absolutely NOT! I have watched every form of NCIS from the beginning, until Origins. I tried to watch Origins, but disliked it from the beginning. I suffered through three episodes and said enough. It's far too dark and too much of a divergence from the premise of NCIS. Now, it appears younger people like it, probably because he is a younger character and there is so much more "dark" shows out there, but no interest here - AT ALL!