NCIS 9.24 Till Death Do Us Part Promo

For Swithers (who ships Zibbs)

snagged from my Tumblr dash

Has anyone else noticed?

That the past few NCIS episodes are ending at 8:56?

That's four minutes of team goodness that we are missing out on.

What gives?  I wonder if scenes are being cut because they maybe don't pass storyline muster or if the writers just ran out steam?  LOL

Yeah, my weird little brain obsesses over things and inconsistencies - it's the engineer in me.

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: 3.4/10, 19.05 million 
9x19 The Good Son: 3.5/10, 18.67 million
9x20 The Missionary Position: 3.1/9, 17.66 million
9x21  Rekindled: 3.0/9, 18.08 million
9x22 Playing With Fire: 3.1/10, 17.58 million
9x23 Up in Smoke: 3.1/10, 18.20 million
9x24 Till Death Do Us Part: