Questions tagged [ncis]
NCIS is an American police drama series about a team from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which is responsible for investigating criminal cases relating to the US Navy and Marine Corps.
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What is the origin of the name "Caf-Pow"?
Throughout the seasons of NCIS, the characters (mainly Abby) drink a coffee named Caf-Pow:
Being from outside US, at first I thought it's a known/existing brand, and didn't pay much attention to it. ...
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How does Gibbs get his boats out of his basement?
In most episodes, Gibbs in seen working on his boats in the basement. He gets a couple of them done, but it doesn't show how he gets them out of the basement.
Anybody know how he gets them out?
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Who is the woman in the silver Mercedes?
Early on in the first season of NCIS, many episodes end with Agent Gibbs being picked up by a red haired woman in a silver Mercedes;
It is mentioned frequently that Gibbs is into red haired women, ...
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What are all Gibb's rules on NCIS and how many rules are there?
On NCIS Gibb's and his team always refer to some set of rules and their numbers.
But is there an actual ordered list of those rules or are these just unrelated throwaway lines? Do we know how many ...
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Who/what is this action figure in Abby's lab?
I've been binge-watching season 13 of NCIS and I've repeated seen an action figure from a reverse angle beside (one of) her computer monitor(s). In episode S13E23 there is finally a front view of the ...
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How were the murders committed in the NCIS episode "The Good Samaritan"?
I recently watched this episode (summary can be found here), and the wrap-up seemed to leave a lot unexplained. Some specific questions I have are:
Why did they kill two other men before Seeger? Was ...
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Was there a purpose to Margaret Allison Hart being introduced in Season 7?
I just finished Season 7 of NCIS and according to the NCIS Wiki, Defense Attorney Margaret Allison Hart's last episode was the end of the season.
The entire season she caused trouble for Gibbs, while ...
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NCIS McGee is he theater, or actual geek?
McGee has some textbook "geek" checkboxes:
old mac computers
online role playing games
problem retaining girlfriends
However, I don't think McGee does "R", "Python", or "MatLab".
What actual ...
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Is Director Vance actually another person?
In the 6th season of NCIS, we come across an episode (Knockout), where Tyler Owens, a boxer and a friend of Director Vance, is found dead. Vance starts leading the investigation, and Gibbs become more ...
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Sequence of black & white pictures in NCIS
At the beginning of each episode of NCIS and several time during it, there is a sequence of black and white pictures of previous and coming scenes with a sound imitating photo shooting on a crime ...
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What was the gift in the briefcase that Gibbs gave to Abby - it shined gold when she opened it?
I have missed a lot of NCIS, but I am wondering if it was ever disclosed what was in the briefcase that Gibbs gave Abby, which was a gift to her from him. They only showed her open it and a gold glow ...
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Where does the ZNN footage come from on NCIS?
I’m rewatching the DC-based version of NCIS, and I noticed that (at least during the older episodes) that there are TV screens behind several agents’ desks, and that they seem to constantly show the ...
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Why didn't Fornell recognize Gibbs in "Yankee White"?
The first episode of NCIS starts out with an incident aboard Air Force One, where a Navy officer guarding the "nuclear football" is poisoned. While the Secret Service and FBI are arguing jurisdiction, ...
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Did McGee and Abby ever get into a relationship?
In season two of NCIS, there seems to be a "thing" between Abby and McGee although this is never specifically stated.
In the season two episode "Twilight", Abby says that "McGee didn't just sleep in ...
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Why are Abby and Gibbs so attached?
I recently started watching NCIS season 9 to 10, but having never seen it before I can't help but wonder, do we ever find out why Abby and Gibbs are so attached?
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Why doesn't Gibbs lock his house?
In NCIS, Gibbs never locks his house. I've always thought that it's a fun quirk, but has there ever been an explanation of his thought process behind it?
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Do different jurisdictions have different specialities?
I've noticed that between NCIS and NCIS: Los Angeles the latter seems to me more specialised to deep undercover work as both G and Sam have a number of alternate identities while their office doesn't ...
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What is the current relationship status of Tony and Ziva in NCIS?
Can anyone say what is the current relationship status of Tony and Ziva? Are they really keeping in contact? Are they dating?
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Is NCIS self-parodying in that "two people one keyboard" scene?
A scene in NCIS shows Abigail and Timothy typing together on a single keyboard in order to stop a computer attack on the "public firewall". It does not end well (apparently they were not ...
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Why didn't McGee get a promotion?
After Gibbs left NCIS, why didn't McGee get promoted to team leader?
He has been on the team for 18+ years.
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