Yes, that is the first time we've seen the deerstalker, @cattlin:disqus - and while it's good for a chuckle, I doubt seriously this Sherlock Holmes would ever wear one.

I suspect Joan may have a bit of Dilettante's Syndrome, @InterplanetJanet:disqus - she's fascinated by something she doesn't understand so she throws herself wholeheartedly into learning it, and once she's learned it and it become routine it starts to bore her. Being a surgeon added real life&death stakes to her…

@perimenopausal:disqus could be disappointed that a show she(?) likes some elements of very much won't take that extra step and embrace its greatness, @disqus_TiD9rQmZ7a:disqus . It can be really frustrating to watch a show hoping it will go someplace (or not go someplace!) that will transcend its more generic…

I really had hopes for Ms. Hudson as a character, @avclub-ce7da3812ed2a993e2194cd75e94b18b:disqus - partly because she was a transgender playing a transgender who wasn't a subject of mockery, but also because she's canon and I liked the take on her this show was doing.

Sadly no, @disqus_j7gEzBtVbJ:disqus - it was a screenplay premise which would make VttBotS like The Hunt for Red October, right down to casting Sean Connery as Admiral Nelson in my head! To my wife, it was more like fanfic - which she loathes….

Hmmm, @disqus_j7gEzBtVbJ:disqus - I'm glad you came to us with this idea….

@gorplee:disqus - yeah, you would, wouldn't you? I remember reading an article in My Weekly Reader ages ago about experiments in using glass (including plexiglass) instead of metal to build submersible vehicles, which was why I went Web surfing to see if I hadn't just imagined it!

Okay, that's a point, @Bakken_Hood:disqus . I still think an off-the-shelf engine would be harder to detect than one built for the military or aquatic research.

"Men, I have some good news for you and some bad news for you: The good news is, everybody gets an extra two fat lines today; the bad news is, you'll have to pick up the beat - the skipper wants to go Miami Vice on the Coast Guard!"

Yeah, she looked kind of familiar, @matthew_stechel:disqus. Checking out her IMDB Profile, I see she co-starred in the pilot for that busted Nancy Drew series starring Sarah Shahi as Nancy's best friend "George" Fayne. (Actually, she stars as a lot of women with male-sounding first names, according to IMDB!)

I'm sort of hoping the self-righteous Fed (the bald one, not Gregorio) turns out to be part of Teh Conspiracy that almost blew up New Orleans last season, @matthew_stechel:disqus - and he's trying to blame NCIS to deflect attention.

Apparently sound travels through fiberglass at about the same speed as it does through water, @gorplee:disqus , so a fiberglass hull is really difficult to detect.

Beans, @DoctorHandsome:disqus - lots and lots of beans. Easy to store, last forever in cans - and useful as an Emergency Turbo Boost to evade the Coast Guard!

At least he's not in a soap opera, @avclub-749a8e6c231831ef7756db230b4359c8:disqus .

Meanwhile, NCIS: New Orleans is too busy fucking with War on Terror Bureaucratic Bull-SHIT to have any fun with Narco-Submarines, @matthew_stechel:disqus !

I'd hug him, because he's Dick Van Dyke, @avclub-c5fe25896e49ddfe996db7508cf00534:disqus .

I'd hug him, because he's Dick Van Dyke, @avclub-c5fe25896e49ddfe996db7508cf00534:disqus .

You say that like it's a BAD thing, @avclub-f16faf5d680d7b88e2e157c1c137c497:disqus .

But you want to score their debut album anyway, right, @yawantpancakes:disqus

@jupiter13:disqus - their handling of historical figures in general is kind of wonky. One big thing that bugs me is that "well-brought up" Americans back then didn't swear as much as they do routinely on this show - until the Sixties, people really tried to follow the Third Commandment and Not Take the Lord's Name in…