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.