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Full episode details for the 3 part NCIS verse crossover was released yesterday, along with a few photos. And I’m just gonna say it bluntly: It all looks like a mess.
“Too Many Cooks” – NCIS agents from Washington, D.C., L.A. and Hawai’i, all in D.C. to attend the retirement party of a beloved Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) professor, find themselves investigating his shocking suicide, on the CBS Original series NCIS, Monday, Jan. 2 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network and available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+*. The episode is part one of a three-episode NCISverse crossover event with NCIS: LOS ANGELES and NCIS: HAWAI’I.
“Deep Fake” – Tennant, Jimmy Palmer (Brian Dietzen) and Sam Hanna (LL COOL J) find themselves captured by a woman claiming to be a CIA agent demanding intel from the team. Also, Jesse, Ernie, Whistler and Alden Parker (Gary Cole) learn about an asset that arrived in Hawai’i who could be connected to several overseas assassinations, on the CBS Original series NCIS: HAWAI’I, Monday, Jan. 2 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+.* NCIS stars Gary Cole, Brian Dietzen and NCIS: LOS ANGELES stars Chris O’Donnell and LL COOL J guest star in the episode, which is part two of a three-episode crossover event with NCIS and NCIS: LOS ANGELES.
“A Long Time Coming” – Agents Rountree and Fatima are ambushed while searching for Kilbride, who has been MIA, and they learn that every member of the team has a hefty bounty on their head. The NCIS team must save Agent Rountree and find Kilbride while every cartel, hitman, gang and psychopath hunts them down, on the CBS Original series NCIS: LOS ANGELES, Monday, Jan. 2 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+.* NCIS stars Gary Cole, Wilmer Valderrama and NCIS: HAWAI’I stars Vanessa Lachey and Yasmine Al-Bustami guest star in the episode, which is the conclusion to the three-episode crossover event with NCIS and NCIS: HAWAI’I.
Firstly, all 3 episodes don’t really look connected to each other if you just go by what their details say.
Secondly, the 2nd and 3rd episodes sound a bit too much like overkill. Like, 3 kidnapped agents in the 2nd part, and then you get 2 ambushed agents in the 3rd part and every bad guy out there chases the 3 teams while they try to find them? Bit much, don’t ya think? (not to mention, it all sounds like it’ll be rushed and probably poorly executed.)
Third: I’d be hard pressed to find a few someones who actually watch all 3 of these shows who won’t be hopelessly lost trying to understand who the other people on the other teams are.
And fourth: The only person who kept NCIS LA from turning into the sheer dumpster fire it is now won’t even be around to help them. And how is anyone supposed to know who the legendary leader of LA’s team is if she’s not even gonna be around for this?! What’s the point of trying to get to know her team without them then?!
If this whole thing was going to be about rescuing Hetty, then it would’ve sounded more appealing. But instead, we get slight disjointment in the episodes, multiple kidnapped agents and being chased by multiple hitmen, and it will be a miracle if it all doesn’t end up looking rushed or badly thought out. ‘Nice’ to see the low standards when it comes to the writers and fans.
