They were around at the end of last season.

Ah, well never paid attention to that. Just a question I was throwing out there as Harmon is very important to the series, even more so than Peterson on CSI. While the ratings have dropped for that show, it's also dropped on other series including competitor Grey's Anatomy and is staying afloat thus far.

I think your probably right considering the entire setup of the show is gibbs-centric, but personally I don't think the show would be fatally injured if he left. I enjoy the reactions and interactions of the other characters to his persona, but I'm not a big fan of the character himself.

PS. Someone get Sean Murray a sandwich.

tank top Abby this week was smokin'

I liked the 2 parter from the last 2 weeks.
The flash backs were welll done.

I liked the first part, but I didn't care for the flashback heavy second half. I felt like they were really setting up a good storyline with the Israeli team and the terrorists then they just kind of dropped it. Granted it wasn't really new territory for the show, but I was enjoying it.

NCIS still remains CBS's most consistently watchable shows. Thumbs up to Leon for knifing the Guy who upped his morphine drip.

Bump

New episode tonight "False Witness"

Synopsis:



The special guest star is Annie Wersching (Renee Walker on 24)

Thought this might be a worthy mention since we haven't seen much of her post-24 death.

Promo:

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Changed the cast photo in my OP. The new one for 2010-11 finally came out.

I'll be watching for Annie Wersching!

Must find gif of Abby's Turkey Trot.

the Wasp Knife they mentioned
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa_NC-_fvKs

Did anybody else catch the Zoolander-ish "Blue Steel" face DiNozzo made when they were leaving the dance club in the Jan 11th episode? I got a good laugh out of that. If anyone has a still of that, please post.

My source isn't HD, combined with the club lighting in that scene made for a pretty crappy screengrab:




I found this ep extremely boring. Neither the case of the week nor any of the regulars' storylines were that engaging.

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Episode 8 and 9 were good. The makepup artists did a good job of youngifying Vance and David.
Was any CGI used?

Thanks! It was a pretty bland episode. In fact, even though I watched the whole thing, I'm not sure I could tell you how it ended. The face is not all that funny now that I'm looking at a freeze frame of it. It just happened so fast and was unexpected I laughed out loud. Looking at Ziva's reaction in that shot, it looks like it might have been spontaneous.

I missed some episodes at the beginning of the season, what happened to Vance to cause the limp and his need for a cane?

He was ambushed when having a meeting with several heads of agencies. He knew something about a mission years ago involving the killing of some Russians. He was supposed to die then but Ziva's father helped to save him. The guy that set the plot in motion changed tactics when this happened and had Gibbs eliminate the Russian that was supposed to kill Vance.

Hmmm, I saw the ep with a young Eli & Vance but don't remember Vance getting shot in the present time.

He wasn't shot. He was caught in an explosion. It was a two-part episode that involved Eli David coming to the United States.

Ok, I missed have missed the second part. Thanks

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Not that anyone should be surprised by this given NCIS' insane ratings this season (23M on Tuesday), but CBS renewed it today for a 9th season. Mark Harmon signed a new 2-year contract, so he will be with the show through season 10.

Anyone know how much Mark Harmon is and will be earning from NCIS?

$375,000 an episode per this article from last summer.

EDIT: According to that same article, Charlie Sheen makes $1.25 million an episode.