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NCIS Season 10 |
| NCIS Season 10 : |
| The tenth season of the police procedural drama NCIS premiered on September 25 2012 in the same time slot as the previous seasons Tuesdays at 8pm. The season premiere was seen by 20.48 million viewers focusing on the aftermath of the bombing of the Navy Yard from the ninth-season finale and culminating with the apprehension of Harper Dearing who is killed when he attempts to resist arrest. The season continues with mostly standalone episodes until the Shabbat Shalom and Shiva story arc which focuses on the deaths of Eli David and Jackie Vance and sets the rest of the season into motion. Leon Vance and Ziva David soon discover that Mossad Deputy Director Ilan Bodnar was behind the attack and set out for revenge. They track Bodnar to Berlin but later learn that he had never left the United States. Going against orders from the Department of Homeland Security Ziva finds Bodnar on a ship headed for South Africa and kills him. This sparks a massive investigation by the Department of Defense headed by Richard Parsons. His sneaky and unprofessional methods cause the team to question his true intentions. Everyone soon realizes that he is not interested in Ziva or Vance but has instead set his sights on Gibbs. Parsons pressures Gibbs to admit that he and his team have broken the law on countless occasions and to come forward and admit everything that he has done. After a long feud Gibbs is freed of his charges and sent on a top-priority mission while Ziva DiNozzo and McGee resign from the agency. The season ends with a cut to four months later showing Gibbs aiming a sniper rifle at FBI agent Tobias Fornell. The season finale aired on May 14 2013. |
| Episode 1 - [Extreme Prejudice] |
| Details : With NCIS headquarters damaged by the bomb. Gibbs goes on the hunt for Harper Dearing and to bring him down once and for all. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Gary Glasberg | Director : Tony Wharmby | |
| Air Date : Sep. 25, 2012 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 2 - [Recovery] |
| Details : When the body of a missing NCIS facilities manager is found four months after disappearing on the day of the Navy Yard bombings the NCIS team is assigned to investigate the strange case for one of their own. Meanwhile the team is required to complete mandatory psych evaluations with a crisis counselor and Gibbs is most concerned about Abby’s recurring nightmares since the bombing. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Jessica Collins as Judy Ford | Director : Dennis Smith | Writer : Scott Williams | |
| Air Date : Oct. 02, 2012 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 3 - [Phoenix] |
| Details : While on medical leave Ducky orders the exhumation of a Navy commander?s body from a case closed 12 years ago. As a result Gibbs tasks Ducky with a slightly different role on the investigation. Meanwhile the NCIS team investigates the recent death of a Marine. As both cases unfold the team begins to question whether the two are somehow connected. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Terrence O'Hara | Writer : Steven D. Binder | |
| Air Date : Oct. 09, 2012 |
| Episode 4 - [Lost At Sea] |
| Details : When a helicopter crew is adrift at sea and later discovered on shore the NCIS team must determine the cause of the crash and locate the missing pilot. Meanwhile Tony and McGee channel their inner “Maverick” and “Iceman” a la “Top Gun” and Ziva challenges them to a dare. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Linda Park as JAG Officer Lieutenant Nora Patel | Writer : Christopher J. Waild | Director : Tony Wharmby | |
| Air Date : Oct. 23, 2012 |
| Episode 5 - [The Namesake] |
| Details : The team investigates a helicopter crash at sea and tries to find the missing pilot. Meanwhile Ziva challenges Tony and McGee to a dare. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Arvin Brown | Writer : George Schenck | |
| Air Date : Oct. 30, 2012 |
| Episode 6 - [Shell Shock Part 1] |
| Details : When a Navy Lieutenant who recently returned home from the Middle East is found dead from a brutal attack the NCIS team questions the victim’s friend Marine Captain Joe Wescott. Gibbs realizes the Captain is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder but knows his experience overseas may also provide a key link to the crime. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Brad Beyer as Joe Westcott | Director : Leslie Libman | Writer : Nicole Mirante-Matthews | |
| Air Date : Nov. 13, 2012 |
| Episode 7 - [Shell Shock Part 2] |
| Details : Gibbs continues to work with Captain Wescott while he retraces his steps in order to help the NCIS team track down a terrorist. With Thanksgiving on the horizon Abby’s enthusiasm for the NCIS family dinner is building and Tony’s curiosity is peaking when he learns Ziva is making special plans for the opera. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Brad Beyer as Joe Westcott | Director : Thomas J. Wright | Writer : Gina Lucita Monreal | |
| Air Date : Nov. 20, 2012 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 8 - [Gone] |
| Details : As the NCIS team investigates a teenage girl’s abduction Ziva and Abby work closely with her young friend who witnessed the kidnapping. As the investigation unfolds Gibbs seeks help from a past contact Miranda Pennebaker a well-connected woman with questionable morals. Meanwhile Tony gets jealous when he learns Ziva is making plans with a mysterious man. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Drew Powell as Fred Hadley | Director : James Whitmore Jr. | Writer : Scott Williams | |
| Air Date : Nov. 27, 2012 |
| Episode 9 - [Devil's Trifecta] |
| Details : Gibbs teams up with FBI Agent Fornell on a joint NCIS FBI investigation after Fornell becomes the target of a shooting but they face an unexpected twist in the case when their mutual ex-wife Diane Sterling gets involved. Meanwhile rumors run wild among the group after Diane stays overnight at McGee’s. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Arvin Brown | Writer : Steven D. Binder | |
| Air Date : Dec. 11, 2012 |
| Episode 10 - [You Better Watch Out] |
| Details : It’s Christmas time and Tony DiNozzo can’t decide if he’ll be naughty or nice when his dad Anthony DiNozzo Sr. comes to town for a visit. Meanwhile the NCIS team is “following the money” in order to solve a murder investigation and Abby is bursting with excitement over all the holiday festivities. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : George Schenck | Director : Tony Wharmby | |
| Air Date : Dec. 18, 2012 |
| Episode 11 - [Shabbat Shalom] |
| Details : While the NCIS team investigates the link to a dead journalist and a Navy petty officer Ziva is taken aback by the sudden emotional visit by her father who she hasn't seen in more than two years. While Ziva questions the purpose of her father's visit as the Director of Mossad her father insists he is in the U.S. strictly to see his daughter for Shabbat dinner. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Christopher J. Waild | Director : Dennis Smith | |
| Air Date : Jan. 08, 2013 |
| Episode 12 - [Shiva] |
| Details : In the aftermath of an event that strikes close to home the NCIS team unites to seek answers and demand justice in order to protect their most vulnerable colleagues. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Christopher J. Waild | Director : Arvin Brown | Writer : Scott Williams | |
| Air Date : Jan. 15, 2013 |
| Episode 13 - [Hit And Run] |
| Details : The NCIS team investigates a Marine’s car accident and ignites some upsetting past memories for Abby as a young girl on the trail of her first “case”. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Brighton Sharbino as Young Abby Sciuto | |
| Air Date : Jan. 29, 2013 |
| Episode 14 - [Canary] |
| Details : Canary is the fourteenth episode of the tenth season of the American police procedural drama NCIS and the 224th episode overall. It originally aired on CBS in the United States on February 5 2013. The episode is written by Christopher J. Waild and directed by Terrence O’Hara and was seen by 21.79 million viewers. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Christopher J. Waild | Director : Terrence O'Hara | |
| Air Date : Feb. 05, 2013 |
| Episode 15 - [Hereafter] |
| Details : On leave from NCIS while still grieving the loss of his wife and his kids’ mother Director Vance discovers unexpected personal information that causes him to question everything. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Tony Wharmby | Writer : Nicole Mirante-Matthews | |
| Air Date : Feb. 19, 2013 |
| Episode 16 - [Detour] |
| Details : The NCIS team races to track down Ducky and Jimmy after the two disappear while transporting a body from a crime scene. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Mario Van Peebles | Writer : Steven D. Binder | |
| Air Date : Feb. 26, 2013 |
| Episode 17 - [Prime Suspect] |
| Details : A media frenzy surrounding an unidentified criminal prompts Gibbs’ barber to question his son’s involvement and ask for Gibbs’ help in ruling out his son as a prime suspect. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Matt Jones as Agent Ned Dorneget | Writer : Frank Cardea | Director : James Whitmore Jr. | Writer : George Schenck | |
| Air Date : Mar. 05, 2013 |
| Episode 18 - [Seek] |
| Details : Seek is the 18th episode of the tenth season of the American police procedural drama NCIS and the 228th episode overall. It originally aired on CBS in the United States on March 19 2013. The episode is written by Scott Williams and directed by Michael Weatherly and was seen by 19.79 million viewers. In the episode a widowed Marine wife whose husband was seemingly killed by a Taliban sniper asks Gibbs' help to find out the truth. Meanwhile Vance is conducting interviews for a nanny. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Scott Williams | Director : Michael Weatherly | |
| Air Date : Mar. 19, 2013 |
| Episode 19 - [Squall] |
| Details : Squall is the 19th episode of the tenth season of the American police procedural drama NCIS and the 229th episode overall. It originally aired on CBS in the United States on March 26 2013. The episode is written by Bill Nuss and directed by Tom Wright and was seen by 18.62 million viewers. The team investigates death of a navy medical officer aboard a ship that went through a storm. The prime suspect turns out to be a 4-star admiral who is also McGee's estranged father. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Thomas J. Wright | Writer : Bill Nuss | |
| Air Date : Mar. 26, 2013 |
| Episode 20 - [Chasing Ghosts] |
| Details : Chasing Ghosts is the 20th episode of the tenth season of the American police procedural drama NCIS and the 230th episode overall. It originally aired on CBS in the United States on April 9 2013. The episode is written by Nicole Mirante-Matthews and directed by Arvin Brown and was seen by 17.22 million viewers. While the team takes a missing persons case Tony is disturbed by Ziva's way of coping with her father's death. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Arvin Brown | Writer : Nicole Mirante-Matthews | |
| Air Date : Apr. 09, 2013 |
| Episode 21 - [Berlin] |
| Details : Berlin is the 21st episode of the tenth season of the American police procedural drama NCIS and the 231st episode overall. It originally aired on CBS in the United States on April 23 2013. The episode is written by Scott Williams and Gina Lucita Monreal and directed by Terrence O'Hara and was seen by 17.33 million viewers. According to executive producer Gary Glasberg 'Berlin' functions as both a significant part of the [Bodnar story and has a tremendous Tony Ziva personal story line that goes along with it. It carries the storyline surrounding the deaths of Ziva's father Mossad Director Eli David and Vance's wife Jackie who were both killed off in the January episode Shabbat Shalom. Ziva continues to pursue revenge against Eli's killer Ilan Bodnar and Vance continues to endorse her actions despite orders from Homeland Security to rein them in. Berlin introduced the new Mossad director Orli Elbaz portrayed by Marina Sirtis. Several actors reprised their roles from previous episodes including Gabi Coccio as young Ziva Ben Morrison as young Eli and Oded Fehr as Ilan Bodnar. The installment was generally well-received with the ratings being up from the previous week and critics giving it favorable reviews. The network and producers advertised the reported development of Ziva's relationship with Tony within the episode. Particularly a scene in which the characters dance together while in Berlin was heavily promoted and received favorable commentary from reviewers. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Weronika Rosati | Director : Terrence O'Hara | Writer : Gina Lucita Monreal | Writer : Scott Williams | |
| Air Date : Apr. 23, 2013 |
| Episode 22 - [Revenge] |
| Details : Revenge is the 22nd episode of the tenth season of the American police procedural drama NCIS and the 232nd episode overall. It originally aired on CBS in the United States on April 30 2013. The episode is written by George Schenck and Frank Cardea and directed by James Whitmore Jr. and was seen by 18.29 million viewers. The story arc was initiated in January when secondary characters Eli David and Jackie Vance were killed off in a shooting at the end of Shabbat Shalom. Subsequent episodes featured Ziva David and Leon Vance's efforts to find the killer eventually revealed to be Eli's protégé Ilan Bodnar and exact vengeance. In the closing scenes of the previous episode Berlin Tony and Ziva are in a car crash instigated by Bodnar. Revenge focuses on the team's hunt for Bodnar against the wishes of Homeland Security culminating in Vance and Ziva finally getting closure when the latter kills him in a physical fight to the death. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Frank Cardea | Director : James Whitmore Jr. | Writer : George Schenck | |
| Air Date : Apr. 30, 2013 |
| Episode 23 - [Double Blind] |
| Details : Double Blind is the 23rd episode of the tenth season of the American police procedural drama NCIS and the 233rd episode overall. It originally aired on CBS in the United States on May 7 2013. The episode is written by Christopher J. Walid and Steven D. Binder and directed by Dennis Smith and was seen by 17.56 million viewers. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Jessie Graff as Female Soldier | Writer : Christopher J. Waild | Writer : Frank Cardea | Director : Dennis Smith | |
| Air Date : May. 07, 2013 |
| Episode 24 - [Damned If You Do] |
| Details : Damned If You Do is the 24th episode of the tenth season of the American police procedural drama NCIS and the 234th episode overall. It originally aired on CBS in the United States on May 14 2013. The episode is written by Gary Glasberg and directed by Tony Wharmby and was seen by 18.79 million viewers. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Gary Glasberg | Director : Tony Wharmby | |
| Air Date : May. 14, 2013 |