Quote: KLRiley @ April 29 2011, 12:03 PM BSTThanks for heads up. I will do so as it is so formulaic that by the time you fitted in all the usual suspects - Behind me, head slap, Ab's Caf Pow, Gibbs Coffee, Ducky's rambling, Fornell's possible appearance, the ex wives, Mc Geek doing something dumb but then something probably useful with a computer, Ziva's malapropisms and new ways to kill someone, the interrogation - there's not a whole lot of room left for this week's plot. And its a show which does carry a story arc.
I really got sick of it by about season 6 for that reason. Season 7 had a couple of redeeming episodes, but I think season 8 has really found its feet again. I'm desperate to try and come up with something fresh, sort of..bringing back what I loved about it, which definitely wasn't all their little quirks and archetypes!