NCIS

Suspicion

Season 4, Episode 12, Aired 1/16/07

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When a Marine intelligence officer is found murdered in a small town motel room, the NCIS team must find the person who murdered her, even though the local town authorities had already "investigated" the crime three days earlier. Gibbs needs to determine if the crime is related to a terrorist cell.moreless

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Mossad Agent Ziva David
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Showing the Hicks as what they are... "hicks" tends to ruffle some feathers... But sometimes that's what people need to open their eyes!

8.0

"Great"

By darreth, Apr 03, 2011 Report Abuse

This episode has one of my all time favorite scenes... the suspect is in the interrogation room with Zeva and the hick deputy walks in... Deputy: "You know... it really IS a screwed up religion where you have to blow yourself up to get laid!" Zeva immediately pounces and jerks the douchebag's arm around behind his back! Zeva: "When you insult HIS religion you insult YOUR OWN and MINE!" Now apologize!" I have few shows that the characters really impress me... but ZEVA (Even though she is Jewish) defending a Muslim against this stupidity just gave me a thrill! Now if only life would imitate ART! (I don't see it happening though... people letting go of their ignorance too much to ask for sadly!moreless

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A marine is killed in a "boondock" town.

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By darkphoenix360, May 27, 2010 Report Abuse

This was a pretty boring episode, we learn nothing new about any of the characters except at the end.

At the end of the episode we see that Tony and his girlfriend Jeanne are being photographed by some unknown party. Personally I think that Jeanne is a terrorist or working for terrorists who is getting close to Tony, or that Jeanne is going to get hurt or killed near the end of the season, or that she is a terrorist and she gets hurt or killed. And if she is in fact a terrorist and does in fact get killed, something tells me that it will be Tony that has to kill her.

There are too many episodes in this type of show where deaths are being investigated. We need more threats to the whole national security thing, America is at war after all.moreless

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To sum it up in one word; average.

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By amazing_race, Jan 22, 2010 Report Abuse

This episode was nothing too special, in my opinion, and I really don't think it can compare well with some really great episodes we've had in the last few, therefore, I was disappointed slightly by this one.

The storyline was, at first, quite interesting, and I liked seeing the 'spark' between McGee and Ruby, but after a little while, the plot became boring, with yet another terrorist cell. Although this is an interesting aspect of the show, in my opinion, it is unoriginal, and should not be used so frequently.

It wasn't the funniest of episodes, either, but still had its moments.

I wouldn't recommend this one, and I feel that this was one of my least favorite episodes of all time, but like I said, it did have its moments.moreless

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The paranoia of the terrorist era we now live in.

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By whiteraven2005, Jan 20, 2010 Report Abuse

This is a federal investigator's worst nightmare basic small town investigation with almost no evidence seriously, *four* baggies of evidence?! The kid did good work though.

Tony is the clich womanizer with a heart of gold meeting the right woman reforms him, even if most of it's a lie. She's obviously his connection to Jenny's obsession La Grenouille. They're even under surveillance.

People are now so paranoid about terrorists that an Iraqi moving into the neighbourhood is watched by his neighbours, and the two who weren't suspected and bought their way into the country really are terrorists. I was surprised there wasn't a scene of taking the poor guy home, if I were Gibbs, I would have made a bit of a show of it to show the small town they were wrong about him.moreless

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A great episode

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By vicky24c, Jan 05, 2009 Report Abuse

This episode opens with a man leaving his motel room in the morning wearing just a towel and going to get a briefcase out of the boot of his car. He gets locked out of his room and so tries to find someone to let him back in. He goes next door and finds himself standing in blood, which is coming out of the room through the front door. It takes 3 days before the victim is discovered to be a marine. She booked in under a false name and NCIS are called in. The police who are already running the investigation have a suspect and s the team head to his house. Ziva believes that they have found a bomb factory. The next day the suspect returns home and makes a run for it. He is shot but survives. Abby and Ducky believe that the victim was killed by 2 different guns and therefore there may be 2 different killers. The suspect was relocated from Bagdad to the United States. The victim was his case worker. He tells them that the explosive stuff in his house was planted. The evidence supports what he says. The team learn that the Deputy had keys to the house and so they ask him to remove his trousers so that they can check for explosive traces. The test comes back positive. He plants the explosives. They discover that it was one of her own bosses who killed her believing that she was about to find out that he got rich Iraq people into the United States. When Gibbs & Ziva head to their house/head out they discover that they were making hate videos put on the internet and also had explosives.moreless

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- GOOF: When Ziva is talking to Wasim alone, he asks if she is a Jew, then she tucks her necklace in her top. In some shots the chain is not visible, even though it should be. Edit
- TRIVIA: In this episode, McGee says: "If I'd told you guys I was writing a novel, you would have laughed at me." He actually did mention to Tony that he was writing back in "Dead Man Talking" and you can probably guess Tony's reaction to that. Edit
- TRIVIA: The combination of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil (in this case diesel fuel) that Ziva finds before it's assembled in Masoud's garage is called ANFO. Among other uses of this highly explosive mixture, it is used by terrorist organization for IED's. A large amount of ANFO was used in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. Edit
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- Kunal Nayyar appeared in this episode as Youssef Zidan, a terrorist, for which he was not credited. Edit
- Original International Airdates: Denmark: January 16, 2007 on TV3 Sweden: March 4, 2007 on TV3 Australia: April 24, 2007 on Ten Belgium: May 6, 2007 on VT4 Germany: May 20, 2007 on SAT 1 The Netherlands: May 23, 2007 on Veronica United Kingdom: June 26, 2007 on FX UK Spain: July 19, 2007 on La Sexta Italy: October 7, 2007 on RAI 2 Finland: December 23, 2008 on Nelonen Slovakia: June 10, 2009 on Markiza Czech Republic: September 28, 2009 on TV Nova Edit
- Lauren Holly (NCIS Director Jennifer Shepard) does not appear in this episode, although she is credited in the opening credits. Edit
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- Deputy: You know... a couple more inches to your right and our "MARTYR" here coulda been livin' it up with all those vestal virgins. Ya know... it truly is a messed up religion when you gotta blow yourself up to just to get lucky! Ziva: (Grabs his thumb and twists it) When you insult his religion you insult mine and your own! Tell him you're sorry! Deputy: S-s-sorry. Ziva: (twists harder) I don't think he heard you! Deputy: I'm sorry! Ziva: (sniffing the deputies neck) Suspect: Apology accepted! Edit
- Ziva: I thought you sent Tony back because of his um... illness. Gibbs: His illness? Ziva: He has two cell phones. Makes furtive calls to hospital. Goes missing for hours. Always lies about where he's been. I mean, he doesn't even talk about women anymore. The only logical explanation is that he's receiving outpatient treatment for a serious medical problem. Gibbs: That's not the only explanation. Edit
- McGee: (revealing the incriminating ammunition) Found 'em in Major Raines' garage, Boss. Served the warrant to his wife. Tony: I hate it when that happens. Edit
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- The "Dueling Banjos" song that Tony and Tim were singing at the beginning of the episode was used in the movie Deliverance starring Burt Reynolds, Jon Voight and Ned Beatty. It's about four friends that take a canoe trip and are captured and abused by back country men who live in the area. The music is used to set the scene and mood in when the friends arrive in the back country. Edit