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While on investigation at a shipyard, looking for smuggled weapons, Tony and Ziva disappear and it's up to NCIS to find them. Abby tries to track them down by tracking down their GPS chips, but they seem to be out of reach. Meanwhile, Tony and Ziva, trapped in a container, find evidence which could help them solve the case.moreless
  • Boxed In

    8.0
    "Great"
    The Tony and Ziva relationship may be the best thing on TV today, but it was not always that way; it took great episodes like this to build up the chemistry between Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo.

    "Boxed In" was a fantastic episode that focused on the two stars trapped inside a metal shipping box fighting for their lives. We had some interesting conversations and some intense moments between the two that showed just how good NCIS can be at times.

    The ending was a bit of a letdown and any of the scenes with Abby were annoying, but this is definitely an episode worth watching.moreless
  • This was a relatively boring episode in an otherwise great season...

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    Well, NCIS could do better.
    Unlike TV classics such as Seifeld who could afford having a whole episode stuck inside an airport's parking garage, NCIS just should stick to the action - filled, joke stranded hectic episode action we're used to - the show is at its best when it happens...

    This episode has - - beside the somewhat funny monologues between Dinozzo and Ziva - a relatively boring plot, and a very VERY known outcome...

    What happened to the elusive bad guys of season one? what happened to the over-the-season stretching plots? NCIS, which is one of the best shows on American TV, should avoid the pitfall of repeating itself, so the addicted fans won't walk away.

    Only a reminder.moreless
  • grat tony/ziva episode.

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    this is one of my favorite episodes, not only cas tony and ziva but because it shows abbey finally starting to accept ziva into the NCIS family. i thought the plot was great, loved all the things that happened inside the box from shooting a bullet inside the box, to lighting a fire, makeing a money trail,to shooting at people outside the box from inside. idk, it was just really good. i thought it was cute when they where getting shot at from inside and tony covers/protects zivas head. it kinda shows that they are starting to accept eachother as partners and not just someone to pick on and or flirt with. but overall great episode!moreless
  • This is my favourite Tony/Ziva episode.

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    What a great episode - Tony and Ziva get time to bond... and burn large amounts of money.

    Ziva shot the bad guy in the foot, she is so cool. Such cowards, they open the door from a distance the second time! They're dumb too they thought they wouldn't burn it?! Didn't they think federal agents would realize the money is counterfeit.

    That hurts Tony was the only person not invited to Ziva's dinner party?! Even Gibbs was there! I'm surprised that Abby, as protective as she is of Tony, didn't even hesitate to tell him. My feelings would be deeply hurt by being excluded like that.moreless
  • Boxed in

    8.9
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    That was great case. Started with action and that action seemed not to stop. Ziva and Tony get themselves boxed into a cargo container and removed by bad guys. They know they are in danger and it is just matter of time before they are killed. So.. working together, trying to communicate and better their changes while only having what they have inside that box.

    And on the other side.. we had Gibbs and McGee trying to find it.. and Abby... she is just brilliant. I mean, the way she worried and that scene with Ducky, that was brilliant.

    And I loved how it ended. Little twist in the end too.moreless
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  • TRIVIA (4)

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    • GOOF: McGee pronounces the name of the man running this operation as "En-dee-eye-yee". The name N'Djiaye is pronounced "En-djeye."

    • GOOF: In this episode Ziva confuses "hobos" with "homos", but in the earlier episode "Silver War" she asks Tony if he is working undercover as a hobo.

    • TRIVIA: Tony's blood type is A (later proved to be A positive), Ziva's blood type is AB negative.

    • GOOF: As Tony and Ziva are walking between the shipping containers at the start, the shadows of the containers are at different lengths between camera cuts.

  • QUOTES (20)

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    • Tony: I used to play piano. Ziva: But not anymore? Tony: My mother forced me to take lessons from this woman who used to hit me with a ruler every time I made a mistake. I haven't played since. Ziva: Were you any good? Tony: Yeah, I actually was.

    • Tony: Hey listen, if this thing goes off, I just want you to know... Ziva: (interrupting) This is not your fault, I know. Tony: Uh, no, I was going to say your life would have had more meaning if you would have slept with me. Ziva: If you had anything else in your mind, Perhaps I would have. Tony: Really? Ziva: Um, no.

    • Tony (after finding the explosives): Are you thinking what I'm thinking? Ziva: Perhaps, if it involves a violent and a painful death.

    • (Captors speaking foreign language) Tony: You understand that gibberish? Ziva: A little. Tony: What's he saying? Ziva: They're either discussing letting us go, or the best way to murder us. It's a complicated language!

    • Tony: Friction burns? (on Ziva's knees) Ziva: Yeah, what difference does it make? Tony: Ah, it doesn't. I was just wondering how you got 'em. Ziva: Well, if you live long enough, maybe I'll tell you someday. Tony: You know, I can only think of two ways. Were you and McGee and Palmer playing Twister? Ziva: What's a Twister? Tony: Exactly. That means you were having... (gets interrupted)

    • Ziva: Counting your riches, King Cole? Tony: Midas. King Cole had a merry old soul.

    • Tony: Well OUR money doesn't smell. Here, try it. Give it a little sniff. Ziva: Ooh God! It smells like stale alcohol and... your armpit. Tony: Hmmm. Well the point is it doesn't smell like ink.

    • Ziva: You know what? You're brilliant! Genius! Tony: You know sarcasm is the refuge of a shallow mind?

    • Abby: (runs and hugs Ziva) I'm glad you're not dead. Ziva: Me too.

    • Tony: (after a bullet ricochets through the box) Why are you on top of me? Ziva: I'm protecting you, Tony! Tony: Don't! Ziva: Well, you didn't seem to mind when we were undercover. Tony: That might have had something to do with the fact that you were naked! Ziva: Perhaps if it were warmer in here.

    • Tony: (after finding a lot of cash) Ziva, when we get out of here, I'm buying you a house! (pause) But it's going to have to be a fake one... because this money is counterfeit.

    • Abby: Why does he do that Ducky? (about Gibbs) Ducky: Do what? Abby: Withhold.

    • Tony: What is it about being locked in a box that makes me so...
      Ziva: Horny?
      Tony: ...Hungry.

    • Tony: Maybe there's a crate full of DVD players in here? Ziva: Ooh... let's not forget the battery-operated generators and the popcorn machines!

    • Tony: I'm not getting any reception. How about you? Ziva: I'm braless! Tony: I noticed that earlier, but on your phone there are bars...

    • Tony: I've never even been to your place and you are cooking dinner for McGee and the autopsy gremlin... At what point did the earth come off its axis?

    • McGee: Where are you going? Ziva: I've been locked in a box all day, the ladies room.

    • Ziva: I think we've been screwed in here Tony. Tony: The term is bolted. Ziva: Same difference.

    • Gibbs: You see that? McGee: That guy back there? (Gibbs backs the car up) Gibbs: The guy stuffing money in his pockets.

    • Ducky: You'll find them. Gibbs: Is that a question or a statement? (Gibbs walks away) Ducky: More of a prayer.

  • NOTES (2)

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    • Original International Airdates: Denmark: January 24, 2006 on TV3 United Kingdom: March 23, 2006 on Five Australia: May 31, 2006 on Channel 10 Sweden: June 25, 2006 on TV3 Germany: September 17, 2006 on SAT 1 France: October 27, 2006 on M6 Italy: November 26, 2006 on RAI 2 Croatia: December 7, 2006 on NOVA TV Finland: December 15, 2007 on Nelonen Slovakia: May 6, 2009 on Markiza

    • Lauren Holly is credited but doesn't appear.

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    • Movie: Kuch Kuch Hota Hai The Indian movie Tony mentions as being in one of the crates, is an actual movie from 1998 directed by Karan Johar and starring Shahrukh Khan and Kajol. The title translates in English to "Something Is Happening". The story is about two high school best friends (Khan and Kajol). Kajol falls for Khan, but he's in love with the new girl, Rani Mukherjee. Mukherjee dies when she gives birth to their child many years later. In the end, Khan gets married to Kajol after meeting up where his daughter goes to summer camp and she is working at.

    • (Referring to the DVDs found by Tony in the box.) Ziva: They're East Indian. Bollywood. No subtitles. The term 'Bollywood' is a combination of the words 'Bombay' and 'Hollywood'. It is used to refer to the number of Hindi-language films that are coming out of Mumbai, India, which was formerly Bombay.

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