show. She's a rich, interesting actor and her
character here has a great backstory.
Sure this team could be managed by yet another grizzled actor playing a tough as nails former Navy Seal type, whose life has been touched by tragedy because his wife died of breast cancer or his little girl choked on a marble. I'd rather have Linda Hunt because she is a true original. I've seen enough shallow cookie cutter actors with impossibly white teeth and ripped abs. Now I want to watch stories about people who are unique and unusual and earthy and human.
I was skeptical when this new show appeared carrying the NCIS name, I thought OK, csi done it,so why not this show? So I watched the first episode and was happy it didn't bore me to sleep. Not as good as the original ncis pilot but they seemed to have pulled it off imo.
Likable characters, plus at least two characters from ncis keep popping up and that mixes things up a little, so it seems more like the ncis we all love. True it has no gibbs, tony or elf lord, but the characters are growing on me, and Linda Hunt who plays the boss is a good actress and quite amusing in her role. I was expecting LL Cool J to be pretty bad but his character seems pretty cool and Chris O'Donnell reminds me of Scott Foley who played Bob Brown in The Unit, great character.
Sure this team could be managed by yet another grizzled actor playing a tough as nails former Navy Seal type, whose life has been touched by tragedy because his wife died of breast cancer or his little girl choked on a marble. I'd rather have Linda Hunt because she is a true original. I've seen enough shallow cookie cutter actors with impossibly white teeth and ripped abs. Now I want to watch stories about people who are unique and unusual and earthy and human.
I was skeptical when this new show appeared carrying the NCIS name, I thought OK, csi done it,so why not this show? So I watched the first episode and was happy it didn't bore me to sleep. Not as good as the original ncis pilot but they seemed to have pulled it off imo.
Likable characters, plus at least two characters from ncis keep popping up and that mixes things up a little, so it seems more like the ncis we all love. True it has no gibbs, tony or elf lord, but the characters are growing on me, and Linda Hunt who plays the boss is a good actress and quite amusing in her role. I was expecting LL Cool J to be pretty bad but his character seems pretty cool and Chris O'Donnell reminds me of Scott Foley who played Bob Brown in The Unit, great character.
