While the cast is capable (well, at least the three I recognized from other work), the material was pretty flat. I'll check in with the second part, but I kind of expect this spinoff effort to go the way of NCIS Red.
David ________________________________ From: Kevin M. <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 2:07 PM Subject: [TV orNotTV] NCIS New Orleans pilot (part 1) Any show that opens with Paige Turco naked in a bed has my interest, but she vanished when the opening credits began. Scott Bakula's on again/off again Creole accent was off-putting (if they wanted someone who sounded like they were born on the Bayou, there is no shortage of such people). I'd hope that CCH Pounder is planned to be a series regular, because I find her to be very watchable, and her voice is unique and expressive (if there is to be a female Darth Vader in the new Star Wars movies, I'd like her to voice the character). The premise, a small team of investigators who waits in their "office" on Bourbon Street to solve Navy related crimes, is somewhat flaky, but with a good enough cast, they could pull it off. But what is missing is the something different to make CBS go ahead with another NCIS series. NCIS LA has the undercover angle, though that premise seems to come and go depending on the episode. Honestly, I was hoping the New Orleans series could be a little bit darker in tone, make solving crimes more of a think piece along the lines of what "Homicide: Life on the Street" used to do. Like HLOTS did with Baltimore, New Orleans offers a very real, very raw, very exposed city landscape for NCIS. I hope they do more with it than just what happens in the French Quarter. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
