A couple years ago (oh, the time flies!), I cringed and whinged about several new female characters on NCIS. While one of them toned down and grew on me (Ziva), the other’s bar was set so low one would have thought it impossible for her to get worse. Yet she did.

I’m talking about NCIS Director Jenny Shepard. Spoilers for the S5 finale will be included in this post. You have been warned.

I was genuinely excited at the prospect of … READ MORE