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[edit] Individual Episode Guides

It would be nice if each episode had it's own page with it's own episode guide and everything, which lists the guest actors and gives a plot summary and all that —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.100.222.182 (talk • contribs)

Yes, it would be. Feel free to do it, I stopped after 5x11 because I lack the time to do it. You are welcome to do it :-) --SoWhy Talk 17:08, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Spoilers

GODDAMN!!!! Cut the spoilers please. After _______'s death. What the hell. Come on... --74.237.227.42 (talk) 20:05, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Please read WP:SPOILER. --SoWhy Talk 20:32, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Pilot broadcast

I read somewhere that the JAG pilot 2-parter was edited down into a single episode and aired during one of the regular seasons (presumably the first season). Can anyone confirm that? If true, it should be noted. 23skidoo 21:40, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

I am not sure if that is true, but the versions I have seen in Australia have been in two separate 45 minutes episodes. Jayzamann 05:27, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Help

To anyone, who reads this: It would be nice if people who like NCIS could help with episode guides, screenshots and, beginning with season 4, to help filling the single episodes' articles with infos. TIA --SoWhy Talk 08:52, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Organizing Episodes

I think the episode list should be more like the one of M*A*S*H, with a different page for each season and a main page consisting of an overview of each season.

I am able to make this however if anyone objects to this please let me know. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mhrmaw (talk • contribs) 08:10, 23 January 2007 (UTC).

First off, let me say thanks for uploading all those screen shots. Second, thanks too for starting articles on those episodes, I started myself on season 4 but work and study keep me occupied pretty much, so thanks for this great help.
So, to your suggestion, I'd say, that's not the most important and needed task. It works for Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis with more than those amount of episodes listed. I think a split should not be done before it is really needed, it just fragments things unnecessarily.
PS: Please sign your posts with --~~~~ in the future :-) --SoWhy Talk 20:41, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Episode Page style

Hi there, fellow NCIS-fans. First off, thanks for creating new sub pages for episodes. On further pages, I would like you to consider using the following template so that all episode pages have a familiar structured look. Criticism is welcome, but please try to use it. Makes it easier. :-)

Template:

{{Infobox Television episode 
| Title = Episode Name
| Colour = 
| Series = [[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]
| Season = S
| Episode = EE
| Image = [[Image:IMAGE-NAME.EXT|250px]]
| Airdate = DD Month YYYY 
| Production =
| Writer = Writer 1<br/>Writer 2<br/>Writer 3 etc.
| Director = Director 1<br/>Director 2 etc.
| Guests = [[Actor]] as [[Character]] (if recurring)<br/>[[Actor]] as [[Character]] etc.
| Episode list = [[List of NCIS episodes|Episode chronology]]
| Prev = [[Previous Episode (NCIS)|Previous Episode]]
| Next = [[Next Episode (NCIS)|Next Episode]]
}}
"'''Episode Name'''"  is an  episode  of the [[drama]] [[television series]] ''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]''.

==Plot==
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==Quotes==

==Notes==

{{NCIS television}}

[[Category:NCIS episodes|S.EE: Episode Name]]

Notes:
Most of it should be self-explanatory. "S" denotes the Season Number (e.g. 4), "EE" the episode number (e.g. 12). Both of them in including the category will help sorting episodes chronologically in Category:NCIS episodes.
The usage of "'''List of NCIS episodes'''" is an episode of the [[science fiction]] [[television series]] ''[[Stargate SG-1]]''. is explained here.
If you have further questions or remarks or criticism, please tell me. If not, please use this template :-). --SoWhy Talk 22:54, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

One thing, for tvep, it defaults to science-fiction, and you will need to use the Genre attribute. Whats the official/standard one to use? --Sigz 01:51, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
You are right. Wikipedia classifies NCIS as "drama", thus I edited "genre=drama" into the above template :-) --SoWhy Talk 14:29, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
I've also noticed that the season number is not showing..leading to confusion in articles like Singled Out (NCIS) --Sigz 21:03, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
The template:
"'''Episode Name'''" is an episode of the [[drama]] [[television series]] ''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]''. does not add the name of the season in the text.
For example "The Good Wives Club" is the 2<sup>nd</sup> episode of the drama television series NCIS..
Can someone please edit this template so that the season is indicated? Mhrmaw 03:13, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
It is not intented to do that and should not. Season and episode number are provided in the box to the right. What need is there to mention it again in the entrance sentence? Someone looking up an episode usually has no use for season and episode number... --SoWhy Talk 09:22, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Do we have a general consensus? I've tried to understand your template :P, but I've been looking and I can't seem to find a general template. I'm willing to add in details, but some of this is a little too complicated for me. If somebody could help me understand the code, I could start writing up plots. Winged Talon 04:09, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

We should have. As far as I can see all existing episode articles have the info box on the right and the general layout. If you want to fill in plot details for an existing article, just add it below the "==Plot==" part. If you want to create a new page to replace one of those deleted, I'd suggest you copy the content of another article and just change the details. See for example Brothers In Arms (NCIS) how it could/should look like.
I'd say you try yourself, that's why there is as "preview" button after all. If you did one article, if you like, you can leave me a note on my talk page and I will look over it. Also if you have further specific questions, feel free to leave a note :-) --SoWhy Talk 09:14, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Two Part Episodes

Is there any reason why two part episodes have to be in the same article?

Just because they share the same title does not mean that they are the same.

Doing this means a lot more information in the info box. Eg: This is from the info box from the episode Kill Ari

{{Infobox Television episode | Title = Kill Ari 
| Colour = 
| Series = [[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]
| Season = 3
| Episode = 1 and 2
| Image = [[image:NCIS-03x01.jpg|250px]]
| Airdate = [[September 20]], [[2005]]<br/>[[September 27]], [[2005]]
| Production = 03x01<br/>03x02
| Writer = [[Donald P. Bellisario]]
| Director = [[Dennis Smith]] (Part 1)<br/>[[James Whitmore Jr.]] (Part 2)
| Guests = [[Rudolf Martin]] as [[Ari Haswari]]<br/>[[Pancho Demmings]] as [[Gerald Jackson]]<br/>[[Lauren Holly]] as [[Jenny Shepard]]</br>[[Alan Dale]] as [[Tom Morrow]]
| Episode list = [[List of NCIS episodes|Episode chronology]]
| Prev = [[Twilight (NCIS episode)]]| Next = [[Mind Games (NCIS)|Mind Games]]
}}

If it was on separate pages you would not have to specify who wrote and directed each part and you would not have two separate air dates.

It is not necessary to have them on the same page.

If you will see other shows such as Charmed, House and even Buffy the Vampire Slayer have two part episodes on separate pages. Mhrmaw 04:11, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

As MatthewFenton pointed out on your talk page, it is a consensus amongst other editors to do it like that, with shows like The Simpsons or Stargate (who have a large number of dedicated editors) doing it. Even if I did not agree with Matthew in the past and we had our little fights, I have to agree with him now and I think, we should do it like that.
As I already said, the question should not be "Is there too much Info?" or "Did they air together?" but "Do the share the same name?" and "Could they be shown consecutively?". For example, if the producers wanted to have episodes even if they end with "to be continued" separated, they used different names, like "Ice Queen" and "Meltdown". "Kill Ari" and "Hiatus" on the other hand do not only share the same name but could be shown consecutively.
The work you have with different directors and writers for part 1 and 2 is not as much as it looks like. Mostly such episodes share the same writer and/or director and it saves work with guest stars who usually are the same. Also, someone looking up a multipart-episode does not care for part 1 or 2 but wants to know everything that happens in it. That's why it's called multipart-episode because if you look at it, it's only one episode, but longer. See the "Ice Queen"/"Meltdown" example for those where this is not the case. --SoWhy Talk 13:41, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cashed Out?

An episode entitled Cashed Out has been added to the episode list in season four, however according to TV.com and imdb.com no such episode exists.

Could someone please, either verify the existence of this episode or delete it.

Thank you. Mhrmaw 10:22, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

I think that is an old name for "Blockback", it was listed at TVRage iirc. I corrected it with the TVRage Infos. --SoWhy Talk 17:38, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] references or sources?

The TV episode Switch has this message:

{{Unreferenced|date=February 2007}}

It's only a TV episode. Why does it need to cite it's references or sources? Mhrmaw 01:36, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

It's nonsense. I removed it. --SoWhy Talk 17:38, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] deleted pages

Why were all the pages deleted?

This reason was stupid and not true. They were not copied from the site mentioned. I made a few of the pages and have never been there. Where can I discuss this? Lizzie Harrison 17:53, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Unfortunately, one of the users (I think Mhrmaw) did copy+paste content from TV.com into the articles and an admin deleted all of them because a stupid user tagged them for deletion. I complained myself and will get those wrongly deleted restored and I suggest you do the same here. --SoWhy Talk 18:27, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
  • See WP:UNDEL for the process to have those pages restored. — MrDolomite | Talk 18:53, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
I've created the Pilot episodes as stubs, right now I don't have time to do the rest but you can quickly create the pages with this template: {{subst:User:MatthewFenton/episode|Episode=Meltdown|Image=ICEQueen2|Season=8|No=21|Synopsis=The second part of the cliffhanger, the NCIS team continues to investigate the death of a JAG following leads that stretch to Moscow, Russia.|Date=[[April 29]], [[2003]]|Prev=Ice Queen (JAG)|Next=Yankee White (NCIS)}} which transforms into (an example page) Ice Queen (JAG). thanks/Fenton, Matthew Lexic Dark 52278 Alpha 771 11:48, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] End of Season 4 and Season 5?

Some edits from an anonymous IP have resulted in some new episodes in season 4, as well as some season 5? The edits have something wrong with the formatting, as well. Can anyone verify that this is not some kind of April fools joke? Where did this info come from? The same user put a section in the show's main article about a new character that supposedly replaces Gibbs, giving his name as Mark Thompson. He also blanked out the article on the actual Mark Thompson, Director-General of the BBC, since that is the name of this alleged character. If this information is correct, then fine. I don't know if it's true or not, so I'm not going to touch it. ----Steve 20:52, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

As long as there are no sources backing those claims, any adds should be removed or at least commented out using HTML <!-- and --> Tags. As much as I don't like using WP:V for every possible info on Wikipedia, if information is given in articles about things people cannot check (for example by watching the episodes in question), a reliable source has to be cited in favor of it. As neither TVRage nor TV.com list any more episodes, these claims yet need to be verified imho. --SoWhy Talk 23:24, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Season 5?

If there is a season 5 should we make a second article because this is getting long?--Migospia 09:51, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

I don't think so. List of Stargate SG-1 episodes has 10 seasons in one article without problems. --SoWhy Talk 13:10, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Featured List

Hi there, whoever has a look here. I think, this list prospered quite well the last few months, making it a very good overview of NCIS's episodes. I thought thus that we should propose it as a Featured List Candidate. It needs some improvements still, like ALT-Texts for the images (see Wikipedia:Featured list criteria), but maybe we can pull it off. What do you all think? --SoWhy Talk 21:37, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Expand / Plots

As mentioned by multiple persons here, most of the plot "summaries" are, at the moment, teasers, which do only summarize the first few minutes of an episode. Please help by changing those to 2-4 sentences-long summaries which include the most important plot developments if you are able to. As usual, if you have the time, please try to create more articles for the as of yet red-links (episodes without their own article). TIA. --SoWhy Talk 12:46, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

I've begun expanding the episode descriptions, from Yankee White to Sub Rosa. Will do the rest of Season 1 when I have time to sit down and watch the DVDs, then will move on to the rest systematically.
Kouen 10:50, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
Thank you very much! :-) --SoWhy Talk 12:06, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
My pleasure. :) I'm done with Season 1, room for improvement of course (always is) but it works. Will do Season 2/3 over the weekend. Kouen 16:26, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Season 5

Episode 5 - Leap of Faith - Air-date: October 23 2007 - Episode 99 Episode 6 - Chimera - Air-date: November 06 2007 - Episode 100

I tried to put it into tables but it did not work


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I would add it but do you have a source for this information? (TV.com is not really a good source for such information because like WP anyone can add it without any source given) --SoWhy Talk 09:12, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
No the source is TV.com so it is very unreliable

Scoreed 09:31, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] More Season 5

IMDB list - Not a very reliable source but it is also stated across more websites aswell.

CBS wiki - Offical CBS NCIS Wiki site

  • Season 5, Episode 5: Chimera - Episode 99
  • Season 5, Episode 6: Leap of Faith - Episode 100
  • Season 5, Episode 7: Requiem - Episode 101
  • Season 5, Episode 8: Designated Target - Episode 102

Scoreed 09:26, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

The NCIS Wiki might be another wiki but it is more reliable because CBS endorses it's existence. I have written a message to the editors who added those episodes over at the NCIS wiki and asked if they had a source for those episodes. We can decide after I get a reply :-) --SoWhy Talk 14:36, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
5-7 can be also found on SpoilerFix. I added 5x05 now with a FutonCritic Press release and 5x06-08 with the four sources who mention them and a note that they were not confirmed. That should cover WP:V. --SoWhy Talk 17:19, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
On the contrary, it doesn't cover WP:V. This is highlighted in WP:V and Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. The fact that the information is found in more than one source (in this case, four) does not justify their reliability or the verifiability of the information. In most cases, the information is copied from one site to another. According to WP:V, "Questionable sources should only be used in articles about themselves." CBS' wiki, IMDb and TV.com are all "questionable" sources as they can be freely edited by the public. SpoilerFix should not be used as a source on the account of the verifiability and reliability of the "spoilers". The sources used for any articles in Wikipedia must be reliable and verifiable, which do not include the CBS' wiki, IMDb, TV.com or SpoilerFix. -- Ladida 11:38, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
You have not explained why SpoilerFix is not reliable, you just say they are not. Unless you can bring a good reason, I see none to exclude it, as they carefully review the spoilers and do not just include everything anyone tells them... --SoWhy Talk 12:42, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
I did. I said that their spoilers can't be verified. Moreover, SpoilerFix is not notable. How do you know that they carefully review their information? And how do they know that their information is accurate? For any information on future episodes, we have to rely on press releases or material published by a reliable and reputable source, which does not include SpoilerFix. Regards, Ladida 23:48, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tribes

Any reason or speculation as to why Tribes didn't air tonight? JanderVK (talk) 02:24, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

I think the strike!

MyView (talk) 05:06, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

I'm thinking it was either that (a last minute pull), or a more "controversial" reason. I was just wondering what others think, or if we can get some answers. JanderVK (talk) 11:04, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
I think it's the 2007 WGA strike as well. Afaik Tribes is the last episode they have finished and I guess they hope to settle the strike within the next time or at least have something new for the new year (I mean before Xmas noone really cares for new episodes anyway). --SoWhy Talk 11:12, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
Even though it was already filmed, they did not show it till tonight due to the strike. They don't know when they can show the next show, so they're showing reruns as filler. --MahaPanta (talk) 02:22, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Internal Affairs

Whoever keeps adding the killer in the episode, please stop, not everyone has seem the episode and not everyone wants it spoiled —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.223.174.64 (talk) 05:07, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Bit late, but yes, I did. For further references, see WP:SPOILER. --SoWhy Talk 17:08, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Links to Individual Episodes

Why are the titles of each of the episodes linked back to the List of NCIS episodes page? If the episode pages were removed, why weren't the links? QuasiAbstract (talk) 02:48, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Now someone is using a redirect, and Tribes leads to Tribes (series).--MahaPanta (talk) 03:50, 16 January 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Season 6

Season 6 will have 28 episodes. The First Episode is rumored to be called Heartland - "A Marine gets in a brawl inside a bar. When the bouncers kick him out, he finds two Marine buddies barely breathing between the trash cans. One doesn't survive and the team is called in to investigate. Gibbs goes back to his home town, where we meet his father. Tony, Abby, Ziva and McGee also appear." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.169.109.189 (talk) 09:01, 2 June 2008 (UTC)