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NCIS/Kill Ari (1)
| Kill Ari (1) | |
| Season 3, Episode 1 | |
| Airdate | September 20, 2005 |
| Production Number | 302 |
| Written by | Donald P. Bellisario |
| Directed by | Dennis Smith |
| Stream |  |
| ← 2x23 Twilight |
3x02 → Kill Ari (2) |
| NCIS — Season Three | |
Kill Ari (1) is the first episode of the third season of NCIS, and the forty-seventh episode overall.
Starring: Mark Harmon (Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs), Michael Weatherly (Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo), Pauley Perrette (Forensic Scientist Abby Sciuto), Sean Murray (Special Agent Timothy McGee)
and David McCallum (Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard)
Special Guest Stars: Sasha Alexander (Caitlin Todd), Rudolf Martin (Ari Haswari)
Guest Starring: Cote de Pablo (Mossad Officer Ziva David), Pancho Demmings (Gerald Jackson)
with Alan Dale (NCIS Director Thomas Morrow)
and Lauren Holly (NCIS Director Jenny Shepard)
Co-Starring: A.J. Tannen (Mossad Agent)
Contents |
Plot Overview
Following the death of Kate, the remaining NCIS crew attempts to piece together the mystery of her murder. However, throughout the episode, the team has trauma-induced hallucinations of Kate. Meanwhile, the NCIS director announces that he's accepted a promotion to a deputy directorship at Homeland Security and is replaced with former NCIS Special Agent Jenny Shepard, a woman Gibbs has had romantic relations with in the past. Questions are raised as to whether or not Ari really killed Agent Caitlin Todd, and the Mossad sends Agent Ziva David, Ari's conrol officer, with the intention of stopping Gibbs from killing him.
Haswari takes Gerald (Ducky's former autopsy lab assistant, whom he shot in Season One) hostage against Ducky, claiming that he wants to show Dr. Mallard evidence that he didn't kill Agent Todd. Ducky exchanges himself for Gerald, and the last shot of the episode is Ducky walking down the street towards Haswari's car framed in a sniper's scope.
Notes
Arc Advancement
Happenings
- Director Thomas Morrow (recurring throughout seasons 1 and 2) leaves NCIS to take a deputy directorship job at Homeland Security, and Special Agent Jenny Shepard is promoted to replace him. Shepard and Gibbs had a romantic relationship while they were working together as field agents.
Characters
- First Appearance: Lauren Holly makes her first appearance as Jenny Shepard.
- First Appearance: Cote de Pablo makes her first appearance of as Mossad Agent Ziva David.
