NCIS: New Orleans and Blue Bloods

It’s no secret that I am a big fan of many of the cop, detective and sci-fi shows from the 1980s.

I still watch reruns of Magnum P.I. and Quantum Leap.  I loved each series main stars: Tom Selleck and Scott Bakula. 

They always delivered great shows and terrific acting.

As a testament of how talented each of the actors are, they are both still around and star in two CBS TV series: NCIS: New Orleans and Blue Bloods.

In NCIS: New Orleans Scott plays Special Agent Dwayne Cassius Pride a rather unorthodox officer who heads a special criminal investigation team in The Big Easy--New Orleans.

CBS/Paramount has compiled the complete Fifth Season of the series into a 6-disc collection that features episodes as big, loud, outrageous and colorful as the location they are placed in.

Watch as the team takes on assassins, conspiracies, mysteries, oddball adversaries and a bevy of over-the top-criminals and cases that befit The Crescent City.

Included with the 24 episodes are several featurettes including a celebration of the series 100th episode, behind-the-scenes goodies, a retrospective of Season Five and more including the pilot episodes of Star Trek: Discovery and SEAL Team.

Tom Selleck has been and always be Thomas Magnum of Magnum P.I. to me.  The show ran eight years and I have each and every season in my DVD collection.

Blue Bloods marked a milestone for Tom.  He has starred in the series as Frank Reagan for nine years-beating out Magnum P.I. by one year with no end in sight.

Selleck plays New York Police Commissioner Frank Reagan whose family has followed in his crime-fighting footsteps.

As a multi-generation cop family the Reagans face crime every day and try to live normal lives on their off time-with mixed results.

Tom runs both his department and family as diplomatically as he can but like all families and occupations crises arrive.

In the Ninth Season Frank must contend with certain family members skirting the fine edge of justice, a rumbling in the long held family law enforcement profession, department rumblings, power plays and more.

Nearly one hour of special features is included on 22 episode collection on DVD.

If you love crime and punishment series with lots of drama, intrigue, action and a strong sense of family and comradeship then check out both DVD collections.