Hung Out to Dry

Season 1, Episode 2, Aired

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During a training exercise, a marine's parachute fails to open and he crashes into a parked car where two teenagers were making out. The NCIS team heads to the scene and has to determine if the marine's death was accidental or a murder.moreless
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  • A marine plunges to his death, leaving behind a wife and son. The NCIS team follow up on several strings to find his killer.

    10
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    By chinadollM9, May 20, 2011
    When I saw Patrick Labyorteaux, I could not stop myself from saying awww. I also loved the referances to JAG, mentioning Commander Rabb. :)

    Michael Weatherly, who playes Tony DiNozzo, is my favorite actor on this show; you can not help but laugh with him.
    I absolutely, positively adore Tony. He has so much energy, excitment, drive, humor. Tony has decided that he would like to jump out of a plane. My heart would be in my throat and my nerves would be fried.

    Based from what I have seen so far of the series, NCIS has it all, drama, action, suspense, and humor.moreless

  • Parachutes

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    By Parricida, May 01, 2010
    So.. I really liked the episode. I mean.. it keeped all the good things I expected from the first episode: we got more of those char moments. We learned more of what they have done and what kind of life the are living. Todd made the best expression. Wearing high heels on the field? And some other funny moments.. so great on that part.

    Case was also good. Unexpected outcome. I love when you cannot guess quickly who is behind it as that spoils it always but with this case.. I had no idea.. loved that.

    So, I think they are continuing strong..moreless

  • Very interesting second case.

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    By whiteraven2005, Jan 20, 2010
    First mention of Tony being a Baltimore cop. Tony is a fascinating character, look forward to learning that story how does a local civilian LEO get recruited for a military investigative service? Tony's hair's has changed style I preferred it last week, made him look younger.

    Crossover with J.A.G. Bud Roberts. Gibbs is a master manipulator insist on the hard bit, knowing he won't get it and Bud gives what Gibbs actually wants. He pours on the charm or plays the hardass as necessary. He's very good at doing both.

    Gibbs is surprisingly good with the son. Really great treehouse, always wanted one like that.

    Very interesting second case.moreless

  • A very good second episode.

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    By amazing_race, Dec 10, 2009
    In Hing Out To Dry, the parachute of a marine doesn't open. It is up to our NCIS team to determine if this was planned or just accidental.

    This episode was also quite suspeneful, in my opinion. I quite liked the case that was investigated in this episode, and I did not see the ending coming.

    The story was extremely well written and the performance by the actors was great! It was also the first case that Caitlin Todd worked as an NCIS Special Agent.

    I thought this episode was quite good, although not the best. Still, great job and I hope there's more like this one!moreless

  • A Marine dies falling through the roof of a parked SUV with two teenagers in it. It turns out he was involved in a jumping exercise. This leaves Gibbs and his crew to figure out motive and the guilty party in this murder so foul.moreless

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    By jyarter, Jun 03, 2009
    Well written episode with a little bit of a slow plot. There were a number of suspects and none of them seemed to really have a motive to kill another Marine. I loved Kat's line "Semper Fi, You rat you die."

    The keys to this case were the Sulfuric Acid on the strands of the lines of the parashoot and the fact that the one Marine had a record only three years before of drug involvement. Other factors sort of pushed you away from that suspect but in the end he was the one person who made sense. Also the other Marine gave up his DNA when he really didn't have too which sort of led you to believe he wasn't guilty.

    I would have hated to be that kid when the girls father the Sargent showed up to pick her up. That could be a life changing experience!

    Overall a well done episode not as good as the first one. Thanks for reading...moreless
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    • TRIVIA: Lt. Bud Roberts recounts to Kate what happened the last time he and Gibbs interacted (NCIS' two part pilot from JAG). This references the fact that Kate replaces Vivian Blackadder from the two part pilot.

    • GOOF: When Gibbs goes to see the victim's widow on the day of his funeral, he never explains why he's there. He says he's not there to question her, but offers no other explanation or condolences.

    • TRIVIA: Kate had spent a year in law school prior to becoming a Secret Service agent.

    • TRIVIA: Prior to becoming an NCIS agent, DiNozzo was a Baltimore cop.

    • TRIVIA: We learn that Gibbs has three ex-wives.

    • TRIVIA: This is Kate's first crime scene working as an NCIS agent.

    • TRIVIA: This episode introduces the subplot of Gibbs building his boat with a lack of power tools, which he continues working on throughout this and the next three seasons.

    • TRIVIA: The background given for Abby regarding her interest in forensics is the same as Pauley's: living near a wrecking yard and being intrigued by the cause and effect of the wrecks.

    • TRIVIA: When Gibbs is checking different parachutes, Tony asks what he is looking for. Gibbs replies, "A screwed pooch." Screw the pooch is military slang for badly messing something up.

    • TRIVIA: Several characters get their names from crew members: Sarah Schaefer (Construction Coordinator, Thom Schaefer) Sgt. Gregory Nutt (Transportation Coordinator, Greg Nutt) Cpl. Paul Dafelmair (Costume Supervisor, Paul Dafelmair).

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    • Tony: We ever going to make the eleven o'clock news? Gibbs: Could happen tonight, if you broke your neck.

    • Kate: How'd you get into this? Abby: Filled out an application.

    • Tony: What's your chute number? Marine: Four. Tony: Four's unlucky in China. Gibbs: We're not in China.

    • Marine: Why you jumping with us, Sir? Tony: Always wanted to jump. Agent Gibbs came along to laugh.

    • Gibbs: So you gonna pay $180 to defy gravity? Tony: (grinning) Yeah, I think I am.

    • Gibbs: We're going with you boys. NCIS training mission. Capt. Faul: Now why don't I believe that? Hell, why not! Hate to pass up an opportunity to toss a couple of NCIS agents out of a plane.

    • (Tony stands on a practice platform.) Marine: Keep your feet together to cushion the impact. Tony: That's it? Marine: You signed the release form to notify next of kin, right? Tony: Just don't say, "Break a leg." (Tony jumps off as Kate and Gibbs walk up) Tony: How was that? Kate: Very lady-like. Gibbs: DiNozzo, what are you doing? Tony: Just doing a little research for Abby. Gibbs: For Abby? Tony: Well maybe I'm serving two masters. Gibbs: Well you're serving one now.

    • Tony: Scuttlebutt is... Kate: Scuttlebutt? Gibbs: That's Marine for water cooler gossip.

    • Abby: Kate and I have a theory. Tony: Why didn't you take to me this fast? Abby: You're like a piercing, Tony. Takes awhile for the throbbing to stop and the skin to grow back. Tony: That's more than I wanted to know.

    • Gibbs: You know some of these guys freeze on their first jump. Need a good kick in the ass to get them out. Tony: Not me. Gibbs: No you fall into the category I want to kick in the ass on the ground.

    • Tony: You ever jump? Gibbs: When I get an electric shock. Tony: That explains the lack of power tools.

    • Abby: Sulfuric acid! That would chew the shine off a trailer hitch!

    • Tony: Ducky, why would Gibbs rip his hard line out and dunk his cell phone in a jar of paint thinner? Ducky: Oh dear. Tony: What? Ducky: I should have realized the time of year. It's his anniversary. Tony: Which marriage? Ducky: Well the last one of course. Isn't it always? Tony: Ducky, I'm not following. Ducky: Every year ex-wife number three gets drunk on their anniversary and calls him...repeatedly. Tony: Why doesn't he change his number? Ducky: No idea. In case you haven't noticed, Gibbs is a man of more questions than answers.

    • Kate: Could've given Thumper a dirty chute. Gibbs: What'd you say? Kate: Ramsey. Could've given Thumper a sabotaged chute. Gibbs: No, you said dirty. Kate: What? Tony: With Gibbs, you never know.

    • Gibbs: DiNozzo. Where'd you learn how to write, China? Kate: I'd say Egypt. Looks more like hieroglyphics. Tony: Hey! You were in a rush to read it. Gibbs: My mistake.

    • Abby: When I was a kid, we lived near this lot where they brought all the burned-out hulks from the gnarliest car wrecks. I used to sneak in there at night and take pictures. It wasn't about the gore, it was about...figuring out how things happened. Y'know, like action, reaction, the science of the whole thing. I got hooked.

    • Gibbs: Go faster if you had an assistant? Abby: Definitely. Gibbs: Okay, you got the job. Kate: I get to do forensics?!? Gibbs: No, you get to schlep for Abby. She gets to do forensics.

    • Kate: Why didn't they tell us? Abby: Semper Fi. You rat, you fry.

    • Captain Faul: You JAG or NCIS? Gibbs: Do I look like a lawyer?

    • Jimmy: We were hanging out, listening to Dashboard Confessional. Tony: Emo. Gibbs: Emo? Tony: Emotional music. Gotta get a radio, Gibbs.

    • Kate: How did you get into NCIS? Tony: I smiled. (Kate looks at Tony) (Tony smiles)

    • Tony: Jumpin's gotta be so cool. Gibbs: Hey, you wanna play paratrooper? Pay a hundred and eighty dollars, take a class like all those other weekend warriors. Tony: Yeah. I have so many weekends free.

    • Kate: You knew Lieutenant Roberts wasn't gonna allow us access to the DNA database. Gibbs: Did I? Kate: You did. So why go through the exercise? Gibbs: Kate, I come from a long line of horse traders. First rule: You pick the best horse in the barn, and you work the deal until it bursts. Tony: That way, when you go for the second best nag you get her for a song. Kate: The search authorization. Gibbs: We didn't have probable cause, but the Lieutenant, he's a man who aims to please. You never work the system when you can work the people. Kate: Any of those horse traders you come from get hung? Gibbs: Yeah. Few.

    • Kate: Actually, I wanted to be a lawyer. I did a year in law school, felt like ten years in prison. Abby: With really boring inmates? Admit it. You just like strappin' on a gun. Kate: More than one. Abby: Really? You packin' more heat than meets the eye? Kate: Those your only tattoos? Abby: You show me yours and I'll show you mine.

    • Kate: Then we got our guy. Gibbs: Nope. All we got is a pile of dead skin. Only thing you can use the DNA registry for is to identify a body. Kate: Well, there has to be a way around that. Gibbs: See, now you're thinking like an NCIS agent.

    • Kate: You think Corporal Dafelmair was lying? Gibbs: He was if he knew that Thumper was taking painkillers so he could jump. Kate: That's stupid. Gibbs: No, that's a Marine.

    • Gibbs: Was his reserve chute okay? Abby: Yeah, it was perfect, all he had to do was pop it. Kate: Well, he might have if his reflexes weren't slowed by opioids. Tony: Opioids? Kate: General term for opiates and synthetic analgesics. Abby: Go, Kate! Gibbs: You sure you were a Baltimore cop?

    • Gibbs: ID withheld... Tony: Probably the reason you married her. I mean, she probably hid her real personality as most women do, and by that time it was too late because you'd already...I'm gonna shut up now. Gibbs: Now? Kate: Did you really say as most women do?

    • Gibbs: You can't work a field in high heels. Tony: Depends on the kind of work you're doing. Kate: Your mind, Dinozzo, runs the gamut from X to XXX Tony: Yeah...?

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    • Kate: Your mind, Dinozzo, runs the gamut from X to XXX. Kate's line is a variation on the Dorothy Parker quote, "She runs the gamut from A to B." Parker was referring to Katherine Hepburn.

    • Abby: (doing an analysis) Carl Sagan time! Carl Sagan was an American astronomer and author. He is world-famous for writing popular science books and for co-writing and presenting the award-winning 1980 television series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage. He was also a strong promoter of skeptical inquiry and the scientific method, both principles Abby also values in her work.

    • Capt. Faul: JAG or NCIS?
      Gibbs: Do we look like lawyers?

      NCIS is a spin-off of JAG, having its two-hour long pilot episode in the eighth season of the show. Also, this is the only episode of NCIS to feature a regular cast member from JAG in his role from that series (Patrick Labyorteaux as Lt. Bud Roberts).

    • Sgt. Fuentes's nickname was Thumper, because he was supposedly lucky, like a 'walking rabbit's foot'. Thumper is a direct reference to the rabbit character from the Walt Disney film Bambi.

    • Gibbs: Was his reserve chute okay? Abby: Yeah it was perfect all he had to do was pop it. Kate: Well he might have if his reflexes weren't slowed by opioids. Tony: Opioids? Kate: General term for opiates and synthetic analgesics. Abby: Go Kate. Gibbs: You sure you were a Baltimore cop? The line from Gibbs is a dual reference to both Baltimore's huge drug problem as well as a back story to Tony being a former Baltimore City Police Officer before coming to NCIS.

    • Abby: The victim tested positive for both Percocet and Vicodin. Abby: Double your pleasure. Tony: Double your fun. This is an allusion to the ad campaign for Doublemint Gum manufactured by Wrigley.

    • During the scene where Abby is using blue light to test the chute lines, Tony references Electric Kool-Aid while Abby replies that she was thinking more of a Blue Man Group. Electrick Kool-Aid was a book written by Tom Wolfe in which he follows the adventures of Ken Kesey and his friends as they drive a DayGlo painted school bus across the country and experiment with LSD and other mind-altering drugs. Blue Man Group is a three man group covered in blue paint who use various items as musical instruments and communication devices. The men themselves never speak. They frequently appear in Las Vegas.

    • Abby, when changing out her lab art, states that she has a Chagall feeling. She is referring to Marc Chagall, a Russian artist whose main works come from fantasy and dreams.

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