NCIS

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Season 4, Episode 14, Aired 2/6/07

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After catching an international arms dealer, the NCIS team learns that Navy's highly classified weapons system will be sold to "La Grenouille," an important arms dealer. To stop the transaction, the team will send Ducky undercover. Meanwhile, another government agency appears to be working on the same case, with different plans.moreless

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Michael Weatherly

Special Agent Tony DiNozzo
Pauley Perrette

Forensics Specialist Abby Sciuto
Sean Murray (I)

Special Agent Tim McGee

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When fiction meets reality...

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By CaptainKebek, Mar 29, 2010 Report Abuse

As a french-canadian living in Quebec ( the small airport scene ) or as I prefer to call myself: Quebecois.
I was more than suprise to hear some french in an american series. Even more when, after Gibbs complained as to why Ducky and La Grenouille were talking in french, McGee replies : They are in Quebec.

If anyone knows of the fact that in Quebec most people have french origins and speak french and are proud of it all. French is even the official language of the province ( French and English are official language of Canada ) Bravo to the writers for the good research although I suspect one of them to be Quebecois ( of origin at least )

Love the show, each episode is a delight but this one will be at the top of my favorite list.moreless

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Well done, this was a terrific episode!

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By amazing_race, Jan 22, 2010 Report Abuse

This time, NCIS has upped its game, and produced a quite remarkable episode, which was full of it all - the great suspense, the comedy aspect which I love and of course, the great plot!

I loved the chase scene when Charles Harrow dies, and the 'chased him to death' quote was funny. There were also some other funny quotes, such as "This duck is cooked - no pun intended" by McGee. I found that to be a great moment!

I also loved seeing a little more to Ducky, and seeing a different side to him by having him go undercover. I thought that was a great idea by the writers!

Overall, I recommend this episode really highly because of all the previous factors that I mentioned, as well as the fact that this storyline has future significance.

Terrific job by NCIS!moreless

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Jenny's obsession is causing problems.

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By whiteraven2005, Jan 20, 2010 Report Abuse

Tony's side-assignment is becoming a serious problem Gibbs is twitching and Tony's reaction to the photo of the guy from the restaurant and Gibbs saw it. Gibbs isn't stupid Tony runs straight to Jenny, then Gibbs walks in on Tony perched on Jenny's desk. Jenny's obsession is becoming an issue - willing to cross the border to grab La Grenouille. What a disappointment for Jenny told to stand down because of a CIA sting operation.

It must be something of a relief to Ziva who was worrying about Tony the downside is that if Ziva really is falling for Tony, it means his disappearances are connected to the mystery woman which means Tony's serious.moreless

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Ducky goes undercover

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By vicky24c, Jan 08, 2009 Report Abuse

This episode opens with a man leaving a building and someone in a van is following him. He starts to run and they chase after him in the van. Just as he is about to become free. She people in masks put him into the van and injection with something. We then see that the two people are Tony & Ziva. Have they gone rogue or is this a new case for the team. He wakes up to be on an airplane with Gibbs Tony & Ziva. They learn about a deal he is making to buy a piece of Navy software, which the Navy doesn't want in the wrong hands. We learn that one of the buyers of the software is involved in the undercover case which Tony is also involved in. One of the investors of the software (who is selling it to the highest bidder), is being followed by Ziva & McGee. He spots them and runs. They give chase and when they catch up to him, he has collapsed. They soon discover that he has died. Ducky believes that he died due to a heart attack. They learn that he set up the met with the highest bidder, and since he is dead they need someone to pose him. The highest bidder is Jenny's old enemy "The Frog". Ducky is seen undercover. The trade off goes as planned and Ducky manages to pull it off. At the end we learn that one of the Frogs people are working against him. We learn that he is CIA.moreless

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great episode

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By sfviewer, Jan 18, 2008 Report Abuse

The NCIS team go after an international arms dealer. They get him to confess to having knowledge of another arms dealer that's about to sell top secret military technology to a weapons trafficker. It's a really exciting episode. It involves international weapons traffickers. This is the kind of episodes that raises the level of excitement of the show. The writers came up with a really cool plot. The episode is quite suspenseful. The story kept me on the edge of my seat. I really enjoyed watching this episode. I can't wait for the next one. There's always something new coming on NCIS.moreless

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Trivia
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- GOOF: The line "Napoleon was the first to drink this cognac at his coronation in 1802" is incorrect since Napoleon was crowned in 1804. Edit
- GOOF: At the end of the scene before the intro, we see the camera on Tony with Ziva turning her head to face him. Then in the next shot, the camera is on Ziva, but she's starting to move her hair before turning her head to face Tony. Edit
- TRIVIA: It is revealed that Shepard has been chasing La Grenouille for over a decade. Edit
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- Original International Airdates: Denmark: February 13, 2007 on TV3 Sweden: March 18, 2007 on TV3 Australia: May 8, 2007 on TEN Belgium: May 20, 2007 on VT4 Germany: June 3, 2007 on SAT 1 United Kingdom: July 10, 2007 on FX UK Spain: July 26, 2007 on La Sexta The Netherlands: September 5, 2007 on Veronica Italy: October 14, 2007 on RAI 2 Finland: January 6, 2009 on Nelonen Slovakia: June 12, 2009 on Markiza Czech Republic: October 12, 2009 on TV Nova Edit
- The outcome of this episode, the software for sale having a "safety flaw" built in, is similar to the outcome of a season 1 episode of JAG, titled "Smoked," where the targeting software of a downed F-14 Tomcat has a virus that will activate if it is used by Iran against the US. Edit
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- Goliath: (talking about having information to save his life) ARES. Tony: Cancer. Gibbs: Virgo. Ziva: Scorpio. Edit
- McGee: Boss, we got a problem. Gibbs: Just one, McGee? McGee: Grenouille is sure to have someone there to vet ARES. You know, if he asks Ducky to explain something, his duck is cooked. No pun intended. Edit
- McGee: Aeroport de Sherbrooke, southeastern Quebec. It's 30 miles across the border from New Hampshire. Puts La Grenouille right in our backyard. Gibbs: Did I miss Quebec becoming the 51st state? Edit
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- When La Grenouille opens the cognac, he mentions to Ducky that Napoleon was the first person to receive a bottle of that brand. Armand Assante played Napoleon in the 1987 television miniseries Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story. Edit
- Abby: Hey, maybe it has the original Donkey Kong on it. Donkey Kong is an arcade game made in 1981 video game created by famous Japanese Shigeru Miyamoto. Edit
- Tony (to Gibbs): Here's the deal... We jump into Casablanca, hit Rick's Cafe for a little cocktail. I could tickle the ivories... Here's looking at you kid. This is a reference to a classic 1942 movie Casablanca starring Ingrid Bergman (Lisa) and Humphrey Bogart (Rick). "Here's looking at you kid." is the last line Rick says to Lisa. Edit