NCIS

Identity Crisis

Season 5, Episode 4, Aired 10/16/07

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When Ducky realizes that one of his cadavers used for research is actually a victim of murder, the NCIS team identifies him as a criminal genius who is capable of deleting the past.

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David McCallum

Chief M.E. Ducky Mallard
Pauley Perrette

Forensics Specialist Abby Sciuto
Mark Harmon

Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs

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good episode....

7.5

"Good"

By Fwirrel, Jun 03, 2010 Report Abuse

Ducky finds that a body donated to science was murdered instead of dying of natural causes. The investigation leads to an eraser and eventually turns out to be a delivery boy that wasn't really a delivery boy...Basically, the episode was predictable and the case wasn't that interesting. The lady FBI agent was a little annoying, but it was halarious when she took the delivery boy out. I loved seeing Tobias again; he's my favorite recurring character. Overall, though, this is just not a very good episode. There were a few funny moments and I'd love to see McGee get a dog, but that's about it.moreless

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Back to the old fashioned NCIS...

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By Andrew-R, Apr 25, 2010 Report Abuse

Usually when the FBI is around at NCIS everyone is pissed, Gibbs mostly.
But this time the inter-agency operation is well leaded by Gibbs and Fornell, and the team efforts to find a criminal capable of completely deleting his past are improved by the collaboration of Courtney Krieger.
At the beginning Ziva seems to be annoyed by her, a feeling that becomes something really similar to jealousy when Tony is attracted to her.
Eventually they bond pretty well while the case evolves and finally lead them to arrest the "eraser".
A lot of good moments between the team and a clever plot make this episode something normal but enjoyable at the same time. Well done!moreless

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Had its moments, but not the best, by any means.

9.5

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By amazing_race, Feb 06, 2010 Report Abuse

Another episode of NCIS provided another quite interesting case, although I didn't feel that this one was impeccable.

The first scene was fantastic (although disgusting) and I loved the way it was done, but I also thought that they could've done a little better with this sort of plot.

I did enjoy the latter part of the episode, though, particularly the outcome of the episode, which I felt was really well done.

I would not recommend this episode over the three that preceeded it, but I still do recommend it quite highly. Interesting, but not the best, and I also felt it lacked humour, but still, a great job by NCIS!moreless

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Another great one

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By vicky24c, Jan 09, 2009 Report Abuse

This episode opens with Ducky performing an autopsy, in front of a bunch of Probie's. As they pass around the poor man's brain it starts to leak a liquid. Ducky then announces that it is murder. Ducky & Gibbs go to see the ME who signed off on the body. We learn that he died from a needle injected into his brain filled with mercury. The team learn that the victim was working for the FBI. They believe that he was in contact with a terrorist who he was waiting to meet on behalf of the FBI. They find one of the restaurants's the terrorists used to go to and Tony goes undercover there for try and find him. They manage to track down an apartment where they believe he is hiding out. So the team head there. The team learn that their dead guy was the terrorists. Their main problem now, who killed him?
The team believe that he was killed by one of his female victims. They then discover another man who died due to mercury poisoning. Thy track down his widow and she was one of the female clients who was a suspect. The team learn that the rest of the terrorist cell have already left their hiding centre and could all be on their way to America to carry out their attack. They then realise that the delivery kid who IDed the terrorist was lying to them. Ziva and another agent drop off the delivery boy, as they do so they get a call from Gibbs. He tries to escape but they manage to stop him. The kid is the new terrorist. At the end they manage to arrest the man who set him up as a terrorist.moreless

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great episode

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By sfviewer, Apr 09, 2008 Report Abuse

Ducky gives instructions to a group of upcoming medical examiners about cutting up cadavers. While he cuts open a cadaver, he discover that the unclaimed john doe is a murder victim. When the NCIS team investigate the case, they get to figure out that the cadaver is a criminal involved with forging documents. While they find out a connection to his most recent activity, they bump into an FBI agent who happened to be the john doe's handler. This is a whodunit episode, but it wasn't boring, there are twist and turns. We get to see a lot within the episode. It's really exciting.moreless

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Trivia
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- TRIVIA: Torri Higginson, playing Dr. Jordon Hampton, is the second "Dr Weir" from Stargate SG-1 to appear on NCIS. The first one was Jessica Steen playing Special Agent Paula Cassidy in 6 episodes. Both Torri and Jessica played "Dr Elisabeth Weir" in Stargate SG-1, Jessica first in "Lost City" (7-21 and 22)" and Torri starting in "New Order" (8-01 and 02) and then on Stargate Atlantis for the first 3 seasons. Edit
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- Original International Air Dates: Denmark: November 20, 2007 on TV3 Germany: March 23, 2008 on SAT 1 The Netherlands: April 2, 2008 on Veronica Sweden: April 6, 2008 on TV3 Australia: April 15, 2008 on TEN United Kingdom: June 8, 2008 on FX UK Italy: September 28, 2008 on RAI 2 Spain: October 17, 2008 on La Sexta The Middle East: November 5, 2008 on MBC ACTION Hungary: December 15, 2008 on TV2 Finland: April 21, 2009 on Nelonen Slovakia: July 23, 2009 on Markiza Czech Republic: January 25, 2010 on TV Nova Edit
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- Krieger: It was my first field assignment. Never expected him to be killed. Ziva: That is what happens to bait. Edit
- Abby: Of course, mercury is toxic. So you shouldn't let kids break open thermometers and play with it. Gibbs: Speaking from personal experience, Abs? McGee: Actually explains a lot. Edit
- Tony: Looks like a nice place doesn't it honey? McGee: (through the ear piece) Sure does sweet cheeks! Edit
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- The age of the deliveryman, Robert Graves, is given as 25. 2007, the year this episode originally aired was the 25th Anniversary year of the G.I. Joe vs Cobra toyline that some guest characters took their names from. Edit
- Ducky: It's elementary my dear Jethro. "Elementary, my dear Watson" was the usually believed catch phrase of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, invented by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Edit
- Tony: Ever see The Sunshine Boys? The Sunshine Boys is a play by Neil Simon that was produced on Broadway in 1972 and later adapted for film (1975 and 1995) and television (1975). It focuses on a one-time vaudevillian team known as "Lewis and Clark" who, over the course of forty-odd years, not only grew to hate each other but never spoke to each other off-stage throughout the final year of their act. Edit