Grace returns in "Privileged Information", as Gibbs investigates a patient of hers, a Marine Sergeant, after she ends up in a coma, and tells Gibbs he should treat it as a murder investigation, but cannot divulge further due to doctor-patient confidentiality. The threat posed by Cobb is deemed so great by Director Vance, that he deliberately changes NCIS policy to antagonize Gibbs in the hopes of setting Gibbs up as a figure Cobb will identify with, in an attempt to lure Cobb into a trap. As he is waiting for Davenport to arrive, Cobb tortures Kort, Palmer, and E.J. A ruthless serial killer, he is responsible for the deaths of Mike Franks and NCIS Agent Gaven Levin, and takes NCIS agent E.J. McGee clashes with DiNozzo, though after the two became partners (following Ziva's departure from the team at the end of season six), they are frequently shown to form an effective team; however, their relationship has occasionally reverted to its original state upon Ziva's return. In "Two Steps Back", Grace is seen playing a poker game at Gibbs' house with Gibbs, Vance, Fornell and new NCIS agent Jack Sloane, whom she meets for the first time. She later admits to Shepard that she lied out of anger at Tony for breaking her heart by lying about his identity and his intentions. Leon Vance; Established Relationship; Hurt/Comfort; Team as Family; Summary. Barrett in the season finale. It is revealed in "Enemy Combatant" that Bishop is dating NCIS translator Qasim Naasir, last seen in season twelve. She was wounded in the attempt, but recovered and later coerced the man who wanted her dead to confess. In the episode "Bounce", she is mentioned as someone who could possibly have a grudge against Tony and be willing to frame him. Part of the reason that Dr. Mallard and he are often not at the crime scene until well after Gibbs and his team arrive is related to Dr. Mallard's emphasis on Jimmy being a horrible driver and always getting lost, although Jimmy tries to defend himself by pointing out that Ducky is the one with the map. The team is called to investigate the death of a Marine private during training and discovers he had suffered a number of wounds from repeated beatings and stabbings. Michael Rivkin (Merik Tadros) first appears in the episode "Last Man Standing" as a Mossad officer. From this he is seen to push Jimmy into being more confident and to be ready to take his place. When he was younger he went by "Donnie. Erica Jane "E.J." In the episode "High Tide", Torres and Ellie Bishop go on an undercover mission, which revolves around them both acting like a couple. and Tony are targeted by an unknown killer. )[clarification needed] (David McCallum) was the chief medical examiner at NCIS and an old friend of Gibbs. Tony calls Gibbs and Ziva assures Gibbs that Tony will be hearing from her before she leaves. Nicknamed "Mo", she assisted Gibbs in the episodes "Alleged" and "Viral". and Jenny Shepard and Leon Vance by their job title, "Director". When Ducky found out about the program through Javid, a young man being tortured by Mr. At the end of the episode, they kiss. He also showed fatherly affection towards Ziva, Tony, McGee, Bishop, and Torres on several occasions. He had a brief appearance in the episode "Kill Screen" and returned in the season nine episode "Need to Know" and the season 12 episode Lost Boys. Lamar Addison | NCIS Database | Fandom Gibbs is often shown in his basement building boats, one of which he names after his daughter and another after one of his ex-wives. He later admits to her in "Into the Light" that he was afraid to go looking for her and find out that she was indeed dead (a sentiment he repeats to Sloane an episode later). According to Jethro, it was LJ who inspired him to join the Marine Corps as a teenager. then goes into hiding to escape Stratton's attention, leaving both NCIS and Stratton looking for her. Her last appearance is "In the Zone". Jake Malloy (Jamie Bamber) is NCIS Agent Ellie Bishop's ex-husband and an attorney for the National Security Agency. Season seven reveals that Jimmy is in love with a girl named Breena Slater (Michelle Pierce), who work as a mortician in her family's funeral parlor and appears in the episode "Mother's Day". When one of the killer's victims is found within the MCRT's jurisdiction, Vance puts together a task force to capture the killer, appointing Barrett as lead investigator. She first appears in the episode "Kill Ari (Part I)". Kasie Hines is the current NCIS forensics specialist and a graduate student at the medical school in New York where Ducky is guest teaching in season 15. [19] In "Double Identity," it is revealed that Ducky's mother has died. It is mentioned in the season three episode "Kill Ari (Part I)" that he comes from a wealthy family but has been cut off by his father, Anthony DiNozzo Sr (played by Robert Wagner who in turn was played by Weatherly in a TV movie). While Gibbs interrogates him with Agent Barrett watching, he tells a story about the son of a Marine who was told that he had to have his horse put to sleep, which turns out to be a deadly seed planted into Cobb as a child, since the story was about him anyway. When she returns as team leader now based in the US, she and McGee move in together. She assists Gibbs' team in keeping watch on communications, and speaks fluent Arabic and Kurdish. Kort returns in season eight, tracking down Lt. Jonas Cobbalso known as the Port-to-Port Killerat the behest of the CIA. In the episode "Misconduct", while interrogating a girl who claims to be in love with a criminal named Parker James, Bishop puts on the persona of a diehard romantic, even going as far as to mentioning that she has someone really special to her with whom she trusts her life, hinting it to be Torres, alluding to their relationship. During the course of season four, he goes on an undercover assignment (per orders of the Director of NCIS, Jenny Shepard), the key mission being to find arms dealer La Grenouille (Rene Benoit) by posing as his daughter's (Jeanne Benoit's) boyfriend Anthony DiNardo a college professor, but he ends up falling in love with her. Clayton Dante Reeves (Duane Henry) is a British MI6 Intelligence Operative who first encounters the NCIS team working abroad with DiNozzo. In the episode "Swan Song", he is shot and killed in a shootout with Jonas Cobb. [59] In the season seven finale, "Rule Fifty-One", Paloma Reynosa of the Reynosa cartel enters Gibbs' store and turns the sign on the door from open to closed. During the episode "Frame Up", Gibbs mentions that his father painted pin-up girl Betty Grable on the nose of his P-51 Mustang. In the Season 11 episode "Homesick", Jackie's estranged biological father Lamar Addison shows up at the family home, much to Vance's displeasure. An expert on Middle Eastern terrorists, she works as an interrogator at Guantanamo Bay. There is a great deal of romantic tension between Tony and Ziva. Things come to a head in "Aliyah", when Gibbs accuses Vance of selling out his team to Mossad Director Eli David. The character also makes a guest appearance in the spin-off NCIS: New Orleans, in the episode "Carrier", when she is consulted after the New Orleans agents find a Navy officer dead from a strain of bubonic plague. It is revealed in the episode "Aliyah" by Director Vance that Ziva had been under orders to kill Ari, as he was out of control and planning a massive terrorist attack, and to gain Gibbs' trust in the process, which ended whatever secret Gibbs and Ziva could keep from the rest of NCIS. NCIS Season 9 - The Good Son (episode). He is unable to help Gibbs regain his memory, although Gibbs recognizes him on sight. His mission crosses over with that of Gibbs' team. In the season 18 episode "Sangre", Torres' absentee father returns, and is a suspect in a murder. In the season 18 episode "The First Day", Sloane reveals to Gibbs that she wants to leave NCIS to try new things, and is putting down an offer for a house in Costa Rica. When she is first introduced, Tony and the rest of the team are turned off by her germaphobic behaviour: reluctance to shake hands, wiping down phones with wet wipes before using them. In "Safe Harbor", Tony attempts to matchmake the two of them, to no avail, although Borin continues to humor him by returning his wisecracks. He calmly informs her that he worked on the plumbing through the night because he wanted to surprise her, but that "it's gonna be a bigger job than I thoughtit's gonna take a while". The compelling conclusion tied up Vance's story nicely, with Gibbs making him realize that Jackie was merely preparing her kids and herself for a time when Vance wouldn't be around. I wanted to bring in a character that causes Tony to have to sit back and not quite be able to handle her. Jared Vance/List of Appearances | NCIS Database | Fandom Dr. James "Jimmy" Palmer (Brian Dietzen) is an assistant medical examiner who first appears in the episode "Split Decision". E.J. NCIS: Season 6, Episode 18 - Rotten Tomatoes Jackson later tells Gibbs to take the car and they promise to keep in touch. he replied, "Illya Kuryakin"the Russian U.N.C.L.E. The 44-year-old NCIS star, who fans will recognize as Dr. Jimmy Palmer on the long running series, shared his harrowing tales of having a stroke, and heart surgery and how they inspired him to . In total viewers, "Hereafter" easily won NCIS and CBS the night. In "Twofer," Ducky learns that his alma mater, the University of Edinburgh, wants to present him with an honorary doctor of Humane Letters, which he receives in "Exit Strategy."[26][27]. He is duped into thinking that his sister, Paloma, had been killed, and goes to the safe house she was at, thinking that he can kill Gibbs and his father. It's revealed that Tony knew that Ziva was alive and had tracked her down years ago, and that they both agreed to lay low until Sahar was dealt with for the sake of Tali. the two are shown to be pretty close to the point that they apparently cuddle in public. Both Shannon and Kelly were killed in a car wreck caused by Mexican drug dealer Pedro Hernandez in Oceanside, California, while Gibbs was deployed during Desert Storm. Gibbs finally starts to forgive his father when he learns that he has finished restoring the car that had been Gibbs' only dream during his teenage years. It is revealed that Qasim proposed to Bishop a few weeks before he died. In the season 12 premiere, he is mentioned by terrorist Sergei Mishnev, the main antagonist of the season (Alex Veadov) (and Ari's own half-brother on their mother's side), who attempts to kill Gibbs in revenge. After a series of attacks on Navy ships where his hired arsonist Andre Fullerton was apprehended in "Playing with Fire", Dearing now knows that NCIS is onto him after Fullerton was forced to divulge the identity of the man who hired him. In the episode "Ex-File" the relationship with Gibbs ends when she discovers the truth about Shannon and Kelly from Ducky and realizes that Gibbs is still silently mourning their deaths. She has worked with Gibbs and his team on a case, while working for the FBI (off screen). Bell and his men then set out for Mexico to murder Mike Franks and his family, but they are all killed by Dean who is revealed to be working for an unknown party. E.J. Until season 15, David McCallum had appeared in every episode of NCIS except "Legend Part II.". [2] The death of Jackie is "going to give [Vance] a much deeper understanding about Gibbs and what Gibbs has experienced and how he has lived his life since losing his family", Carroll continued. In the episode "Bte Noire", Gibbs comes face to face with terrorist Ari Haswari and tries to kill him but fails. The mother of Ned Dorneget, Teague works with both DiNozzo and Gibbs in the aftermath of his death. Vance also reveals that he knows about the true story of the death of Ari Haswari. He is hired by an Iraqi tribal leader to capture her daughter and granddaughter from Mike Franks's home in Mexico. Pain knew that Javid was innocent and that the only reason he was torturing him was to break Ducky to stop him giving prisoners morphine injections. McGee also gives her a copy of his house key, which she accepts, reiterating her intent to move in with him after her assignment is over. The beautiful/tender tension between them was portrayed so well by Cote de Pablo and Rocky Carroll. Harper Dearing (Richard Schiff) is the primary antagonist during the last episodes of the ninth season. She affectionately calls Gibbs "Uncle Gibbs". [50], Laws character quickly proves to be likable. She and Gibbs have a serious relationship, even earning the nickname "future ex-wife number four" from DiNozzo. However, Alejandro makes one huge mistake when he arrives at NCIS and later threatens Abby, prompting the entire team, including Leon Vance, to have him removed. Jackson Gibbs (Ralph Waite, almost played by James Garner[58]) is the father of Leroy Jethro Gibbs. Her political career started when she was elected to the School Board; she has been a member of the House since 2001. Trent Kort (David Dayan Fisher) first appears in the episode "Smoked". It is shown that he hates his Israeli father since Eli David arranged for the attack on Gaza on a day when Ari was in the city. Shannon Gibbs (ne Fielding) (Darby Stanchfield) is the late wife of Leroy Jethro Gibbs and the mother of his daughter, Kelly. He retired from his position as chief medical examiner and became an NCIS historian in season 16. Eli is unable to find him or who he was. After that, DiNozzo and McGee are seen pulling the seniority card by ordering her around to do more menial tasks, such as evidence collection. He was also a recipient of The Leroy Jethro Gibbs Scholarship Fund along with his sister Kayla. During season eleven, "Devil's Triad", Emily is kidnapped and subsequently rescued by NSA Analyst Eleanor Bishop, while in season twelve she is visibly distraught following her mother's death. [1] Compared to the last episode "Canary", "Hereafter" was down in both viewers and adults 1849. Her father, Eli David, is the director of Mossad until he is shot and killed in "Shabbat Shalom". Though appearing to be "all business" and uncaring about his children, Eli's reasons for this come from the need to preserve the existence of Israel, a country surrounded by enemy nations. In the end, however, Torres goes to pick up his father only to find that he has left again, and goes to join Gibbs, the closest thing to a dad he has, for dinner. Mallard attended Eton College[17] and the University of Edinburgh Medical School and served in the Royal Army Medical Corps, mustering out with the rank of Captain. Lieutenant Colonel Hollis Mann (Susanna Thompson) is a unit commander in the United States Army Criminal Investigation Command, NCIS's counterpart in the Army. Following his recovery, he drops off the grid and is suspected of being a mole. Afterward, during the episode "Good Cop, Bad Cop", Eli sends Mossad operative Malachi Ben-Gidon to Washington to discredit Ziva and her account of events that led to her capture prior to "Truth or Consequences", which prompts her to believe that her father is corrupt: an opinion disproven during the events of "Enemies Foreign"/"Enemies Domestic" (season eight), wherein Ziva manages to reconcile with her father after understanding his reasoning, and concluding that she wants to live her life on her own terms instead of her father's. Orli is last seen transporting the child to NCIS, and relinquishing custody to DiNozzo. She ostensibly goes there on a case, but she also has her own reasons. [3] The "recovery and rebirth" of the character is connected to the same experience Gibbs had with his wife Shannon, making Gibbs "pull [Vance] back from [the] brink" after questioning his wife's intentions. However, he was found innocent when he confronted Mr. Alex Quinn has remarked that she is too tightly wound. Cobb wants revenge on all those who made him a killer and that includes Kort, whom he kidnaps along with Jimmy Palmer and E.J. survives, but is left in the trunk of a car. Gibbs does not like Bayar, as he seems to avoid trouble with federal agencies too easily. Todd is a former Secret Service agent, recruited by Gibbs after she successfully helped him solve a murder aboard Air Force One. There is a running gag in which Ducky and his assistant (first Gerald and then Jimmy) frequently get lost or meet a mishap when driving to the crime scene. Cole and Latham conspire to sell a series of microchips belonging to Phantom Eight members, which give their owners unrivalled access to the Navy mainframe. Barrett (Sarah Jane Morris) is an NCIS agent reassigned to Washington in the season eight episode "One Last Score". During season four, Director Shepard places Tony DiNozzo on an undercover assignment to get close to arms dealer Ren Benoit. In the season 17 episode "IRL", Phineas' video-gaming abilities help the team capture a murder suspect. In season 18, Bishop is kidnapped and taken hostage during a stakeout by a terrorist, who agrees to exchange her at an airport for one of his men that they presumably have in custody. and Morrow being a former Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy. Dr. Rachel Cranston (ne Todd) (Wendy Makkena) is a psychologist and the older sister of Caitlin Todd. Later, he and a few other FBI agents are sent to arrest Gibbs after he had been "avoiding the law for so long", but he has a change of heart at the end of "Great Wide Open" when he decides not to arrest Gibbs. Paloma Reynosa, daughter of Pedro Hernandez and head of the cartel, plans to use Bell's vendetta against Gibbs to have her revenge for her father's death. Jackie's estranged biological father, Lamar Addison, who was never married to her mother, walked out on Jackie and her mother and brother (Michael Thomas) when she was young. Tony then responds with a video of Tali asking Ziva to come home, which Gibbs states is proof she's ready to go home. She later calls Gibbs requesting his help, as the nurse at the hospital refuses to resuscitate Fornell due to a "do not resuscitate" clause he had written when he was still grieving for her mom's death. Since then, he has been married and divorced three times, and is single, although he has had a number of romantic relationships since his last divorce. The Good Son (episode) | NCIS Database | Fandom The key point involved the fact that she started preparing around the time the NCIS building was bombed. Vance met his wife while attending a University of Maryland basketball game while Len Bias was playing. After one member of the team is killed and the other two are wounded, their instructions stand, and this leads directly to Ziva's captivity and torture at Saleem's hands. NCIS Season 11 - Homesick (episode). It is revealed in season six ("Semper Fidelis") that the document was written by his supervising agent at the time. Show More. In the episode "Spinning Wheel," Ducky is revealed to have a half-brother, Nicholas, who is 20 years his junior; his father Joseph and his ex-stepmother, Lorraine, are also introduced in that episode.[21]. Vance and Jackie have two children: a daughter, Kayla, and a son, Jared. Eshel returns in the NCIS Season 17 episode, "The North Pole" where he was captured by henchmen working for terrorist Sahar who has been hunting Ziva and tortured Adam. She soon recovers from the incident and continues to assist the NCIS team. Franks and Jenny are talking in an abandoned diner when she reveals that she regrets leaving Gibbs and is still in love with him. He preferred to be referred to as Haswari in school instead of Ari. Knight speaks fluent Chinese and was a Division I track star in college. and Rocky Carroll is back as Director Vance for the night, as well. Ducky owns a Morgan that he restored himself. They are estranged in the early seasons of the show, but Tony makes it clear that his father has money. Franks, who is outside at the time of the shooting, returns to Jenny's house, where Natasha is trying to kill Gibbs, and Franks shoots her. While in Afghanistan, Ducky stumbled on a CIA interrogation program in the Jalozai refugee camp on the Pakistani border, run by Marcin Jerek, aka Mr. It is later revealed that Ziva has been allowing herself to be the target of Cassidy's anger in order to help her through the ordeal of losing her team. In season 19, episode 13, titled "The Helpers", which Brian Dietzen co-wrote, a bio-terror attack exposes Jimmy and Kasie to a deadly toxin. After witnessing Kasie encourage Ducky to use the case to inspire his creativity for the book, Abby confronts Kasie, who admits that she is a fan of Abby's work and freaked out internally when she met her, and the two develop a close friendship. Sloane transferred from the Southwest Field Office in San Diego to NCIS Headquarters at the behest of Director Vance during season 15. . At the end of season six, she falls under suspicion as a spy for Mossad. Ari Haswari (portrayed by Rudolf Martin) is a terrorist who attacks and wounds both Gibbs and Gerald Jackson when he infiltrates the NCIS morgue during the episode "Bte Noire". Leon James Vance is the Director of NCIS in all 3 versions of the show. Worried about the implications, Vance returns to NCIS, assisting in the case on an investigatory level, rather than immediately resuming his role as director. As Just Jared noted, the episode proved to be quite an emotional one as Tobias Fornell's daughter (Joe Spano) died. These agents have work to do." Ziva couldn't help herself and offered, "Part of our job is to look after your children, Mrs. Vance. Jenny and Gibbs are reunited in "Kill Ari (Part I)", which stirs Gibbs' heart and opens up constant flirtation between her and Gibbs. Quinn met Gibbs when he was a part of the team investigating her partner's death. However, Franks later appears again to assist DiNozzo in investigating Alejandro. Director Shepard has been obsessed with bringing him to justice for over ten years because she believes he killed her father and made it look like a suicide. While waiting for him to wake up, she attempts to paint his toenails to look like watermelons, but then she notices he is waking up and tries to talk to him. ("Frame Up"). However, she manages to leave small, subtle clues for the team to follow. Eli also survived due to having sensed the trap in advance. McGee is unharmed and eventually is able to be with Delilah when she gives birth. But Amanda, it turns out, is actually her sister. She is divorced and has one daughter, Megan, who is revealed to be a teenager. Color key: Template:Col-start Template:Col-4 . She was known for her gothic style of dress (although she herself does not consider herself to be "Goth") and her addiction to the fictional high-caffeine beverage "Caf-Pow! After Director Shepard's death, she is replaced by Assistant Director Leon Vance, who becomes the new Director of NCIS. While walking on a beach, Ducky suffers a heart attack in the season nine finale, "Till Death Do Us Part," after hearing about the bomb blast at NCIS headquarters and then is seen lying motionless. He later approaches DiNozzo in the hospital under the Casey Stratton alias, but is unable to kill him as DiNozzo is under guard. She leaves the squad room after telling Tony (who did not lie about his feelings, despite his undercover deceptions) that she wished she had never met him. NBC NCIS ' Jackie Vance is dead and buried, but Paula Newsome, the actress who played her on and off for four years, is very much alive and thriving. . The show rarely mentions her mother, Rivka, who taught her to drive; all that is known is that her mother is deceased and that she does not have the same mother as Ari. Shepard and Ziva have a working relationship prior to Shepard's being appointed Director of NCIS. Jarvis lies to Sean Latham, knowing that he will leak the information to E.J. Examples of this include: defending DiNozzo against his father and calling his then senior agent "the best young agent he ever worked with" in "Flesh and Blood"; calling Ziva "kid" in "Safe Harbor"; giving McGee the watch his father had given him on the day of his wedding with Shannon in "Something Blue" when McGee married Delilah; following Bishop to Oklahoma in "Blood Brothers" to help her deal with the end of her marriage; and having dinner with Torres to help him cope with his father abandoning him again in "Sangre". Off-screen in "The Spider and the Fly", Hart resigns from her job at NCIS and moves away, taking the report with her in order to protect Gibbs from Paloma Reynosa and Alejandro Rivera, Hernandez's two children hell bent on revenge on Gibbs for their father's murder. Vance is the longest serving NCIS Director in the series, having been in the position of Director for over ten years. Fornell's daughter, Emily, has dealt with addiction over the past several seasons. LJ is "The Namesake" of Jethro Gibbs, and according to Jethro, it was LJ who inspired him to join the Marine Corps as a teenager. Run Chapter 1, a ncis fanfic | FanFiction She is shown to be dating a man named Boyd in "Toil and Trouble", and claims for it to be serious, with it being date number 5; however, his contact is not saved into her phone. He and Director Vance have shared a history since a time in Amsterdam when Eli saved his life from the attempts of a Russian hit squad. For example, in "Stakeout", Ducky is shown ordering a test on a blood sample and tells Abby it is from a John Doe. He first appears in the NCIS two-part pilot episodes, "Ice Queen" and "Meltdown", before making his official debut in the season one episode, "Yankee White", with his final appearance as NCIS Director in the season three opener "Kill Ari (Part I)", when he leaves to accept an appointment as a Senior Division Chief in the Department of Homeland Security.