Overview
Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) is an action, drama TV series. Seventeen seasons have been released till now. The seventeenth season is not the final season of the series and season 18 is yet to come. The first season debuted on September 23, 2003, second season on September 28, 2004, third season on September 20, 2005, and fourth season on 2 September 19, 2006, fifth season on September 25, 2007, sixth on September 23, 2008, seventh on September 22, 2009, eighth on September 21, 2010, ninth on September 20, 2011, tenth on September 25, 2012, eleventh on September 24, 2013, twelfth on September 23, 2014, thirteenth on September 22, 2015, fourteenth on September 20, 2016, fifteenth on September 26, 2017, sixteenth on September 25, 2018, and seventeenth on September 24, 2019.
Third, fourth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth seasons have 24 episodes each. The first and second season have 23 episodes each, the fifth season consists of 19 episodes and the seventeenth season consists of 20 episodes. The running time of each episode ranges between 39 to 44 minutes.
Rotten Tomatoes has not rated the series yet but the average score awarded to it by the audience is 88%.
Cast
The leading characters include Mark Harmon as Leroy Jethro Gibbs, Emily Wickersham as Eleanor “Ellie” Bishop, Sean Murray as Timothy McGee, Maria Bello as Dr. Jacqueline “Jack” Sloane, Diana Reasonover as Kasie Hines, David McCallum as Dr. Donald Mallard, Wilmer Valderrama as Nicholas “Nick” Torres, Brian Dietzen as Dr. Jimmy Palmer and Rocky Carroll as Leon Vance.
Plot
The series includes a fictional team of special agents belonging to the NCIS. This team is engaged in conducting criminal investigations that involve the US Navy and Marine Corps.
The original ending was altered as four episodes had to be removed due to COVID-19. The season ended with the predictable guest appearance of Christopher Lloyd instead of the original ending.
However, the plot of the four episodes which were deleted will be evident at the beginning of the eighteenth season.
