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Twisted Sister

Episode Number: 79    Season Num: 4    First Aired: Tuesday November 21, 2006    Prod Code: 079
McGee breaks the rules, risking his NCIS job, to help his sister Sarah, who shows up disoriented and bloodied. While he works on figuring out what happened to his sister, the NCIS team is investigating a case of a Navy sailor, who is somehow connected to McGee's sister. Both Tony and Abby are busy with love problems, while McGee turns out to have another secret.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Steven D. Binder
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Star: Pauley Perrette (Forensics Specialist Abby Sciuto),  David McCallum (Dr. Ducky Mallard),  Lauren Holly (NCIS Director Jenny Shepard),  Mark Harmon (Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs),  Sean Murray (Special Agent Tim McGee),  Michael Weatherly (Special Agent Tony DiNozzo),  Cote de Pablo (Mossad Agent Ziva David)
Recurring Role: Brian Dietzen (Jimmy Palmer),  Liza Lapira (NCIS Special Agent Michelle Lee),  Scottie Thompson (Jeanne Benoit)
Guest Star: Troian Avery Bellisario (Sarah),  April Matson (Carolyn),  Katherine Bailess (Madison),  John Cabrera (Officer Samuel Tate),  Fidel Gomez (Jordan Block)

Notes

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CBS repeated this episode on December 8, 2007. (edit)
Original International Airdates:
Australia: March 20, 2007 on TEN
Belgium: April 15, 2007 on VT4
Italy: September 30, 2007 on RAI 2
New Zealand: September 11, 2007 on TV3
Spain: July 12, 2007 on La Sexta
Sweden: February 11, 2007 on TV3
The Netherlands: May 2, 2007 on Veronica
Denmark December 12, 2006 on TV3
Germany: April 29, 2007 on Sat.1
UK: June 05, 2007 on FX UK (edit)
This is the third time Troian Bellisario appears on the series. She appeared in episode 2x20 "Red Cell" and 3x16 "Family Secret." (edit)

Quotes

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Ziva: (shouting) We have another body.
(DiNozzo and Gibbs walk over.)
Tony: I thought you said you had another body.
Ziva: I do... actually 10 of them. (Gibbs crouches to look at the bodies, goldfish.) (edit)
Tony: Looks like the cheerleader was worried Popeye was gettin' spinach somewhere else. (edit)
Tony: That was quick.
Gibbs: You solved this case? Already, Dinozzo?
Tony: No. It's my hundredth body. Hey, listen. (handing Gibbs the camera) You wouldn't mind taking a ... (responding to Gibbs' disapproving look) Sorry. It's a bad idea. It seemed less disgusting in my head.
Ziva: By comparison to what else is in there, I'm sure it was. (edit)
Gibbs: Sometimes McGee, a little lie is good for the soul. (edit)
Gibbs: Do you know what a "clog" is?
Ziva: A shoe or a blocked drain?
Gibbs: On the internet.
Ziva: I thought that was a "blog", but my English is often wrong. (edit)

Trivia

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TRIVIA: The name of the Author on the English Lit. book that Sarah carries is Pearl E. Gates. (edit)
TRIVIA: We learn that McGee has been publishing books under the pen name 'Thom E. Gemcity'. (edit)
TRIVIA: While photographing the dead Navy officer, Tony told Gibbs that this is his 100th dead body. (edit)
TRIVIA: The coffee cup that Tony takes a picture of at the campus crime scene bears the label "Newhall Coffee". Newhall Coffee and Roasting Company is the name of a privately owned coffee producing company in the Santa Clarita Valley. This is the same town where NCIS is filmed. (edit)
TRIVIA: Sarah McGee's Waverly University ID has Troian's real DOB (28/10/85) listed as her character's DOB. (edit)

Allusions

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When Abby is trying to find out how the goldfish that were discovered had died she refered to them as "our little Nemo's". This, of course, is a reference to the Disney movie "Finding Nemo". (edit)
Tony: Cheerleader was worried Popeye was getting his spinach somewhere else.

Popeye is a fictional character created by Elzie Crisler Segar. Spinach is the source of Popeye's super human strength. (edit)
Twisted Sister is the name of a band and may have some connection to a music related theme. (edit)
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Community Reviews (25)

 
9.7
Superb
Twisted Sister
"Series classic"
Magee covers for his sister when she shows up at his door covered in blood, and all confused saying that she thinks she killed someone. The rest of the team investigates a murder eventually Magee comes clean after he gets kind of trapped into confessing.
Continue » Posted Mar 22, 2008 1:15 pm PST
9.2
Superb
Twisted Sister
"Fine example"
great episode
Continue » Posted Jan 13, 2008 12:08 pm PST
7.3
Good
Twisted Sister
"Fine example"
I really shouldn't like NCIS as much as I do.
Continue » Posted Dec 25, 2007 10:33 am PST

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7.7
Good
Twisted Sister
"Not my favorite storyline"
McGee has a sister...
Continue » Posted Oct 29, 2007 4:24 pm PST
9.1
Superb
Twisted Sister
"Exactly why I watch this series"
Wow!!! Amazing acting from Tim McGee!!!
Continue » Posted Sep 11, 2007 11:40 pm PST
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