In The Dark (NCIS)

Infobox Television episode
Title =In The Dark
Colour =
Series = NCIS
Season = 4
Episode = 22


Airdate = May 1, 2007
Production = 4x22
Writer = David North
Director = Thomas J. Wright
Guests = Katie Lowes as Bryn Landers John Billingsley as Jackson Scott Susanna Thompson as Hollis Mann Scottie Thompson as Jeanne Benoit Brian Dietzen as Jimmy Palmer
Episode list = Episode chronology
Prev = Brothers In Arms
Next = Trojan Horse

"In The Dark " is the 92^nd episode of the drama television series "NCIS".

Plot

An assistant to a blind photographer sees a dead Petty Officer in one of his pictures and they call NCIS to investigate. The team arrives but with no body, they are without a trace. Luckily, the photographer is able to recall where he was when he made the photo and they find a dead Petty Officer, who was working for the DLA. The DLA office tells Tony and Ziva that there was an investigation regarding this sailor and alleged connections to competitors and treason.

Meanwhile the team finds out about one of the dead sailor's colleagues, David Wong, was with him before his death and they think he is connected to the murder. They set out to find him, just to find him dead in an abandoned DLA warehouse, apparently having hanged himself.

Gibbs does not believe that Wong killed himself and Tony notices that he signed his death letter, in which he claims responsibility for the Marine's death, with the middle initial "B." while his middle name was "George". On closer inspection the "B" turns out to be a "I3", the designation of both men's department. The team, with a clue from Abby, turns to the photographer's assistant though because she is barely visible in one of the photos despite having claimed to be at the office at that time. It turns out that she was following him, not because of the murder, but because she is in love with him. The team thus turns back to the "I3"-clue and they finally find out that the whole thing was planned by an officer with the Inspector General. The main clue involves the blind photographer's sense of smell, leading to the identification of the killer.

In the side story lines, both Gibbs and Tony experience relationship issues. Hollis Mann is retiring from the Army and wants a definite answer from Gibbs, whether he is ready for a serious relationship with her. Jeanne Benoit is losing her apartment and Tony offers that they move in together but he is having second thoughts about it. Both issues are left mostly unanswered in the end of the episode, though Gibbs appears to be ready to embrace his relationship, demonstrating his commitment to Mann by embarking on a lengthy plumbing project in her bathroom. Jimmy Palmer, on the other hand, finds that his liaisons with Special Agent Lee are coming close to home when Ducky finds Lee's bra in a cabinet in the autopsy room. Jimmy realises that the matching panties are still missing, which sends him on a panty-hunt throughout NCIS HQ.