NCIS

Caught on Tape

Season 2, Episode 15, Aired 2/22/05

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A Marine falls off a cliff, and his camera records him falling. The prime suspects are his wife and his best friend with whom he had a picnic in the camp. Gibbs finds out they had an affair behind a dead man's back and he tries to persuade one another to blame each other. In the meantime, Abby reconstructs the case using her computer skills to handle the Marine's camera.moreless

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Michael Weatherly

Special Agent Tony DiNozzo
Sasha Alexander

Special Agent Kate Todd
Pauley Perrette

Forensics Specialist Abby Sciuto

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"Good"

By Parricida, May 28, 2010 Report Abuse

I really think that was funny episode. That little dog was just adorable. And what Kate and Abby did with her.. that collar and ribbon. And the whole tension inside the team.. Abby playing trick on McGee and the whole thing in whole. It was great fun.

Also the case was quite interesting. Taping the murder. And then.. having that wife and murdered man's best friend in interrogation. It was good but they in the same room: most agree with Tony. And I loved how the case was solved: that it was their first suspect still, even if they were sure he was not involved.moreless

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It's always convenient when a murder victim videotapes his own murder.

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By whiteraven2005, Jan 20, 2010 Report Abuse

I always like a video tape in a murder taking the images and using them to figure out the mystery. Reconstructing the tape is even better because you get the clues in pieces. That the killer snuck out of his trailer was unexpected he didn't seem that smart.

The affair was pretty sordid not only having an affair while the husband is in Iraq but getting pregnant too. To add insult to injury he wasn't even in love with her so he doesn't really have an excuse for cheating on his best friend.

Liked the last scene with the dog, adorable. Talking about Tony and then letting the dog eat out of his hat.moreless

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I found this episode to be one of the funniest ones yet.

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By amazing_race, Jan 07, 2010 Report Abuse

This episode is another very good one. Although the case isn't one of my personal favorites, it is still very interesting, and the episode is extremely funny.

I thought the episode was somewhat predictable, but I still enjoyed it. I saw the ending coming, but the scenes at the end were absolutely stunning.

I loved the scene right at the end where Kate and Abby are pampering Tony the dog, and DiNozzo thinks they are talking about him. That was extremely hilarious, and this episode had me laughing so hard!

If you are into the comedy element of NCIS, I recommend this episode above all so far, but if not, I wouldn't say that this one is for you.

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Another good episode

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By vicky24c, Dec 01, 2008 Report Abuse

Opens with a man recording a visit to a state park on his camcorder, we then see the man being pushed down a hill and subsequently dying. The park ranger who called in NCIS simply believes that the marine slipped and fell to his death. The go and question his wife and his best friend we were also camping with him. They inform the team that there was another camper on site, but due to his loud music and drinking, they asked the other camper to leave. After a bit of a fight, he left. The team track down the other camper, and question him. But when they find CCTV footage of the site he moved onto it shows that he was there all night, so the team now turn onto their other two main suspects, the wife and the best friend. When Abby and McGee enhance the footage from the camcorder, they discover that the actual murderer is the other camper. As the team move in to arrest him, he pulls a gun on them. Gibbs manages to shot the tank on the side of the camper van and it explodes killing the camper inside.moreless

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A pretty good episode, but defiantly not my favorite storyline.

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By vonkie_1991, Aug 09, 2008 Report Abuse

Again, I'm not sure why, but this isn't one of those episodes that I can watch this over and over again. Which I can do with most NCIS episode. But for a reason not with this episode.
The ending was a little bit predictable and a little bit unpredictable, if that makes any sense, not that I think it does. So I'll explain it a little bit. I had two suspects in my mind from pretty much the beginning of who may have done it, but I was leaning a little bit towards the apparently wrong one.

This wasn't a bad episode at all, it's just not my favorite episode.moreless

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Trivia
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- GOOF: When Abby whilst in her lab is wearing her funny blue hat, and says to Kate, 'Cool, well, I made you one,' who can see that in the frame, her lips aren't moving. The audio was obviously taken from another shot. Edit
- GOOF: McGee gets poison ivy because he apparently don't know how to recognize it. But in another episode, he tells the team that he was a boy scout, well versed enough in the outdoors to track animal behavior. It is extremely unlikely that he couldn't identify something as common as poison ivy. Edit
- GOOF: When Runion's trailer first blows up, the trailer is still largely intact, just covered in flames. But in all the later shots, the trailer is almost completely destroyed. Edit
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- Original International Airdates: Croatia: December 08, 2005 on NOVA TV Finland: May 19, 2007 on Nelonen France: October 28, 2005 on M6 Germany: December 08, 2005 on SAT.1 Sweden: July 03, 2005 on TV3 Denmark: March 1, 2005 on TV3 Edit
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- Ducky: It's the urushiol oil in the plant. Yes, once it gets on your hands, it spreads by contact. McGee: Um, then I have a major problem, Ducky. (Ducky raises his eyebrows) When I was out there, I had to... you know... Ducky: No, I don't. McGee: Relieve myself. Ducky: Oh. (pauses) Ooohhh... Well, let's take a look, then. (McGee slides off the examining table and starts unfastening his pants) McGee: This is, um, this is kind of embarrassing. Ducky: I'm a doctor, McGee, I have seen everything there is to see more times than I care to remember... Good lord! McGee: What?! What, is it bad?! Ducky: No, no, it's fine, fine. (laughs nervously) Nothing to worry about. I didn't expect to see quite so much... swelling. McGee: If Tony finds out about this, I'm going to have to quit. Ducky: Well, your secret is safe with me. (Jimmy walks in the autopsy room) Jimmy: Doctor, I've got the new inspection forms you re... (looks at Ducky and McGee) ... I'll come back. (turns and walks back out) Ducky: Him, I'm not so sure about. Edit
- Tony: Nice hat. Kate: Attractive. McGee: In a weird way. Gibbs: Why? Edit
- Abby: Somebody did a Barry Bonds on Sgt. Moore's head Gibbs. Edit
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- Abby: (About the poison ivy on McGee's face) Maybe you could wear a mask. This is in reference to the Broadway play (made into a movie later), Phantom of the Opera, where a man who was hideously scarred on one half of his face wore a half mask to hide it. McGee's rash is on the same side of the face. Edit
- Abby: Okay, this next part is like an outtake from Deliverance. Deliverence is a story of four men on a weekend canoe trip on the Cahulawassee River which turns into a frenzied retreat from horror. Edit