Bury Your Dead

Season 5, Episode 1, Aired

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The NCIS team uncovers a huge secret, as their mission to capture La Grenouille comes to an explosive and deadly conclusion.
  • The wait is over! Possible spoilers

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    I am glad that this began right where it left off in season 4. This way we don't have to flashback or do back story. I have more sympathy for Jeanne than I did before. I knew (just like everyone else) that they wouldn't kill off Tony. There's just no way. Still I was worried and I went along with the tension. (Cuz face it, thats why we watch) I loved the drama at the crime scene. Imagine thinking it's one of your best friends, but you still have to act professionally. Funny moment in autopsy when Ducky and Palmer discover its not Tony though. Abby didn't have a very big part in this one, I was kind of disappointed about that. Im not sure about Jenny anymore. She seems to be on a downward spiral although now that we know her dad is still alive, Im sure there is more to come with that line. I am glad that the truth is now out between Tony and Jeanne, but I think that I am still for TIVA. The scene with Kort and Tony in the elevator shows just how involved he really is. I think that there is more to him also and that he is going to cause problems in the future. I wonder why at the end, Tony is taking a day off. He never takes off work, and he isn't answering his phone. I loved the part where Tony stands up to the director. It really shows how much he has matured, and also the look that Gibbs gives him, shows how proud of Tony he is. All around excellent episodemoreless
  • Wow!! Great Season Premiere! [may contain spoilers]

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    Wow. This was a great season premiere after leaving off from The Angel of Death. I throughly enjoyed it. It starts with Tony trying to get away from La Grenouille in his car, he calls Jenny on his emergency cell phone. Jen brings it up with the team and then they track Tony's car through Washington DC videos. Then- his car blows up. This is a great episode. I loved it from beginning to end, and the new opener is phenominal. I am still confused on some things in this episode, but hopefully they will be revealed in further episodes!!!
    YAY!! Great kick off to season 5!moreless
  • Sensational start to Season Five!

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    NCIS certainly provided us with a suspenseful and extremely enjoyable episode to start off the new season, and I loved every minute of this one. The storyline was set in stone and the episode was extremely suspenseful from the first minute until the end.

    I loved the fact that Tony had been undercover all that time, and I thought that was a great addition into the already amazing storyline.

    I also felt that the episode had its fair share of funny moments, although not too much, and I also absolutely loved the ending, which was spectacularly done!

    Overall, an unmissable episode and I highly recommend it for the great suspense it provides, non-stop!moreless
  • Boombastic episode!!

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    Oh how we've missed Gibbs and the team. Now its back and already into its stride with an amazing story. Is Tony really dead, blown up in the wreckage of his car?! Well you'just have to catch it, to find out!

    This episode is essentially a mystery-come-chase, full of deceict and misdirection and plays with unrelenting pace. The screenplay feels light on its feet, and the script is lean so that there are not real lull's in the drama and action scenes. This is one of those classic episodes where one storyline is brought to a conclusion, but a whole can of possible new ones are opened up. I bet you feel as stupid as me, when you discover how well half of the last season's scenes werent really what they seemed to be. How grand is that?! Cant remember very many shows that incorporated such a misleading storyline, seemlessly into its season plot-arc. Wow!

    The actual first act deals with Tony meeting The Frog and his apparent demise. The middle act deals with revealing what happened and leading onto explaining the background of how Director Shepard and her father are involved. Conseqently the whole shape of the dynamic between all the characters involved in this episode ultimately changes in a stunning twist that isnt reveal right until the last scene of the show.

    Expect more of the same NCIS, but better and in one of its biggest storylines to date. Absolutely fabulous and not to be missed.moreless
  • Is Tony dead......

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    This episode picks up exactly where the season 4 finale ended. The team are informed by Jenny that Tony has been working undercover for her and that he has just contacted her on the cell phone he was given to use in emergency such as when he believed his cover had been blown. The team head into MTAC to find Tony. They son find him in his car, but then the car explodes. Tony has been killed. They search the car and discover Tony's belongings in the car. Ziva seems the most upset. Everyone seems to be hoping that it wasn't tony in the car. They discover that Tony was following a limousine, when he was killed. Ducky learns that the body which he has in the morgue is not Tony as the victims Lungs do not have scarring. Tonys do from when he got the plague in SWAk from season 2.
    We then see Tony walking into the building. He has a talk with Jenny and Gibbs. We learn that Jeanne knows everything. The body which Ducky has is one of the frog's men. Tony opens his drawers to learn that everyone thought he was dead and so they all took his personal stuff. Abby learns that (after running some tests) that Tonys bombing is one of many which have taken place all over the world. They believe that the target was Jeanne. Ziva and Tony head of to make sure that she is ok. When Jenny returns home from work, she is greeted by The Frog himself. The Frog asks Jenny for help in protecting him. She says no. Tony & Ziva find a note, the team track down one of the frogs boats and go there to arrest him. But he isn't there. We then see his dead lifeless body floating in the water, with a bullet through his head.moreless
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    • TRIVIA: Ducky mentions Tony having had the plague from the episode 2x22 SWAK.

    • GOOF: Jenny's hair is significantly longer in back and styled differently than in the previous episode "Angel of Death", even though the Director has supposedly fallen asleep in her chair after the last episode and woken up the next morning at the beginning of this episode.

    • TRIVIA: McGee's seasickness from season 2 episode "Bikini Wax" seems to have disappeared.

    • GOOF: At the start of the shot of Tony and La Grenouille getting coffee, the camera man is visible in the reflection of the muffin case.

    • TRIVIA: When the team show up to Tony's blown up car there are several shots showing the background and in those shots you can see skyscrapers. They are supposed to be in DC yet the skyscraper that is visible is that of the US Bank Tower, or Library Tower, in L.A.

    • TRIVIA: The weapon carried by the dead body in Tony's Mustang was indeed a SiGARMS P226 that is standard issue to NCIS; from the last season 4 episode, Tony was in fact not carrying his weapon, as displayed when he went to draw it when going into the morgue of the hospital to detain the drug dealer. The driver must have got it from under the seat.

    • TRIVIA: The soundtrack that is playing on Tony DiNardo's voice mail is the theme tune for Twentieth Century Fox.

    • TRIVIA: Tony's driver's license picture is the same one on his finger print identification in the episode 3x09, "Frame-Up."

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    • Gibbs: (after Jenny's gun was unloaded by La Grenouille) If the weapon was loaded and I wasn't here, would you have pulled the trigger?! Jenny: I guess we'll never know.

    • Kort: La Grenouille flew to DC this morning, he didn't arrive in his safe house, and his satellite phone has stopped transmitting. Gibbs: Mislaid your arms dealer, that gotta be embarrassing!

    • La Grenouille: Love has a way of blinding us... of our imperfections.
      Tony: It's still love...

    • La Grenouille: So, what has Jeanne told you about me?
      Tony: Oh, everything... world's greatest dad!

    • Ziva: Does the Director know?
      Jenny: (walking in) Know what?
      McGee: That it's a Saturday and we are all here on our day off... because we... love our jobs!

    • Ziva: Teams do not have secrets Gibbs, and if you do not tell me what you and McGee were doing here all night- (Gibbs just looks at her) McGee knows he will... eventually.

    • (Elevator doors open, showing Tony smiling inside) Tony: (To Kort, laughs) Hey! My car blew up this morning! Did you do that?

    • Tony: You might wanna take the stairs... I had an upset tummy this morning. (Kort walks into the elevator) Pee-yeew...

    • Abby: Gibbs, I know who blew up Tony's car... Well, not Tony's car, but his alias, and not exactly who, but more like how and why. McGee: Do you have a motive? Abby: Me no! But they do.

    • Tony (entering the office; grinning at the team): What, no balloons?

    • (McGee and Ziva run into each other as the elevator doors open) McGee and Ziva: What are you doing here? Ziva: I asked first. McGee: Well technically, Ziva, I think that if we were to put that to the test, you'd find that it was too close to call. Ziva: Hmmm... McGee: But since my parent raised a gentleman and yours raised a killer... I was de-fragging my computers. Ziva: Liar.

    • Abby: Tony is not dead, Gibbs, not until Ducky says it's him. Until then, he's not here. I don't care what the evidence says, even if everything here belongs to Tony, it's not him until Ducky says it's him, and don't try to tell me anything different because I'm not gonna believe you. (hugs Gibbs) Tell me it's not him. Gibbs: I wish I could, Abs.

    • Jenny: You're not supposed to fall in love with them. Tony: Thank you so much for that, Director. I'm going to keep that in mind for next time. Wait a second! There's not gonna be a next time! Jenny: What did Jeanne say? Tony: Nothing I'm going to tell you. Jenny: Agent DiNozzo! Tony: Nothing you need to know, Director!

    • Tony: You ever lied to someone you loved Ziva? Ziva: Yes. Tony: They ever forgive you? Ziva: They never found out.

    • Abby: Everybody else gave you up for dead, even Ziva.
      Ziva: OK, so I may have acted a little hastily.
      Tony: That's my letter opener.
      Ziva: Excellent balance and weight. The edge is a little dull, but I've always admired it.
      Tony: Where's my American Pie coffee mug?
      Abby: Palmer.
      Tony: Mighty Mouse stapler?
      Abby: Ducky... Hey, Ducky.
      (Ducky reaches over Tony's cubicle wall)
      Ducky: My dear fellow, I never believed it for a moment. Welcome home. (Ducky hands Tony the stapler)
      Gibbs: It's not every day people think you're dead, DiNozzo.

    • Kort: The agency had nothing to do with it. Gibbs: That when you mislaid your frog in all that confusion?

    • Ziva: Is everything cool with the director and Gibbs? Tony: Beyond cool, almost icy.

    • Jenny: His cover is teaching film online in an American University. Ziva: Tony, a teacher? McGee: No wonder he's been compromised. Whose bright idea was that? Jenny: Mine!

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    • Original International Air Dates: Germany: March 2, 2008 on SAT 1 The Netherlands: March 12, 2008 on Veronica Sweden: March 23, 2008 on TV3 Australia: March 25, 2008 on TEN United Kingdom: May 18, 2008 on FX UK New Zealand: June 15, 2008 on TV3 Italy: September 14, 2008 on RAI 2 Spain: October 10, 2008 on La Sexta The Middle East: October 15, 2008 on MBC ACTION Denmark: October 30, 2007 on TV3 Hungary: November 24, 2008 on TV2 Finland: March 31, 2009 on Nelonen Slovakia: July 2, 2009 on Markiza Czech Republic: January 4, 2010 on TV Nova

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    • When Tony says "Meet the parents, part 2. I hate sequels," he is referring to Meet the Fockers, the sequel starring Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, as well as the new characters, the Fockers, played by Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand.

    • Ducky: He never had the plague! This is an allusion to the episode 2x22, "SWAK," when Tony contracted the plague from the content of a small white envelope.

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