The Office of Special Projects (OSP) is a clandestine division of NCIS and is located in Los Angeles, California. They go deep undercover to capture criminals that are threatening national security. They have access to the latest technological developments. The team includes G Callen, the chameleon; Sam Hanna, Callen’s partner and a surveillance expert; Kensi Lo, the adrenalin junkie and Nate Getz, the Psychologist to help the team with the mission and their own mental health. Together with the woman who manages their special technical equipment, this team will do whatever is necessary to get the job done.
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July 23, 2010
#1
Review by N. Villanueva
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As an avid fan of the original NCIS series, I was happy to hear that a spinoff would be introduced!
I’ve only every seen Chris O’Donnell in Greys Anatomy, and only heard of LL Cool J, Danielle Ruah, etc. as part of the series. But they top off an amazing series that I surprisingly prefer to the original!
Although I love the witty banter of the Gibbs team, the upbeat comedy they integrate into the LA series (particular Sam and G!) cracks me upp time after time. Nate brings a whole new characteristic to NCIS, where profiling suspects is lacked in the original seriesm whilst Hetty provides a mothering comic relief to the series. Dom, Kensi and Eric also appear frequently, and add a new dimension the original series does not. You may grow tired of just the Gibbs team, but the other agents provide a refreshing new outlook. It also manages to integrate well with the original, frequently including Abby and Vance.
Overall, aside from being a crime procedural, it brightens the atmosphere more so than its original. The cases (especially 1×07) do not disappoint, and needless to say, I’ve watched my digital episodes over and over. It’s my most watched program (almost everyday!), and surprises me with excellent quality. The DVD should be no disappointment!
July 23, 2010
#2
Review by R. B. McCord
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To start with I am a fan of JAG and NCIS and this review will be spoiler free. I have watched probably 90% of both shows and when I heard about the spinoff and saw the teaser episode in NCIS I was intrigued enough to give LA a chance. I should point out that I went into NCIS LA knowing that Bellisario was not working directly with it and this was going to be a different show than NCIS. Basically I went in hoping for another show to watch and enjoy. I can’t say that really happened.
First off we have plenty of actors with experience under their belts and crime drama with cool new technology…. Too bad the plots, back-story, and character interactions are flubbed with great abandon. Chris O’Donnell, who acts as G. Callen, plays a very interesting character with some depth and his “partner” LL Cool J, who acts as Sam Hanna, also comes across well… but it falls flat when they interact as friends and I don’t really see much chemistry. Things feel strained all over and scenes get stretched far too many times. When they brought Director Vance in for two episodes I seriously was wondering where the plot went and was sorely disturbed to see that while the actors were good at portraying themselves they were bad at interacting with one another. From the pyschologist to the computer nerd I saw fleshed out characters but it was like the actors could not bring them to life around the other characters. Linda Hunt was really the only character I liked and that was mostly from nostalgia. Now someone who enjoys the show will say that with time these things will work themselves out… but half a season later I am still seeing bad plots and character interaction. There were times when characters would literally walk on que into a scene JUST as they were about to be talked about or announced like the stork brought them.
NCIS was tighter and moved better. I realize that stereotypes are unavoidable in tv shows, and the original NCIS certainly has many, but I can no longer see some of the characters beyond that. Besides Sam, Hetty, and Callen the other characters are the pyschologist, computer nerd, rookie, and eye candy ( tho she has surprised me on a few occasions ). That’s pretty sad in general but worse for a show I want to keep watching. Because I really did want to keep watching NCIS LA but in the end there really isn’t much difference than what you would get with NCIS or another crime drama. NCIS worked because it was quirky and had interesting characters, even if it did become way too formulaic. And when NCIS could pull some amazing story archs it kept you watching the mediocre ones. I think NCIS LA brought too much stereotypical quirky and not enough cohesion.
Pile all this on with unrealistic plots and plot devices and I found it very hard to suspend my disbelief while watching the show. It had its moments here and there but in the end I stopped watching this entirely.
I recommend renting this before you buy it. You should be able to tell in a few episodes if this will be for you. I gave this half a season to catch my interest and it failed but some may still find this enjoyable if they can look past the flaws.
July 23, 2010
#3
Review by Jeffrey A. Cross
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Where the original NCIS was a welcome respite from the utterly idiotic inaccuracies of JAG, this too is a welcome respite from the original’s flaws such as Gibbs’ perpetual crankiness, Tony’s overgrown fratboy routine, and Ziva’s perpetual inability to get an idiomatic expression correct. Now the focus shifts from forensics procedural to buddy-cop action with NCIS’s LA-based Office of Special Projects black-bag unit, who are far more upbeat and quirkier. The action largely follows deep-cover agent G. Callen, who doesn’t even know what his own first name is, and ex-Navy SEAL Sam Hanna, with occasional help from resident cool chick Kensi Bly. Even their boss Hetty is a lively individual with her own idiosyncrasies. It’s a welcome return to fun cop shows after about a decade of dragged-out police procedural.
July 23, 2010
#4
Review by The Chalcenteric Kid
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Just a horrible attempt to create a TV franchise and as such it falls flat on its perfectly tanned LA face.
The original cast of NCIS characters developed into the tight unit we have now over time. NCIS Los Angeles looks and feels like TV my committee, trying to take what we like about Gibbs et al and translate that into a cast of quirky and spunky Angelinos and it fails horribly, just horribly.
L.L Cool J could not act his way out of a paper bag. He has all the screen presence of an outline. The anonymous tech guys have nothing on Abby. The hot chick is a cypher – no Ziva for dang sure – no chemistry with any of the other characters. Chris O’Donnell is no Mark Harmon and as to his “quirky” relationship with Linda Hunt’s character, its just horribe. Certainly doesn’t stand up to Gibbs and Ducky, or Gibbs and whoever is Director this week. Or even Ducky and Palmer!
What? He’s not filling out his expense reports again! Mr. Callan you’re such a scamp!
When the cast of NCIS Los Angeles was first dragged across the screen in the pilot episode, I thought “My God this is bad. But at least Callan is dead, so no series to come”.
Unfortunately I was wrong and for some reason that eludes me and will forever, it’s actually popular. Go figure.
July 23, 2010
#5
Review by Maria V. Wideman
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I’m a fan of NCIS,I own all 6 seasons (I bought season 6 before came on TV)after watching the 2 parts episode NCIS:LA ,I really believe is going to be another big hit…LL Cool J and Chris O’Donnell are wonderful.I have requested to be notified to be alerted as soon the DVDs will come avaiable reserved them.
Maria Vassalle-Wideman-TEXAS