NCIS Favorite Episode.

Kanewpadle · Nov 1, 2016

What's yours?

Been binge watching NCIS lately from the beginning.

Wish I could find the entire episode for free but this is a clip from my favorite. (So far) Titled "Call of Silence"

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or5wIJ5eQCg[/ame]

bigchuck83 · Nov 1, 2016

That is one of my favorite episodes. There have been several great ones though.

boykinlp · Nov 2, 2016

One of my favorites as well. The part you showed brings a tear every time. When DiNozzo reveals the Medal of Honor and everyone snaps to attention, including the JAG (rhymes with witch), it is great!

ACORN · Nov 2, 2016

IMO that was the best episode! I have to admit I had to wipe a tear from my eye when Durning was dancing with Kate while sing along to the music.
I earned a new respect for Durning after learning he was a Battle of the Bulge survivor, and read he was haunted by the memories.

ACORN · Nov 2, 2016

boykinlp said:
One of my favorites as well. The part you showed brings a tear every time. When DiNozzo reveals his Medal of Honor and everyone snaps to attention, including the JAG (rhymes with witch), it is great!

Having not served in the military and admittedly having little knowledge of it, I wonder how true to actual fact that part is? That scene in the show impressed me and I hope it is true.

Texas Star · Nov 2, 2016

I like the episodes with Ellie Bishop. (Emily Wickersham) I like her better than I did Ziva David.

Note in the video that this is the Navy Medal of Honor, also awarded to Marines, as the USMC comes under the Dept. of the Navy. The Army and the USAF have separate designs of the same award.

The same applies to the next highest decoration. What the Army calls the Distinguished Service Cross, the USAF calls the Air Force Cross and the Navy and Marines have the Navy Cross.
They have the same status, but are different designs.

I thought this might interest Acorn, the non-vet who asked about the scene. I have no idea if the scene is valid, but it wouldn't amaze me. I think that at least, all present would rise on seeing the Medal of Honor.

I've never met a recepient. There are only about 71 or so living, and unless you attend a ceremony where they're present, you likely won't meet one.

Many do attend new awards of the Medal, and you can see them and usually hear the President acknowledge them before he presents a new award, on YouTube.

soFlaNative · Nov 2, 2016

Not a fan of those type shows but way back in '05 after Wilma touched us the only station my gen powered TV could pick up was CBS. I saw the opening credits with Harmon and thought lightweight, but his old man was cool. I perked up when I saw Ziva swimming then David McCallum showed and since I didn't have anything better to do I kicked back and watched.

The episode dealt with an exhumed body from a Civil War era iron coffin and when one of the assistants pointed out a digital watch the corpse was wearing I got hooked. I caught reruns from the fist couple seasons over the years and the wife and I make a point to try to catch the show to this day.

Texas Star · Nov 2, 2016

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRIKrQW2qL0[/ame]

See who makes America's medals of valor and how.

If a person earns more than one award of the same medal, they get a little item called an Oak Leaf Cluster to wear on the ribbon symbolizing the medal.

For instance, the first time my son was wounded in Iraq, he received the Purple Heart. He was later wounded again on two separate occasions, for each of which he received a cluster to his basic medal.

I'm not sure if anyone has received the Medal of Honor more than once. I do know the British equivalent, the Victoria Cross, has been awarded to three men on a second occasion. Two were medical officers who showed extreme valor in saving wounded men under very heavy fire in WWI. The third was a New Zealander, Capt. Charles H. Upham, VC and Bar. His gallantry was acknowleged for battles in North Africa in WWII.

ColbyBruce · Nov 2, 2016

ACORN said:
Having not served in the military and admittedly having little knowledge of it, I wonder how true to actual fact that part is? That scene in the show impressed me and I hope it is true.

When I was a teenager I drove to Hartsfield Int. airport here in Atlanta to pick up my aunt and uncle. Uncle Jack was retired Army. We passed a group of soldiers at the baggage claim, one was a gunnery sargent covered in ribbons and medals and a CMOH around his neck. My uncle snapped to attention and saluted him; and so did a half dozen other men waiting on their luggage. Having seen this, I believe the NCIS was accurate.

Texas Star · Nov 2, 2016

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoEZKyIAPIQ[/ame]

VIEW WITH CAUTiON: HAS STRONG EMOTIONAL CONTENT

See CBS News Chief Foreign Correspondent Lara Logan interview SSgt. Sal Giunta, MH, the first man to receive a Medal of Honor since the Vietnam war.

Giunta is also among the most articulate and expressive recepients of the award, and you can see here how it affected him. Note that another sergeant in the video was with him that terrible night when Giunta displayed the extreme valor that resulted in the award. This man received the Silver Star for his own actions that night. Note the expression on his face when asked how Giunta looked after learning that the man whom he recovered had died.Classic understatement...

This isn't NCIS or another TV show, folks. These are the real heroes, talking about themselves. Their stress is evident.

I think Lara Logan, a South African from Durban, has more rapport with our troops than any other major journalist, and they probably were more forthcoming with her than they'd be with most. I can't say why here, as it has to do with politics in the mass media.

Watch this, "60 Minutes" feature all the way through. You'll meet an extraordinary man or two and learn what one endured before earning the nation's highest award for gallantry in battle.

Near the end, you'll hear about the entitlements the recepient receives in addition to the Medal. You seldom hear about those today.

Donn · Nov 2, 2016

Absolutely the best episode, Kwane. All investigation, no shoot-em-up. And, despite what others here have said, Alicia Coppola, who plays Lt.Cmdr Faith Coleman, is a sho nuff babe.

Longhorn1986 · Nov 2, 2016

NCIS was a great show, especially the early ones with Kate. Sadly, the past 3-4 years have been way too PC and I quit watching. Way too much underlying agenda in the newer scripts.

Tom S. · Nov 2, 2016

This is one of my favorite and most memorable scenes. Oldsters here will get it, the youngsters may have to use Google.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFp-rsQEpxM"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFp-rsQEpxM[/ame]

FPrice · Nov 2, 2016

"Medal of Honor" was certainly one of the two or three best NCIS episodes. Great story, terrific acting (Charles Durning is one of the all time greats).

But in my opinion it is tied with "Silent Night" for the best. That was the story of a Viet Nam vet who goes off-grid and is present at the scene of a double murder just before Christmas. Gibbs and crew find him at the Viet Nam Veterans Memorial, remembering a friend who died taking his place on a patrol (they were both Navy Corpsmen assigned to a Marine Unit).

The DC police want to railroad him for the murder (after all he was there) without any investigation but Gibbs just won't let that happen.

Peter Coyote is outstanding as the suspect, the back story is heart-wrenching, and the way this whole episode unfolds makes for a great story.

TV series can be rather **-hum, but when you get a good crew and a good story together it is outstanding.

Peter S · Nov 2, 2016

Yes, only an oldster would have picked up on it. It made me chuckle when I saw that scene.

Tom S. said:
This is one of my favorite and most memorable scenes. Oldsters here will get it, the youngsters may have to use Google.

NCIS- Ducky and Illya - YouTube

olcop · Nov 2, 2016

MOH

ACORN said:
IMO that was the best episode! I have to admit I had to wipe a tear from my eye when Durning was dancing with Kate while sing along to the music.
I earned a new respect for Durning after learning he was a Battle of the Bulge survivor, and read he was haunted by the memories.

This was my favorite episode too, although Charles Durning was a hero in his own right--he till carried shrapnel in his body from his wounds in combat.
olcop

ACP230 · Nov 2, 2016

A favorite episode for me is in Season Six.
Ziva David sings "Temptation" in a blue dress.

The one in which Gibb's father is searching for a pilot
from World War II is also a good one.

ZBill · Nov 2, 2016

Amazingly, I just caught the very end of this NCIS episode on USA.

Season 2, Episode 7

Arik · Nov 2, 2016

ZBill said:
Amazingly, I just caught the very end of this NCIS episode on USA.

Season 2, Episode 7

Yea it's an old one. The actress playing Kate left at the end of that season. Asking to be released from her contract because she didn't think the show would last

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31FordA · Nov 2, 2016

Texas Star;139315981 I'm not sure if anyone has received the Medal of Honor more than once. [/QUOTE said:
There are two Marines who earned the MOH twice, General Smedley D. Butler and Gunnery Sergeant Dan Daley. My grandfather actually met Butler when he was in charge of the Philadelphia Police Dept in the 1920's.

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