If the goal of last night's episode of NCIS, "Child's Play," was to show the softer side of Gibbs, it only partially worked. If we were supposed to believe that the government really trains 12-year-olds to crack military codes, that wa more

When little kids run through cornfields at the start of a procedural drama, as they did on tonight's "NCIS," it never ends well. Without fail, the innocence of youth is shattered by a dead body. In the case of tonight's episode, it was more

The "Short Fuse" episode of NCIS presents a terrible quandary for series historians. For whoever is counting the all-time number of head slaps that Mark Harmon gives Michael Weatherly - and we know you're out there - does Gibbs slapping DiN more

The most important aspect of this 'NCIS' episode was the mystery. No, not the one about the Marine who may or may not have been MIA in Afghanistan, but the one involving Dr. Mallard and the ties. The clues had been laid out throughout the season more

So there they were in Paris -- Tony and Ziva. The situation was ripe for romance, right? Was NCIS finally going to "go there" and let fans have a Moonlighting moment for their favorite characters? Not so fast. Before you could say Champs Elysees more

Picking up right where it left off last week, 'NCIS' faced the season finale with an episode that was rife with drama. Gibbs was challenged to not only explain his actions, but in many ways to explain his code of ethics. Was he a man of the law more

If ever you needed proof of just how different NCIS and its spinoff NCIS: Los Angeles are, consider "Worst Nightmare," this week's episode of the mothership show. On NCIS: L.A., the team operates under top secrecy at all times, to the point more

In an outstanding first part of a two-part "NCIS" season finale, Gibbs continued to find himself under the gun. His somewhat illicit past actions were coming to light and someone was pulling the strings. Gibbs isn't the sort of guy who enjo more