Procedural Update: NCIS “In The Zone” (S05E15) Review

Mark Harmon, Sean Murray, and Cote de Pablo

This week on NCIS “In The Zone”, Tony and Jardine go to Bagdad’s green zone to investigate a Marine’s murder. Here is our review of this NCIS episode:

The Good
It was a treat to see more of the character of Jardine. I always liked her character and wished that they would give her more screentime. Hopefully, this will resonate with the audience as well.
I also liked to see Ziva show her jealous side when Tony and Jardine are hanging out together in Iraq.

The Bad
The actual murder plot was a little too convoluted for my taste. There are plot holes as big as the grand canyon on this one. *SPOILER ALERT* Like how did the contractor manage to set up the elaborate plan to kill the marine? He’s a freaking contractor, not a military genius.

The Ugly
The story line of Jardine and the Iraqi kids was not believable. If your dad was killed by the US army while he was trying to help a US soldier, would you be all chummy with the sister of said-soldier. I know I am knit-picking but still

Overall, this NCIS episode was just slightly above average. It could have been improved if the murder plot was more believable.

By Americ Ngwije | April 29, 2008 | 5 Comments

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Todd Dawson

At the end of last week’s episode, the CIA guy turned the CIA back over to Jenny… now suddenly he’s still the acting director? That’s a pretty big continuity blunder, if you ask me.

I hadn’t heard the rumor that someone is leaving the show, but it’s obviously the Director. They’ve implied (very directly) that there is some kind of medical condition, and the obvious implication is that it’s terminal…
http://www.tvaholic.com Jason the TVaholic

The part that wasn’t believable, was Jardine giving the young girl a laptop computer with no accessories, like say a way to keep it powered. And, how exactly was she supposed to connect with the outside world with it? I guess it was equipped with that new Satellite Area Network card.
http://daemonstv.com Sandie

Yes! Jason you are totally right! I was thinking the exact same thing when I was watching the episode. “What about the power cord?” But then again, did they even have electricity?
Todd Dawson

I thought of those things too. Plus, she was able to just give away a government computer (which was, no doubt, secure)? Come ON!
WVUSoldier

Wow, I CAN’T be the only military guy to notice what a TERRIBLE rendition of the Green Zone that was! It totally detracted from what was otherwise a very good episode.