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NCIS: Los Angeles (Naval Criminal Investigative Service: Los Angeles) is an American police procedural television series which premiered on CBS on September 22, 2009. In the USA, the series airs following NCIS on Tuesdays.

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NCIS LA and The Good Wife already got a renewal for Season 2

Posted on Jan 17, 2010

CBS' standout freshman dramas "NCIS: Los Angeles" and "The Good Wife" have been given early second-season renewals. Both shows hail from CBS Studios. The order for "NCIS: LA" is not a surprise given... Read More

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Lesley Smith's review of NCIS: Los Angeles for PopMatters

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

One could watch NCIS: Los Angeles. But one could also watch paint dry with far less pain and no less gain.... Read More

Kris King's review of NCIS: Los Angeles for Slant Magazine

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

It's an overused premise dressed up with new cars, bright sun, and cool shades.... Read More

Nancy DeWolf Smith's review of NCIS: Los Angeles for Wall Street Journal

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

Ms. Hunt gets some humorous lines, and the banter between partners Callen and Hanna can make them seem like a new-age Starsky and Hutch.... Read More

Glenn Garvin's review of NCIS: Los Angeles for Miami Herald

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

It's a drab third-generation clone (a spinoff of the original NCIS, which in turn was a spinoff of JAG) of a show from the shallow end of the TV gene pool.... Read More

Alan Sepinwall's review of NCIS: Los Angeles for Newark Star-Ledger

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

Most of the humor feels like a show that’s trying too hard, except when we’re watching the great-yet-tiny character actress Linda Hunt as the boss of NCIS’s Los Angeles field office.... Read More

Maureen Ryan's review of NCIS: Los Angeles for Chicago Tribune

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

I have nothing against procedurals per se, but all this rather soulless copy has going for it is the jaunty performance of LL Cool J and a fairly efficient tick-tock plot. Depending upon your mood or ... Read More

Jonathan Storm's review of NCIS: Los Angeles for Philadelphia Inquirer

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

It's slightly less entertaining than the moderately entertaining original, with a far-fetched connection that these undercover wonders somehow have something to do with the Navy, which is the "N" in N... Read More

Tim Goodman's review of NCIS: Los Angeles for San Francisco Chronicle

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

What NCIS: Los Angeles does well is what all CBS procedurals do well--bring mostly believable, semi-pulse-pounding justice to bad guys by the end of the hour with some action, a dose of humor and the ... Read More

Verne Gay's review of NCIS: Los Angeles for Newsday

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

It's a Pre-Cambrian specimen that crept out of the primordial ooze of TV past, with a rhythm so profoundly familiar that if you happened to fall asleep during the first few minutes and woke up for the... Read More

David Hinckley's review of NCIS: Los Angeles for New York Daily News

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

It all adds up to an hour of decent entertainment, and there's room for enough character development to give NCIS: Los Angeles a personality of its own.... Read More

Robert Bianco's review of NCIS: Los Angeles for USA Today

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

It's a serviceable hour that takes the NCIS formula--a light tone and a lot of banter wrapped around a fairly rudimentary investigatory plot--and transfers it to a special, undercover NCIS division in... Read More

Ellen Gray's review of NCIS: Los Angeles for Philadelphia Daily News

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

I've seen just enough of "NCIS" to appreciate its appeal, which I suspect lies in casting and character development (combined, of course, with occasional explosions of action). Those elements appear t... Read More

Tom Shales's review of NCIS: Los Angeles for Washington Post

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

It isn't innovative or brilliant, but there's some kind of joy to be had from watching the parts of the machine fit together just right and operate slickly and smoothly.... Read More

Rob Owen's review of NCIS: Los Angeles for Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

O'Donnell and LL Cool J form an easy alliance that's filled with lighter moments of humor even as they investigate a plot that's decidedly obvious and unsurprising.... Read More

Mike Hale's review of NCIS: Los Angeles for The New York Times

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

While the new series may not stand out at this point, it’s already a better-than-average cop show, well paced, with reasonably snappy and believable dialogue.... Read More

Barry Garron's review of NCIS: Los Angeles for Hollywood Reporter

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

NCIS: L.A., like its parent, relies on a sturdy, mostly youthful cast, sporadic action, and sprightly dialogue.... Read More

Matthew Gilbert's review of NCIS: Los Angeles for Boston Globe

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

It’s all about the crimes, the technology, the guns, and, mostly about not having--or wanting--to think too much.... Read More

Brian Lowry's review of NCIS: Los Angeles for Variety

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

The series can at best be lauded for its efficiency and at worst be chided for resorting to the convenient fallback of Mexican drug lords as its initial heavies.... Read More

Matt Roush's review of NCIS: Los Angeles for TV Guide

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

An efficient if predictable procedural that arrives on the scene after last spring’s two-part “backdoor pilot” with plenty of fistfights and gunfights and the sort of jovial camaraderie that endears c... Read More

Paige Wiser's review of NCIS: Los Angeles for Chicago Sun-Times

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

The nonstop action lulls you into kind of a pleasant daze--as if Cool J were saying to the screen, "Sit back and relax, ma'am, you're in good hands." It's certainly not brain food, but I'll be back fo... Read More

Leah Greenblatt's review of NCIS: Los Angeles for Entertainment Weekly

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

The plot bats at logic like a cat toy, but the experience is still slickly entertaining.... Read More

Mary McNamara's review of NCIS: Los Angeles for Los Angeles Times

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

Writer and executive producer Shane Brennan has worked on "NCIS" for years; he knows what he's doing and how to do it well; the casting is solid, the crimes international. What's not to like?... Read More

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Recap: NCIS LA 2x6 Standoff

Posted on Oct 20, 2010

The show opened with Marty laughingly playing the three card trick in the NCIS LA headquarters with a few of his male team members. He quickly moved the three cards about the table, all the while eggi... Read More

Recap: NCIS LA 2x5

Posted on Oct 16, 2010

A male voice is heard asking a 14 year-old girl, Amanda, to tell him a bit about herself. He asks if she has a boyfriend, and she says no. He acts like he doesn't believe her, because he thinks he is.... Read More

Recap: NCIS LA 2x4 Special Delivery

Posted on Oct 09, 2010

Mall security guards see a probable pickpocket incident. They start jumping through all the cams, trying to track the perp. When they see an altercation in the parking garage, they notify the closest ... Read More

Recap: NCIS LA 2x3 Borderline

Posted on Sep 29, 2010

A military hummer arrives in the desert. Walker is the driver, and he hit every rock over the last six miles. Hastings sees something, and it turns out to be a runner. They announce U.S. Marines, but ... Read More

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Season 2 Episode 24 -

Familia

May 17, 2011

Callen and the rest of the NCIS team refuse to accept Hetty's sudden resignation without an explanation. They start their own investigation to find out why she's disappeared, hoping they can track her down.