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While investigating a mysterious death on a top-secret naval research ship at sea, the NCIS team comes upon an abandoned ship which contains a deadly secret that may cost them their lives. Add a recap »

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Writers:: Dan E. Fesman

Director:: Terrence O'Hara

Stars:: David McCallum (Dr. Ducky Mallard); Pauley Perrette (Forensics Specialist Abby Sciuto); Mark Harmon (Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs); Michael Weatherly (Special Agent Tony DiNozzo); Sean Murray (Special Agent Tim McGee); Cote de Pablo (Mossad Agent Ziva David); Lauren Holly (NCIS Director Jenny Shepard)

Guest Star:: James O'Shea (Navy Lt. Sean Ferris); Graham McTavish (Aleksei); Rick Kelly (Navy Captain); Christian Svensson (Pirate #1); Jordan Marder (Pirate #2); Craig Gellis (Civilian Crewman #1); Walter Wong (Civilian Crewman #2); Roshawn Franklin (Crew Chief Rogers); Bill Heck (Cory Mitas); Steven Culp (Navy Cmdr. William Skinner); Eiji Inoue (Navy Lt. Cmdr. Satoshi Takada)

GOOF: When the Russian pirate reads the note that he found in Ferris's hand, the on-screen subtitles have the word "airborne" misspelled as "airbourne." edit »
GOOF: When Abby takes back the tickets if you look hard one second she has two spikey bracelets and the next she only has one bracelet and then goes back to both of the bracelets. edit »
GOOF: All the Russian sailors speak with heavy non-Russian accent. edit »
GOOF: As the team is speeding away from the Chimera in the assault boat, McGee mispronounces the word "nuclear" as "Nukular". It is highly unlikely that someone as technically precise as McGee would make this mistake, unless he is intentionally being humorous. edit »
TRIVIA: Steven Culp had previously appeared on many episodes of "JAG" as CIA agent Clayton Webb. "NCIS" was a spin-off from "JAG," also created by Donald Bellisario. Several other actors have crossed over the 2 series, but in different roles. It would appear that despite starting in the same universe the 2 shows have gone their separate ways. edit »

International Air Dates:
Germany: April 06, 2008 on Sat1
The Netherlands: April 16, 2008 on Veronica
Sweden: April 20, 2008 on TV3
Denmark: January 8, 2008 on TV3
Australia: April 29, 2008 on Ten
UK: June 22, 2008 on FX UK edit »
CBS repeated this episode on February 5, 2008. edit »

Tony: Oh goody, double jeopardy.
McGee: Oh jeez.
Ducky: Oh dear.
Jenny: Oh crap. edit »
(Tony hits Ziva with a spitball)
Ziva: Don't you have paperwork, DiNozzo?
Tony: What do you think I'm doing? I take the paper, and I make it work. edit »
Tony: Just the cook? Yeah that's what Steven Seagal said in Under Siege, and look at the havoc he wreaked. Huh? What about the Hunt for Red October? The saboteur was the cook. (Gibbs looks at him) I'm sorry boss. I'm just saying that, you know, just because he says he's the cook doesn't mean he�s less potentially guilty. He could have slipped poison into Takada's food. edit »
McGee: Abby. Abby. Abby.
Abby: McGee, you shouldn�t sneak up on people like that.
McGee: What the hell is that noise?
Abby: Brain Matter.
McGee: I love them. edit »
Tony: (singing) Baa Baa black ship have you any wool? Yes sir. Yes sir, but in order to see it you're going to need top secret government clearance. edit »

Tony: This is the third time and bad stuff happens in threes and I'm out of almosts. I'm telling you man, this time I'm dying. I know it.

There are two other times that Tony almost dies that he alludes to in this quote. The first time was when he contracted pnuemonic plague in episode 2x22 SWAK. The second time was in episode 5x01 Bury Your Dead when his car blew up and the team thought he was in it. edit »
Run Silent Run Deep (1958) stars Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster in an epic fight between two submarines and their crews. edit »
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) is a movie about two bank/train robbers that flee to Bolivia to escape the law. Paul Newman stars as Butch Cassidy and Robert Redford stars as the Sundance Kid. edit »
The Hunt for Red October (1990) stars Sean Connery as Captain Ramius, a Russian who trys to defect to the USA with a nuclear submarine in an attempt to prevent a nuclear war on the USA. edit »
Under Siege (1992) is a movie staring Steven Seagal as a former SEAL, turned cook, who is the only one who can stop a group of terrorists when they take control of a US Navy battleship. edit »

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Ali_Dee
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The Bottom Line: "Fine example"
A great adventure ...Continue »
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sfviewer
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The Bottom Line: "Series classic"
excellent ...Continue »
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Andrew-R
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The Bottom Line: "A very special episode"
NCIS celebrates its 100th episode. ...Continue »
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carly-hope
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The Bottom Line: "A very special episode"
What an anniversary! ...Continue »
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abbyncis23
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The Bottom Line: "A very special episode"
NCIS' 100 EPISODE, ITS A VERY PROUD MOMENT FOR NCIS' FANS!!!! ...Continue »
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