NCIS Episode Review: 9.17 Need to Know

Another “old school” NCIS episode and I loved it. It had a good case, a good “bad guy”, and lots of laugh out loud moments. I miss LOLing while I watch NCIS. Maybe I am getting hardened and cynical in my old age, but it takes a lot for a TV show to get a good laugh (not just a chuckle) out of me. Now, that’s not to say there weren’t things about the episode that I didn’t like, because there were two glaring problems for me, but I will get to those later. First up – what I liked:

 

( Need to Know Spoilers )

 

Our next episode (airing 03/20/12) is 9.18 The Tell which brings back JLC as Dr. Samantha Ryan and introduces her new right hand man played by Sean Astin (who GG says will be back for more episodes). 

Can you believe that we only have 7 more episodes until the end of Season 9?

NCIS Season 9 Episode Ratings

Season 9 Episode Ratings (final numbers)
9x01 Nature of the Beast: 4.3/12, 19.96 million
9x02 Restless: 4.2/12, 19.51 million
9x03 The Penelope Papers: 4.2/12, 19.35 million
9x04 Enemy on the Hill: 4.0/11, 18.98 million
9x05 Safe Harbor: 3.9/11, 19.41 million
9x06 Thirst: 4.1/12, 19.43 million
9x07 Devil's Triangle: 3.9/11, 19.71 million
9x08 Engaged (Part 1): 4.1/11, 20.38 million
9x09 Engaged (Part 2): 4.0/11, 20.00 million
9x10 Sins of the Father: 3.5/10, 18.45 million
9x11 Newborn King: 3.6/10, 19.13 million
9x12 Housekeeping: 4.1/11, 19.81 million

9x13 A Desperate Man: 4.1/11, 21.03 million
9x14 Life Before His Eyes: 4.2/11, 20.98 million
9x15 Secrets: 3.9/11, 19.59 million
9x16 Psych Out: 3.6/10, 19.29 million 
9x17 Need to Know: 3.5/9, 18.20 million
9x18 The Tell:
9x19 The Good Son:
9x20
9x21
9x22
9x23
9x24

Season low.  Looks like 2 million folks missed out on a really good episode.  Lost ground in demographics and in total viewership.  All in all - still strong numbers, and most shows would kill for a season low of 18 million.