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* Season 2, Episode 16, "Empty Quiver," is really painful to watch for me. [[spoiler:It got just about every single (unclassified) thing about the NNSA (National Nuclear Safety Administration), and the OST (Office of Secure Transport) in particular, wrong. A short list: 1. OST Special Agents (the guys who transport nukes) wouldn't be overpowered by a few armed men, as they travel in convoys and are very heavily armed. 2. The fact that nuclear materials are transported across the country isn't as big a secret as they make it out to be, in fact everything I'm typing can be found with a quick Google search. Those really stood out to me, and I'm sure that there were more, but I was too busy facepalming to notice. I know, I know, BellisariosMaxim, but it still bugs me On the upside, they did get the codeword for a stolen nuke right.]]
** Also, naturally radioactive potassium in bananas? Seriously? (Whilst there is a radioactive isotope of Potassium, there's not likely to be enough in a truck load of bananas to hide a [[spoiler: freaking nuclear bomb]].)
** Also, naturally radioactive potassium in bananas? Seriously? (Whilst there is a radioactive isotope of Potassium, there's not likely to be enough in a truck load of bananas to hide a [[spoiler: freaking nuclear bomb]].)
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* Season 2, Episode 16, "Empty Quiver," is really painful to watch for me. [[spoiler:It It got just about every single (unclassified) thing about the NNSA (National Nuclear Safety Administration), and the OST (Office of Secure Transport) in particular, wrong. A short list: 1. OST Special Agents (the guys who transport nukes) wouldn't be overpowered by a few armed men, as they travel in convoys and are very heavily armed. 2. The fact that nuclear materials are transported across the country isn't as big a secret as they make it out to be, in fact everything I'm typing can be found with a quick Google search. Those really stood out to me, and I'm sure that there were more, but I was too busy facepalming to notice. I know, I know, BellisariosMaxim, but it still bugs me On the upside, they did get the codeword for a stolen nuke right.]]
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** Also, naturally radioactive potassium in bananas? Seriously? (Whilst there is a radioactive isotope of Potassium, there's not likely to be enough in a truck load of bananas to hide a[[spoiler: freaking nuclear bomb]].bomb.)
** Also, naturally radioactive potassium in bananas? Seriously? (Whilst there is a radioactive isotope of Potassium, there's not likely to be enough in a truck load of bananas to hide a
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* It bugs me that, between "Missing" and "Found", they only mentioned [[spoiler: Dom's kidnapping]] in passing. I get that they have jobs to do and other cases to solve, but come on! He deserves a little more attention than that. When [[Series/{{NCIS}} Gibbs]] was hunting Ari, they at least had a scene here and there focusing on him and his hunt.
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* It bugs me that, between "Missing" and "Found", they only mentioned [[spoiler: Dom's kidnapping]] kidnapping in passing. I get that they have jobs to do and other cases to solve, but come on! He deserves a little more attention than that. When [[Series/{{NCIS}} Gibbs]] was hunting Ari, they at least had a scene here and there focusing on him and his hunt.
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* The Season One finale "Callen, G.": Am I the only one who's bothered by the revelation made at the end of the episode that [[spoiler:G's sister never called him anything but "Baby Brother" while they were at the orphanage together]]? Other than to ramp up the suspense for the sake of the series plot, this makes absolutely no sense whatsoever - no mention of [[spoiler:his real name]] at ''any'' time? NONE?
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* The Season One finale "Callen, G.": Am I the only one who's bothered by the revelation made at the end of the episode that [[spoiler:G's G's sister never called him anything but "Baby Brother" while they were at the orphanage together]]? together? Other than to ramp up the suspense for the sake of the series plot, this makes absolutely no sense whatsoever - no mention of [[spoiler:his his real name]] name at ''any'' time? NONE?
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** Well, the only excuse I can think of is that [[spoiler: even ''she'' didn't know his name.]] It's still frustrating, though.
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** Well, the only excuse I can think of is that [[spoiler: even ''she'' didn't know his name.]] name. It's still frustrating, though.
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* In the Pilot episode, after they've uncovered the truth that "inside man" wasn't leaking information he was corrupt, but because his niece was kidnapped, one of the agents then lets on over the phone that NCIS are involved in the case. This is dumb for two reasons: firstly, their involvement was meant to be covert and so you don't tell people unless they "Need to know" and secondly, with any kidnapping there's the possibility that it was inside job so you may be talking to the kidnapper himself (which turns out to be the case). Following this less than stellar action, she was damn lucky that none of the agents got killed in the shoot out.
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* In the Pilot episode, after they've uncovered the truth that "inside man" wasn't leaking information he was corrupt, but because his niece was kidnapped, one of the agents then lets on over the phone that NCIS are involved in the case. This is dumb for two reasons: firstly, their involvement was meant to be covert and so you don't tell people unless they "Need to know" and secondly, with any kidnapping there's the possibility that it was inside job so you may be talking to the kidnapper himself (which turns out to be the case). Following this less than stellar action, she was damn lucky that none of the agents got killed in the shoot out.out.
* So, this has been bugging me for a long, long time. Back in the PoorlyDisguisedPilot on the mothership, their HQ was hidden in an abandoned-looking warehouse, but in the series proper, their HQ is moved to a Spanish house, with Sam mentioning that nobody suspects that is where NCIS is housed and the neighbors thinking it's abandoned or with only a few civilian residents. How... how is the secrecy possible? I don't think we are ever shown the outside of the base in any episode, but we are shown the driveway, which apparently only has enough room for the main cast's cars and not the dozens and dozens of background characters, and said driveway is not in some secret underground parking bay. How do the 50-60 people that make up the LA branch go in and out of the base without a single person noticing? For that matter, why is the base a secret anyway? They are a public investigation branch. It's not as if they keep it secret. When investigating regular cases, they introduce themselves using their real name and identify as NCIS. And it's not as if this is dropped in future episodes, as several episodes talk about how the main cast take different routes every day between home and work so that someone doesn't follow them, but apparently don't make sure the background workers do the same.
* So, this has been bugging me for a long, long time. Back in the PoorlyDisguisedPilot on the mothership, their HQ was hidden in an abandoned-looking warehouse, but in the series proper, their HQ is moved to a Spanish house, with Sam mentioning that nobody suspects that is where NCIS is housed and the neighbors thinking it's abandoned or with only a few civilian residents. How... how is the secrecy possible? I don't think we are ever shown the outside of the base in any episode, but we are shown the driveway, which apparently only has enough room for the main cast's cars and not the dozens and dozens of background characters, and said driveway is not in some secret underground parking bay. How do the 50-60 people that make up the LA branch go in and out of the base without a single person noticing? For that matter, why is the base a secret anyway? They are a public investigation branch. It's not as if they keep it secret. When investigating regular cases, they introduce themselves using their real name and identify as NCIS. And it's not as if this is dropped in future episodes, as several episodes talk about how the main cast take different routes every day between home and work so that someone doesn't follow them, but apparently don't make sure the background workers do the same.
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*** Fair enough. But they could at least put armors anyway, given their lines of work, where any protection, however small, is better than none. The way I see it, the OSP team is BoringInvincibleHero.
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*** Fair enough. But they could at least put armors anyway, given their lines of work, where any protection, however small, is better than none. The way I see it, the OSP team is BoringInvincibleHero.InvincibleHero.
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*** And a rather weak explanation, at that. The only proper explanation for this is one derived from RealLife--to whit, TheyJustDidntCare.
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* Why don't they use the Overwatch spray from Season 2 more, both on suspects as well as themselves? It would have saved Kensi a whole of lot trouble in Afghanistan had she been using it on herself.
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* In the Pilot episode, after they've uncovered the truth that "inside man" wasn't leaking information he was corrupt, but because his niece was kidnapped, one of the agents then lets on over the phone that NCIS are involved in the case. This is dumb for two reasons: firstly, their involvement was meant to be covert and so you don't tell people unless they "Need to know" and secondly, with any kidnapping there's the possibility that it was inside job so you may be talking to the kidnapper himself (which turns out to be the case). Following this less than stellar action, she was damn lucky that none of the agents got killed in the shoot out.
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* In the Pilot episode, after they've uncovered the truth that "inside man" wasn't leaking information he was corrupt, but because his niece was kidnapped, one of the agents then lets on over the phone that NCIS are involved in the case. This is dumb for two reasons: firstly, their involvement was meant to be covert and so you don't tell people unless they "Need to know" and secondly, with any kidnapping there's the possibility that it was inside job so you may be talking to the kidnapper himself (which turns out to be the case). Following this less than stellar action, she was damn lucky that none of the agents got killed in the shoot out.
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* Can someone explain how in the episode "Predator", the Islamic terrorist who picked up the drone in his truck managed to afford a Lucky Brand Hoodie that cost $150 at the time of the episodes airing. It's just a little strange that someone who goes on about the infidels being terrible would have that kind of money to spend
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* In the Pilot episode, after they've uncovered the truth that "inside man" wasn't leaking information he was corrupt, but because his niece was kidnapped, one of the agents then lets on over the phone that NCIS are involved in the case. This is dumb for two reasons: firstly, their involvement was meant to be covert and so you don't tell people unless they "Need to know" and secondly, with any kidnapping there's the possibility that it was inside job so you may be talking to the kidnapper himself (which turns out to be the case). Following this less than stellar action, she was damn lucky that none of the agents got killed in the shoot out.
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* In the Pilot episode, after they've uncovered the truth that "inside man" wasn't leaking information he was corrupt, but because his niece was kidnapped, one of the agents then lets on over the phone that NCIS are involved in the case. This is dumb for two reasons: firstly, their involvement was meant to be covert and so you don't tell people unless they "Need to know" and secondly, with any kidnapping there's the possibility that it was inside job so you may be talking to the kidnapper himself (which turns out to be the case). Following this less than stellar action, she was damn lucky that none of the agents got killed in the shoot out.out.
*Can someone explain how in the episode "Predator", the Islamic terrorist who picked up the drone in his truck managed to afford a Lucky Brand Hoodie that cost $150 at the time of the episodes airing. It's just a little strange that someone who goes on about the infidels being terrible would have that kind of money to spend
*Can someone explain how in the episode "Predator", the Islamic terrorist who picked up the drone in his truck managed to afford a Lucky Brand Hoodie that cost $150 at the time of the episodes airing. It's just a little strange that someone who goes on about the infidels being terrible would have that kind of money to spend
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** San Diego is also a smaller, more spread-out city than LA, and less politicians and other major figures tend to meet there. Also, the LAPD sounds quite a bit cooler than the SDPD.
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*** In the Asian context, addressing your elders by their given name alone is ''incredibly'' rude. At most, Asians might call their elder siblings "Elder Brother/Sister <name>"; far more likely, it will simply be the CJK equivalent of "Elder Brother/Sister" and no names involved. Maybe Callen and sister come from a similar cultural background.
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** Do we have an extradition treaty with Romania?Edit: Nevermind, would seem we do.
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** Do we have an extradition treaty with Romania?Edit: Romania? Edit: Nevermind, would seem we do.
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** Do we have an extradition treaty with Romania?
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** Do we have an extradition treaty with Romania?Romania?Edit: Nevermind, would seem we do.
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** Do we have an extradition treaty with Romania?
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**** Though they still need the military equivalent, as pointed out in NCIS by that one Law student.
**** Not that he lasted very long against the Gibbs Death Glare either.
**** Not that he lasted very long against the Gibbs Death Glare either.
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***** They have gotten much better about this in recent seasons and the vests are seen in almost every episode.
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**** So what? Callen saves Hetty from the Comescus, remember. She owes Callen that much. I understand the need for RuleOfDrama, but this is too much a WallBanger.
***** Maybe she wanted to be sure of Callen's loyalty and trust in her.
****** So resigning from NCIS, flying across the pond, visiting filthy alleys of Eastern Europe, assaulting a fortified criminal compound, killing fuckton of people in the process, and saving her life in the end ''still'' don't make Hetty sure of Callen's loyalty and trust.
***** Maybe she wanted to be sure of Callen's loyalty and trust in her.
****** So resigning from NCIS, flying across the pond, visiting filthy alleys of Eastern Europe, assaulting a fortified criminal compound, killing fuckton of people in the process, and saving her life in the end ''still'' don't make Hetty sure of Callen's loyalty and trust.
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*** Maybe she wanted to be sure of Callen's loyalty and trust in her.
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* In the Pilot episode, after they've uncovered the truth that "inside man" wasn't leaking information he was corrupt, but because his niece was kidnapped, one of the agents then lets on over the phone that NCIS are involved in the case. This is dumb for two reasons: firstly, their involvement was meant to be covert and so you don't tell people unless they "Need to know" and secondly, with any kidnapping there's the possibility that it was inside job so you may be talking to the kidnapper himself (which turns out to be the case). Following this less than stellar action, she was damn lucky that none of the agents got killed in the shoot out.
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** In Season 3 premiere, again. Four guys, armed with only pistols, take on a fortified criminal stronghold. RuleOfCool or no, such storming is beyond sense.
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** In Season 3 premiere, again. [[ConservationOfNinjutsu Four guys, armed with only pistols, take on a fortified criminal stronghold. stronghold]]. RuleOfCool or no, such storming [[StormingTheCastle storming]] is beyond sense.
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***** They have gotten much better about this in recent seasons and the vests are seen in almost every episode.
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*** This, pretty much. These particular NCIS agents aren't cops. They're a deep cover anti-terrorism unit.
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** While I wouldn't say I don't find it odd, I don't find it unbelievable, either. My best friend and his sister ''never'' call each other anything other than "brother" and "sister", respectively. Of course, I've always found it weird as hell, having always called my own sister by her given name, but apparently there are some people who actually do this.
