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Chris O'Donnell | ... |
G. Callen
(178 episodes, 2009-2016)
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Daniela Ruah | ... |
Kensi Blye
(178 episodes, 2009-2016)
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Barrett Foa | ... |
Eric Beale
(178 episodes, 2009-2016)
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Linda Hunt | ... |
Hetty Lange
(178 episodes, 2009-2016)
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LL Cool J | ... |
Sam Hanna
(178 episodes, 2009-2016)
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Eric Christian Olsen | ... |
Marty Deeks
(156 episodes, 2010-2016)
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Renée Felice Smith | ... |
Nell Jones
(151 episodes, 2010-2016)
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Miguel Ferrer | ... |
Owen Granger
(101 episodes, 2012-2016)
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The Naval Criminal Investigation Service's Office of Special Projects takes on the undercover work and the hard to crack cases in LA. Key agents are G. Callen and Sam Hanna, streets kids risen through the ranks.
As opposed to other reviewers who are sadly so limited they can only conceive of Linda Hunt as an object of derision, I tune in specifically to see her. The show is adequate. I've always liked LL Cool J and it's nice to see Chris O'Donnell again. (The nerds suck, especially when you consider Abby from the original show.) But it's the presence of Linda Hunt that elevates this show. She's a rich, interesting actor and her character here has a great backstory.
Sure this team could be managed by yet another grizzled actor playing a tough as nails former Navy Seal type, whose life has been touched by tragedy because his wife died of breast cancer or his little girl choked on a marble. I'd rather have Linda Hunt because she is a true original. I've seen enough shallow cookie cutter actors with impossibly white teeth and ripped abs. Now I want to watch stories about people who are unique and unusual and earthy and human.