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Judgment Day (1)

Episode Number: 112    Season Num: 5    First Aired: Tuesday May 20, 2008    Prod Code: 112
When a former NCIS agent is found dead, the entire team is put in danger as they hunt after the killer.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: David North, Steven D. Binder
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Star: David McCallum (Chief Medical Examiner Ducky Mallard),  Pauley Perrette (Forensic Specialist Abby Sciuto),  Mark Harmon (Senior 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 (Director Jenny Shepard)
Recurring Role: Muse Watson (Mike Franks),  Brian Dietzen (Jimmy Palmer)
Guest Star: Wyatt Smith (Frankie),  Marc Vahanian (William Decker),  Terrence Hardy Jr. (George),  Jeff Witzke (Attendant),  Oleg Taktarov (Viggo Drantyev),  Betsy Rue (Sasha Gordon),  Reginald James (LAPD Det. Monroe)

Notes

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Lauren Holly last appears as Director Jenny Shepard. She will, however, be credited for the second part of this two-part finale. (edit)
When Tony and Ziva are stuck in traffic, "I Get Around" by the Beach Boys plays in the background. (edit)
Original International Airdates:
Denmark: May 27, 2008 on TV3
Sweden: July 20, 2008 on TV3 (edit)

Quotes

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Mike: So when we find who did this...
Jenny: It will be just the way you like it. No paperwork. (edit)
Ziva: (Speaking to McGee on the phone) We did not lose the director we just... just don't know where she is. (edit)
Gibbs: (Talking to Palmer who is pretending to perform a CPR on a dummy) New girlfriend? (edit)
Tony: (talking about a dead body on the beach) There's no obvious signs of foul play.
Ziva: Depends on what you mean by obvious, she is dead. (edit)
Ducky: (talking to McGee) Thanks for the hospitality, Probie. (edit)

Trivia

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TRIVIA: When the director was speaking to Tony and Ziva in the diner she was using a Blackberry 8830 WorldPhone; but when they find her dead there she has a Palm Treo 755p. (edit)
TRIVIA: The code "Oshimaida" is from a Japanese phrase that means "It's over," or "it'll be over quite soon." (edit)
TRIVIA: The book Ziva is reading is the Hebrew translation to Jack Kerouac's most notable book On the Road. (edit)
TRIVIA: The case number on the front of the manilla envelope that Agent Fornell sends Gibbs is "8675309". This is the same number, actually a phone number, from a Tommy Tutone song named 8675309/Jenny, which was released in 1982. It was very popular and caused many people, in different area codes, to call that number and ask for Jenny. (edit)
TRIVIA: The car that Tony and Ziva rent in LA is a Ford Mustang GT 500. (edit)

Allusions

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Abby: Viggo as in Mortensen.

Viggo Mortensen has played the role of Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. (edit)
Tony: You deserve a probie snack.

This is a reference to the popular children's animated TV show, Scooby Doo, in which the main character was a dog of the same name. His favorite food was Scooby Snacks. (edit)
Tony: The great McOz has spoken!

This is a reference to the fairytale, The Wizard of Oz (1925), which was first made into a film in 1939. Since then there have been many incarnations of the story. Also, most of Tony's nicknames for McGee start with "Mc." (edit)
Ziva: Is that why we're here? So you can google the girls?!

Another one of Ziva's inaccurate slang terms references the major internet search engine, Google. (edit)
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9.3
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"Revealing"
Not out of the ordinary to break up the team.....
Continue » Posted May 24, 2008 9:35 am PST
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"Exactly why I watch this series"
wow...
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"Another great installment"
This was an amazing episode and the 2nd half some how was even better.
Continue » Posted May 22, 2008 9:04 am PST
9.4
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"Exactly why I watch this series"
I love it!
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Judgment Day (1)
"Exactly why I watch this series"
Changes ahead for Team Gibbs.
Continue » Posted May 21, 2008 7:56 pm PST
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