Season 5 of the popular military crime drama ended with the death of a character - and the reassignment of others. Find out how it all happened.

NCIS - The Fifth Season

Been getting these questions in my stats, so I thought I'd answer them.

Q: On CSI:Miami, is Horatio dead?
A: No. He'll live. He is the star of the show! The real question is, who shot JR him?

Q: Who Killed Horatio?
A: See above. And I think it was his ex.

Q: Who's leaving NCIS?

Spoilers Below.

When the voters on this site indicated that they thought Jenny Shepard, NCIS director, should be the one leaving, they were right. Gunned down, in fact. Going out fighting. Tough-as-nails Jenny - dead.

But that's not the end of the story. I read that the season finale of NCIS would have "far reaching consequences" going into next season. And after the last minute of "Judgment Day" I see what was meant.

UPDATED BELOW

Tonight's the night that someone dies on NCIS. Sad but true. And, no, I don't know who will be leaving the show or why they're leaving. All I know is the cast will be one short next season, and the death will be one of the main characters.

A few weeks ago I created a poll (Click Here) and the overwhelming response was that people wanted Jenny Shepard gone. She got over 85% of the vote. All the other characters got a few votes. So if Jenny dies tonight, there probably wont be a lot of weeping and gnashing of teeth. Or just plain complaining.

However, if it's one of the other characters, methinks there will be hell to pay.

So feel free to complain here. (If your comment is marked as spam by my over-zealous spam eater, I'll get it unmarked. Just avoid spammy links in the url field.)

If you watched the latest episode of NCIS - the Baghdad episode for those reading in the future - and saw the preview for the next episode, you saw Ziva laying on the ground presumably dead.

So is this a red herring? Is she really going to die? Would they do that to one of the most popular characters? (On my poll Ziva only has 4% of the votes of people who think she should leave, while Shepard has over 85%).

Then again, they might have made it look like a red herring knowing that a lot of people would see right through that and call them out on it, but in fact it really is happening - Ziva leaving.

If she does go, I'll miss the interactions she had with DiNozzo. Those two play off each with such ease; and the teasingly sexual tension, too!

*Sigh*

That's right. American Idol returns to Fox tonight.

And after attempting to watch it over the last couple of years, I've determined that this is one of the most pointless shows on TV. (Anything with Donald Trump is also quite pointless.)

They really should just rename it "American Pop Stars." Idols they aren't. Most of them just blink out of sight. Some make an album or two (Kelly, Carrie) but mostly they just fizzle out after a while. In fact, it's probably better to not win the show (Daughtry).

I'm not even sure I want to watch the auditions, which are by far the best thing about AI.

NCIS is on tonight... that'll probably be much more entertaining.