A Gibbs failure

Much as I enjoy the "NCIS" twins on CBS, I had a major problem Tuesday night with the first part of a prospective spin-off, set in New Orleans.

The lawmen committed several crimes during the course of the story, including Scott Bakula's character, King, who threw an obnoxious jerk across the hood of a car. Somebody else slammed a suspect's head into a table. Maybe that was King, too.

Now, could be, lawmen have different rules in Louisiana than in the rest of the United States, being as it's the South and all, but these acts of violence are firing offenses, and maybe even jailing offenses. Maybe the suspects had it coming, but our police cannot start behaving like they work for Mr. Putin's secret police. For some, that behavior started long ago, in reality and in fiction.

Come on, "NCIS," you're better than that.

Plus, the witty dialogue's starting to feel like the worst of the James Bond movies. It's especially strained in "NCIS: Los Angeles."

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