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NCIS Season 1 Episode 23: Reveille
As Gibbs becomes more and more obsessed over tracking down the infiltrator who held Kate and Ducky hostage, the team grow more concerned about him. McGee works at identifying him with a modified FBI program, while Kate and Tony go for lunch with Ducky. As Tony leaves in pursuit of his “dream woman”, Kate heads back to the office for a video conference with Paula Cassidy, only to be kidnapped and reunited with her captor, now revealed as a Hamas terrorist who is planning to shoot down Marine One – a transport helicopter carrying the American and Israeli presidents. As Gibbs grows increasingly agitated, to the point of ordering McGee to place Tony under house arrest upon his return, the search for the terrorist is narrowed down by McGee and Abby calculating his exact age, and Ducky concluding that he attended medical school in Scotland. As the terrorist tries to convince Kate to identify Marine One, McGee discovers his name – Ari Haswari.
NCIS Season 1 Episode 22: A Weak Link
Routine training results in the death of a lieutenant just days before he was due to deploy on a classified operation. The death is initially dismissed as an equipment malfunction, but Abby discovers that the link attaching the lieutenant to his rappelling rope was made of a weaker material than factory standard, suggesting sabotage and potentially murder. Pressure is applied by the CIA for the investigation to be wrapped up within 38 hours so the operation can continue. As the case goes on, Gibbs discovers that the lieutenant had a secret, and that his wife may hold vital information about his death.
NCIS Season 1 Episode 21: Split Decision
As Ducky meets his new assistant, Gibbs takes the case of a marine found impaled on a tree stump. The investigation uncovers the sale of decommissioned military weapons on the black market. Tony goes undercover and meets the buyer, only to stumble into an ATF operation. Working with ATF Special Agent Stone, Gibbs poses as a weapons supplier to complete the deal, and must double cross everyone in order to find the corrupt person at the centre of the investigation, and the one responsible for the marine’s death.
NCIS Season 1 Episode 20: Missing
The disappearance of a marine draws NCIS in to investigate, and it is discovered that several marines from the same unit have also vanished under similar circumstances. When skeletal remains of one of the missing men is found chained to a pipe in a small sewer room, Gibbs begins to suspect the unit CO (the only team member not dead or missing) as a serial killer. However, after Tony goes missing, the investigation takes on a more frantic pace as the team try to find him before it’s too late.
NCIS Season 1 Episode 19: Dead Man Talking
Special Agent Chris Pacci is killed while investigating a cold case, prompting Gibbs to step in and take over, as well as finding Pacci’s killer. The team follows the trail of millions of dollars, and is led to a woman with ties to the thief. The agents take shifts conducting a stake-out on the woman’s house, until Tony is caught raiding the mailbox. Forced to improvise, he introduces himself as a resident of the neighbourhood and strikes up a conversation based on what he had heard via surveillance. This gives him a chance to get close to the suspect in order to find out more, as he goes on a successful date with her. Meanwhile, Abby makes a shocking discovery which leaves Tony horrified and vulnerable to an onslaught of merciless taunts and teasing from Kate.
NCIS Season 1 Episode 18: UnSEALed
A Navy SEAL convicted of double homicide escapes from Leavenworth, resulting in Kate and McGee being assigned to protect the son and in-laws of the escaped. During the night, the SEAL breaks into the house to see his son before fleeing, leaving Kate tied to a chair and unarmed. Profiling his behavior, Kate theorizes that he may actually be innocent, and discovered the identity of the real killer while in jail. Gibbs brings in the presiding defense and prosecution attorneys to go over the evidence, to bring the killer to justice before their fugitive delivers his own brand of justice: revenge.
NCIS Season 1 Episode 17: The Truth is Out There
During a rave party, the body of a Petty Officer falls through the ceiling. Preliminary investigation suggests that the Petty Officer was killed in the nearby parking lot, and was dressed after his death. Upon checking the victim’s room, evidence surfaces that he may have been taking financial bribes. Gibbs suspects the victim’s co-workers of involvement in the death when their separate versions of events are too consistent. Forensic evidence links them to the scene, and they eventually confess that the death was a prank gone wrong, but Gibbs still believes that there’s more to the case than meets the eye.
NCIS Season 1 Episode 16: Bête Noire
Ducky responds to an emergency call when the Israeli Embassy sends a Royal Navy officer to NCIS for autopsy, only to find a gunman (revealed in later episodes to be recurring antagonist Ari Haswari) inside the body bag. As Ducky, Gerald and eventually Kate are held hostage in the autopsy lab, the director coordinates with an FBI strike team to negotiate their release. Meanwhile, Kate hesitates when presented with an opportunity to kill her captor, while Gibbs and Tony take more pro-active measures to get their co-workers out safely, ending with a showdown during which shots are fired.