NCIS (TV Series) Fake It 'Til You Make It (2017) User Reviews

Episode 1505

[bobcobb301 · 7/10 · 26 October 2017]

This episode started off really well. We finally learned a little bit about a character who had been kind of a mystery before and the story felt different than NCIS usually is. Then it got predictable, it got boring and dragged on for so long.

It was a solid episode, but if they devoted it to the kidnapping of the character and her finding it would've been more coherent.

I can't fake it, so did not make it.

[harrykivi · 4/10 · 15 March 2020]

After "Skeleton crew" being a solid episode, I thought that the 15th season of NCIS got on track. Unfortunately I was wrong. "Fake it 'Til you make it" is a very underwhelming episode, which is easily one of my least favorites of this season.

Let's start with good.

. The set up for "Make it 'Til you make it" is quite interesting. I like that writers are trying to give us a backstory on Clayton Reeves- character we don't know much about. Also appreciated the turnout in a subplot where someone is posting memes of young Mcgee.

But there are more problems to be said.

. Firstly, the story gets too predictable after a promising set up. It really hurts to think of how professional navy investigators didn't figure THAT solution out 'till late, because the audience sure did- 15 minutes in.

. The backstory on Clayton Reeves is agreed pretty mundane with a dramatic story we have heard for too many times already.

. And because of the murder mystery is predictable here, some parts of this episode really dragged at times.

Overall, quite disappointing to be honest.

4/10 HK

Vaild attempt try to explore a character that fell flat!

[reddogzslick20 · 1/10 · 27 October 2017]

Sadly when you move on from some of the original cast of a TV show,you need create excellent background stories for the new characters you have added into that TV show! If this is the vehicle that you using for this specific episode was this epic fail! Here's the thing when one of your character is an orphan, there plenty of ways to create a believable narrative other than this hodgepodge of story line to examine one of your new characters with more favorable light! The subject matter was not the problem the process was problematic as this not aspect in any previous episodes with this character! I do applaud the effort and the care of how to handle the subject matter was bought forward just not context in this story. Quinn and Torres backstories were not good at all (the fact that they dated, really) and this is probably worst! How is that only one character on this show has the foresight check the background of person this story lines who is providing all key information on this case? Bishop's background story so much better than Quinn's, Torres's or Reeve's by very wide margin, if you can create her character in that fashion, why are the other characters so poorly integrated into your show? I love this show but not bad parts of show, like poor character development. With another new cast member who is slowly being added into mix let hope that show does better job bringing that story forward in the future. This one was a mess and hopefully the whole show learned from this experience!