NCIS: Hawai'i

What made the original NCIS so great in the beginning was the PLOT. Twists, turns, suspense , intrigue and great acting. What you find here is none of that. The characters are so flat and childlike that you wonder how they ever made it to be anything other than baggers at a local supermarket, because actual NCIS agents would hopefully have more common sense and intellect... There is mostly filler in this show...endless chase scenes, gun violence, running after people, that finally you realize there is no plot. Nothing substantial or believable or watchable really. Bring back intellect into these supposed crime thriller shows or just stop making them.

The Pilot had a rushed feel to it, a plot with little 'story.' Contrast that with the first episode of NCIS, where the focus remained on Gibbs and one other character, a SS Agent about to join Gibbs' team. A person new to a storyline needs direction so they can find someone to identify with, and this first episode lacked that focal point. Too many character introductions, with ancillary characters attached to secondary ones, attached to . . . We need more than a recycled opening of a Jack Ryan story, and the typical token PC correct players Hollywood now thinks they must add to every show. Inclusion is a good thing, but not when that's getting jammed down our throats with every new entry in prime time TV. Can we have a normal mix of players that reflects reality, please? We don't need a same-sex relationship in every show we watch. We do need some genuine chemistry between characters, and you don't get that from wooden acting or dialogue that lacks any hint of spark.

Bad casting, bad plot and feels more like a cheap private detective show. The cast members look and act like those who didn't make the casting for other shows based in Hawaii. Prognosis - not good!

I wanted to like this show but I was disappointed.

What I liked - 1) a minority female lead and 2) the diversity of the cast - people looked like locals.

What I didn't like - 1) the acting was stiff and unimpressive 2) the story line seemed disjointed 3) the writers tried to introduce too much too soon.

I'll give it a few more episodes and hope it gets better.

I tuned in because I'm a huge Hawaii buff! I loved Hawaii Five-O! I like Magnum quite a bit. This show didn't gel at all. They didn't even show a lot of Hawaiian landmarks or scenery to make it worth it. It's supposed to be in Pearl Harbor, I believe which I would have been great to really feature. None of the characters has any chemistry, romantic or otherwise. The acting was passable at best. I would have given this a lower score but like I said, I love the state of Hawaii!