I didn't like it much either. I thought the "bad news" Ducky got was just going to be that NCIS had been destroyed; then he has a heart attack! Although I wondered if they were going to write him out of the show when on one of the episodes a couple of months ago, he seemed troubled and then asked Gibbs to be executor of his estate. I thought "uh oh"! It won't be the same if any of the main characters are gone although "Jennie" "Frank" and "Kate" were killed off.
I can't seem to get into NCIS: LA...seems like they don't do as much military crime.
I watch all the NCIS reruns on USA most days. I can watch them over and over. Oh well, guess we have to wait until September!!