NCIS Season 3 |
NCIS Season 3 : |
The third season of the police procedural drama NCIS was originally broadcast between September 20 2005 and May 16 2006 the third season opens in the aftermath of Twilight with the entire team in shock and Gibbs on a vendetta to seek revenge for Kate's murder. Matters are complicated by the intervention of Gibbs' former lover and new NCIS Director Jenny Shepard and Mossad Officer Ziva David. |
Episode 1 - [Kill Ari Part 1] |
Details : After the terrorist's attack the NCIS team is shocked and is trying to cope with Kate's sudden death each in their own way. Now their mission is to collect all the possible info on Ari and find a way to stop him before he does any more damage. Meanwhile while feeling guilty over Kate's death Gibbs is informed that the NCIS director is leaving and the replacement is Jenny Shepard a woman Gibbs worked with in the past and had a romantic history with. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Rudolf Martin as Ari Haswari | Lauren Holly | Brian Dietzen | Pancho Demmings | Sasha Alexander as Caitlin Todd | Alan Dale as Tom Morrow | Cote de Pablo as Ziva David | Writer : Donald P. Bellisario | Director : Dennis Smith | |
Air Date : Sep. 20, 2005 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 2 - [Kill Ari Part 2] |
Details : Still stressed over Kate's death Gibbs is even more hurt when Ari kidnaps Ducky and decides to play with his mind. Gibbs sends Tony to follow Ziva and after Jenny and Gibbs are almost shot to death he is even more determined to finish once and for all with Ari and Ziva's strange connection to Ari will be just the help that he needs. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Rudolf Martin as Ari Haswari | Lauren Holly | Michael Steger | Pancho Demmings | Sasha Alexander as Caitlin Todd | Alan Dale as Tom Morrow | Cote de Pablo as Ziva David | Joe Spano as Tobias Fornell | Writer : Donald P. Bellisario | Director : James Whitmore Jr. | |
Air Date : Sep. 27, 2005 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 3 - [Mind Games] |
Details : Gibbs is ordered to talk to a convict that is about to be executed in order to discover information about the place where he hid his victims but when the plan doesn't work the team must solve the case in their own way. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Jessica Steen as Paula Cassidy | Tom Wright | Chad Donella | Lawrence Monoson | Christopher Shyer | Scott Williamson | Stephanie Mello | Writer : John C. Kelley | Director : William Webb | Writer : Frank Cardea | Writer : George Schenck | |
Air Date : Oct. 04, 2005 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 4 - [Silver War] |
Details : When a corpse of a man is found inside a tomb that comes from the Civil War the team discovers that the victim a Sergeant was buried alive. During the investigation Abby tracks down the last phone call of the victim. Meanwhile Gibbs is informed by his new boss Jenny Sheppard that agent Ziva is now a full-time NCIS agent. |
Guest Cast and Crew : John Berg | Byrne Offutt | Brian Dietzen | Larry Clarke | Cote de Pablo as Ziva David | Writer : John C. Kelley | Director : Terrence O'Hara | |
Air Date : Oct. 11, 2005 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 5 - [Switch] |
Details : When an officer is shot to death on the freeway the NCIS team takes upon the investigation. The first lead a fact that the victim was leading a double life takes them to a possible solution of the crime but the tables are turned when the victim's dying message is discovered and it leads them to a totally different clue. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Merritt Wever | Brian Dietzen | Writer : Gil Grant | Director : Thomas J. Wright | |
Air Date : Oct. 18, 2005 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 6 - [The Voyeur's Web] |
Details : The NCIS team takes upon a strange case - a Marine's wife was murdered live on the Internet. The investigation reveals that two housewives were running a live Internet sex site and now they are both missing. While looking for them the team will try to track down the webmaster and solve the alleged murder case. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Brittney Powell | Lauren Holly | Mikki Padilla | Brian Dietzen | Michael Bellisario | John Bentley | Nat Faxon | Stephanie Mello | Director : Dennis Smith | Writer : David J. North | |
Air Date : Oct. 25, 2005 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 7 - [Honor Code] |
Details : When a 6-year-old boy informs the NCIS team that his father was kidnapped the team discovers that the missing father is actually a Lt. Commander working on a secret project named Honor and that he is the only one who has the code that can open the project. While Gibbs gets closer with the boy the rest of the team discovers that the project has been hacked in and the information inside has been deleted. Is the missing man innocent or is he actually the guilty one? |
Guest Cast and Crew : Joseph Castanon | Lauren Holly | Michael Bellisario | Michael Reilly Burke | Dominic Pace | Director : Colin Bucksey | Writer : Christopher Silber | |
Air Date : Nov. 01, 2005 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 8 - [Under Covers] |
Details : When bodies of two hired assassins are delivered to the NCIS team Ziva And Tony go undercover assuming the victim's identities in order to find the person who hired the assassins for their mission. While working on the case Ziva And Tony spend some quality time in a luxury hotel and the attraction between them arises. Gibbs discovers that his team is not the only one working on the case. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Michelle Krusiec | Lauren Holly | Eric Steinberg | Brian Dietzen | Michael Bellisario | Phillip Rhys | Sonny Surowiec | Joe Spano as Tobias Fornell | Director : Aaron Lipstadt | Writer : Lee David Zlotoff | |
Air Date : Nov. 08, 2005 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 9 - [Frame-Up] |
Details : Tony is accused of murdering a woman whos body was found at Quantico and the team must prove his innocence. All the possible evidence prove that Tony is guilty and the team will give their best to set their agent and a friend free. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Lauren Holly | Brian Dietzen | Stephanie Mello | Joe Spano as Tobias Fornell | Writer : Laurence Walsh | Director : Thomas J. Wright | |
Air Date : Nov. 22, 2005 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 10 - [Probie] |
Details : While on duty McGee kills a man who is later discovered to be an undercover police officer. When Jenny decides to approve the investigation on McGee the NCIS team is forced to prove that McGee is not guilty pushing Gibbs' relationship with Jen to the limit. Meanwhile Tony is troubled by his past. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Christopher Allport | William Gregory Lee | Brian Dietzen | Gary Sommers | Stephanie Mello | Writer : Frank Cardea | Director : Terrence O'Hara | Writer : George Schenck | |
Air Date : Nov. 29, 2005 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 11 - [Model Behavior] |
Details : While filming a reality show on a Marine base a supermodel dies and the NCIS team must discover who is the model's murderer. They discover a love triangle between the model and three other men all suspects. Meanwhile Jenny is disturbed by Gibbs when he doesn't want to attend an award ceremony in his honor. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Mini Anden | Wendy Braun | Brian Dietzen | John Pleshette | Judi Shekoni | Jeffrey Pierce | Stephanie Mello | Director : Stephen Cragg | Writer : David J. North | |
Air Date : Dec. 13, 2005 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 12 - [Boxed In] |
Details : While on investigation at a shipyard looking for smuggled weapons Tony and Ziva dissapear and it's up to NCIS to find them. Abby tries to track them down by tracking down their GPS chips but they seem to be out of reach. Meanwhile Tony and Ziva hiding in a container find evidence which could help them solve the case. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Daniel Roebuck | Lauren Holly | Tony Armatrading | Writer : Dana Coen | Director : Dennis Smith | |
Air Date : Jan. 10, 2006 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 13 - [Deception] |
Details : When a Commander in charge of a shipment of fuel rods for nuclear power stations disappears the NCIS team is called in. The team must solve the case in time before the person who kidnapped the Commander finds out the secret location of the fuel rods or harms the Lt. Commander. |
Guest Cast and Crew : P. J. Byrne | Lauren Holly | Eric Lange | Zac Efron as Daniel Austin | Phil Morris | Jesse Plemons as Jason Geckler | Writer : Jack Bernstein | Director : Leslie Libman | |
Air Date : Jan. 17, 2006 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 14 - [Light Sleeper] |
Details : The NCIS team investigates the murder of two Marine wives and must find the murderers before they attack their next target another woman. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Lauren Holly | Keone Young | Brian Dietzen | Karl Makinen | Tim Griffin | Director : Colin Bucksey | Writer : Christopher Silber | |
Air Date : Jan. 24, 2006 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 15 - [Head Case] |
Details : While discovering an illegal automotive chop shop the NCIS team stumbles upon a severed head of a Marine hidden in one of the cars from the shop. When they find possible suspects the team will have to find the rest of the body and find the murderer. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Chelsea Field | Lauren Holly | Brian Dietzen | Bruce French | Ivar Brogger | Greta Sesheta | Writer : Frank Cardea | Director : Dennis Smith | Writer : George Schenck | |
Air Date : Feb. 07, 2006 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 16 - [Family Secret] |
Details : When an ambulance explodes while carrying the remains of a Marine's body that was killed in a car crash the NCIS team is called in to investigate what actually happened. The investigation leads them to some sudden discoveries -- the DNA of the victim found in the ambulance doesn't match the Marine's DNA; the ambulance was set up to explode; and the family of the dead Marine is hiding a very important secret. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Evan Helmuth | Brian Dietzen | Ellen Hollman | John L. Adams | Troian Bellisario | Conor O'Farrell | Director : James Whitmore Jr. | Writer : Steven D. Binder | |
Air Date : Feb. 28, 2006 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
Episode 17 - [Ravenous] |
Details : When Marine dog tags are found in a national forest by a group of teens the NCIS team is called in to investigate. While searching for the campsite of the Marine the team finds out that there was another person possibly a woman with him. The investigation takes them to an even more higher discovery -- there could be a serial killer killing women in the national forest. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Alex Frost | Todd Allen | Brian Dietzen | Chris Payne Gilbert | Michelle Harrison | Writer : Richard C. Arthur | Director : Thomas J. Wright | |
Air Date : Mar. 07, 2006 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 18 - [Bait] |
Details : The NCIS team must stop a teenage student from detonating a bomb attached to his body while he's taking the other students hostage at a Quantico base high school. Gibbs tries to stop him when he enters the classroom only to realize that there may be someone else controlling the teenage student from the outside. Meanwhile while Gibbs is in the classroom Tony is left in charge. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Linsey Godfrey | Alexandra Krosney | Paul Schulze | Michael Welch | Writer : Laurence Walsh | Director : Terrence O'Hara | |
Air Date : Mar. 14, 2006 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 19 - [Iced] |
Details : Gibbs and the team are called in when a couple of kids stumble upon the body of a missing Marine in a frozen lake. As the NCIS team searches the frozen lake bed for clues they come across three more bullet-ridden bodies. During the autopsies Ducky and Gibbs discover that the three additional victims had gang tattoos. With this crucial piece of information the team works to uncover the Marine's connection with a deadly street gang. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Douglas Spain | Seth Adkins | Brian Dietzen | Michael Esparza | Suzanne Rico | Benjamin Brown | Aris Alvarado | Writer : Dana Coen | Director : Dennis Smith | |
Air Date : Apr. 04, 2006 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 20 - [Untouchable] |
Details : When a Pentagon cryptographer is found dead the NCIS team has to discover whether the person was or wasn't a Pentagon mole and if the person committed suicide. As the investigation continues the team discovers that the person wasn't alone when she died so someone must have murdered her. So the team has to find the person a mole who murdered the cryptographer. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Scott Paulin | Nina Foch | Kimberlee Peterson | Brian Dietzen | Mark Harelik | Jonathan Fraser | Director : Leslie Libman | Writer : Frank Cardea | Writer : George Schenck | |
Air Date : Apr. 18, 2006 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 21 - [Bloodbath] |
Details : While working on just a regular murder case with the rest of the NCIS team Abby is almost killed by an evidence from the case and soon it becomes clear that the murder was staged and that someone wants Abby dead. The team discovers some enemies from Abby's past and they must find out who is the person before the person kills Abby. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Richard Keith | Mimi Kuzyk | Sondra Currie | Brian Dietzen | Vincent Young | Eddie Jemison | Ken Lerner | Director : Dennis Smith | Writer : Steven D. Binder | |
Air Date : Apr. 25, 2006 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 22 - [Jeopardy] |
Details : The NCIS team must protect Ziva when a suspect dies while being in custody and her tactic might be the reason why the person died. The things become much more dangerous when the suspect's brother kidnapps Jenny and demands the release of his brother in exchange for Jenny but he has no idea that his brother is dead. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Alex Nesic | Tamara Taylor | Tim Russ | Brian Dietzen | Rodney Scott | Connor Trinneer | Stephanie Mello | Director : James Whitmore Jr. | Writer : David J. North | |
Air Date : May. 02, 2006 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 23 - [Hiatus Part 1] |
Details : While working on an assignment Gibbs is seriously injured in an explosion and taken to a hospital where he recalls his painful past which he has always hidden from others. The rest of the team must proceed with the investigation and put their feelings towards Gibbs's injury aside. Tony is left in charge which may cause a bit of trouble. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Brett Cullen | Aloma Wright | Brian Dietzen | Cotter Smith | Christopher Maher | Darby Stanchfield | Adam Lieberman | Mary Mouser as Kelly Gibbs | Muse Watson as Mike Franks | Writer : Donald P. Bellisario | Director : Dennis Smith | |
Air Date : May. 09, 2006 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 24 - [Hiatus Part 2] |
Details : The NCIS team must work on an assignment against a terrorist group without Gibbs who is still recovering from the explosion. Gibbs has to fight with memory loss while he's visited by his mentor and his former boss. His help is needed expecially when the team discovers that Gibbs is the only person who has informations about the terrorists' plans so he needs to retrieve his memory before the terrorists attack. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Brett Cullen | Brian Dietzen | Cotter Smith | Christopher Maher | Muse Watson as Mike Franks | Writer : Donald P. Bellisario | Director : Dennis Smith | |
Air Date : May. 16, 2006 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |