NCIS TV Show

NCIS is a crime drama TV show that is set within the Naval Criminal Investigative Service instead a police force, with a resulting focus on military related crimes involving the U.S. Navy or Marine Corps. Gibbs is the supervisor who achieves a legendary status amongst his underlings for his abilities to figure things out before anyone else and to suddenly appear whenever he is mentioned in a conversation. He often identifies strongly with the idea of honorable service and Marines, as he is a former Marine himself. Tony is a cocky, womanizer agent whose inflated self-opinion is held in check by those around him. McGee is a hardworking but insecure agent. Ziva is an Israeli Mossad agent on loan to the U.S. government who has become a de-facto NCIS agent. Abby is the lab technician who dresses as a goth and performs one scientific miracle after another within the confines of her lab or the computer. Ducky is the medical doctor who performs the autopsies and provides the medical expertise. Some of the traits are so exaggerated as to be understood to be gags, as they wouldn’t possibly happen in real life. Abby would never be allowed to dress as she does on a daily basis while working in a government agency. Gibbs’ ability to suddenly appear when mentioned borders on the supernatural. This is probably meant to be humorous or just exaggerate like a folk tale. The show is based quite firmly in a realistic science-based genre instead of a supernatural theme.