We, like so many others, are huge fans of police/detective procedurals, and long time fans of NCIS series. Our favorite remains the main NCIS show which we watch every week in season, and we own most of the DVDs.
We never could get into NCIS Los Angeles. We tried several episodes but it just didn't click with us.
When NCIS New Orleans came on the scene we knew it had a better chance of grabbing our attention with Scott Bakula in the lead role. We keep watching it every week but, although there are many things we like about it, there are a couple of irritations that want to drive us away.
As a personal preference my wife and I do not enjoy story lines that run over two or more episodes. I think the latest, involving the New Orleans mayor, spanned at least six episodes. Each week we kept hoping it would climax and we could move on. But it dragged on week after week. We were quite relieved when that thread of a story ended. We'd really like to see some basic sleuthing in self contained single episodes.
The other thing that drives us crazy is the camera motion. Some directors think it adds to the realism to have the camera person move, shake, or preposition the camera relative to the actors throughout the entire program. It is so bad in some episodes that we actually have to look away from the TV screen hoping the movement will be over when we look back. It distracts us from the story and characters. It was particularly bad in this episode.
We can live with multi-episode story lines, but don't like them. But the camera movement may be the thing that drives us away. The combination of the two is getting hard to take.
We love all of the actors and characters. The New Orleans setting is rich in color and culture. The show has such promise but is only getting 5 stars from us.