NCIS (season 1)

NCIS (season 1)
NCIS Season 1 DVD
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	23
Broadcast
Original channel	CBS
Original run	September 23, 2003 (2003-09-23) – May 25, 2004 (2004-05-25)
Home video release
DVD release date	June 6, 2006 (Region 1)
Season chronology
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List of NCIS episodes

This is a list of episodes for the first season of the police procedural drama NCIS. Originally broadcast between September 23, 2003 and May 25, 2004, the first season essentially dealt with introducing the characters and their strengths, skills and weaknesses. It also introduced the main foe for the first two seasons, Ari Haswari, two recurring characters in the form of Timothy McGee and Jimmy Palmer after Gerald Jackson, Ducky's assistant, was shot, and Special Agent Caitlin Todd as Special Agent Vivian Blackadder's replacement.

Cast

Character	Portrayed by	Main cast	Recurring cast
Leroy Jethro Gibbs	Mark Harmon	entire season	N/A
Caitlin Todd	Sasha Alexander	entire season	N/A
Anthony DiNozzo	Michael Weatherly	entire season	N/A
Abby Sciuto	Pauley Perrette	entire season	N/A
Donald 'Ducky' Mallard	David McCallum	entire season	N/A
Gerald Jackson	Pancho Demmings	N/A	until episode 16
Timothy McGee	Sean Murray	N/A	episode 7 onwards
Jimmy Palmer	Brian Dietzen	N/A	episode 21 onwards

Episodes

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"Yankee White"	Donald Bellisario	Donald Bellisario and Don McGill	September 23, 2003 (2003-09-23)	13.04[1]
While on Air Force One, a Navy Commander tasked with carrying the "football" dies under mysterious circumstances, forcing an emergency landing in Wichita, Kansas but while his death is originally thought be to a tragic accident, NCIS eventually uncovers evidence suggesting the Commander was murdered and that it might be connected to a possible assassination attempt on the President. Recurring characters: Alan Dale as Director Tom Morrow, Joe Spano as FBI Agent Fornell and Pancho Demmings as Gerald Jackson First appearance of: Kate Todd, TC Fornell and Gerald Jackson.
2	2	"Hung out to Dry"	Alan Levi	Don McGill	September 30, 2003 (2003-09-30)	12.08[2]
A Marine dies during a night-time training jump. The culprit seems to be a faulty parachute, but the standard investigation reveals that the death might not have been an accident after all. Gibbs begins to believe that the supposed accident which resulted in the Marine's death may actually be murder and he, Tony and Kate set out to find out who tampered with the dead Marine's faulty parachute and eventually sent him unknowingly to his death. Recurring characters: Pancho Demmings as Gerald Jackson and Patrick Labyorteaux as LT Bud Roberts
3	3	"Seadog"	Bradford May	Donald Bellisario and John Kelley	October 7, 2003 (2003-10-07)	11.26[3]
When a Naval Commander is murdered, seemingly during a freelance drugs deal gone sour, the media is quick to link him to drug trafficking and the evidence stacks up. Being a former Marine himself, Gibbs refuses to believe that a good officer could be so corrupt, and in his efforts to clear the Commander's record and good name, uncovers a turf war between two rival drug gangs, and a terrorist's scheme to knock out the national power grid. The NCIS team is aided in its investigation by the DEA, and FBI Special Agent Tobias Fornell. Recurring characters: Alan Dale as Director Tom Morrow, Joe Spano as FBI Agent Fornell and Pancho Demmings as Gerald Jackson
4	4	"The Immortals"	Alan Levi	Darcy Meyers	October 14, 2003 (2003-10-14)	11.70[4]
The discovery of a drowned sailor in dress whites, with an officer's ceremonial sword and weights chained to his waist, sparks a suicide investigation and eventually sends the team to the USS Foster so that they can dig into the deceased officer's life and find out what his colleagues thought of him. Kate refuses to believe that the deceased sailor committed suicide, as like her, he came from a Catholic family where suicide is a mortal sin. Meanwhile Abby discovers a link between the crew of the USS Foster and an MMORPG known as 'The Immortals', and begins searching the game for clues and evidence in order to assist Gibbs in solving the case and saving the ship from possible destruction.
5	5	"The Curse"	Terrence O'Hara	Donald Bellisario, Don McGill and Jeff Vlaming	October 28, 2003 (2003-10-28)	13.50[5]
Gibbs and the team are called in when a mummified lieutenant, who was believed to have absconded with 1.2 million dollars of stolen Navy funds ten years previously, is found in a half-buried cargo pod with Navy markings on it. Two former shipmates who serve with the deceased come under suspicion for both the murder and the theft. Gibbs and Tony work at investigating the murder, while Kate is charged with tracking down the missing funds. Abby uses a computer reconstruction to work a confession out of a possible suspect.
6	6	"High Seas"	Dennis Smith	Larry Moskowitz and Jeff Vlaming	November 4, 2003 (2003-11-04)	11.77[6]
One of Gibbs's former team members, NCIS Special Agent Stan Burley (Joel Gretsch) who is Agent Afloat on the USS Enterprise calls for assistance when a sailor suffers a meth overdose while on leave, despite the sailor in question claiming that he's never taken the drug. When another sailor is admitted to sickbay under the same circumstances, Tony and Kate investigate the source of the drugs within the crew while Gibbs begins to suspect that a senior officer on the ship may secretly be doping the crew with performance-enhancing drugs. Recurring characters: Pancho Demmings as Gerald Jackson
7	7	"Sub Rosa"	Michael Zinberg	Frank Cardea and George Schenck	November 18, 2003 (2003-11-18)	13.21[7]
NCIS Norfolk Case Agent Timothy McGee works on a case of a partially dissolved corpse found in a barrel of acid at the Norfolk Naval Base, and calls in the Major Case Response Team to help him. As the investigation continues, it soon becomes apparent that the killer took steps to prevent the body from being identified. Gibbs quickly comes to believe that the motive for the brutal murder was identity theft and his suspicions are further confirmed when it's revealed that although a submariner is dead, no-one has been reported missing, leading Gibbs to believe that an imposter is on one of the submarines. Tony, Abby, and McGee are tasked with identifying the deceased, while Gibbs and Kate are sent underwater on a submarine to vet five possible suspects, one of whom might have been responsible for the murder and also prevent a chemical attack from happening. Recurring characters: Sean Murray as Timothy McGee and Pancho Demmings as Gerald Jackson First appearance of: Timothy McGee
8	8	"Minimum Security"	Ian Toynton	Donald Bellisario and Philip DeGuere	November 25, 2003 (2003-11-25)	12.71[8]
The team heads for Cuba when Ducky and Gerald discover that a dead Guantanamo Bay translator they've been working on has a stomach full of emeralds. NCIS Special Agent Paula Cassidy proves to be more than a match for Tony when he is ordered to investigate her involvement, while Gibbs and Kate try to discover where the emeralds came from, how they ended up in their translator's stomach, and prevent the assassination of an important prisoner. Recurring characters: Jessica Steen as Paula Cassidy and Pancho Demmings as Gerald Jackson First appearance of: Paula Cassidy
9	9	"Marine Down"	Dennis Smith	John Kelley	December 16, 2003 (2003-12-16)	12.03[9]
When a dead Marine seemingly calls his wife on the day of his funeral, Gibbs, Tony and Kate begin investigating. The case quickly becomes complicated, as the Marine's CO apparently has two physical forms, and Tony somehow manages to meet and interrogate the victim's wife in a park without even leaving the office. As the investigation continues, the Marine turns up embalmed, having been killed two days after his funeral supposedly took place. Gibbs suspects CIA involvement, and is soon tracking a rogue operative in an attempt to rescue the deceased Marine's partner before another murder takes place. Recurring characters: Alan Dale as Director Morrow and Pancho Demmings as Gerald Jackson
10	10	"Left for Dead"	James Whitmore, Jr.	Donald Bellisario and Don McGill	January 6, 2004 (2004-01-06)	14.51[10]
Kate immediately bonds with a woman suffering from amnesia after she wakes up and crawls from her grave following a murder attempt, claiming to remember that a bomb is present on a Navy ship and that people will die unless it's found. But unknown to Kate and the team, the anonymous Jane Doe is actually lying to Kate as she is secretly already beginning to remember who she really is and is probably planning something to strike back against her employers, something that might end in bloodshed... Recurring characters: Pancho Demmings as Gerald Jackson
11	11	"Eye Spy"	Alan Levi	Frank Cardea, Dana Coen and George Schenck	January 13, 2004 (2004-01-13)	14.00[11]
NCIS is called in to investigate the murder of a naval officer at Little Creek Naval Base following an anonymous tip-off. McGee manages to track the tip-off to Langley, suggesting that the CIA has been spying on the base. Gibbs and Kate follow the tip-off, coming across a witness who leads the team to several possible suspects. At first the murder seems to be tied in with work the officer was involved with, but the team soon begins to suspect a more domestic motive. Recurring characters: Sean Murray as Timothy McGee and Pancho Demmings as Gerald Jackson
12	12	"My Other Left Foot"	Jeff Woolnough	Jack Bernstein	February 3, 2004 (2004-02-03)
When the leg of a marine is discovered in a dumpster, Gibbs and the team have a problem - identifying who the leg belongs to and finding the rest of his body. Kate and Tony are ordered to find the marine's place of burial and exhume the body, only to discover that the marine to whom the leg belongs to was apparently cremated years ago. With no solid leads available, the team is stuck following red herrings, until it becomes apparent that the marine was in fact alive until recently, and another marine was killed and falsely identified in the past. This revelation prompts the NCIS team to investigate closer to home.
13	13	"One Shot, One Kill"	Peter Ellis	Gil Grant	February 10, 2004 (2004-02-10)	13.18[12]
When a marine recruiter is killed, the NCIS team quickly discover that a highly intelligent and skilled sniper was behind the attack. Initially, the team believes the sniper had a grudge against the recruiter, but when a second attack occurs the investigation takes on a wider scope. When Gibbs notices that the sniper left a calling card at each scene, he realizes that the sniper was meeting the recruiters before the shooting took place. Hoping to lure out the killer, Gibbs dons his old Marine uniform and takes over in the recruitment office with Kate, his new "commanding officer", co-ordinating with DiNozzo and assisted by an FBI team. Recurring characters: Pancho Demmings as Gerald Jackson
14	14	"The Good Samaritan"	Alan Levi	Jack Bernstein	February 17, 2004 (2004-02-17)	13.49[13]
A local county sheriff calls in NCIS upon discovering a murdered lieutenant commander by the roadside, quickly followed by the murder of a civilian contractor two counties over. As the team struggle to find a motive or suspects for either case, another murder occurs; this time a naval aviator. Ducky points out that while the murders appear to follow the same modus operandi and seem to have been carried out by a serial killer, some elements are different, indicating that the murders were not carried out by the same individual. A DNA sample draws suspicion onto the widow of the third victim, but she has an iron-clad alibi, leaving Gibbs with a complex investigation and many loose ends to tie up. Recurring characters: Pancho Demmings as Gerald Jackson
15	15	"Enigma"	Thomas J. Wright	John Kelley	February 24, 2004 (2004-02-24)	12.14[14]
Fornell and Gibbs clash when it is discovered that a marine colonel, William Ryan (Terry O'Quinn) who also happens to be Gibbs's former C.O has absconded from Iraq with two million dollars, and returned to the states under an assumed name. Fornell thinks he stole the money for himself while Gibbs denies the claim, believing he's innocent. Ryan later contacts Gibbs, and explains that he has discovered a conspiracy to siphon funds out of Iraq for use on black ops. Gibbs is drafted in to aid in bringing down the conspiracy, and meets the Colonel's partner - a lieutenant named Cameron who had actually died in Gibbs's arms years ago. After being arrested for "pissing off the FBI", Gibbs and Fornell set out to discover the truth behind the Colonel's claims in a tense standoff. It is soon discovered that Ryan is suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and after the standoff ends, he is put into a mental hospital so that he can be treated for his mental illness. Recurring characters: Alan Dale as Director Morrow, Joe Spano as FBI Agent Fornell and Pancho Demmings as Gerald Jackson
16	16	"Bête Noire"	Peter Ellis	Donald Bellisario	March 2, 2004 (2004-03-02)	12.82[15]
Ducky responds to an emergency call when the Israeli Embassy sends a Royal Navy officer to NCIS for autopsy, only to find a gunman (revealed in later episodes to be recurring antagonist Ari Haswari) inside the body bag. As Ducky, Gerald and eventually Kate are held hostage in the autopsy lab, the director coordinates with an FBI strike team to negotiate their release. Meanwhile, Kate hesitates when presented with an opportunity to kill her captor, while Gibbs and Tony take more pro-active measures to get their co-workers out safely, ending with a showdown during which shots are fired, one of which hits Gibbs's left shoulder, leaving both himself and Gerald who had been shot during the siege injured. Recurring characters: Alan Dale as Director Morrow, Pancho Demmings as Gerald Jackson, Jessica Steen as Paula Cassidy and Rudolf Martin as Ari Haswari First appearance of: Ari Haswari
17	17	"The Truth Is out There"	Dennis Smith	Jack Bernstein	March 16, 2004 (2004-03-16)	13.29[16]
During a rave party, the body of a Petty Officer falls through the ceiling. Preliminary investigation suggests that the Petty Officer was killed in the nearby parking lot, and was dressed after his death. Upon checking the victim's room, evidence surfaces that he may have been taking financial bribes. Gibbs suspects the victim's co-workers of involvement in the death when their separate versions of events are too consistent. Forensic evidence links them to the scene, and they eventually confess that the death was a prank gone wrong, but Gibbs still believes that there's more to the case than meets the eye.
18	18	"UnSEALed"	Peter Ellis	Thomas Moran	April 6, 2004 (2004-04-06)	10.83[17]
A former Navy SEAL convicted of double homicide escapes from Leavenworth, resulting in Kate and McGee being assigned to protect the son and in-laws of the escaped prisoner. During the night, the SEAL breaks into the house to see his son before fleeing, leaving Todd tied to a chair and unarmed, her weapon having been taken by the SEAL. Profiling his behavior, Kate theorizes that he may actually be innocent, and had discovered the identity of the real killer while in jail. Gibbs brings in the presiding defense and prosecution attorneys, one of which is Lt. Commander Faith Coleman to go over the evidence while attempting to arrest the true killer before the fugitive finds the actual murderer and delivers his own brand of justice: revenge. Recurring characters: Sean Murray as Timothy McGee
19	19	"Dead Man Talking"	Dennis Smith	Frank Cardea and George Schenck	April 27, 2004 (2004-04-27)	11.64[18]
Special Agent Chris Pacci is brutally murdered while investigating a cold case, prompting a guilt-ridden Gibbs to step in and take over the case while attempting to find Pacci's killer. The team follows the trail of millions of dollars, and is led to a woman with ties to the thief. The agents take shifts conducting a stake-out on the woman's house, until Tony's caught raiding the mailbox. Forced to improvise, he introduces himself as a resident of the neighbourhood and strikes up a conversation based on what he had heard via surveillance. This gives him a chance to get close to the suspect in order to find out more, as he goes on a successful date with her. Meanwhile, Abby makes a shocking discovery which leaves Tony horrified and vulnerable to an onslaught of merciless taunts and teasing from Kate: the suspect they've been trailing, Amanda Reed is in fact Lt. Commander Voss, the Officer who faked his own death in a car accident and who's responsible for stealing money from the Navy. Things come to a head in a bar where Voss/Reed attempts to kill Tony in front of witnesses but Gibbs gets there just in time and shoots Voss/Reed dead, avenging Pacci's death. Recurring characters: Sean Murray as Timothy McGee, Jamie Luner as Amanda Reed
20	20	"Missing"	Jeff Woolnough	John Kelley	May 4, 2004 (2004-05-04)	10.13[19]
The disappearance of a marine draws NCIS in to investigate, and it's discovered that several marines from the same unit have also vanished under similar circumstances. When skeletal remains of one of the missing men is found chained to a pipe in a small sewer room, Gibbs begins to suspect the unit CO (the only team member not dead or missing) as a serial killer. However, after Tony vanishes, the investigation takes on a more frantic pace and McGee is called in from Norfolk to help as Gibbs and Kate work against the clock to find Tony before it's too late. Recurring characters: Sean Murray as Timothy McGee
21	21	"Split Decision"	Terrence O'Hara	Bob Gookin	May 11, 2004 (2004-05-11)	11.07[20]
As Ducky meets his new assistant, Jimmy Palmer, Gibbs takes the case of a marine found impaled on a tree stump. The investigation uncovers the sale of decommissioned military weapons on the black market. Tony goes undercover and meets the buyer, only to stumble into an ATF operation. Working with ATF Special Agent Stone, Gibbs poses as a weapons supplier to complete the deal, and must double cross everyone in order to find the corrupt person at the centre of the investigation, and the one responsible for the marine's death. Recurring characters: Sean Murray as Timothy McGee and Brian Dietzen as Jimmy Palmer First appearance of: Jimmy Palmer
22	22	"A Weak Link"	Alan Levi	Jack Bernstein	May 18, 2004 (2004-05-18)	10.39[21]
Routine training results in the death of a U.S. Navy SEAL lieutenant just days before he was due to deploy on a classified hostage rescue operation. The death is initially dismissed as an equipment malfunction, but Abby discovers that the link attaching the lieutenant to his rappelling rope was made of a weaker material than factory standard, suggesting sabotage and potentially murder. Pressure is applied by the CIA for the investigation to be wrapped up within 38 hours so the operation can continue or else the entire mission will be scrubbed. As the case goes on, Gibbs discovers that the lieutenant had a secret, and that his wife might be holding back vital information about his death. Recurring characters: Sean Murray as Timothy McGee and Brian Dietzen as Jimmy Palmer
23	23	"Reveille"	Thomas J. Wright	Donald Bellisario	May 25, 2004 (2004-05-25)	10.86[22]
As Gibbs's obsession with tracking down the infiltrator who held Todd and Ducky hostage begins reaching new heights, the team grow more concerned about him. McGee works at identifying him with a modified FBI program, while Todd and Tony go for lunch with Ducky. As Tony leaves in pursuit of his "dream woman" who is actually a terrorist, Kate heads back to the office for a video conference with Paula Cassidy, only to be kidnapped and reunited with her captor, now revealed as a Hamas terrorist who is planning to shoot down Marine One - a transport helicopter carrying President Bush and Ariel Sharon. At first, she refuses to cooperate, but she reluctantly relents when the female terrorist threatens to kill Tony after sleeping with him. As Gibbs grows increasingly agitated, the search for the terrorist is narrowed down by McGee and Abby calculating his exact age, and Ducky concluding that he attended medical school. McGee's program locates him as a graduate of a Scottish medical school. As the terrorist tries to convince Kate to identify Marine One, McGee finally discovers his name - Ari Haswari. It is soon revealed that Marine One cannot be identified out of the other choppers and that Haswari is actually an undercover Mossad operative in Al-Qaeda. He infiltrated the Hamas cell to draw them into a trap, making them believe that Marine One could be identified. The episode ends with Ari and Gibbs meeting each other in Autopsy and then Gibbs shoots Ari in his left arm in revenge for Ari injuring him and Gerald as well as kidnapping Kate. In season two, he claims he did it to help keep Ari's cover in al-Qaeda intact. Recurring characters: Joe Spano as FBI Agent Fornell, Sean Murray as Timothy McGee, Rudolf Martin as Ari Haswari, Jessica Steen as Paula Cassidy and Brian Dietzen as Jimmy Palmer

DVD special features

• Commentary on "Yankee White" by Co-Creator/Executive Producer/Writer/Director Donald P. Bellisario
• N.C.I.S. Creating Season 1
• N.C.I.S. Building the Team
• N.C.I.S. Defining the Look

• All the above mentioned features are available only on the Region 1 DVD Set as the other Regions including Region 2 only have the episodes.

See also

• List of NCIS episodes

References

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General references

• "NCIS Episodes". TV Guide. http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=100320&more=ucepisodelist. Retrieved March 22, 2009. 
• "Shows A-Z - ncis on cbs". the Futon Critic. http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch.aspx?id=ncis&view=listings. Retrieved March 22, 2009. 
• "NCIS: Episode Guide". TV.com. http://www.tv.com/ncis/show/16772/episode.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=tabssh&tag=tabs;episodes. Retrieved March 22, 2009.