For many seasons NCIS was good entertainment. Some of the episodes were better quality than you'd ever expect to see in a TV Series, and "Call of Silence" was the very best of all of them. For years NCIS managed to make cast changes while maintaining the high quality. But the anchors were always Jethro Gibbs and Tony DiNozzo. When Michael Weatherly left after Season 13, the Series appeal declined. It also seemed like Mark Harmon had one foot out the door several years before he finally left in Season 19. The Abby character Became more and more irritating as time passed, and I wish she had exited the series long before she actually did. But the key to a long lasting series is the scripts. The episodes increasingly showed that the writers lacked the inspiration they kept for many seasons. My 8 rating is for those good years.
