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Skeletons

Episode Number: 87    Season Num: 4    First Aired: Tuesday February 27, 2007    Prod Code: 087
When an explosion at a military cemetery mausoleum reveals a crypt full of a mixture of body parts, the NCIS team must inform the families of the victims, hoping to find a connection between the dismembered victims, and narrow down the suspects to find out who is behind the hideous crime. Meanwhile, Abby is dealing with a personal problem, and the only person she can talk to about it is Gibbs.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Jesse Stern
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Star: Sean Murray (Special Agent Tim McGee),  Pauley Perrette (Forensics Specialist Abby Sciuto),  Cote de Pablo (Mossad Agent Ziva David),  David McCallum (Dr. Ducky Mallard),  Lauren Holly (NCIS Director Jenny Shepard),  Mark Harmon (Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs),  Michael Weatherly (Special Agent Tony DiNozzo)
Recurring Role: Brian Dietzen (Jimmy Palmer),  Susanna Thompson (Army Lt. Hollis Mann)
Guest Star: Corin Nemec (Len Grady),  Alexandra Lydon (Natalie Dalton),  Philip Anthony-Rodriguez (Former Marine LCPL Lloyd Jackson),  Brian Markinson (Marine EOD Sgt. Dan Trask),  Chris Tardio (Former Marine PFC Kenneth Dixon),  Brian Cousins (Jacob Torrance),  Erinn Bartlett (Madeline Torrance)

Notes

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CBS repeated this episode on December 11, 2007. (edit)
Original International Airdates:
Australia: May 29, 2007 on TEN
Belgium: June 10, 2007 on VT4
Brazil: December 7, 2007 on AXN
Germany: September 30, 2007 on SAT.1
Italy: October 28, 2007 on RAI 2
Spain: August 9, 2007 on La Sexta
Sweden: April 15, 2007 on TV3
The Netherlands: September 26, 2007 on Veronica
UK: July 31, 2007 on FX UK
Denmark March 13, 2007 on TV3 (edit)

Quotes

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Ziva: Last one to the party.
Tony: It's not really a party till the bomb squad says it is. (edit)
Abby: You know how sometimes a guy can get you all tied up inside?
Ziva: Yes.
Abby: And you can't get the knots out?
Ziva: Yes.
Abby: Well, it just really helped me to talk things out with Gibbs. Because even if you don't let it show, people can still tell. So if you ever want to talk about--
Ziva: I liked him, he died, and um, what else is there to say? (edit)
Abby: Look, it's not something you can fix in your classic Gibbs hit and run style okay...
Gibbs: I've got time Abs.
Abby: It's stupid, it's just a guy. (pause) I'm not gonna start spilling my guts just because you keeping standing here. (Gibbs remains standing there) Alright. Apparently I am, "too much" for him. Can you imagine that? Me? And it's not what you think. It's not all (gestures to herself) this. He likes, he likes small women. I got dumped because I'm too, too big. Don't even bother with the 'No, it's him he's too small' or 'He can't accept you for who you are then it's his problem' thing. He just, doesn't think that we could make it work and I've done everything I can to try to convince him that he's wrong. So I guess I'm just going to have to accept it then. And let go. (She smiles and hugs him) Thanks Gibbs. You always know what to say. (edit)
Jenny: Drink bourbon?
Colonel Mann: Not during the day.
Jenny: Spend enough time with Gibbs and you'll learn. Believe me, it's an acquired taste.
Colonel Mann: And when did you first acquire it?
Jenny: It's been awhile, but it stays with you. (edit)
Jenny: It's not too early for a cocktail is it?
Colonel Mann: Well, the sun must be down somewhere. (edit)

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Allusions

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Ducky: Let's put Adam on the left and Eve on the right.

According to the Holy Bible, in the book of Genesis, Adam and Eve were the first human beings created by God on the planet. (edit)
Ducky: Right hand. (Pauses and looks at Palmer)
Palmer: Didn't this happen the last time?


The same thing happens in the episode 2x01 "See no Evil", in which they think they have two bodies until they find an extra ear, belonging to a third victim. (edit)
McGee: His parents believed he was Jack Kerouacing around the country.

Jack Kerouac was a famous American writer and poet who spent much of his time traveling around the country and is credited with having a strong influence in the 1960's counterculture. (edit)
Palmer: One Wetvac for the Soylent Green coming up.

This refers to the 1973 movie titled Soylent Green in which dead people are used as food on a futuristic earth. (edit)
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