NCIS (TV Series) Sound Off (2020) User Reviews

Sound Off

[bobcobb301 · 6/10 · 31 May 2020]

The comedy didn't work and the case this week was just forgettable. Not a quality NCIS episode at all.

My last episode!

[StuF101 · 3/10 · 28 March 2020]

So I've been getting a bit frustrated with NCIS for about a season and a half now.

And I found that I'm actually just watching the episode to get to the end so I can delete it off my recorder.

This episode will be the last one I'm watching and I've removed the link from my recorder.

There is no jeopardy, there is no thriller aspect, there is hardly any drama anymore and the character interactions on bland in the best.

Unfortunately quite bad

[harrykivi · 3/10 · 2 September 2023]

"Sound Off" was an episode I was intrigued by, because I hoped a new writer (like Lisa Di Trolio) was going to bring something new on the table for NCIS. Sadly I found this episode to be quite terrible and kind of embarrassing actually.

Let's start with the good.

. The production values of the episode are great as usual. "Sound Off" is well-directed (the editing is hinky in places though), the music fits the scenery and the acting from the regulars is good.

But...

. The mystery is a boring one, feeling like a story one has seen over dozens of times before. The characters are on the bizarre side ( did feel the acting was at times mediocre) and the dialogue is weak. The subplot about Jimmy trying to find a new assistant is cringe-worthy, the message that this episode is trying to deliver just falls short.

Overall, quite bad.

3/10 HK.

Sad it has become so tame

[charlesj-19419 · 3/10 · 23 January 2020]

Ncis hasn't been good for a while but I've not really been able to put my finger on it beyond a general dissatisfaction with the storylines, camera work, characters. It is like all the actors are speaking their lines to the camera, "hey, this is me delivering this line, this performance, this moment of hilarity, just for you"...makes the already weak storylines even more fragmented. I know they are trying to rediscover the chemistry and urgency of the early days, but really none of it is clicking. Even Gibbs, one of the great characters, is tepid nowadays. Realistically he should retire if he didn't hold the show together. McGee should have his own team. All the other characters with their troubled and interesting backgrounds have all chosen to be docile, toothless and childish even Vance. No wise elderly characters left which were a big part of the appeal. The return of Ziva was ok for a bit but wasn't enough to rescue the show from the lack of integrity and coherence it has shown for a long while. So I'm drawing a line... I hope... I've watched it for a long time. I hope they retire Gibbs and don't kill him off for some cheap lousy reason. Return Michael Weatherly, and do something meaningful with the rest of them. Find some impactful stories from somewhere and ncis could be good again. Sonic gun? Nope. That's stupid. As are a dozen other holes in this episode.