Model Behavior

Episode Number: 57 Season: 3 (Disc 3)
Original Air Date: 12/13/05
Director: Stephen Cragg
Written By: David J. North
Edited By: Gregory Gontz
Blurb: A supermodel is murdered while filming a reality TV show, and now Gibbs and his team must separate fact from fiction.

Cast:
Mark Harmon
Michael Weatherly
Pauley Perrette
David McCallum
Sean Murray
Cote de Pablo
Lauren Holly
Brian Dietzen

Gibbs smacks DiNozzo in the head.

Probie

Episode Number: 56 Season: 3 (Disc 3)
Original Air Date: 11/29/05
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Written By: George Schenck & Frank Cardea
Edited By: J. Scott Harvey
Blurb: while on assignment,McGee (Sean Murray) kills an undercover police officer. Shepard allows the police to run their own investigation, which pushes Gibbs' relationship with his former girlfriend to the limit.

Cast:
Mark Harmon
Michael Weatherly
Pauley Perrette
David McCallum
Sean Murray
Cote de Pablo
Lauren Holly
Brian Dietzen

Abby traps McGee into undergoing aroma therapy. Later, Abby says: "Rule number 8 is going to save you McGee." Then DiNozzo says "Never date a co-worker?" Then David says "Never go anywhere without your knife" DiNozzo replies "I thought that was nine?" Gibbs replies "Never take anything for granted". Gibbs tells David to slap DiNozzo, and she slaps him on the head.

Frame Up

Episode Number: 55 Season: 3 (Disc 3)
Original Air Date: 11/22/05
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Written By: Laurence Walsh
Edited By: Jon Koslowsky
Blurb: Tony is accused of murder and the NCIS team must rally to clear his name.

Cast:
Mark Harmon
Michael Weatherly
Pauley Perrette
David McCallum
Sean Murray
Cote de Pablo
Lauren Holly
Michael Bellisario
Brian Dietzen
Joe Spano

They changed the title sequence again. They added Lauren Holly to the main titles after Murray and before McCallum. Gibbs smacks diNozzo on the head. Gibbs gestures for DiNozzo to come over to the bars in his jail cell after DiNozzo had been ranting and raving about being framed, and then Gibbs smacks DiNozzo on the back of the head through the bars.It turns out that Chip is the one framing DiNozzo. Abby subdues him after he pulls a knife on her.

Under Covers

Episode Number: 54 Season: 3 (Disc 2)
Original Air Date: 11/8/05
Director: Aaron Lipstadt
Written By: L.D. Zlotoff
Edited By: Gregory Gontz
Blurb: Tony (Michael Weatherly) and Ziva assume the identities of two murdered assassins and engage in a sexy undercover mission in a lavish hotel suite in order to find out who hired the killers.

Cast:
Mark Harmon
Michael Weatherly
Pauley Perrette
David McCallum
Sean Murray
Cote de Pablo
Lauren Holly
Michael Bellisario
Brian Dietzen
Joe Spano

There was yet another flashback to Gibbs and Shepard's time in Paris. Almost everytime Gibbs sees Shepard for the first time in an episode they do this. Gibbs and Fornell have an elevator conference. They are all hostile and aggressive in the squad room in front of their teams, and then buddy-buddy in the elevator.Chip expresses his dislike for DiNozzo in a conversation with Abby.Abby wishes Gibbs a happy birthday at the very end of the episode. He pulls out a flask that was given to him by his not-yet disclosed first wife and daughter, and says 'I miss you guys....semper fi" before taking a drink.

Honor Code

Episode Number: 53 Season: 3 (Disc 2)
Original Air Date: 11/1/05
Director: Colin Bucksey
Written By: Christopher Silber
Edited By: J. Scott Harvey
Blurb: In what may or may not be a hoax, a 6-year-old boy informs NCIS that his father, a lieutenant commander who holds the only code to a top-secret program, has been kidnapped.

Cast:
Mark Harmon
Michael Weatherly
Pauley Perrette
David McCallum
Sean Murray
Cote de Pablo
Lauren Holly
Michael Bellisario

Everyone continues to give Chip a hard time. Gibbs imagines working on his boat with a young girl....which of course we later learn was his daughter.

The Voyeur's Web

Episode Number: 52 Season: 3 (Disc 2)
Original Air Date: 10/25/05
Director: Dennis Smith
Written By: David J. North
Edited By: Jon Koslowsky
Blurb: A woman appears to be murdered live on an internet sex site. Gibbs and his team track down the webmaster and follow the money in order to find the killer.

Cast:
Mark Harmon
Michael Weatherly
Pauley Perrette
David McCallum
Sean Murray
Cote de Pablo
Brian Dietzen
Lauren Holly
Michael Bellisario

First shot we have of Gibbs is of him smacking DiNozzo on the head. Abby gets an unsought for assistant named Charles Sterling. She immediately starts calling him Chip.

Switch

Episode Number: 51 Season: 3 (Disc 2)
Original Air Date: 10/18/05
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Written By: Gil Grant
Edited By: Jon Koslowsky
Blurb: A murdered petty officer is discovered by the NCIS team to have been leading a double life, but the man's dying message leads Gibbs and his crew in an entirely different direction.

Cast:
Mark Harmon
Michael Weatherly
Pauley Perrette
David McCallum
Sean Murray
Cote de Pablo
Brian Dietzen

Gibbs has a conversation about the rules with David in the elevator. He mentions that there are about 50 of them. Gibbs snaps DiNozzo on the forehead. I'll count that as a head slap.

Silver War

Episode Number: 50 Season: 3 (Disc 1)
Original Air Date: 10/11/05
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Teleplay By: John C. Kelley
Story By: Joshua Lurie
Edited By: J. Scott Harvey
Blurb: The NCIS team discovers that a man found encased in a Civil War-era tomb was buried alive.

Cast:
Mark Harmon
Michael Weatherly
Pauley Perrette
David McCallum
Sean Murray
Cote de Pablo
Lauren Holly
Brian Dietzen

They changed the credits for this episode, and gave de Pablo third billing behind only Harmon and Weatherly. This is only her second appearance. Holly is still only getting guest star billing, and this is her fourth appearance. Hell, Dietzen is still only getting guest star billing! Shepard tells Gibbs rule #18...it is better to ask forgiveness than seek permission. gibbs hits DiNozzo in the back of the head with a paper ball.....not counted as a smack. Gibbs has an elevator conference with Ziva. Gibbs smacks her in the head at the end of it. Ducky meets up with an old "friend" he doesn't remember. We see Gibbs walk through the squad room talking to the redhaired woman. Gibbs smacks DiNozzo on the head. Abby and Ziva have a dominance fight going on.

Mind Games

Episode Number: 49 Season: 3 (Disc 1)
Original Air Date: 10/4/2005
Director: William Webb
Teleplay By: Jeffrey A. Kirkpatrick and John C. Kelley
Story By: Jeffrey A. Kirkpatrick
Edited By: J. Scott Harvey
Blurb: Three days before a serial killer is executed, Gibbs tries to get him to reveal where the bodies of his victims are.

Cast:
Mark Harmon
Michael Weatherly
Pauley Perrette
David McCallum
Sean Murray
Cote de Pablo
Lauren Holly
Jessica Steen

Gibbs smacks DiNozzo on the head. DiNozzo smacks McGee on the head.

Kill Ari (Part 2)

Episode Number: 48 Season: 3 (Disc 1)
Original Air Date: 9/27/2005
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Written By: Donald P. Bellisario
Edited By: Gregory Gontz
Blurb: Ducky (David McCallum) is kidnapped and gibbs tries to avenge Kate's death in a showdown with Ari.

Cast:
Mark Harmon
Sasha Alexander
Michael Weatherly
Pauley Perrette
David McCallum
Sean Murray
Rudolf Martin
Cote de Pablo
Lauren Holly
Joe Spano

Ziva David kills Ari in Gibbs' basement. She tells Gibbs her boss is high up in Mossad and that Ari is her half brother afterward.

Kill Ari (Part 1)

Episode Number: 47 Season: 3 (Disc 1)
Original Air Date: 9/20/2005
Director: Dennis Smith
Written By: Donald P. Bellisario
Edited By: Gregory Gontz
Blurb: Gibbs (Mark Harmon) and the NCIS team must confront their emotions about Kate's death at the hands of Ari, a renowned terrorist who may have ties to a new NCIS agent Ziva David (Cote de Pablo). Meanwhile, Jenny Shepard (Lauren Holly) a woman from Gibbs' past, is introduced as the new director of NCIS.

Cast:
Mark Harmon
Sasha Alexander
Michael Weatherly
Pauley Perrette
David McCallum
Sean Murray
Rudolf Martin
Cote de Pablo (first appearance)
Alan Dale
Lauren Holly (first appearance)

The titles have changed. Weatherly gets second billing now instead of Alexander. Alexander gets guest star billing this episode. de Pablo gets guest star billing.DiNozzo smacked McGee twice on the head, but I'm not going to count them. Gibbs is calling Mc Gee and DiNozzo by their first names and being compassionate. Ari shoots into Abby's lab just as Gibbs is walking by outside, and deliberately leaves his brass. Abby and DiNozzo slap McGee on the head at the same time. I'm counting this. We see a flashback of Gibbs and Shepard in Paris having sex as soon as she is introduced to him as the new director. We finally see Todd in her schoolgirl outfit as she appears to DiNozzo after her death. We see David for the first time while DiNozzo is fantasying about Todd. Gibbs smacks DiNozzo on the head. Abby smacks McGee on the head again. Gibbs smacks DiNozzo on the head again.

A very satisifing follow up to Twilight. I am so glad I got to see it immediately after the season ender, instead of having to wait.

Twilight

Episode Number: 46 Season: 2 (Disc 6)
Original Air Date: 5/24/2005
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Written By: John C. Kelley
Edited By: J. Scott Harvey
Blurb: Attempting to thwart an assassination attempt on Gibbs, the N.C.I.S. team pays the ultimate price with the death of a team member.

Cast:
Mark Harmon
Sasha Alexander
Michael Weatherly
Pauley Perrette
David McCallum
Sean Murray
Brian Dietzen
Alan Dale (his first appearance since episode 16 in season one)
Rudolf Martin
Joe Spano

Gibbs smacks DiNozzo on the head. Todd has a snake wrap itself around her foot. DiNozzo nearly gets blown up by a car bomb. Ari nearly kills Gibbs with a bomb under the table. Gibbs tucks Todd in as she sleeps behind her desk. Todd dreams that Ari killed Gibbs. Abby tells Todd that she dreamed of seeing DiNozzo with blood all over his face. (He does in fact end the episode with blood all over his face) DiNozzo mentions that Cassidy's ship is due in and that he has a date with her that night. Ari kills Todd with a sniper rife at the very end of the episode.Poetically, Todd's last act is do what she had trained to do in the Secret Servive, namely dive in front of a bullet to protect someone she was assigned to protect. DiNozzo's last words to her are :"You did good." Todd's last words are "I thought I'd die before I ever heard..."

Like I have said before, I never watched an episode of NCIS until the spring of 2011. I quickly became hooked. One day I mentioned to my father that I had ordered the first seven seasons on DVD and was about half way through Season Two. He casually said, "You know Todd gets killed in the last episode of Season Two?" Needless to say I was pretty pissed at him for spoiling it. After watching the episode for the third time, I can't believe I didn't hear about this episode when it first ran. I mean, come on...ending a season with the graphic death of the lead female character?!? I'll tell you one thing, I am sure glad I had the Season Three discs available to immediately watch the Season Three opener. If I had had to wait months like the first run on TV I would have lost it. I wouldn't exactly call this episode a favorite, but it certainly is one of the most impressive episodes of television I have ever seen.

SWAK

Episode Number: 45 Season: 2 (Disc 6)
Original Air Date: 5/10/2005
Director: Dennis Smith
Written By: Donald P. Bellisario
Edited By: Gregory Gontz
Blurb: Tony opens a letter only to release a mysterious powder into the N.C.I.S. squad room. Now the team must work to discover an antidote before it's too late.

Cast:
Mark Harmon
Sasha Alexander
Michael Weatherly
Pauley Perrette
David McCallum
Sean Murray
Brian Dietzen

Gibbs smacks DiNozzo in the head. Gibbs smacks McGee on the head. DiNozzo gets the plague and nearly dies.Gibbs smacks DiNozzo on th head in the isolation room.Speaking as someone who didn't watch the series when it first aired, and watching the series on disc for the second time, this episode is much more powerful emotionally when you know what is coming up in the next episode.

Hometown Hero

Episode Number: 44 Season: 2 (Disc 6)
Original Air Date: 5/03/2005
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Written By: George Schenck & Frank Cardea
Edited By: Jon Koslowsky
Blurb: A heroic Navy medic killed in Iraq is the prime suspect in a murder in his hometown and Gibbs and his team work to clear his name.

Cast:
Mark Harmon
Sasha Alexander
Michael Weatherly
Pauley Perrette
David McCallum
Sean Murray
Brian Dietzen

This was the third appearance of Lt. Commander Faith Coleman played by Alicia Coppola. DiNozzo smacks Palmer on the head. DiNozzo bribes abby with Caf Pow.

Red Cell

Episode Number: 43 Season: 2 (Disc 5)
Original Air Date: 4/26/2005
Director: Dennis Smith
Written By: Christopher Silber
Edited By: J. Scott Harvey
Blurb: A Marine in an ROTC program is murdered and Gibbs and his team suspect the soldier was involved in a game with deadly consequences.

Cast:
Mark Harmon
Sasha Alexander
Michael Weatherly
Pauley Perrette
David McCallum
Sean Murray
Brian Dietzen

We see McGee's sister for the first time, though we aren't told who see is. (The actress who plays her is the daughter of  Donald Bellisario) DiNozzo bribes Abby with Caf Pow shortly after Gibbs called him his "senior field agent", thus pleasing DiNozzo.

Conspiracy Theory

Episode Number: 42 Season: 2 (Disc 5)
Original Air Date: 4/12/2005
Director: Jeff Woolnough
Written By: Frank Military
Edited By: Gregory Gontz
Blurb: Ducky believes love triangles can be murder, at least in the case of the petty officer who was thought to have committed suicide after suffering a supposed "nervous breakdown".

Cast:
Mark Harmon
Sasha Alexander
Michael Weatherly
Pauley Perrette
David McCallum
Sean Murray
Brian Dietzen

DiNozzo shows Todd the picture he found of her in a wet t-shirt contest at the end of the last episode. Fornell and Gibbs have a conference in the elevator.

Bikini Wax

Episode Number: 41 Season: 2 (Disc 5)
Original Air Date: 3/29/2005
Director: Steven Cragg
Written By: David J. North
Edited By: Jon Koslowsky
Blurb: The N.C.I.S. team suspects a possible stalker when a pregnant female petty officer is murdered backstage at a bikini contest.

Cast:
Mark Harmon
Sasha Alexander
Michael Weatherly
Pauley Perrette
David McCallum
Sean Murray
Brian Dietzen

This episode feature's McGee's infamous car wash scene. DiNozzo finds a picture of Todd in a wet t-shirt contest.

An Eye For An Eye

Episode Number: 40 Season: 2 (Disc 5)
Original Air Date: 3/22/2005
Director: Dennis Smith
Written By: Steven Kane
Edited By: J. Scott Harvey
Blurb: A petty officer commits suicide after the N.C.I.S. team investigates him, which leads the team to one of the officer's lecturers who works for the CIA.

Cast:
Mark Harmon
Sasha Alexander
Michael Weatherly
Pauley Perrette
David McCallum
Sean Murray
Brian Dietzen

The infamous "eyes" episode. They still creep me out. Gibbs bribes Abby with Caf Pow. Gibbs smacks DiNozzo on the head.

Pop Life

Episode Number: 39 Season: 2 (Disc 4)
Original Air Date: 3/01/2005
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Written By: Frank Military
Edited By: Gregory Gontz
Blurb: a bartender wakes to find the woman next to him is not only dead, but she's not the woman hewent to bed with. Now Gibbs and his team investigate the mysterious murder.

Cast:
Mark Harmon
Sasha Alexander
Michael Weatherly
Pauley Perrette
David McCallum
Sean Murray
Brian Dietzen

Towards the end of the episode Gibbs bribes Abby with Caf Pow.

Caught On Tape

Episode Number: 38 Season: 2 (Disc 4)
Original Air Date: 2/22/2005
Director: Jeff Woolnough
Written By: Chris Crowe and Gil Grant & John C. Kelley
Edited By: John Koslowsky
Blurb: A Marine "falls" off a cliff while videotaping his own death and the N.C.I.S. team must investigate.

Cast:
Mark Harmon
Sasha Alexander
Michael Weatherly
Pauley Perrette
David McCallum
Sean Murray
Brian Dietzen

DiNozzo smacks McGee on the head. Gibbs bribes Abby with Caf Pow. McGee gets a Poison Ivy rash. Gibbs tells Todd that Pauly has a deaf mother (Gloria). Gibbs smacks DiNozzo in the head with a remote. DiNozzo starts to smack McGee on the head but stops because of McGee's rash.

Witness

Episode Number: 37 Season: 2 (Disc 4)
Original Air Date: 2/15/2005
Director: James Whitmore, Jr.
Written By: George Schnenck & Frank Cardea
Edited By: J. Scott Harvey
Blurb: Gibbs lets McGee (Sean Murray) run a case after the N.C.I.S. team is called in to investigate the murder of a sailor.

Cast:
Mark Harmon
Sasha Alexander
Michael Weatherly
Pauley Perrette
David McCallum
Sean Murray
Brian Dietzen

This episode guests stars Danica McKellar (Winnie from The Wonder Years). Gibbs smacks DiNozzo on the head. DiNozzo and Todd have a food fight.

The Meat Puzzle

Episode Number: 36 Season: 2 (Disc 4)
Original Air Date: 2/08/2005
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Written By: Frank Military
Edited By: Heather MacDougall
Blurb: After ducky is kidnapped by a mysterious killer, Gibbs and the others race against time to save their friend and capture the killer.

Cast:
Mark Harmon
Sasha Alexander
Michael Weatherly
Pauley Perrette
David McCallum
Sean Murray
Brian Dietzen

The conclusion of a plot line that has been foreshadowed in several episodes.We are introduced to Ducky's mother who lives with him. Gibbs tells todd to stay on Ducky like an ex-wife after an alimony check. Todd asks Gibbs what did Ducky look like when he was young, and Gibbs says "Like Illya Kuryakin" (A character McCallum played on The Man from U.N.C.L.E., a popular series in the 1960's.)

Doppleganger

Episode Number: 35 Season: 2 (Disc 3)
Original Air Date: 1/18/2005
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Written By: Jack Bernstein
Edited By: Gregory Gontz
Blurb: A petty officer's possible murder looks like a hoax to Gibbs and his team, until the petty officer is actually found dead.

Cast:
Mark Harmon
Sasha Alexander
Michael Weatherly
Pauley Perrette
David McCallum
Sean Murray

This is the second episode in a row that O'Hara directed. The local police involved on the case are a "clone" of Gibbs and the team. Lt. Cheney ( the Gibbs clone) smacks Detective Monteleone (the DiNozzo clone) as Monteleone is flirting with Todd. The Monteleone smacks Detective Miller ( the McGee clone) on the head as they get in their car. McGee bribes Abby with Caf Pow. Gibbs smacks McGee on the head. Gibbs smacks DiNozzo on the head. Gibbs flirts pretty heavily with a guest character named Wilkerson. Later they have a full on make out scene.The episode ends with Wilkerson being the main suspect, and Gibbs telling her that he really hopes her DNA doesn't match the killer's. The episode ends without confirming that she was the killer.

Black Water

Episode Number: 34 Season: 2 (Disc 3)
Original Air Date: 1/11/2005
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Teleplay By: John C. Kelley and Juan Carlos Coto
Story By: Juan Carlos Coto
Edited By: J. Scott Harvey
Blurb: A Naval officer, missing for two years, turns up in a car at the bottom of a lake. Now the missing persons case looks like murder to Gibbs and the team.

Cast:
Mark Harmon
Sasha Alexander
Michael Weatherly
Pauley Perrette
David McCallum
Sean Murray
Brian Dietzen

Ducky tells Palmer that Gibbs' last wife doesn't talk to him anymore. Gibbs bribes Abby with Caf Pow.