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.

Bones TV Show

The Beverly Hillbillies is a classic TV show, no longer on air, about a family of hillbillies who become quite rich when they discover oil on their land, and decide to pack up and move to Beverly Hills, where rich people are supposed to live. The conflicts and humor arise out of the reactions of those around them as they commit social blunder after social blunder because of their unfamiliarity with the rules of proper society. The Clampetts were usually pretty oblivious even to the fact that they were breaking some rule or other, and there were rarely any lasting consequence other than embarrassment for others. Granny Clampett was particularly superstitious and prone to misunderstanding that were blown out of proportion and turned into fuel for an episode’s plot, while Jed, the patriarch, was the most levelheaded of the bunch (though still quite a hillbilly). As would be expected, the hillbilly tendencies and country manners (or lack of it) was exaggerated for humorous effect.

The show has been off the air for quite some time, and is not currently played regularly on any station. Nor is it likely to ever benefit from a revival of interest. Buffs of old movies and TV shows must turn to the internet in order to be able to catch shows such as this anymore. Of course, with the internet as an option, the lack of airplay for the show is not a problem, as you can select one of the show’s many past episodes to watch any time you desire.