NCIS: New Orleans (TV Series) Poetic Justice (2017) User Reviews

Poetic Justice

[bobcobb301 · 7/10 · 9 July 2017]

Was this a classic? No, not by any stretch, but this was most of the eventful and impactful episodes of TV the NCIS franchise has given us in a long time.

We saw an agent get pushed over the edge, we saw real emotion and we actually saw a believable villain in the Mayor. We knew Steven Weber wouldn't be on this show forever, but NCIS: New Orleans was lucky enough to have him recur for three years.

Him going down was a great moment, and this was probably some of Scott Bakula's best work in many, many years.

Strong way to close out the season.

This show is ridiculous

[mikemayo1 · 1/10 · 29 September 2019]

Just the highlight. Pride is surrounded by NO police, to include SWAT, Raymond Isler calls the task force lead and tells them to stand down. So instead of having them follow Pride and assist with disarming the bomb they just watch him go. That is just ridiculous and infuriating this didn't dawn on the writers to think "Hey that's kind of stupid and it actually endangers the mission" I can't believe this show still has viewers, I only watch reruns when there is nothing else on

Dumb,

[r-bonner · 1/10 · 25 April 2021]

Ruined show for me. Don't like characters who are despicable as villains. Maybe that's what writers wanted and the series new character villain is obvious.

Multi-episode stories and camera movement may drive us away

[jdonalds-5 · 5/10 · 18 May 2017]

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.

Quality wrapup

[lor_ · 8 July 2023]

Season finale wraps up the problems our intrepid team has been having with bureaucracy and the corrupt locals, in finally setting things right. Acting and dramatics hold up well, seen some six years later, now that the overall series is in the history books.

Bakula is the key element to thrusting this extended tale forward to its conclusion, as he bulls his way past a minefield of obstacles to foil a dastardly plan. Opening scene of this episode is vividly staged on a rooftop with panoramic views of the scenic locale - a long way from the backlot look of the bulk of Hollywood tv action shows from the past.

Especially effective is the momentary plotting gimmick of the team working apart from Bakula, by his design, with the set-up for the episode making him more of a suspect than the bad guys, The stakes are much higher (befitting a season-ending show) than the usual "solving a case and catching the bad guys" format of a police procedural show.