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NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service: The Good Fighter (2022)
Too much dumb dialogue and lacking in plot
This was a very disappointing episode.
Too much inane talking trying to cover over the fact that they are struggling to stretch the limited storyline to last 43 minutes. And some times the talking is at the most ludicrous of times (as if these highly intelligent people are totally lacking in common-sense).
Too many plot holes in the very limited plot that there is to make that plot credible. If you are going to have IT as a theme, at least let it get the technical basics right.
I've watched every episode of NCIS from the beginning but the lack of new ideas means that the whole series is beginning to wear thin.
The Blacklist: Misère (2021)
Fast forward to the end and watch the last five minutes
The vast majority of this episode is just a recap of previous episodes ... but this time with the missing Keane actually appearing. It is not very interesting. To pick up the plot from the last episode, you only need watch the last five minutes. The rest is a waste of time (as the other reviews will also tell you).
The Crown: Paterfamilias (2017)
Highly inaccurate, but high emotional drama
This episode makes Philip responsible for a chain of events that culminates in his sister being killed in an air crash. His father then rejects him as responsible for the death of his "favourite daughter."
However, his sister taking that flight had nothing to do with Philip. She did die in an air accident as the pilot tried to land urgently in bad weather because she went into early labour. However, she was on the flight to attend a wedding. Her travel had nothing to do with Philip or his invented misbehaviour at Gordonstoun.
As one historian wrote, "There was no fight, almost certainly no half term, and Prince Philip would not have gone to Germany anyway. His sister was always coming to the wedding. Yes, the plane crashed and she, her husband, her two boys, and her widowed mother-in-law were all killed along with the others on board: pilot, lady-in-waiting, et cetera, ... Prince Philip had nothing to do with the accident at all."
Philip also did not build the school gates. Nor is there any such event as the Gordonstoun Challenge.
NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service: Watchdog (2021)
Lost the plot
Why are NCIS investigating injured dogs? This episode lacks credibility from start to finish. Wins the award for most disappointing. It is apparently ok to beat a a suspect to pulp if they might have mistreated an animal.
Castle: And Justice for All (2016)
Actors who can't act and script-writers who can't write
I usually really enjoy Castle but this episode was a real low. The plot is pretty poor (but then the crime plots have been getting poorer). However, the 'Geordie' accent was excruciately unlike any real Geordie accent. And why would a native English speaker be in a class for non-native speakers of English? If this is the best story and the best actors they can find, I'm not surprised that this is the last season.
Burn Notice: Shock Wave (2012)
Hi drama but the British agent's accent was terrible
Worth watching with lots of high drama but let down by ...
- the terrible choice of actor to play the guy from MI-6. His British accent was a terrible mix of accents quite unlike anything you would hear in Britain. Note to anyone casting -- this guy can't do a credible British accent.
- the amount of preparation that Sam was able to make (that needed half an hour to an hour) when the bad guys were about to storm in in within minutes. This happened several times.
NCIS: Los Angeles: Born To Run (2019)
They are all behaving like a bunch of high school kids
Seem to have lost the plot entirely with this episode.
Hawaii Five-0: Hala I Ke Ala O'i'ole Mai (2019)
Does US arrogance/violence/torture/murder=heroism?
At the time of writing, the average rating of US viewers is 8.0 but of non-US viewers it is 3.0. Perhaps the rest of us don't understand what is heroic about torturing someone and then flying to a neutral country to get revenge and shoot anyone who happens to stand in the hotel corridor in your way. Then carry on shooting people in front of the young son and wife of the guy you've gone to kill. That's all the behaviour of the heroic American good guys.