In the episode "Newborn King", Leyla and her daughter are revealed to have moved to Washington, DC, following Franks' death. Jenny Shepard, who was still a junior agent during Franks' time, brings him back in hopes of helping Gibbs regain his memory after suffering a concussion in part 2 of "Hiatus". [9] In the season nine finale "Till Death Do Us Part", a bomb blast at NCIS headquarters occurs with Gibbs tackling Abby to the floor in her lab. In the same episode, he reveals that Gibbs is likely his only friend. Her death leaves Tony grief-stricken and finally gives him the courage he needs to tell Jeanne that he loves her. Paloma took over control of the cartel when her husband died. [47], The statute of limitations has expired on each of these charges. In season 17 episode "Schooled" reveals Sloane became pregnant after she was sexually assaulted by a friend in college and gave up Faith to protect her from her father. In the episode "Angel of Death", it is revealed that she is the daughter of arms dealer René Benoit and that Director Shepard, during Gibbs' absence at the end of season 3, assigned Tony to an undercover mission to get close to her. They met during their first week at NSA, though during season thirteen they appear to be having marital difficulties. At the end of the episode, they kiss. 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. [39] Braintree police chief Paul Frazier said on February 13, 2010, "The report's gone, removed from the files. De Pablo describes the character as someone who is "completely different from anyone else on the show" because "she's been around men all her life; she's used to men in authority. 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. He tells Rivera to leave before he gets hurt and when Rivera asks by whom, he replies angrily: "By me.". In the episode "High Tide", Torres and Ellie Bishop go on an undercover mission, which revolves around them both acting like a couple. Originally recruited into a CIA assassination team code-named Frankenstein, Cobb cracked under intense and inhumane training before escaping. While in the RAMC, he served in the Vietnam War while on an officer-exchange program with the United States military. However, it is revealed, in the season 13 episode 9 "Day In Court", that Jake has been dishonest, having an affair with fellow NSA employee Taylor Matthews. 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. Cole is killed when attempting to defuse a bomb left by Dearing outside NCIS headquarters. Barrett reappears. 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. He works for the CIA; while he usually manages to avoid getting caught for illegalities, he nevertheless almost always has his own agenda. Her last appearance is in "Till Death Do Us Part" when she is threatened by terrorist Harper Dearing, who is seeking revenge on everything and anyone connected with the Navy for the death of his son. However, as they part, they both stand up and have a tense moment where they nearly kiss, but both agree it should not go any further. Howe stated that Braintree police never informed him that Bishop had later allegedly accosted employees at a car dealership at gunpoint, demanding a car. His wife states that Vance attended the United States Naval Academy and was commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant in the Marine Corps, but was forced to take a medical discharge before ever serving due to surgery to repair a detached retina suffered during his boxing career. When Javid's sister attacked Ducky at a crime scene, the story resurfaced and Ducky was to be investigated by the Afghan government for war crimes. Although Gibbs figures out gradually that she is a spy, and affirms his conclusions by inserting a picture of an agent she shot, as if he were the spy, on a barwall "Slain Heroes" wall ("Collateral Damage"), she is caught in the next episode "Cloak". René Benoit, alias La Grenouille ("The Frog") (Armand Assante) is a French arms dealer and the primary antagonist of seasons 4 and 5. She first appears in the episode "Kill Ari (Part I)". Both are rescued from the elevator and survive their ordeal. She was replaced at NCIS by Ziva David.[7]. Secretly, Rivera's objective is to have revenge for his father's death by using Abby Sciuto's forensic skills to investigate the cold case while training a class of task force forensic specialists in Mexico. Recruited without any military background, she is the first female to hold the position. In the meeting, Jarvis appoints DiNozzo to NCIS' black operations program and orders him to investigate an NCIS agent suspected of leaking information. LJ revealed to Gibbs that he, Jackson and the latter's wife Ann were friends growing up and both men fell in love with Ann. McGee is also a writer, writing mystery crime novels including a national bestseller, Deep Six: The Continuing Adventures of L.J. Senior Gautier, MS Mississippi Gulf Coast CC. [27] While she and Gibbs were stationed in Europe, Gibbs was ordered back to the US and she was offered her own section in Europe. He scatters Tony, McGee, and Ziva to various departments and assigns Gibbs a new team in the Season 6 premiere "Last Man Standing" upon being named Director; however it is later revealed that he did this to flush out a mole in the agency. Most of the team either ignore Ed or quietly tolerate his rudeness out of respect for Palmer and his guest. Prior to his departure in the season thirteen episode "Family First", Michael Weatherly appeared in every episode except season thirteen's "Homefront". he replied, "Illya Kuryakin"—the Russian U.N.C.L.E. In the season nine premiere "Nature of the Beast", she helps the team piece together the events of Tony's undercover assignment. 'I said she was crazy multiple times and I stand by that,' the professor said. During the episode "Internal Affairs", Gibbs tells Shepard that he thinks she is responsible for Benoit's murder, having seen Benoit leave without the gun she angrily tried to give him when he asked for her protection; this is reiterated when Gibbs looks through the FBI's file on Benoit's death in "Judgment Day" (Part 1). In statements to Braintree police that day, she and her mother, Judy Bishop, both claimed the shooting was accidental. Paloma is contacted by Colonel Merton Bell, who is seeking revenge against the man who had sent him into a Mexican prison: Agent Gibbs. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1976 and became a Scout Sniper. NIS believes he is bribing sailors for intelligence. Cobb is killed in the season eight finale, "Pyramid", where it is revealed that everything he had done since his first kill in Rota has been a part of a larger plan to get revenge on those he holds responsible for Operation Frankenstein—Leon Vance, Trent Kort and the Secretary of the Navy. She realizes that this is his oblique way of committing to their relationship for the long haul and kisses him fiercely. He is mentioned in "Family First", with DiNozzo stating he has asked Eshel about Ziva's current location, but that Adam says he has not had contact with her in over a year. When McGee spontaneously proposes to Delilah in the elevator in the episode "Love Boat", she accepts. In episode "Damned If You Do", Jimmy tells Ducky that he and Breena are on a waiting list for adoption, seeing as how there are so many children without parents. His final appearance comes in "Till Death Do Us Part" when Gibbs feels he would be an ideal operative to get close to the terrorist Harper Dearing. As a running gag in season 17, Sloane is often teased that she and Gibbs are in a relationship by members of the team. She does not own a television but her favorite film is The Sound of Music. He meets his handler, Riley McAllister, who tells him that the target is a Russian agent known to Vance only as "The Russian". During season 15, it is revealed he is a recovering alcoholic as he often drank to cope with the stresses of his undercover operations. She works well with everyone on the team, becoming particularly close with Ducky and Abby, who convinces her to get a tattoo. She determined that the initial investigation in 1993 was "appropriate and thorough"; the case remains unsolved. In 1986, she shot and killed her brother in Braintree, Massachusetts, in an incident officially ruled an accident. "[8] Those who were shot were on one side of the oval table; the five on the other side dropped to the floor. This frustrates Abby, who believes that Kasie doesn't like her despite her attempts to be friendly, and later learns from Ducky that Kasie has a degree in forensic science. As a result of the bombing, Cassidy is left with psychological scars and begins developing survivor's guilt, believing herself to be the one responsible for unknowingly sending her team into the trap. He has less direct involvement with the team's cases than either of his successors (exceptions being matters of terrorism and national security), and seems to spend much of his time in MTAC monitoring NCIS' global presence. In "Knockout" it is revealed that he was originally from Ohio, but grew up in Chicago where he trained to be a boxer. She is very skilled with a knife and is shown teaching her colleagues how to throw one properly. After the first failed attempt, Latham advises Cole to abandon his mission, but Cole refuses, claiming that he has to see it through, and he murders Latham. The mother of Ned Dorneget, Teague works with both DiNozzo and Gibbs in the aftermath of his death. Throughout season 17, Ziva David has encouraged Nick to reveal his feelings for Bishop, as their relationship mirrors her own with Anthony DiNozzo. He studied biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins University, and computer forensics at MIT. It is revealed that Qasim proposed to Bishop a few weeks before he died. After her divorce she prefers to stay single for a while. She and Gibbs have a serious relationship, even earning the nickname "future ex-wife number four" from DiNozzo. In January 2011, attorneys representing Davis' and Johnson's families filed wrongful death lawsuits against Bishop, Anderson, and the University. Tony frequently flirts with her and sometimes goes through her personal belongings, no matter how many times she points out that his behavior is grossly unprofessional. In "Heartland", it is revealed that Jackson and his son are estranged, but in later appearances, they reconcile and become close. Vivian Blackadder appeared in the JAG episodes "Ice Queen" and "Meltdown". Palmer is also shown to have severe tinnitus. Bell orders his right-hand man, Jason Paul Dean, to kill Special Agent Lara Macy, who has discovered this evidence but subsequently buried it according to "Legend, Part 2". During "Semper Fidelis", Eli is suspected of using Michael Rivkin to spy on the Americans and using the intelligence to locate a terrorist handler and find a training camp located in Somalia. 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. She was disowned by her family and then smuggled out of Iraq after becoming pregnant with the child of Franks's biological son, Lance Corporal Liam O'Neill, USMC. Ducky announces his official retirement from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service in "Bears and Cubs." In the season 13 episode, "Return to Sender", Morrow is found dead, having been shot in the head by a sniper the team presume is former British spy Jacob Scott, although it is later revealed that the actual killer is former CIA agent Trent Kort. At the end of the episode, he is seen floating in the Washington Channel with a single gunshot to his head (from Director Shepard's gun). and Morrow being a former Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy. Jeanne Benoit (later Jeanne Woods) (Scottie Thompson) first appears in the episode "Sandblast" as Tony DiNozzo's new girlfriend. She applied to NCIS before taking the job with the NSA, and Gibbs invites her to a "joint duty assignment". In "Anonymous Was a Woman" Franks is shown (in flashback) as having conducted a rescue program for Afghan women. He appears in "Squall", where it is revealed that he has cancer. Special Agent Brent Langer (Jonathan LaPaglia) first appears in the episode "Tribes". It is eventually revealed that she is married and her husband's name is Jake Malloy (Jamie Bamber), an attorney for the NSA. When Special Agent Caitlin Todd asked Gibbs "What did Ducky look like when he was younger?" [24] Her research interests include induction of adaptive resistance to nitric oxide in the central nervous system and utilization of motor neurons for the development of neural circuits grown on biological computer chips. 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). They wrote, "We cannot explain or even understand what happened in Alabama. His mother, CIA officer Joanna Teague (Mimi Rogers), works with NCIS to find the terrorist group responsible for his death. Jackson Gibbs (Ralph Waite) is the father of Leroy Jethro Gibbs. She is contacted by Colonel Merton Bell while he is being tried by the Mexican authorities for bounty hunting in their country. 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. To play the young Vance, Rocky Carroll underwent make-up procedures that he described as "a little instant facelift". "[67], On June 18, two days after Bishop was indicted for the murder of her brother in a re-opened case, she attempted suicide in the Huntsville jail. Bishop planned to accept the night he died, but never had the chance. There is a great deal of romantic tension between Tony and Ziva. [25], Bishop had previous encounters with law enforcement officials due to "an outburst or violent act" on her part. It is later revealed that Gibbs killed Hernandez and Rivera was counting on Abby's report to bring Gibbs down but it never reaches Mexico having been intercepted by Margaret Allison Hart, who is working on the task force project. Mann is assigned by her superiors to work on a co-operative investigation with NCIS involving a bombing at the Army-Navy Golf Club. An expert on Middle Eastern terrorists, she works as an interrogator at Guantanamo Bay. Her brother had been injured while serving there, and a local villager, mistaken by Marines as an insurgent, was killed while attempting to help him, prompting Jardine to help the villager's children. Finally, in the episode "Aliyah", the relationship between Rivkin and Ziva comes out and this leads Gibbs, Leon Vance, and Tony to Israel. During her years in charge, the cartel grew to be powerful enough to infiltrate the US Navy. He is the last person to know about then-Director Shepard's incurable illness during her lifetime, as Gibbs only has suspicions at the time as of "Judgment Day" (Part 1). "[31] She had a literary agent although she had not published any books. 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. The season 16 episode "Perennial" introduces Sloane's biological daughter, Faith Tolliver, who Sloane put up for adoption immediately after giving birth. Ziva does not fully come to terms with killing her brother, and experiences moments of guilt and hurt, even with her departure from Mossad (after the beginning of season 7) and her new American citizenship coming through (in that season's finale episode "Rule Fifty-One"). "[6], The suspected murder weapon, a 9-mm Ruger P95 handgun, was found in a bathroom on the second floor of the building. The incidents did not come to the attention of the UAH administration or other employers. Then-Assistant Director Vance takes over for Jenny Shepard during her leave of absence between "Internal Affairs" and "Judgment Day", establishing himself as a formidable presence with Gibbs and his team. She orders Dean to kill Bell as she no longer needs him. "[4][6] Bishop's behavior was also described as "normal" just prior to the shooting. 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). Despite their animosity, they appear to be attracted to one another. 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. Unfortunately, the relationship ends abruptly when Qasim dies from injuries sustained in an attack by a criminal that the NCIS team have been tracking, leaving Bishop grief-stricken and hellbent on exacting revenge for Qasim's murder. A ruthless serial killer, he is responsible for the deaths of Mike Franks and NCIS Agent Gaven Levin, and takes NCIS agent E.J. She is the only major character who appeared in the pilot episodes from JAG, and not in the series NCIS. After the deaths of a number of Air Force personnel in the bombing, Franks retired to Mexico and handed control of the MCRT to Gibbs. Her political career started when she was elected to the School Board; she has been a member of the House since 2001. In "Twofer", following Gibbs' and McGee's return to the US after a failed mission in Paraguay, Grace is appointed to conduct psychiatric evaluations on them to determine whether they are fit to return to NCIS. Barrett's presence is a source of tension between Gibbs and Director Vance, as Gibbs initially believes Barrett was reassigned to Washington because of budget cuts. After being rescued by Gibbs, she is taken hostage by the P2P but is again rescued by Gibbs. Special Agent Caitlin "Kate" Todd (Sasha Alexander) first appears in the episode "Yankee White". [2] She had worked with the herpes virus during her post-doctoral studies, and had written a novel describing the spread of a virus similar to herpes throughout the world. [citation needed]. He departs NCIS in order to travel to Israel to find answers and to Paris because Ziva loved Paris. Jonathan Cole (Scott Wolf), alias FBI Agent Casey Stratton, is one of the primary antagonists of season nine. McGee is unharmed and eventually is able to be with Delilah when she gives birth. [52] Judge Mark Coven, first justice of Quincy District Court, was scheduled to hold the inquest. In the episode "Dagger", after she learns that Amanda is safe, she gives Gibbs silent permission to kill the Weatherman, the person responsible for the crimes. NCIS is an American police procedural television series, revolving around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which investigates crimes involving the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. Later, Eli betrays Vance to the Russian but it is revealed that this is so he can kill him himself. Patrick orders State Police to review role in 1986 Bishop shooting", "Detective In '86 Bishop Shooting Defends His Work", "Lacking data, he closed case; Ex-trooper says police withheld reports on '86 Bishop shooting", "Witness reported talk of revenge in bomb case", "Papers Link Husband of Professor to '93 Threat", "Alleged Ala. killer was suspect in Harvard professor bomb attempt", "Alabama Shooting Suspect's Husband: 'I'm No Psychologist, "Ala. Prof Won't Be Charged in 1993 Mass. In season nine's "Nature of the Beast", it is revealed that the mole is none other than Simon Cade, a member of E.J. Adam Eshel (Damon Dayoub) works for the Shin Bet, Israeli Secret Service, and is also Ziva David's contact. Craig is a bureaucrat, with little-to-no field experience. After Director Shepard's death, she is replaced by Assistant Director Leon Vance. One of these colleagues was a member of Bishop's tenure-review committee. Initially described as "an eccentric businessman whose son was killed in a terrorist bombing",[40] he appears as a domestic terrorist, out for revenge against the Navy due to the death of his son, Evan, which is revealed in "Up in Smoke". She was a military brat; her father, Jasper Shepard, was a colonel in the United States Army. Barrett, who has since resurfaced. Anthony DiNozzo, Sr. (Robert Wagner) is the father of Tony DiNozzo. They were partners until DiNozzo transferred to Baltimore. Stephanie Bronwyn Flynn (Kathleen York) is Gibbs' third ex-wife. 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. Jordan came back to Ducky's autopsy room to help him find anything else she might have missed, and decodes the tattoo on his arm, helping Gibbs and his team eventually solve the case. Usually known as "Dorney" to the rest of the team, he is often assigned to the evidence locker against his wishes and desires to become a full field agent.