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Criminal Minds Vs NCIS Abby Characters

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I binge watch Criminal Minds and NCIS. Criminal Minds and NCIS are my two of favorite TV shows to watch, so naturally I compare them to each other. I noticed that most of the characters in NCIS are identical to the characters in Criminal Minds, and that two characters meant to be identical are quite different from each other. The two characters are Abby from NCIS and Penelope from Criminal Minds. Although Abby has a more consistent style and does more business, Penelope has more importance than Abby. While Abby has a constant all-black-clothing style that all of her fans have come to expect, Penelope has an erratic style. In NCIS, Abby always has on an all-black outfit. In season one episode one Abby is introduced in an all-black outfit and …show more content…

In season one of NCIS Abby obviously has known her coworkers for a long time, but doesn’t focus on talking to them when she has important evidence that can help solve a case. In season two Abby talks to her boss about a knife she found and even though she wants to go off topic she forces herself to stay focused. Abby occasionally can get off topic and talk personally to her coworkers, but she always catches herself babbling and decides to go back on the topic at hand. In all seasons of NCIS Abby comes to work, even when she has other things going on. She knows that catching a criminal is more important and that her personal tasks can wait. In Criminal Minds Penelope often makes her personal business more important than her work business. In season six episode eighteen Penelope takes a personal day to go see a criminal and watch them get executed. She is also heard throughout the seasons flirting with one of her coworkers. Every time her coworker calls her she responds with some phrase similar to “How is my Greek god molded from chocolate need today?” or “Yes, chocolate thunder,” taking time to flirt while she is trying to put away a criminal. With Penelope it is obvious who she knows, how she knows them, and what their relationship …show more content…

When Abby was gone in season ten episode thirteen NCIS continued normally and there were not any problems caused by Abby being gone. Abby’s absence doesn’t have a big effect because her coworkers can send her work to special facilities to handle. In Criminal Minds when Penelope was gone in season six episode eighteen her coworkers could not work the same. They didn’t know how to do her job and when they hired a sub it still wasn’t working as it should have. Her coworker definitely new she was gone and they often made comments about how much smoother the case would be going if they had Penelope. They even ended up calling her for help several times a

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