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Thrilled when she left ncis

posted 11 years ago by caroline-crane
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Jenny Shepard was poorly written, and that is not Holly's fault, but she was also badly portrayed. Lauren isn't necessarily a bad actor but she was awful in NCIS, to the point I almost stopped watching because scenes with her were unbearable. Frankly Im suprised they didn't kill her off sooner; there was nowhere to go with the character and hadn't been for some time. They built her up continously as being this fantastic agent and director only for the charcter herself to undermine it each time by having screwed up the Paris mission, using huge quantities of agency money and time chasing after a personal vendetta (whilst accusing all around her of being terrible agents who should hand in their badge if they did something even faintly similar) and seeming to have literally nothing else to do whilst the Director of a federal agency then attempt to flirt with Gibbs and get jealous/bitchy/vengeful when he didn't respond. They portrayed a woman in a high-powered job as a joke. That she'd have nothing better to do then stare lovingly at the agency QB.

And any scene where she was supposed to be all hardass and scary and holding a gun were laughable. She looked as much a competant federal agent as Rachel Bilson a credible CT surgeon.

[–] ambivalentti 11 years ago

Agreed. I don't think she's a bad actress, but I just didn't care for Jenny and how she portrayed the character at all. I was really put off from the get-go how the character appeared out of nowhere, and was all "oh Jethro, do you remember Paris? Do you remember how we made love?" etc., made me gag. I just could never take her seriously as the head honcho of a federal agency.

And the pixie hair cut! OMG, must be one of the worst hair styles I've ever seen I wonder if it gave her nightmares.

[–] Chrisi1991 10 years ago

Horrible hair and annoying facial expressions glad she left

You're a survivor arent you sidney?

[–] Naughty-God 10 years ago

Well, I personally think ALL "CIS" TV shows are subpar in both the writing and acting department. If you're into monotone acting, procedural narrative scene sequences, and plot lines that have to be resolved within 45 minutes of airtime then any actor/actress taking part in this venture really doesn't have to invest much in terms of dramatic acting.