Shabbat Shalom

Episode aired Jan 8, 2013
TV-14
42m

IMDb RATING

8.7/10

YOUR RATING

Michael Nouri and Cote de Pablo in NCIS (2003)

Action Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

A human ear in the Potomac River leads to the rest of the body, wearing a uniform of a Navy petty officer; Gibbs and company investigate. Ziva's father shows up, as does his Iranian counterp... Read allA human ear in the Potomac River leads to the rest of the body, wearing a uniform of a Navy petty officer; Gibbs and company investigate. Ziva's father shows up, as does his Iranian counterpart. Gunfire interrupts a dinner. [Continued.]A human ear in the Potomac River leads to the rest of the body, wearing a uniform of a Navy petty officer; Gibbs and company investigate. Ziva's father shows up, as does his Iranian counterpart. Gunfire interrupts a dinner. [Continued.]

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IMDb RATING

8.7/10

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
When Agent David yells "Ben kelev", that is roughly translated to "son of a bitch".

Goofs
Ziva says "I'm fine," which is a contraction of the words " I am," and Ziva does not use contractions.

Quotes
Austin: It was so awesome! When the cops got here they sent in these divers who found the body. His jackets was filled with rocks. That's, that's total body dump. Right?
Anthony DiNozzo: You watched all this?
Austin: So what? I'm 13.
Anthony DiNozzo: I'm so sorry.
Randy: Thank you.

Connections
Referenced in NCIS: The Stories We Leave Behind (2024)

Soundtracks
Abby Confidential
Written by Richard Wolf and Elijah Wolf

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Review

Featured review

Way too contrived

It's Yom Kippur, 2023, and USA Network has programmed this episode of "NCIS" in its syndication schedule. The show's production team and CBS were far more tasteful, broadcasting it 10 years ago in January, unrelated to any Jewish holiday, but now there's always an excuse or a hook to exploit some piece of entertainment.

There's a routine main story (or it would seem until another story leapfrogs over it midway) of the team hunting for the killer of an unscrupulous (and much hated) reporter who specializes in writing exposes about the military. Just as I was getting interested, Cote de Pablo finds her dad, the hed of Mossad, waiting for her in the parking lot at her health club. He's in America secetly on a mission.

Needless to say, NCIS wanting to tail daddy and find out what he's up to takes precedence over all else. The next subplot centers on Rocky and his wife, their relationship and Rocky ending up hosting Ziva's dad for dinner. Everything gets connected before the "To be continued" card is flashed at the end, but the writing is horribly contrived and punctuated by shock effects (and audience manipulation).