While there used to be Abby equivalents when the show started, they’ve been consolidated into the Army’s lab. There is no Ducky, per se, or an “Abby in the labby,” said Buice, referring to the original show’s medical examiner and forensic scientist, respectively. What you’re about to read might help you on a “Jeopardy!” appearance, but it shouldn’t shatter your illusion that the reel “NCIS” is, in some way, well … real. … That’s how you cope with it, because you don’t want to fall apart.”
“To a certain extent, you have to have a coping mechanism and that’s where the humor comes in. While fans might be a little uncomfortable with what seems like inappropriately timed humor, it’s how some families cope with stress. Viewers have embraced that sense of family with the “NCIS” characters. “ Much like the military unit becomes a family … NCIS is a family,” Cummings said. “You’ve got a lot of individuals who work very hard to do the right thing every single day.” “I think on both sides … you see teams of dedicated, hard-working people trying to do their best,” Cummings said.
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“I think they choose to because they find the partnership beneficial and they … are committed to doing the right thing.” So how are the TV franchise and the real-life agency similar? “The TV show … doesn’t have to listen to me when I call up and say, ‘That’s not helpful in terms of getting a message out about what we do,’” she said. I completely understand and support it.” Because of that, she doesn’t often request changes, but when she does, producers listen and work to resolve the issue. “When we come into a situation and we say we’re NCIS, they’re immediately going to think of the television shows, so we have a vested interest in making sure the television shows maintains a certain credibility and a certain accuracy when we can,” she said. With so much global visibility and the NCIS brand at stake, Cummings regularly interacts with the cast and crew. He’s trying to explain who NCIS is and they’re like, ‘Who are you guys?’” Cummings said, adding that scenario actually happened to a former director. “If you look at the first actual episode, it shows Gibbs at the airport trying to get on a plane and he’s carrying a weapon. The shows’ credibility has made it a global sensation and been a positive for the real agency that spent a lot of time explaining its mission before “NCIS’” 2003 debut. The real agents work closely with other military and civilian agencies, but good relationships and paperwork-a large part of the job-just aren’t entertaining, he added. Ed Buice, an NCIS public affairs officer, said that’s not real life.
On the show, there are often struggles over jurisdiction, which makes things more entertaining.
“That would be either your local police department, or if it’s on post … the Navy police.” How is the show different? “We’re usually not the guys that arrive first on the scene,” said Cummings, a West Point graduate who served as a Provost Marshall and completed two combat tours to Iraq. Their mission-far broader than the TV shows suggest-includes general and economic crimes, counterterrorism, counterintelligence and crime prevention and being ready to respond at a moment’s notice if there’s a tie to the Navy or Marine Corps. The real agents do a job equivalent to civilian detectives, but with a focus on the Navy and Marine Corps. While Hollywood does intersect with its real-world counterpart in some ways, there are differences, including the types of crimes the real NCIS-not to be confused with the reel “NCIS”-covers and its role in an investigation. The shows are a composite of real life, not documentaries. “It is entertainment,” MaryAnn Cummings, NCIS communications director and retired Army colonel, said of the hit television franchise bearing the agency’s name. It’s the Gibbs catchphrase heard around the world, but it’s not part of the lexicon in the beige halls of the real Naval Criminal Investigative Service headquarters in Quantico, Virginia, which provides oversight for the nearly 150 global NCIS locations.
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