Clearly a crossover episode designed to draw audiences into watching the spinoff, this left a bad taste in my mouth and I certainly won't be tuning into NCIS: Los Angeles.
For starters, there was just too much artificial tension manufactured, in an attempt to create some drama. It fell flat.
Another thing that I didn't care for was the use of tech. Something that all NCIS shows are guilty of, to some extent, but they push it over the top here. In LA, the NCIS team can do everything on their fancy equipment and at lightning speeds, to the point that it is ridiculous and ruined the experience.
The thing that pushed it over the top for me was when one of the female characters from the LA team pulls her car over and smashes one of her headlights. This was an on the fly move to create an excuse to make contact with a body shop. While the tactic didn't bother me, what happened next certainly did. These three young men were walking the street nearby, and see her. One of them makes a comment to her, a cheezy come-on, but none of them were being threatening in any way. Her response? She draws her gun and points it at them. Yeah....okay....
For starters, there was just too much artificial tension manufactured, in an attempt to create some drama. It fell flat.
Another thing that I didn't care for was the use of tech. Something that all NCIS shows are guilty of, to some extent, but they push it over the top here. In LA, the NCIS team can do everything on their fancy equipment and at lightning speeds, to the point that it is ridiculous and ruined the experience.
The thing that pushed it over the top for me was when one of the female characters from the LA team pulls her car over and smashes one of her headlights. This was an on the fly move to create an excuse to make contact with a body shop. While the tactic didn't bother me, what happened next certainly did. These three young men were walking the street nearby, and see her. One of them makes a comment to her, a cheezy come-on, but none of them were being threatening in any way. Her response? She draws her gun and points it at them. Yeah....okay....
