Long time bellasario fans will know that Mitch pileggi and John Jackson are 2 different actors.
8 Reviews
Not a grave error
davestandard122426 April 2020
Good story with problems carefully handled
akicork20 December 2022
Warning: Spoilers
From a general point of view, this episode advances a possible relationship between Bishop and Torres and increases our mistrust of CIA Officer Clark. I have given a "helpful" uptick to mathman1's review. The scene in the factory where the question of chlorine is being discussed struck me, as it did mathman1, as out of joint with reality. It should have been scripted differently. Perhaps a different substance could have been found to fill the role of "chemical weapon". However, I think we should not be too hard on the production team. Often in developing a script, scientific concepts, even general life concepts, have to be simplified to allow the story to flow and the audience to grasp it. Here we have simplification of historical and political events that would really have cluttered up the script. I have been digging around on the Web (mostly in Wikipedia) and have found information which may clarify the dilemmas faced by the writers. The use of chlorine as a weapon of war was banned by the Geneva Protocol (not Convention) of the late 1920s, as an extension of the turn-of-the-century Hague Conventions. Production (for any reason) was not prohibited by the Protocol since, as mathman1 points out, chlorine is a highly useful substance with many applications. Where would today's world be without polyvinylchloride (PVC)? More general controls were not tackled until the Chemical Weapons Convention in the 1990s. It extends controls to the manufacture, transport and storage of chemical weapons. It came into force in the USA in 1997 (with some other steps along the way), which ties in with the discussion in the script about the chemical company's involvement with military applications of chlorine. In that illustration of events over a century lies the scriptwriter's problem (in this area) - how much complexity can they include without confusing or boring the audience, or ending with a complete mess of a script? Salutations to all involved.
The X-Files??
stnfordfan9 January 2019
Don't need to see the insides of the cadavours!
jaccer119 January 2019
Toil and Trouble
bobcobb3019 January 2019
Warning: Spoilers
Not as bad as some of the recent Season 16 episodes, but NCIS truly has lost its mojo.
There was nothing to this episode. They have pulled the fake chemical attack/bombing to trick the villain on these shows too many times.
There was nothing to this episode. They have pulled the fake chemical attack/bombing to trick the villain on these shows too many times.
Not great.
harrykivi24 January 2021
Chlorine Gas is an Industrial Gas produced in Massive Quantities
mathman126 August 2021
A report indicated that in 2006, the US produced 12.2 million metric tons and the World produced 55 million metric tons for commercial use. It is easily produced from one the cheapest most common material on earth. The idea that this material was banned from production after WWI and destroyed (recombined) for safety becomes more ridiculous the more I think about it. Doesn't anyone in the NCIS staff know anything about basic chemistry? Haven't they heard of chlorination of drinking water for killing waterborne diseases such as bacteria.
Grave error
lindagore10 January 2019
Long time bellasario fans know that the protagonist in this episode is retired Admiral Chegweddon from Jag and in 2013, NCIS and later NCIS Los Angeles. For that actor to play someone else, he needs to look different. It was distracting and it shows that they are no longer paying attention to detail. I suppose it's had it's run and to be expected. Very disappointed.
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