I have become a big fan of DVDs (or Netflix). The first two seasons of the show were great. The next two were pretty good. The La Grenouille plotline was absurd, and the more they turned Ziva from a quirky secondary character into Ninja Barbie/Mary Sue Soap/DiNozzo's Heartthrob, the worse it got. I quit following ages ago and only tuned in for "major" episodes; to get caught up a little, I watched an episode or two leading up to Pauley Perette's finale and they were agony to get through.

They should have closed the books about ten seasons ago and ended on a high note. Or a semi high note anyway. It makes me think of the old song "What Have They Done to My Song, Ma?" Bellisario had a rep for being hard to work with--but the end result was better.