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Chock-full of bad Aussie cliches, some very unbelievable plot lines and a few episodes and characterisations we could have done without, it doesn't take a Rhodes scholar to realise that NCIS: Sydney was made for the North American audience, given there are many sweeping establishing shots showing off Sydney and surrounds in each episode. Bondi Beach is a favourite, naturally. Sydney and it's surrounds is arguably the real star of this show. My hometown has rarely looked more spectacular.

The real-life AUKUS agreement gives showrunners a chance to combine Australian Federal Police and NCIS elements into a taskforce, loosely overseen by both NCIS out of Singapore and a DOD colonel based in Sydney.

Take out episodes 2-5 and you have a much better show than if you include them. Todd Lasance does a decent job as Jim 'JD' Dempsey, and as we got further into the series, we started to get a better idea of what makes each of the characters tick. Olivia Swann is effective as Special Agent Mackie. Tuuli Narkle and Sean Sagar do their thing as Evie Cooper and D'Shawn Jackson - though I do wish they could have done it with a lot less bickering / childish banter - and I thought Aussie veteran William McInnes was great as Roy Penrose, the medical examiner. Even Mavournee Hazel as Bluebird Gleeson started growing on me in the last few episodes. Before that, though, she was insufferable.

Reading the reviews from people who say they don't like this iteration of NCIS because it isn't believable have got to be kidding.

Honest question: when has anything about any of these shows EVER been believable? Granted, there are parts of "Gone Fission" that are completely over the top and absurdly unbelievable...but still. This isn't a documentary - it's entertainment. And splashy entertainment at that.

I hope we get a second season, because the characters and plots were getting better...and I want to see a resolution to the finale's intriguing cliffhanger.

The lead NCIS agent, played by Olivia Swann is ridiculous. She has no personality, no panache and is essentially despicable from the very beginning. I'm sorry I wasted time on this. The premise of protesting a nuclear submarine in Sydney is ridiculous. The rest of the cast is nothing but a bunch of 30 somethings trying to be funny and not succeeding. Jethro would be throwing conniption fits if he was there. The writing is juvenile to go along with the cast. Absolutely no need to give it a second look. The pathologist was the best part and NCIS treated him with no respect. Borderline insulting in fact. But again it was impossible to get over how awful the lead actress was and move on. I thought NCIS: Hawaii was a step down. This is falling off a cliff.

It's clear that none of the spin offs have the momentum the original has had over the years.

I hate the Australian cliche stuff, people Australia is like any other developed country not a landmark or cbd.

This spin off confuses me because the US marines do rotations through Australia but not Sydney, I didn't think the US had a fleet presence in Australia so it just doesn't make sense how they will make this work unless they intend to have drunken sailor brawls from the us navy visits that don't happen. It probably would have been better off being called NCIS Australia because most defence operations in Australia don't happen in SYDNEY!!

This just seems like a government tourism advertisement rather than a procedural like the ncis original.

Also bud is made in Australia not the USA for our market so just promote Australian product at least.

This needs plenty of work and to have the longevity of the original and the following it's very hard to replicate the results because the casting was right on with the original.

Also of all the place in Australia the guy is from Gumly Gumly why would you pick that place between Wagga and forest hill on the Sturt hwy? Most boring place in the world.

Lost me.