CBS | Release Date: September 23, 2003
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
51
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
14
Negative:
3
60
Dallas Morning NewsEd BarkMar 3, 2013
Season 1 Review: There's too much of this jurisdictional stuff and an overload of staring by Gibbs, most of it directed at the coltish Caitlin. The story is fairly involving, though. And Mr. Harmon is an underrated actor who's added some softer touches after playing Gibbs as a humorless taskmaster in a two-part JAG that introduced the character. [23 Sept 2003, p.10E]
60
Houston ChronicleMike McDanielMar 3, 2013
Season 1 Review: There's nothing terribly wrong with the show except that it draws from the same procedural well as CSI, Law & Order and the show from which it's spun, JAG. [23 Sept 2003, p.Hou1]
50
Season 1 Review: And the evidence is plain: Millions of Americans sense that terrorism is in their midst, and CBS doesn't mind kicking up that fear a notch for the sake of gaining a rating point or two. [23 Sept 2003, p.E-6]
50
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenMar 3, 2013
Season 1 Review: Harmon brings a light touch to this schizophrenic show. He's a sensitive cowboy who does his job and then goes home to work on a boat he's building. [23 Sept 2003, p.B1]
50
Detroit Free PressMike DuffyMar 3, 2013
Season 1 Review: You'll never regret missing Navy NCIS if you forget to watch. [23 Sept 2003, p.1F]
50
New York Daily NewsDavid BianculliMar 3, 2013
Season 1 Review: There's nothing flashy or special about this series, but it's satisfying and impressive in an old-fashioned way - much more so, in this opener, than its parent, "JAG." A lot of it is due to the ease with which Harmon and McCallum embody their characters. [23 Sept 2003, p.83]
40
Philadelphia InquirerJonathan StormMar 3, 2013
Season 1 Review: Don't get this show mixed up with anything important on TV, though you may find it enjoyably diverting, if you can forgive the immorality of its premiere episode. I can't. [23 Sept 2003, p.C09]
40
Orlando SentinelHal BoedekerMar 3, 2013
Season 1 Review: Harmon gives the show a serious injection of star power, and David McCallum plays a colorful medical examiner named Donald "Ducky" Mallard -- Bellisario went wacky with the names. This average crime procedural needs Ducky and every bit of personality it can muster. [23 Sept 2003, p.E1]
40
Miami HeraldGlenn GarvinMar 3, 2013
Season 1 Review: No surprises here, unless Shannen Doherty oozes out of one of the petri dishes. [23 Sept 2003, p.4E]
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Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzMar 3, 2013
Season 1 Review: But the oddest thing here is Harmon. Normally a charmer, his Gibbs is all stony glances and smarmy silences. Why waste that natural likability? [23 Sept 2003, p.1E]