NCIS: Los Angeles season 1 explained

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The first season of the American television series premiered on CBS on September 22, 2009, and concluded on May 25, 2010.[1] It is the first spin-off series of NCIS. The series is set in Los Angeles, California, and follows the stories of the members of the Office of Special Projects, an undercover division of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS).[2] The show and its characters were introduced during the sixth-season episodes of NCIS titled "Legend (Part I)" and "Legend (Part II)". These episodes served as a backdoor pilot for the series.[3]

Season one was originally planned to have thirteen episodes. On October 7, 2009, after rating as the most watched new show of the Fall 2009 U.S. television season, CBS ordered a full set of 22 episodes,[4] which was extended to 24 episodes on November 4, 2009.[5]

NCIS: Los Angeles ranked #9 most watched series for the 2009-10 U.S. TV season with a total of 16.08 million viewers.[6]

Crew

The first season was produced by CBS Television Studios and Shane Brennan Productions and aired on the CBS network. The series was created by Shane Brennan as a spin-off from NCIS, which was created by Donald P. Bellisario. Brennan and R. Scott Gemmill served as executive producers.[7] The writers were Brennan, Gemmill, Dave Kalstein, Gil Grant, Speed Weed, Lindsay Sturman, Tim Clemente, Joseph C. Wilson, and Matt Pyken. Brennan served as the season's showrunner.[8]

Cast and characters

Main

Recurring

Guest appearances

Overview

The first season had 7 actors get star billing. Chris O'Donnell portrayed G. Callen, an NCIS Special Agent in charge of the Office of Special Projects team in Los Angeles.[9] Though his friends call him "G" he does not know what his first name is. LL Cool J portrays Sam Hanna, a former Navy SEAL working as a Senior NCIS agent.[9] Sam is G's partner and is very curious about his past. Kensi Blye portrayed by Daniela Ruah, a Junior Field agent on the NCIS Office of Special Projects who comes from a Marine family, studied forensics and criminology in college, and is fluent in Portuguese, lip reading, and Morse code. Adam Jamal Craig portrayed Dominic "Dom" Vail, the team's rookie agent.[10] After his character disappeared in the episode "Missing" he was changed to a guest star.[11] He was written out of the show in the episode "Found" when Dom was fatally wounded while trying to escape from his kidnappers. Peter Cambor portrayed Dr. Nathaniel "Nate" Getz, the operational psychologist working with NCIS observing surveillance tapes and watching or conducting interrogations in order to create psychological profiles of suspects.[12] Nate briefly expressed interest in doing field work but was dissuaded by everyone on the team. Barrett Foa portrayed Eric Beale, the technical operator for the OSP who serves as the primary contact both for agents in the field and with Director Leon Vance.[13] Foa was changed from guest starring to a starring role as of the thirteenth episode of the season. Linda Hunt portrayed Henrietta "Hetty" Lange, the Operations Manager at NCIS in Los Angeles.[9] Hetty has been compared to the character Q in the James Bond novels and films.[14] [15] She guest-starred in the first episode before being upgraded as a series regular the following episode.

Rocky Carroll had a recurring role as Leon Vance,[16] the Director of NCIS.

Brian Avers appeared in three episodes as Special Agent Mike Renko;[17] Pauley Perrette appeared in two episodes as Abby Sciuto,[18] the forensic specialist at NCIS headquarters. Eric Christian Olsen guest starred in two episodes as Marty Deeks,[19] the NCIS / LAPD Liaison Officer.

Episodes

Reception

Critic reception

NCIS: Los Angeles first season received mixed-to-positive reviews from television critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the season holds a 70% approval rating based on 30 reviews, with an average rating of 5.4/10. The site's critic consensus reads: "Much like the original, NCIS: Los Angeles employs high-tech gadgetry, likeable characters, and tight pacing, with similarly successful results."[20]

Awards and nominations

Year Association Category Nominee(s) Result
2010 [21]
[22]
LL Cool J
Daniela Ruah
Golden Globes (Portugal)Revelation Daniela Ruah [23]

Ratings

The series premiere episode, "Identity", drew approximately 18.73 million viewers with a 4.4/11 share in the 18- to 49-year-old demographic and therefore won its timeslot. It was the second most watched show of the week, behind the seventh season premiere of sister show NCIS which accumulated 20.61 million viewers.[24] However, ratings were down from the ninth season premiere of from the previous year, but was higher than the series premiere of The Mentalist, which occupied the same timeslot during the 2008-09 television season. The season finale, "Callen, G." was watched by 13.1 million viewers. For its first season, NCIS: Los Angeles was the 9th most watched new series on CBS with a total of 16.08 million viewers.

EpisodeUS ratingsCanada ratingsAustralia ratingsUK ratings
Original air dateViewers
(millions)
Viewers
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RankOriginal air dateViewers
(millions)
Week RankOriginal air dateViewers
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Week
Rank
NightWeek
"Identity"September 22, 200918.731.701[25] 214September 30, 20090.935[26] 40October 21, 20090.735[27] 5
"The Only Easy Day"September 29, 200917.401.927[28] 318October 7, 20090.915[29] 40October 21, 20090.5549
"Predator"October 6, 200916.311.926[30] 214October 14, 20091.435[31] 38October 28, 20090.56310
"Search and Destroy"October 13, 200915.381.857[32] 215October 21, 20091.052[33] 29October 28, 20090.5769
"Killshot"October 20, 200916.481.887[34] 213October 28, 20091.429[35] 36November 4, 20090.50710
"Keepin' It Real"November 3, 200915.291.788[36] 419November 11, 20091.293[37] 40November 4, 20090.5808
"Pushback"November 10, 200916.232.141[38] 213November 18, 20091.302[39] 39November 11, 20090.5308
"Ambush"November 17, 200914.871.890[40] 214March 23, 20101.25[41] [42] 40+November 18, 20090.4639
"Random on Purpose"November 24, 200917.221.929[43] 313March 30, 20101.3[44] 8November 25, 20090.5675
"Brimstone"December 15, 200917.500.917[45] 1129April 6, 20100.838[46] 40March 15, 2010<0.581-
"Breach"January 5, 201018.07[47] 1.582[48] 511April 13, 20101.24[49] 38March 22, 2010<0.480-
"Past Lives"January 12, 201015.601.399[50] 520April 20, 20100.771[51] 64March 29, 20100.5649
"Missing"January 26, 201016.941.239[52] 421April 27, 20100.898[53] 47April 5, 2010<0.511-
"LD50"February 2, 201016.421.770[54] 316May 4, 20101.36[55] 36April 12, 20100.5609
"The Bank Job"February 9, 201017.911.937[56] 318May 11, 20101.32[57] 39April 19, 20100.5747
"Chinatown"March 2, 201014.841.783[58] 217May 18, 20101.44[59] 34April 26, 2010<0.496-
"Full Throttle"March 9, 201017.001.832[60] 316May 25, 20101.42[61] 36May 3, 2010
"Blood Brothers"March 16, 201015.102.053[62] 36June 1, 20100.96413May 10, 2010
"Hand-to-Hand"April 6, 201013.791.741[63] 314June 8, 20100.916[64] 51May 17, 2010
"Fame"April 27, 201015.62N/AN/AN/AJune 15, 20100.946[65] 52May 24, 20100.48410
"Found"May 4, 201014.34N/AN/AN/AJune 22, 20100.817[66] 63May 31, 2010
"Hunted"May 11, 201016.04N/AN/AN/AJune 29, 20100.828[67] 58June 7, 20100.5357
"Burned"May 18, 201015.321.037[68] 1030July 6, 20101.046[69] 32June 14, 20100.4256
"Callen, G"May 25, 201013.230.785[70] 1230July 13, 20100.930[71] 47June 21, 20100.5612
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  40. Top Programs – Total Canada (English) November 16 - November 22, 2009. BBM Canada. November 18, 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120302192215/http://bbm.ca/_documents/top_30_tv_programs_english/nat11162009.pdf. March 2, 2012. mdy-all.
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