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NCIS Season 9 Episode 14

Life Before His Eyes

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AIRED: Feb 07, 2012

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While stopping by his usual diner for coffee, Gibbs finds himself in grave danger, prompting him to think about his past and the choices he made in his life.

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disappointing

5.0

By tanargue, May 06, 2013

This idea of flashbacks ie what would life have been like if he hadn't taken a certain action, has been done many times before and better. The case in this episode was uninteresting and the constant fuzzy flashbacks annoying. All round a very disappointing episode for the 200th.
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"NCIS" Marks Its 200th Episode With Gibbs Recalling His Past Decisions, After He Is Shot At His Usual Diner.

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By Matt16020-FIN, Jul 11, 2012

The milestone episode was good but far from perfect. The opening scene was clever and it hit my interest but the case was extremely dull and it could have been better. I even think that the episode would have made it without the case. I liked the flashbacks in this episode. They were great and it was nice too see what would have happened if Ari never took the shot on Kate. Speaking of Ari, he returned to this episode but he did not even say a word. Come on writers. He could have had a nice dialogue with Gibbs. The best parts of this episode were the scenes where Gibbs interacted with his mother or father. Anyway, an episode worth seeing despite its flaws. If you want a perfect milestone episode, jump back to the 100th episode, "Chimera".moreless
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Not as good as I expected

6.0

By Elendil, Mar 27, 2012

I liked the general idea, because Gibbs is the character which has the darkest past and it was good to understand his choices better. But I really didn't had the feeling that I was watching NCIS, in fact, it reminded me of the episode "If/then" of Greys anatomy : (. And I expected much more feelings in the scene with his wife and daughter, at least not the "Thank God we're dead because I'd rather see myself and my daughter die than you." and she was calling him Gibbs all the time !! Even Ducky calls him Jethro from time to time, but not even his wife ?

I've been a NCIS fan from season 1 and I feel it's "jumping the shark" as I read in other reviews. Too bad...moreless
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The case was dull, but the look back at some important moments was much appreciated.

10

By amazing_race, Mar 21, 2012

The episode had its flaws, and wasn't the most interesting, but I absolutely loved it because we relived some huge moments of NCIS.

Kate & Tony married with a baby Kelly is hard to imagine! Tony called Ziva 'Viza' which was just LOL!!!

I thought the story's theme was interesting. How one second can change your life in such enormous ways. It was certainly something interesting to think about.

I cant wait for more! 200 great episodes (well, at least ost of them were) and I hope that the next 200 which will be just as good, if not better! Can't wait!moreless
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Liked the turn of events

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By ffemt2016, Mar 13, 2012

It's hard to believe NCIS has had it's 200th episode. I enjoyed how it showed things from the perspective of how he handled himself and how things have happened. I also liked how it went back to his training as a sniper, and what if he was able to Kate being shot. It shows all the "what ifs" that some people think about in real life. Goes to show, that we end up touching more people's lives then we think. I thought it was funny how Kate and Tony became a couple, and McGee and Abby were still a couple. So much for Rule 12.moreless
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Mark Harmon	Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs
Michael Weatherly	Special Agent Tony DiNozzo
Cote de Pablo	Special Agent Ziva David
Pauley Perrette	Forensics Specialist Abby Sciuto
Sean Murray (I)	Special Agent Tim McGee
Rocky Carroll	Director Leon Vance

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Michael O'Neill	Former NCIS Special Agent Riley McCallister	Guest Star
Sam Schuder	Kelly Gibbs	Guest Star
Jeananne Goossen	Marine Private Joan Matteson	Guest Star
Muse Watson	Mike Franks	Recurring Role
Rudolf Martin	Ari Haswari	Recurring Role
Darby Stanchfield	Shannon Gibbs	Recurring Role

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- TRIVIA: In the scene where Tony shows up late to the hospital to see his child with Kate, the images of Kate are from Episode 22 of season 2, "SWAK." The scenes with her in the hospital are directly from that episode when they were both in the sterile room at the CDC.
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- Gibbs: I-I... I didn't order this.
  Ann Gibbs: Well, sometimes we don't know what we want till someone shows us the possibilities.
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- Tony: (Interrogating Ziva in an alternative future) I remember you! Riva! Lisa...? Uh... Tiva?
  Ziva: My name is Ziva David.
  Tony: Ah, yes, Ziva – the icy Israeli. I followed you to a hotel pool once!
  Ziva: Clearly, I made an impression – I can't say the same about you.
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- Gibbs: Mom.
  Ann Gibbs: Poor thing. Brain must be running in circles trying to make sense of all this. And here I am, not a day older than the last time you saw me carrying on about a mother's pride. My goodness.
  Gibbs: You never told me you were proud.
  Ann Gibbs: Proud of the boy I knew, proud of the man you've become, and proud of everything in-between.
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- Franks: Everything happens for a reason.
  Gibbs: People die needlessly, I know that.
  Franks: But sometimes good comes from the hurt.
  Gibbs: Don't talk to me like a greeting card.
  Franks: I'm talking to you like a friend.
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- Franks: You solved hundreds of cases. You helped families get over burying their dead by putting away murderers and terrorists.
  Gibbs: I'm just doing my job.
  Franks: Well, folks use, uh, paper clips and photocopy for a living. Those are jobs. What you did is more than that.
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- Original International Air Dates:
  Canada: February 6, 2012 on Global
  Sweden: February 21, 2012 on TV3
  United Kingdom: April 13, 2012 on FX/FX HD
  Finland: April 17, 2012 on Nelonen
  Germany: April 29, 2012 on SAT 1
  Slovakia: August 28, 2012 on Markiza
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