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Dead Man Talking

Season 1, Episode 19, Aired 4/27/04

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An NCIS agent has been murdered while investigating a case and the team's job is to find out what happened.

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Sasha Alexander

Special Agent Kate Todd
Pauley Perrette

Forensics Specialist Abby Sciuto
Michael Weatherly

Special Agent Tony DiNozzo

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Be ready for another terrific episode!

9.8

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By chinadollM9, Jun 19, 2011 Report Abuse

It is terrible what happened to Chris Pacci. Gibbs took it really hard and Tony did too when Kate was asking questions about Pacci at his house.

Tony had such energy, a fire in his belly when they got to go on the stakeout. I have to say McGee is sort of a mix between both Kate and Tony. He is a hard worker, jokes around when he wants to, willing to try new things. I really like McGee. So far, my favorite people on this show are Tony, Abby, and McGee.

I definitely did not suspect that the woman, Amanda Reed would turn out to be Lt. Commander Voss. I wonder if she was a real person. Tony said everywhere Voss was so was Amanda. Could Amanda been in on it and Voss killed her assuming her identity? Was she the body they found three years ago? If not they have another murder to solve. Or did Voss have her setup at all these different locations in case he was ever found out? Just food for thought.

I can not keep say this one or that one are my favorite episodes. There have only been one or two episodes that I did not care for. This one definitely makes my fabulous list.

I almost forgot! Kate asking Tony what it was like tonguing a guy! OMG, I loved it! Totally harsh on Tony, but hilarious to no end, LOL!!moreless

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A favorite among the early episodes

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By CConway1982, Jun 19, 2011 Report Abuse

I've only gotten into this show recently, and I've seen a lot of reruns from the first 3 seasons. I completely understand why NCIS is only now becoming such a hit with the media, because I feel like it's really been hitting its stride this year.

However, this episode was an excellent one. I think it's one of the best that I've seen from the first few seasons - it was a really great blend of humor, unpredictable twist and resolution in the case, and poignancy with one of the few male agent deaths in this series and how it affected the team, especially Gibbs and Tony.moreless

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Maybe Tony's NOT a 0 on the Kinsey scale.

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By whiteraven2005, Jun 19, 2011 Report Abuse

Kate is really starting to make a bad impression on me it's just been one thing after another recently. One of their own agents is dead and Kate objects because she has a date?! For a former secret service agent, she really isn't very committed to her work ethic. Being a NCIS agent is not a 9 to 5 job, it's actually more of a calling than a career.

Tony takes credit for McGee's truly impressive detective work but Gibbs always knows better. McGee is really good at the finicky details, Tony's the people person and Kate god only knows given her recent performance.

Tony will never live this down this will be fodder for years. Poor baby! Though he pretty much asked for it kissing her in a public place like that?!

Two familiar faces: Frederic Lane (YED from SPN) and Jamie Sheridan.

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By thefanof, Jun 19, 2011 Report Abuse

A lot of people believe that NCIS was great from the beginning, but I really feel like it took a few years to get its footing (and to get Sasha Alexander out of there in favor of Cote de Pablo.) This episode though was really good. It was funny, but more importantly it was highly entertaining from start to finish and featured a brilliant twist resulting in a humorous situation for one Tony DiNozzo.

And Gibbs pulling the trigger at the end? That was just, well, awesome and really further established the credibility of the character when it needed it.moreless

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By Parricida, Jun 19, 2011 Report Abuse

This one was one of those cases, what Gibbs and everyone else takes very personally. It was one of them, found very brutally murdered and so.. team does their best to put together the pieces of what the dead agent was working.. And the thing is that Tony starts to get too interested on a woman they are following.. and oh.. that shock was just huge. I loved how they all ran over Tony in the end.. usually he is picking fun on others but.. this time.. That was just brilliant.

I loved that we saw that other agent again. He happens to hang out with them quite often and that's great. He on the phone when Tony was "getting into his mess" was great. That man just sounded so panic that for sure, it was easy for Gibbs to figure it out that something is not right.

So, great episode. The ending on the bar.. when Gibbs just arrived on the right moment.. that was brilliantmoreless

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- GOOF: At the end of the episode, Gibbs confronts Amanda. Both are standing, holding their guns with outstretched arms. Her gun is pointing down near her waist. His gun is pointed at her, a few inches from her head. He's waiting for her to give up - drop her gun. But as she begins to raise her gun (to shoot Gibbs), he fires, killing her. How could he know/see she was raising her gun as he was just a few inches from her, staring at her head?
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- TRIVIA: Tony tells Amanda that he was in the Final Four with Ohio State, but lost to UCLA. Ohio State was never in the Final Four the same year as Ohio State as far back as 1980. Ohio State was in the Final Four in 1999 and lost the the eventual Champions UConn, and UCLA was in the Final Four in 1995, where they defeated Oklahoma State. Edit
- TRIVIA: The flashbacks of Pacci talking to Gibbs is from the previous episode "UnSEALed." Edit
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- Original International Airdates: Croatia: August 26, 2005 on NOVA TV France: October 01, 2004 on M6 Germany: July 28, 2005 on SAT.1 Hungary: March 13, 2006 on TV 2 Sweden: October 24, 2004 on TV3 Finland: January 06, 2007 on TV4 Denmark: May 4, 2004 on TV3 Edit
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- Tony: (to McGee, as he leaves to be "bait" with Amanda) Okay, cover my back. McGee: Got it. Tony! (draws his gun) How do, how do I take the safety off? Tony: (exasperated) You take the safety off... (McGee holsters his weapon as Tony realizes he's been had) Edit
- Kate: I'm warning you DiNozzo, don't even go there. (Kate leaves) Tony: We've gotta go there. Any ideas, McGee? McGee: No. Tony: Well, don't worry. I've got plenty. McGee: You realize that any prank we play on Kate we'll also be pulling on Gibbs? Tony: That's a problem. McGee: Unless...nah. Tony: What? McGee: Well, I was thinking. Since she is expecting something, maybe we should do nothing. Tony: ...That's brilliant. It'll drive her nuts trying to figure out what we did, that we didn't do. You're all right McGee. Edit
- Tony: (answering Kate's phone) Special Agent Todd's desk. I'm sorry she's stepped away. Kate: (returning to her desk) Dinozzo. Tony: May I ask who's calling? Um, one moment. (Kate grabs the phone) Dwayne? Kate: I do have voice mail. Tony: What fun is that? Edit
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- At the end of the episode, Abby mentions two movies. The first, The Crying Game, is a movie about a British soldier who is kidnapped by the IRA. He escapes their custody, and tracks down his captor's girlfriend. He falls in love with her only to find out she is really a man. In the other movie, Victor/Victoria, Julie Andrews portrays an out-of-work opera singer who finds a job in a nightclub by pretending to be a female impersonator. Edit
- Kate: Martin Sheen is not a Sheen. Martin Sheen's birth name is Ramon Estevez, since we are on the subject, Charlie Sheen's birth name is Carlos Irwin Estevez. Edit
- During the stakeout, Tony used an alias of "Stringfellow." That is of course the name of the main character in another of Bellisario's shows Airwolf. Edit