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NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service: Dead Man Talking (2004)
Extremely Transphobic
I started watching NCIS in season 6, caught up and now I'm wrapping around to the beginning. DiNozzo's blatant sexism is on full display here, along with everyone's tolerance of it.
But what really drags everything in the episode down is the extreme transphobia written in. The plot point of Lt. Voss faking her death to both get away with fraud and make a clean break of a gender transition is fine, and could be interesting. What's completely reprehensible is the team refusing to respect a clear, obvious transition including misgendering Lt Voss/Amanda Reed, acting disgusted by her transition, and acting like it didn't happen in any way until a quick (mocking) reference to GRS at the end.
Yes, as other reviewers have mentioned, this was written over 10 years ago. That doesn't mean we can't decide now that it represents hate and a profound disrespect.
Also, if Tony was as good as he thinks he is, he would have been able to cover after he got that phone call.