Chock-full of bad Aussie cliches, some very unbelievable plot lines and a few episodes and characterisations we could have done without, it doesn't take a Rhodes scholar to realise that NCIS: Sydney was made for the North American audience, given there are many sweeping establishing shots showing off Sydney and surrounds in each episode. Bondi Beach is a favourite, naturally. Sydney and it's surrounds is arguably the real star of this show. My hometown has rarely looked more spectacular.
The real-life AUKUS agreement gives showrunners a chance to combine Australian Federal Police and NCIS elements into a taskforce, loosely overseen by both NCIS out of Singapore and a DOD colonel based in Sydney.
Take out episodes 2-5 and you have a much better show than if you include them. Todd Lasance does a decent job as Jim 'JD' Dempsey, and as we got further into the series, we started to get a better idea of what makes each of the characters tick. Olivia Swann is effective as Special Agent Mackie. Tuuli Narkle and Sean Sagar do their thing as Evie Cooper and D'Shawn Jackson - though I do wish they could have done it with a lot less bickering / childish banter - and I thought Aussie veteran William McInnes was great as Roy Penrose, the medical examiner. Even Mavournee Hazel as Bluebird Gleeson started growing on me in the last few episodes. Before that, though, she was insufferable.
Reading the reviews from people who say they don't like this iteration of NCIS because it isn't believable have got to be kidding.
Honest question: when has anything about any of these shows EVER been believable? Granted, there are parts of "Gone Fission" that are completely over the top and absurdly unbelievable...but still. This isn't a documentary - it's entertainment. And splashy entertainment at that.
I hope we get a second season, because the characters and plots were getting better...and I want to see a resolution to the finale's intriguing cliffhanger.
The real-life AUKUS agreement gives showrunners a chance to combine Australian Federal Police and NCIS elements into a taskforce, loosely overseen by both NCIS out of Singapore and a DOD colonel based in Sydney.
Take out episodes 2-5 and you have a much better show than if you include them. Todd Lasance does a decent job as Jim 'JD' Dempsey, and as we got further into the series, we started to get a better idea of what makes each of the characters tick. Olivia Swann is effective as Special Agent Mackie. Tuuli Narkle and Sean Sagar do their thing as Evie Cooper and D'Shawn Jackson - though I do wish they could have done it with a lot less bickering / childish banter - and I thought Aussie veteran William McInnes was great as Roy Penrose, the medical examiner. Even Mavournee Hazel as Bluebird Gleeson started growing on me in the last few episodes. Before that, though, she was insufferable.
Reading the reviews from people who say they don't like this iteration of NCIS because it isn't believable have got to be kidding.
Honest question: when has anything about any of these shows EVER been believable? Granted, there are parts of "Gone Fission" that are completely over the top and absurdly unbelievable...but still. This isn't a documentary - it's entertainment. And splashy entertainment at that.
I hope we get a second season, because the characters and plots were getting better...and I want to see a resolution to the finale's intriguing cliffhanger.