She pauses and he explains that people get a look in their eyes when they know time is running out. In his basement, Gibbs pours himself a taaaalllll glass of bourbon into a mason jar that he just dumped a bunch of bolts out of.
Tony and Ziva are a bit lost in the desert. Tony stops the car, gets out, and screams. They drive off, still hunting. At the diner, Shepard finds some tea. Franks only drinks lemongrass anyway but saw a water tank out back. He has to piss too so he stations Shepard at the window and heads out the back. Shepard sighs, and we get a long shot of her alone in the empty diner, lit only by the sun from outside.
He flashes back to his conversation in Bury Your Dead , Episode 5. This matters because, as we learned in Internal Affairs , Episode 5. Gibbs guzzles his bourbon and then flashes back to Shepard handing him a clip and saying she thought he might want that back. A dishonest flashback as it were. Gibbs pulls a bullet out of the clip and examines it with a magnifying glass. Gibbs sits, and seems uncertain.
The SUV from the gas station pulls up and we see the man in the cowboy boots. They eye the diner, get their weapons together, and move on the location. The camera moves to the front of the diner and recedes. The shots stop. Then we hear two more. We switch to Tony and Ziva, finally arriving. Ziva and Tony know something is wrong when they recognize the SUV from the gas station. They draw their guns and move in, cautiously. They enter and see bodies strewn on the floor, including Dratnyev.
Tony walks over and checks for a pulse. He closes his eyes. Jenny, you there? Get yourself one, but not from my desk drawer. Use the vending machine. Time Until Sexual Harassment : Tony takes photos of Ziva sunbathing in a bikini for his personal collection. Ziva-propisms : Ziva chastises Tony for Googling the girls, but she means ogling the girls.
Although, he probably does the former too. Tony Awards : Against All Odds Chinatown Ducky Tales : Ducky also stays on task. Yet another NCIS security detail. As we have noted repeatedly on this blog, NCIS sucks at security detail. McGee shot a cop while on security detail in Probie , Episode 3. Kate managed to protect Gibbs, but died herself in Twilight , Episode 2. The whole team almost let Abby get killed several times in Bloodbath , Episode 3.
Tony and Kate almost lost their charge to a homemade bomb made by a housewife in Terminal Leave , Episode 2. And while not technically security detail, McGee let a woman die in an apartment across the street from where he was securing the premises despite only being about two minutes away in Witness , Episode 2. And now Tony and Ziva have lost Director Shepard, literally and figuratively. Casting Call : Nobody I recognize. MVP : It looks like Jenny took a few of them with her.
RIP Director. Rating : This episode is very well done. It borrows liberally, but respectfully, from the Coen Brothers and Quentin Tarantino and their obvious antecedents in terms of establishing the last stand in the desert.
And there are several of those types of variables, from arguing harder with Shepard at the funeral, to leaving the crime scene at the pier quicker, to calling McGee quicker, to not stopping for gas.
Having seen this episode several times, each misstep made me sag back into my chair a little more. Especially since Shepard died protecting Gibbs from a mistake she made. Next Time: Revenge? Of course, revenge. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account.
You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Russian assassins. I don't know why I was thinking that her death had something to do with the Frog. I do recall the extra feature piece about the writers first ideas about how to end Jenny's career.
That would have certainly been a remarkable episode. Probably because they devoted the whole of season 4 to the "Frog" story arc. It's the ep. You may have seen Gibbs reviewing the file during the "Judgment Day" 2 parter, as he considers that Jenny may have, actually, gotten her revenge on the Frog, after all.
In a way, I'm glad they didn't go there. It was discussed here previously, but the shot Gibbs took, that killed Lee and the perpetrator, was very controversial. In real life, I'm not sure that shot could be legally justified, given the scenario, or that it would have even happened that way I think SWAT would be called in. Had Gibbs shot Jenny as he did Lee, I'd think he'd be in real deep stuff. And, given his prior relationship with her, I doubt he could bring himself to do it as easily.
To this day, I still have questions about Jenny's demise, and Lauren Holly's departure from the show. Jenny wants to know what DiNozzo wants with DiNozzo telling her how the paperwork's going. In the car, Tony and Ziva realize that Jenny's with a man although Ziva admits that just because the Director's with a man, it doesn't mean that she's sleeping with him. Tony believes that they're tag-teaming the paperwork while Ziva believes Jenny's hiding something from them.
Ziva admits that she will on the condition that Tony contacts the Los Angeles Police Department, informs them he's running a local investigation and then requests that he run down the GPS signal to find where the Director's rental is car and she'll even let Tony do his Chinatown impression. Back in the lab, McGee is giving cardboard Tony a little mustache courtesy of a marker which ends when he and Abby get a hit from pinging all the cell-towers in the area.
McGee realizes that ten calls were in progress when Jenny took the photo and the two soon discover the man's name: Viggo Drantyev. McGee finds nothing in the domestic database but uncovers some disturbing information in the national database. Abby's phone rings at the moment and she picks up to see that it's Jenny calling. McGee tries to leave but Abby drags him back, stating that since he wanted in, he's in and orders him to keep quiet.
Jenny gets straight to the point and Abby tells her about the man's name along with the news that "Viggo Drantyev" didn't exist three days ago and that he doesn't anymore. Back in the desert, Mike and Jenny are putting the pieces together with Mike agreeing that it's not enough for a conviction.
Jenny disagrees, stating it's good for her and she knows who sent Drantyev as well as who he's after. Gibbs arrives down to the morgue to find Palmer performing CPR on a doll while shouting although Ducky emerges, carrying some planets as he tells Palmer he doesn't remember shouting being one of the instructions.
Gibbs wants to know what's going on with Ducky telling him that it's CPR re-certifications and that work has been slow enough for Ducky to be able to update them before asking if he can put Gibbs's name down. As he moves to take the doll, Ducky tells Palmer that "Annie" can stay with Palmer dropping the doll and leaving the morgue. Once they're alone, Gibbs and Ducky talk about the Frog's autopsy report with Ducky admitting that there was nothing out of the ordinary.
As Gibbs leaves, Ducky calls him back and tells him that he had the impression that the case was closed. Upon seeing nothing out of the ordinary, Ziva relents and rejoins Tony back in the car where he asks her where to- Rodeo Drive? Venice Beach? They prepare to head off when they spot a LAPD car at the scene which instantly has Tony doing a double-take and reserving the car into a parking spot as he and Ziva go to investigate.
Upon getting down to the lower area of the beach, they produce their badges, giving them access to the crime scene where they meet LAPD Detective Monroe who shows them the victim.
A while later, Franks and Jenny arrive at the diner which is in ruins and looks completely empty. As they head for the entrance, Franks remarks that the diner is his kind of place and that he isn't a people-person. She then gives Franks the key to the diner and Franks recommends that she save it for the guy who killed Decker although Jenny tells Franks that they have to find the guy first.
As they reach the door, Franks remarks that if the guy they're looking for knows about Decker's insurance policy, then he'll find them. Ziva disagrees, stating that Sasha is dead. Monroe then remembers that they told him that Sasha had just buried her boyfriend. Tony suggests that Sasha could have been drinking to help herself cope and even suggests that Sasha could fallen or jumped but Ziva remarks that Sasha could have been pushed.
Ziva wants to know what Tony's doing but he tells her to leave the Director out of it. Ziva states that Jenny's car is there with Tony agreeing that there are fifty other cars there too. Tony reminds her that Sasha's been dead for two hours, that he and Ziva both spoke to Jenny twenty minutes ago with Jenny herself even telling them that everything was fine and that it's all a big coincidence.
Gibbs, however knows that it's actually CPR and Abby states that it's exactly what it looks like. She then goes into detail about Ducky asking them to do it but Gibbs assures that he already knows. As she gets to her feet, abandoning the Tony model and Burt who farts a bit, Abby's more interested in knowing what brings the almighty Gibbs to her humble lab.
Abby takes the photo of him and explains that shell casings contain a variety of useful data points. She then places the photo underneath some lamps and heads over to her computer where the photo is in the process of being scanned onto the computer and transferred to the plasma screen.
Abby states that the first thing she's found is the indentation caused by the firing pin with its position narrowing down the list of possible firearms. Sticking her head out, Abby tells him that she will be able to do that in because that's when the gun manufacturers will be required to by law to micro-stamp a serial number onto the firing pin.
Abby then tells him that the second data point is this and reveals that the breechblock pattern around the back of the shell casing that came from the concussive force of the gun firing.
She then sees something of interest and heads out to the plasma where she points out the scratch on the shell casing, remarking that it could be an ejector impression from when the spent case was ejected or it could have come from a slight defect in the gun clip. As she says this, Gibbs realizes something and abruptly leaves the lab, taking the photo with him. Once Gibbs has gone, Abby confronts her Tony doll, stating that she has a really bad feeling too and wondering why he didn't stop her before giving the doll a head-slap.
Jenny then berates Franks for looking at her ass with Franks stating, "Not much else to look at" and remarks that it would help if Jenny told him what he was looking for. Jenny then states that Decker knew someone was after him and he knew why. Franks realizes it's connected to the mysterious op Jenny, Franks and Gibbs did together with Jenny silently nodding in agreement.
She then states any policy would contain names. Franks suggests Viggo but Jenny tells him that the policy would have real names, targets, dates, plus operational blueprints, photos. Jenny glances at the photos and it then cuts to a flashback of a hotel room, presumably in Paris.
While Jenny gets ready, putting on a wig and make-up, Gibbs, sitting on a bed examines the photos and writes down the numbers. Back in the present, Jenny approaches the wall and begins removing the photos, remarking that the dates are all wrong.
As Franks searches for a pen, Jenny brings the photos back to the table and lays them down one by one. Franks gives her a pen and Jenny studies the photos, remarking that the first one of Sasha Gordon and Decker smiling is one of Decker's retirement party in which was only last year. Franks guesses that the third photos was taken September 18, and when Jenny looks at him, Franks points out the TV in the background of the photo, stating that the boxing match was Hopkins-De La Hoya.
Jenny believes that it might be a safety deposit box and the rambling is interrupted by her cell-phone ringing. Franks tells her that if she doesn't answer, then Tony and Ziva will assume something's wrong and they'll call in the SWAT team. Tony and Ziva tell her that LAPD is still investigating the scene and that it looks like she broke her neck in a fall. Ziva gets all cagey, stating to Jenny that Sasha's body was found less a hundred meters away from Jenny's car.
Ziva states that this isn't a coincidence and they were assigned to protect her before demanding that Jenny tell them where she is. The episode's central case begins with the demise of Special Agent William Decker Mark Vahanian , whose death is initially ruled as being the result of a heart attack. However, NCIS Director Jenny Shepard Lauren Holly has her suspicions that Decker was killed in revenge for a covert operation that she, Decker, and Gibbs took part in nearly a decade prior to the events of the season finale.
Investigating Decker's apparent murder, the deceased agent's girlfriend Sasha Besty Rue reveals that William had an "insurance policy" he'd put together consisting of a number of potentially incriminating documents he planned to use to keep himself safe.
Mike Franks Muse Watson , Shepard's partner in her off-the-books investigation, provides the policy to Gibbs, and this is where things start to get a bit confusing for fans.
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