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After a marine widow receives a call from her dead husband, the NCIS team takes on the case and has to exhume the body to deduce whether the call was a prank or not. Add a recap »

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Writers:: John C. Kelley

Director:: Dennis Smith

Stars:: David McCallum (Dr. Ducky Mallard); Mark Harmon (Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs); Michael Weatherly (Special Agent Tony DiNozzo); Sasha Alexander (Special Agent Kate Todd); Pauley Perrette (Forensics Specialist Abby Sciuto)

Recurring Role:: Pancho Demmings (Gerald Jackson); Alan Dale (NCIS Director Tom Morrow)

Guest Star:: Carlos Sanz (Gonzales); Crystal Allen (Laura); Ron Baker (Major Craig Peary); Michael Sarysz (Corporal James Travis); Victor Bonavida (Zack); George Stumpf (Crew Chief); Jennifer Tighe (Lisa Peary); John Rubinstein (Bob); Richard Brooks (Lieutenant Colonel Walsh); Jason Brooks (Marine Major Danny O\'Donnell); Rebecca Boyd (Sarah Kidwell); Erich Anderson (Jack Canton)

GOOF: Maj. Peary's coffin is filled with cement blocks rather than a body. But the blocks could shift when the coffin carried by pallbearers, risking the truth being revealed. A thorough CIA operation would have used a dummy of some sort, such as a CPR dummy, to simulate an actual body more naturally. edit »
TRIVIA: In this episode, Kate makes a joke about how many times Gibbs has been married. Gibbs corrects her and says he's only been married 3 times instead of 4, which isn't exactly accurate. In the third season we find out he has been married 4 times and 3 of them ended in divorce. His first wife and his daughter were killed. At this point of the series, Gibbs never mentions his first wife or daughter, so it's in character to say he's only been married 3 times at this point. edit »
GOOF: When Major O'Donnell and Sarah Kidwell enter the bullpen and tell the team that they recorded her husband's phone call, Tony wears a blue shirt. When they go down to the lab to play the recording, he suddenly wears a dark sweater and does so for the rest of the scene. edit »
TRIVIA: If you look quickly enough while Gibbs types his password into Tony's computer at the start of the episode, we can see that Gibbs' NCIS clearance userID is 'lj_gibbs_NCIS'. edit »
GOOF: Ground-penetrating radar cannot transmit through a metallic coffin. It uses microwave radiation, which can penetrate many things, including a wooden coffin or the concrete chest many states require for burial, but not through a thin sheet of metal (even goldleaf would cause major imaging problems). edit »

Original International Airdates:
Croatia: August 11, 2005 on NOVA TV
Finland: October 28, 2006 on Nelonen
France: June 06, 2004 on M6
Germany: May 19, 2005 on SAT.1
Hungary: December 12, 2005 on TV 2
Sweden: August 15, 2004 on TV3
Denmark January 6, 2004 on TV3 edit »
Featured Music:
"Isolated" performed by Chiasm edit »
CBS repeated this episode on June 08, 2004. edit »

Kate: Access denied- and I was cleared for Air Force One!
Gibbs: So was an Al-Qaeda operative. edit »
(Tony tries unsuccessfully to pull up the records on a dead Marine)
Abby: Here's your problem.
Tony: What?
Abby: You're security clearance isn't high enough. How did he die?
Tony: That's kind of what Gibbs wants me to find out.
Abby: Then it sucks to be you. edit »
Gibbs: If he dies, you die. You don't get past me. edit »
Colonel: You're gonna have to figure that one out for yourself.
Gibbs: What does that sound like to you Tony?
Tony: One of the A's! CIA, NSA... edit »
Tony: Looks like someone's deliberately blocking us.
Kate: Or it could be a glitch. Doesn't always have to be a conspiracy against NCIS, guys.
Gibbs: Are you saying we're paranoid Kate! edit »

Tony: I'm guessing it's not an alien on Star Trek.

A reference to the Star Trek franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. edit »

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vicky24c
member since: Apr 25, 2006
Marine Down
The Bottom Line: "Well written"
A husband calls from beyond the grave. ...Continue »
07/19/08 12:14pm | report abuse
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-Trouble-
member since: May 8, 2008
Marine Down
The Bottom Line: "Exactly why I watch this series"
This episode is so well written, that just after watching it 3 times I saw the perfect connected sub-storylines. ...Continue »
05/23/08 08:40am | report abuse
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chinadollM9
member since: Mar 20, 2007
Marine Down
The Bottom Line: "Well written"
After a marine widow receives a call from her dead husband the day of the funeral, the NCIS team takes on the case and has to exhume the body to determie whether the call was a prank or not. ...Continue »
01/04/08 05:16pm | report abuse
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Fwirrel
member since: Mar 15, 2007
Marine Down
The Bottom Line: "Series classic"
one of my all-time favorites ...Continue »
07/01/07 07:16am | report abuse
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dalilone
member since: Jun 27, 2005
Marine Down
The Bottom Line: "Another great installment"
Had it's moments. ...Continue »
01/01/07 07:44pm | report abuse