‘NCIS’ Hits 450, ‘Talent All-Stars,’ ‘Alert’ and ‘C.B. Strike’ Finales

Matt Roush
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NCIS marks another milestone with its 450th episode. It’s a big night for finales, with America’s Got Talent: All-Stars naming its first winner, Fox’s Alert: Missing Persons Unit ending its first season with back-to-back episodes and HBO’s C.B. Strike: Troubled Blood wrapping its season-long cold case.

Brian Dietzen, Gary Cole, Sean Murray, Wilmer Valderrama, and Katrina Law in 'NCIS'
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NCIS

Very few prime-time shows (The Simpsons, Gunsmoke, Law & Order and SVU) have made it past the 450-episode milestone, and now it’s the long-running military crime drama’s turn to celebrate. The case of the week sounds rather routine—the investigation of a ride-share driver’s death—but helping the team this time is Parker’s (Gary Cole) dad, Roman (Francis X. McCarthy), who’s temporarily living with the Supervisory Special Agent.

America's Got Talent

America’s Got Talent

Before the first winner of the latest global All-Stars spinoff is announced in the season finale, the Top 11 get a final chance to perform alongside a gallery of guest-star talent. Among the lineup: Weezer, Babyface, American Idol alum Adam Lambert, and AGT veterans including violinist Lindsey Stirling, ventriloquist Terry Fator, magician Mat Franco and choir group Voices of Hope.

Alert: Missing Persons Unit - Scott Caan and Dania Ramirez
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Alert: Missing Persons Unit

Season Finale

The two-hour finale promises answers to the first season’s most nagging question: Is Keith (Graham Verchere), who was kidnapped as a child six years ago and only recently discovered, the actual son of Missing Persons Unit detectives Jason Grant (Scott Caan) and ex-wife Nikki Batista (Dania Ramirez)? Questions about who took him and why begin to be resolved when he takes his presumed parents to a cabin, where surprises await. But first, in the opening hour, the MPU searches for a bride who vanishes on her wedding day.

C.B. Strike - Holliday Grainger
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C.B. Strike

Season Finale

The four-part adaptation of the fifth Robert Galbraith (aka J.K. Rowling) whodunit novel ends with private detective Cormoran Strike (Tom Burke) and trusted partner Robin Ellacott (Holliday Grainger) laying a trap for the killer of a woman who went missing in 1974. They’ve since learned the murderer may be responsible for many other deaths that went undetected.

INSIDE MONDAY TV: 

  • The Neighborhood (8/7c, CBS): Calvin (Cedric the Entertainer) is understandably unsettled when a new local business begins using his likeness without checking with him first. Trusty neighbor Dave (Max Greenfield) offers to mediate, because that always goes well.
  • Quantum Leap (10/9c, NBC): In an episode postponed from last week, things get personal for Ben (Raymond Lee) when he leaps into the body of Kamini, the eldest daughter of Indian immigrants living in 2009 Portland, Oregon. As he tries to prevent their family restaurant from catching fire, he makes a connection with his own Asian-American upbringing.
  • The Watchful Eye (10/9c, Freeform): The deception in this New York-based thriller deepens when Elena (Mariel Molino) sneaks into the Greybourne’s masquerade ball, while doorman Roman (Andres Velez) snoops around Mrs. Ivey’s (Kelly Bishop) apartment.
  • The Good Doctor (10/9c, ABC): Shaun (Freddie Highmore) and the rest of the medical team get busy problem-solving when a 3-year-old arrives at the ER with symptoms of a stroke.
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    Jena

    NCIS. I'm glad this show has had sort of a rebirth, I was initially skeptical of Gary Cole joining the cast, I thought it wouldn't end well. But I'm glad I was wrong, and I think he's been a breath of fresh air after the staleness of ... well, the previous state of the show.

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      BluePaw

      Totally agree since everything Cole has been on recently he has always played a bad guy. He really is very good and I enjoy he show much better now. It seems to have more life

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        GreenApple

        Oh good point. Cole has a stern face that makes him suitable for the bad guy look, or... the serious agent leader, it turns out. Seeing him fit his NCIS character now, I only wonder why it took so long for him to land on leading a crime show.

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    TUF

    NCIS's 450!

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    PurpleBattery

    I’ll read tonight.

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      Arben70

      That's an excellent choice but, I hope you don't mind me saying, a bit funny given the long lists of stuff you cite of watching and/or recording some days.

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        PurpleBattery

        I would watch Fantasy Island tonight but it’s not on. I catch up on most of my shows during the weekend.

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      Jena

      Fred, you must be caught up on your watchlist, as Arben70 notes, you normally have a long list of stuff to watch. 🙂

      My own goal is always to try to limit the stuff I watch on delay or at a later time.

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        PurpleBattery

        Monday has been a light night for me Tuesday is my busiest night by far.