NCIS: Dead Man Talking (2004)
Season 1, Episode 19
6/10
Good episode of the show with an interesting twist but the transphobic nature just brings it down
11 April 2020
Warning: Spoilers
I love this show. It's a great watch and this episode is really really good. The twist near the end with the killer hiding from the agency because they've gone through 3 years of gender transition.

My issue with the episode is that they treat this in a similar way to Ace Ventura Pet Detective. They treat it like a huge joke and constantly refer to the killer as a man even after she's shot through the head. As a trans woman, I hate to see this sort of thing in what was otherwise a really good episode.

This is why I'm giving it a 6. I personally would have given it a 9-10 if the gender transition was treated as something valid and not made a joke or something that just parrots a rhetoric about trans people made by people that have obviously never met or befriended anyone that is trans.

I say again, I love this show. I just wish this 1 thing was handled better as it did affect the overall enjoyment of the episode
15 out of 42 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote.
Permalink

Recently Viewed