NCIS season 11#ep258
{{short description|Season of television series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2015}}
{{Infobox television season
| season_number = 11
| bgcolour = #B3001E
| image = NCIS - The 11th Season.jpg
| image_alt =
| caption = Season 11 U.S. DVD cover
| starring = {{Plainlist|
- Mark Harmon
- Michael Weatherly
- Cote de Pablo
- Pauley Perrette
- Sean Murray
- Brian Dietzen
- Emily Wickersham
- Rocky Carroll
- David McCallum
}}
| num_episodes = 24
| network = CBS
| first_aired = {{Start date|2013|9|24}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2014|5|13}}
| prev_season = Season 10
| next_season = NCIS Season 12
NCIS: NO Season 1
| episode_list = List of NCIS episodes
}}
The eleventh season of the police procedural drama NCIS premiered on September 24, 2013, in the same time slot as the previous seasons, Tuesdays at 8 pm.{{cite web|last=Ausiello|first=Michael|title=Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on Bones, HIMYM, NCIS, Nashville, Castle, True Blood, Glee and More|url=http://tvline.com/2013/07/09/bones-season-9-spoilers-the-secrets-in-the-proposal|work=TVLine|access-date=August 15, 2013|date=July 9, 2013|archive-date=August 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130810050935/http://tvline.com/2013/07/09/bones-season-9-spoilers-the-secrets-in-the-proposal/|url-status=live}}
Special Agent Ziva David (Cote de Pablo), departs during the season with her final appearance being in "Past, Present and Future".{{cite web|title=Cote De Pablo To Depart CBS' 'NCIS'|url=https://deadline.com/2013/07/cote-de-pablo-leaving-ncis-538345/|work=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=August 15, 2013|date=July 10, 2013|archive-date=August 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130815023817/http://www.deadline.com/2013/07/cote-de-pablo-leaving-ncis/|url-status=live}} Also introduced NSA Analyst Eleanor "Ellie" Bishop to become NCIS Probationary Special Agent, loaned to NCIS on Joint Duty Assignment. The episode "Crescent City (Part I)", which aired on March 25, 2014, serves as the first of a two-part backdoor pilot of a second spin off from NCIS called NCIS: New Orleans based in New Orleans.
Cast
= Main =
- Mark Harmon as Leroy Jethro Gibbs, NCIS Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) of the Major Case Response Team (MCRT) assigned to Washington's Navy Yard
- Michael Weatherly as Anthony DiNozzo, NCIS Senior Special Agent, Second in Command of MCRT
- Cote de Pablo as Ziva David, NCIS Special Agent (episodes 1–2)
- Pauley Perrette as Abby Sciuto, Forensic Specialist for NCIS
- Sean Murray as Timothy McGee, NCIS Special Agent
- Brian Dietzen as Jimmy Palmer, Assistant Medical Examiner for NCIS
- Emily Wickersham as Eleanor "Ellie" Bishop, NCIS Probationary Special Agent and Former NSA Analyst, loaned to NCIS on Joint Duty Assignment (episodes 9–24)
- Rocky Carroll as Leon Vance, NCIS Director
- David McCallum as Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard, Chief Medical Examiner for NCIS
= Recurring =
- Alan Dale as Thomas Morrow, Homeland Security Section Chief and former NCIS Director
- Joe Spano as Tobias Fornell, FBI Senior Special Agent
- Colin Hanks as Richard Parsons, DoD Inspector
- Marina Sirtis as Orli Elbaz, Mossad Director
- Damon Dayoub as Adam Eshel, Ziva's contact
- Gabi Coccio as young Ziva David
- Hugo Armstrong as Eugene Coyle, from the NCIS Inspector General's office
- Salli Richardson-Whitfield as Carrie Clark, former FBI Special Agent, turned criminal attorney
- Meredith Eaton as Carol Wilson, immunologist and friend of Abby
- Susanna Thompson as Hollis Mann, DoD Special Agent, Gibbs' former girlfriend and former Army CID agent
- Wendy Makkena as Dr. Rachel Cranston, a psychiatrist and Caitlin Todd's sister
- Ralph Waite as Jackson Gibbs, Gibbs' father
- Robert Wagner as Anthony DiNozzo, Sr., Tony's father
- Michelle Pierce as Breena Palmer, Jimmy Palmer's wife
- Jackie Geary as Susan Grady, NCIS Polygraph Specialist
- Diane Neal as Abigail Borin, CGIS Special Agent in Charge
- Marco Sanchez as Alejandro Rivera, incarcerated former official in the Mexican Justice Department and enemy of Gibbs
- Akinsola Aribo as Jared Vance, Leon Vance's son
- Kiara Muhammad as Kayla Vance, Leon Vance's daughter
- Melinda McGraw as Diane Sterling, Gibbs' and Fornell's ex-wife
- Leslie Hope as Sarah Porter, new Secretary of the Navy
- Margo Harshman as Delilah Fielding, DoD Computer Specialist and McGee's girlfriend
- Juliette Angelo as Emily Fornell, Tobias Fornell's daughter
- Kelli Williams as Maureen Cabot, NCIS Special Agent
= Guest appearances =
- Muse Watson as Mike Franks, deceased retired Senior Special Agent for NCIS and Gibbs' former boss
- Scott Bakula as Dwayne Cassius Pride, NCIS Senior Special Agent in New Orleans
- Lucas Black as Christopher LaSalle, NCIS Special Agent in New Orleans, second in command
- Zoe McLellan as Meredith Brody, NCIS Special Agent in Chicago
- C. C. H. Pounder as Loretta Wade, Jefferson Parish Medical Examiner for NCIS in New Orleans
Production
On February 1, 2013, CBS renewed NCIS for this season.{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/02/01/ncis-renewed-by-cbs/167648/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130204040516/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/02/01/ncis-renewed-by-cbs/167648/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2013|title='NCIS' Renewed by CBS for 11th Season|last=Kondolojy|first=Amanda|work=TV by the Numbers|date=February 1, 2013|access-date=February 1, 2013}} The same date Mark Harmon extended his contract on the show with a new "multiyear deal" with CBS.{{cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|title=UPDATE: Mark Harmon Inks New 'NCIS' Deal, Hit CBS Drama Renewed For Next Season|url=https://deadline.com/2013/02/mark-harmon-signs-new-ncis-deal-paving-the-way-for-renewal-of-hit-cbs-drama-419069/|work=Deadline|access-date=August 15, 2013|date=February 1, 2013|archive-date=August 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130807013200/http://www.deadline.com/2013/02/mark-harmon-signs-new-ncis-deal-paving-the-way-for-renewal-of-hit-cbs-drama/|url-status=live}} It was announced on July 10, 2013, that Cote de Pablo, who plays Ziva David, had chosen not to return for the eleventh season as a regular. She will appear in enough episodes to close out her character's storylines.
Because of de Pablo's exit, showrunner Gary Glasberg had to change his planned storyline for season 11. "Someone asked me if I was planning for this, but I really wasn't, so basically the minute that this became real, I had to throw out a lot of what I was planning to do and start from scratch".{{cite web|last=Mitovich|first=Matt Webb|title=NCIS Boss Opens Up About Cote de Pablo's Surprising Decision ('I Really Wasn't Planning for This'), Hints at 'Romantic' Exit Storyline|url=http://tvline.com/2013/07/29/ncis-season-11-ziva-exit-storyline-tiva-payoff/|work=TV Line|access-date=August 15, 2013|date=July 29, 2013|archive-date=August 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130821064549/http://tvline.com/2013/07/29/ncis-season-11-ziva-exit-storyline-tiva-payoff/|url-status=live}} Glasberg has stated that there will be rotating characters coming to fill Ziva's role.
The theme for the season is "unlocking demons", both figurative and literal according to Glasberg. A "pretty interesting adversary" about the theme will be introduced, and "that will carry through the season".{{cite web|title=Fall TV Spoiler Spectacular: Exclusive Scoop and Photos on 45 Returning Favorites!|url=http://tvline.com/2013/09/03/fall-tv-spoilers-2013-shows-ncis/#!30/ncis/|work=TV Line|access-date=September 8, 2013|date=September 3, 2013|archive-date=September 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907172959/http://tvline.com/2013/09/03/Fall-tv-spoilers-2013-shows-ncis/#!30/ncis/|url-status=live}}
= Casting =
Colin Hanks returned for the premiere episode as Defense Department investigator Richard Parsons, a character introduced at the end of the tenth season,{{cite web|last=Bryant|first=Adam and Natalie Abrams|title=Mega Buzz: Ziva's NCIS Exit, Arrow's New Villains, and a New Good Wife Lover|url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/megabuzz-ncis-arrow-good-wife-1068587.aspx|work=TV Guide|access-date=August 17, 2013|date=July 30, 2013|archive-date=August 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130817090847/http://www.tvguide.com/News/MegaBuzz-NCIS-Arrow-Good-Wife-1068587.aspx|url-status=live}} while Marina Sirtis returned in the second episode as Mossad Director Orli Elbaz. Joe Spano also reprised his role as Senior FBI Agent Tobias C. Fornell in the first two episodes. Muse Watson (as Mike Franks) appeared in the fourth episode. Ralph Waite (as Gibbs' father Jackson Gibbs) and Robert Wagner (as Tony's father Anthony DiNozzo, Sr.) are also confirmed to return.{{cite web|last=Keveney|first=Bill|title='NCIS' says farewell to Ziva|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2013/09/30/ziva-leaving-ncis-story/2895627/|work=USA Today|access-date=October 4, 2013|date=September 30, 2013|archive-date=October 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003162624/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2013/09/30/ziva-leaving-ncis-story/2895627/|url-status=live}} Diane Neal reprises her role CGIS Special Agent Abigail Borin in episode six "Oil & Water".
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The second episode includes a character named Sarah Porter, played by Leslie Hope, who is the new Secretary of the Navy,{{cite web|url=http://www.tvfanatic.com/2013/08/leslie-hope-to-play-pivotal-role-on-ncis-season-11/|title=Leslie Hope to Play Pivotal Role on NCIS Season 11|author=Suzamba|work=TV Fanatic|date=August 6, 2013 |access-date=January 2, 2015|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212900/http://www.tvfanatic.com/2013/08/leslie-hope-to-play-pivotal-role-on-ncis-season-11/|url-status=live}} while Margo Harshman has been cast in a potentially recurring role as Timothy McGee's girlfriend, Delilah Fielding.{{cite web|last=Mitovich|first=Matt Webb|title=NCIS Exclusive: Big Bang Brainiac Cast as McGee's Girlfriend|url=http://tvline.com/2013/07/30/ncis-season-11-cast-margo-harshman-mcgee-girlfriend/|work=TV Line|access-date=August 21, 2013|date=July 30, 2013|archive-date=August 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130821202558/http://tvline.com/2013/07/30/ncis-season-11-cast-margo-harshman-mcgee-girlfriend/|url-status=live}} The third episode introduces retiring NCIS Special Agent Vera Strickland (Roma Maffia) who has known Gibbs for many years.{{cite web|last=Ausiello|first=Michael|url=http://tvline.com/2013/08/13/ncis-after-ziva-david-new-cast-member-bishop|title=NCIS Exclusive: Meet Ziva's Successor|work=TVLine|date=August 13, 2013|access-date=August 17, 2013|archive-date=August 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816101859/http://tvline.com/2013/08/13/ncis-after-ziva-david-new-cast-member-bishop/|url-status=live}}
On August 13, 2013, "casting intel" on a new female character named Bishop was published, with filming scheduled to mid-October.{{cite web|last=Ausiello|first=Michael|title=NCIS Exclusive: Meet Ziva's Successor|url=http://tvline.com/2013/08/13/ncis-after-ziva-david-new-cast-member-bishop/|work=TV Line|access-date=August 15, 2013|date=August 13, 2013|archive-date=August 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130815204536/http://tvline.com/2013/08/13/ncis-after-ziva-david-new-cast-member-bishop/|url-status=live}} Bishop is described as a "twentysomething female[;] bright, educated, athletic, attractive, fresh-faced, focused and somewhat socially awkward. She has a mysterious mixture of analytic brilliance, fierce determination and idealism. She's traveled extensively, but only feels comfortable at home." Emily Wickersham was cast to play the character, named NSA Analyst Ellie Bishop.{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/17/ncis-emily-wickersham-ziva-bishop-season-11_n_3944391.html|title='NCIS': Emily Wickersham Cast As Ziva's Successor, Bishop, In Season 11|work=The Huffington Post|date=September 18, 2013 |access-date=January 2, 2015|archive-date=January 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150114014626/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/17/ncis-emily-wickersham-ziva-bishop-season-11_n_3944391.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://tvline.com/2013/09/17/emily-wickersham-ncis-season-11-after-ziva/|title=Emily Wickersham: NCIS' New Agent — 'Sopranos' Alum Eyed As Ziva's Successor – TVLine|work=TVLine|date=September 17, 2013 |access-date=January 2, 2015|archive-date=January 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104192259/http://tvline.com/2013/09/17/emily-wickersham-ncis-season-11-after-ziva/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2013/09/ncis-emily-wickersham-cast-in-season-11-as-cote-de-pablo-replacement---who-is-she.html|title='NCIS': Emily Wickersham cast in Season 11 as Cote de Pablo replacement – Who is she? – Zap2it – News & Features|author=Billy Nilles|date=September 18, 2013|work=Zap2it|access-date=January 2, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140217151606/http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2013/09/ncis-emily-wickersham-cast-in-season-11-as-cote-de-pablo-replacement---who-is-she.html|archive-date=February 17, 2014|df=mdy-all}} Wickersham was promoted to the main cast, two weeks prior of her debut appearance.{{cite web|url=http://tvline.com/2013/11/04/ncis-season-11-ziva-replacement-emily-wickersham-series-regular/|title=[PHOTO] 'NCIS' Makes Ziva Replacement Emily Wickersham a Series Regular – TVLine|work=TVLine|date=November 4, 2013 |access-date=January 2, 2015|archive-date=December 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223225406/http://tvline.com/2013/11/04/ncis-season-11-ziva-replacement-emily-wickersham-series-regular/|url-status=live}} Her first appearance is in episode nine, "Gut Check".{{cite web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20131105cbs03/|title=Listings - NCIS on CBS - TheFutonCritic.com|access-date=January 2, 2015|archive-date=November 12, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131112173546/http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20131105cbs03/|url-status=live}}
Scott Bakula was considered for an undisclosed recurring role this season.{{cite news|last1=Cartwright|first1=Darren|title=Saying no to 'NCIS' worked for Scott Bakula|url=https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/news/saying-no-to-ncis-worked-for-scott-bakula/ar-BB6jFSq|access-date=March 10, 2015|agency=MSN.com|date=September 29, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121032453/http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/news/saying-no-to-ncis-worked-for-scott-bakula/ar-BB6jFSq|archive-date=January 21, 2015|df=mdy-all}}{{cite web|title=TV pick: NCIS: New Orleans|url=http://m.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11339902|access-date=25 March 2015|archive-date=September 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918115147/http://m.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11339902|url-status=live}} He was later cast as Dwayne Pride in NCIS: New Orleans.
Episodes
{{see also|List of NCIS episodes}}
{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|NCIS season 11
|EpisodeNumber = 235
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = Gary Glasberg
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|9|24}}
|ProdCode = 1101
|ShortSummary = A hotel bomb explodes killing Secretary of the Navy Clayton Jarvis and injuring Tom Morrow, with the NCIS team discovering that someone is trying to take them down one by one. Gibbs heads to Tehran to meet with an informant, while Tony books a flight to Tel Aviv to be with Ziva. He is ready to leave when attacked by a sniper. McGee tries to solve the mystery of the bomb's origins.
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|NCIS season 11
|EpisodeNumber = 236
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = Past, Present, and Future
|DirectedBy = James Whitmore Jr.
|WrittenBy = {{WritingCredits|t=Scott Williams & Gina Lucita Monreal|s=Gary Glasberg|order=t}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|10|1}}
|ProdCode = 1102
|ShortSummary = Gibbs and the team continue the hunt for Benham Parsa and his growing terrorist ring while Tony heads to Israel to track down Ziva.
Note: This is the exit episode of Cote de Pablo as Ziva David until season 16 finale and her final appearance as main cast.
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|NCIS season 11
|EpisodeNumber = 237
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = Under the Radar
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|10|8}}
|ProdCode = 1103
|ShortSummary = The team must seek assistance from Twitter in help to find a missing Navy lieutenant. Gibbs’ old friend temporarily joins the team for the case. Meanwhile, McGee somehow loses his badge.
|LineColor = B3001E
}}
{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|NCIS season 11
|EpisodeNumber = 238
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = Anonymous Was a Woman
|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara
|WrittenBy = Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|10|15}}
|ProdCode = 1104
|ShortSummary = Upon discovering a connection to an Afghan women's shelter that deceased Agent Mike Franks has supported for years, Gibbs and McGee travel to Afghanistan to investigate.
|LineColor = B3001E
}}
{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|NCIS season 11
|EpisodeNumber = 239
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = Once a Crook
|DirectedBy = Arvin Brown
|WrittenBy = Christopher Silber
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|10|22}}
|ProdCode = 1105
|ShortSummary = DiNozzo returns to his Baltimore Police Department days when he sees a felony suspect from a 15-year-old case at the NCIS crime scene of a murdered petty officer.
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|NCIS season 11
|EpisodeNumber = 240
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = Oil & Water
|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright
|WrittenBy = Jennifer Corbett
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|10|29}}
|ProdCode = 1106
|ShortSummary =A suspicious explosion on board an oil rig has NCIS partnering up with the Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS), most notably CGIS Agent Abigail "Abby" Borin. Meanwhile, a mysterious prankster is targeting the NCIS team and no-one is safe from them.
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|EpisodeNumber = 241
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = Better Angels
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = Gina Lucita Monreal
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|11|5}}
|ProdCode = 1107
|ShortSummary = The team comes to investigate the death of a Marine sergeant who was apparently killed trying to stop a robbery attempt in a clothing shop. Police call Gibbs as his father has had a motor accident, his father wants Gibbs to accompany him to meet a dying man who saved his life during world war 2.
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|NCIS season 11
|EpisodeNumber = 242
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = Alibi
|DirectedBy = Holly Dale
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|11|12}}
|ProdCode = 1108
|ShortSummary = The team goes out to investigate a fatal hit and run near Quantico. The prime suspect has an alibi, which he will not disclose to NCIS: he was murdering someone else at the time.
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|NCIS season 11
|EpisodeNumber = 243
|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|Title = Gut Check
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = Christopher J. Waild
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|11|19}}
|ProdCode = 1109
|ShortSummary = The Secretary of the Navy was discovered to have been bugged during a confidential meeting, and the team works with NSA Analyst Eleanor "Ellie" Bishop (Emily Wickersham) to find the person responsible.
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|EpisodeNumber = 244
|EpisodeNumber2 = 10
|Title = Devil's Triad
|DirectedBy = Arvin Brown
|WrittenBy = Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|12|10}}
|ProdCode = 1110
|ShortSummary = The team investigate the death of a Marine and discover a link between the current boyfriend of Diane Sterling, Gibbs and Tobias Fornell's ex-wife. NSA agent Ellie Bishop struggles to adjust to being a member of the NCIS team.
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|NCIS season 11
|EpisodeNumber = 245
|EpisodeNumber2 = 11
|Title = Homesick
|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara
|WrittenBy = Scott Williams
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|12|17}}
|ProdCode = 1111
|ShortSummary =The holiday mood is ruined when the team is called up by the Naval Medical Research Center and CDC to investigate a potential bioterrorist threat after eight children from Navy and Marine families are hospitalized in the ICU with similar symptoms. The team finds out the outbreak is not a deliberate attack: a returning serviceman accidentally acted as a carrier for a rare African disease, which can be treated once diagnosed. Meanwhile, Vance receives a visit from his deceased wife's father, who he bears a grudge for abandoning his wife when she was young.
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|NCIS season 11
|EpisodeNumber = 246
|EpisodeNumber2 = 12
|Title = Kill Chain
|DirectedBy = James Whitmore Jr.
|WrittenBy = Christopher Silber
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|1|7}}
|ProdCode = 1112
|ShortSummary = A stolen drone is later revealed to be linked to the elusive terrorist, Benham Parsa, forcing the team to join forces with the Department of Defense which brings the team back into contact with retired Lt. Colonel Hollis Mann who is also Gibbs' ex-girlfriend. As such, both teams must track down and recover the device before it is used for a large scale attack. Meanwhile, McGee is struggling with the possibility of asking for time off as he wants to attend a black-tie gala honoring his girlfriend Delilah Fielding.
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|NCIS season 11
|EpisodeNumber = 247
|EpisodeNumber2 = 13
|Title = Double Back
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = Gina Lucita Monreal
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|1|14}}
|ProdCode = 1113
|ShortSummary = In an attempt to find the terrorist Parsa, Gibbs and the team track down one of Parsa's minions using evidence from his drone attack (in the previous episode) while McGee is left struggling to come to terms with what happened at the black-tie gala evening. While the team fails to catch Parsa, they do get a clue on where he might have gone.
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|NCIS season 11
|EpisodeNumber = 248
|EpisodeNumber2 = 14
|Title = Monsters and Men
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = Jennifer Corbett
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|2|4}}
|ProdCode = 1114
|ShortSummary = The murder of a port authority officer reveals Parsa's possible whereabouts, as the team continues their tireless hunt. Meanwhile, Bishop reveals her past association with the elusive terrorist.
|LineColor = B3001E
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|NCIS season 11
|EpisodeNumber = 249
|EpisodeNumber2 = 15
|Title = Bulletproof
|DirectedBy = Leslie Libman
|WrittenBy = Christopher J. Waild
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|2|25}}
|ProdCode = 1115
|ShortSummary = The team examine a crash and soon discover bulletproof vests associated with the United States Marine Corps but the investigation takes a turn after Abby's tests determine that the supposedly safe vests are actually faulty.
|LineColor = B3001E
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|NCIS season 11
|EpisodeNumber = 250
|EpisodeNumber2 = 16
|Title = Dressed to Kill
|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|3|04}}
|ProdCode = 1116
|ShortSummary = After meeting his father, DiNozzo confronts a man dressed as a Navy commander. The man runs and is followed by DiNozzo who ultimately shoots and kills him. The only witness is DiNozzo's father.
|LineColor = B3001E
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|NCIS season 11
|EpisodeNumber = 251
|EpisodeNumber2 = 17
|Title = Rock and a Hard Place
|DirectedBy = Arvin Brown
|WrittenBy = Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|3|18}}
|ProdCode = 1117
|ShortSummary = The speakers explode in the dressing room of a military charity event, but the team realize someone else was targeted deliberately after finding shrapnel from a World War II-era Mark 24 warhead and that it was accidentally triggered earlier than the intended time of detonation. Meanwhile, Jimmy Palmer prepares to become a father and Tony received an unwanted task from his father.
|LineColor = B3001E
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|NCIS season 11
|EpisodeNumber = 252
|EpisodeNumber2 = 18
|Title = Crescent City (Part I)
|DirectedBy = James Whitmore Jr.
|WrittenBy = Gary Glasberg
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|3|25}}
|ProdCode = 1118
|ShortSummary = A Congressman is found murdered in New Orleans, Gibbs and his team join forces with Fornell's FBI team and the local NOLA field office. Gibbs reunites with long-time compatriot and friend NCIS Special Agent Dwayne "King" Pride (Scott Bakula). With that, Gibbs and Eleanor Bishop head to New Orleans while DiNozzo and McGee stay in D.C. to work the case with Fornell. Things soon become personal as the Congressman was a former NCIS agent and their contemporary and his murder could possibly be linked to one of their old cases. The episode ends with Gibbs, Pride and Agents Meredith Brody (Zoe McLellan) and Christopher LaSalle (Lucas Black) standing in a square while from a hotel room, the unrevealed killer begins taking surveillance photographs of the NCIS team as Gibbs and Pride look on. This episode is the first part of the NCIS: New Orleans pilot.
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|EpisodeNumber = 253
|EpisodeNumber2 = 19
|Title = Crescent City (Part II)
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = Gary Glasberg
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|4|1}}
|ProdCode = 1119
|ShortSummary = Another victim is found in the wetlands, dead at least two weeks. His throat had been cut with a steel blade and jet fuel is found in tire tracks near his body. Abby calls Gibbs to say the jet fuel matched the fuel found on the car mats belonging to victim Agent Doyle. A suspect, believed to have been obsessed with Congressman McLane and the Privileged Killer case, is also found dead. Gibbs and Pride track the killer, the son of a McClane contributor, Spencer Hanlon (Drew Waters) to a military bar and a nearby cemetery, after Gibbs recalls marble dust also being found in Doyle's car. Gibbs and Pride later kill Hanlon who is in the process of attempting to murder Petty Officer Carla Meade. After solving this case, Pride and his team receive another one while Gibbs waits for Bishop in order to return home while Meredith Brody eventually becomes a permanent member of the NCIS: New Orleans team. This episode is the second part of the NCIS: New Orleans pilot.
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|EpisodeNumber = 254
|EpisodeNumber2 = 20
|Title = Page Not Found
|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara
|WrittenBy = Christopher J. Waild
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|4|8}}
|ProdCode = 1120
|ShortSummary = When Delilah finds an encrypted email relating to the murder of a Navy lieutenant in Budapest, she is ordered to ignore it but instead she goes to Gibbs and NCIS opens an investigation. The team realizes that there may be more to the case when they run into a CIA operative tailing them. Meanwhile, McGee wants to take his relationship with Delilah further and asks her to move in with him.
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|EpisodeNumber = 255
|EpisodeNumber2 = 21
|Title = Alleged
|DirectedBy = Arvin Brown
|WrittenBy = Scott Williams
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|4|15}}
|ProdCode = 1121
|ShortSummary = A female Navy officer's rape is brought to light when one of her colleagues is accidentally killed in a bar. It turns out her executive officer was responsible for hers and several other rapes.
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|EpisodeNumber = 256
|EpisodeNumber2 = 22
|Title = Shooter
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|4|29}}
|ProdCode = 1122
|ShortSummary = A Marine photographer who disappeared prior to his testifying at a court martial is later found dead of an apparent drug overdose. The team is confronted with the situation of homeless veterans in the DC area whom the photographer was documenting. During the case, Abby decides to help a homeless woman reconnect with her family.
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|EpisodeNumber = 257
|EpisodeNumber2 = 23
|Title = The Admiral's Daughter
|DirectedBy = James Whitmore Jr.
|WrittenBy = Christopher Silber & Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|5|6}}
|ProdCode = 1123
|ShortSummary = Tony is assigned to escort Amanda, the daughter of the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from Marseille due to her extravagant partying ways, to only find all the employees and agents dead. He and Amanda find themselves on the run from a rogue French policewoman. The team back home work on a supposedly separate case involving a corpse found in a septic tank at Norfolk with a link to Amanda's father. Things become complicated when Tony discovers that Amanda's party-girl persona was a mere cover for her work with the Defense Clandestine Service.
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|EpisodeNumber = 258
|EpisodeNumber2 = 24
|Title = Honor Thy Father
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = Gary Glasberg & Gina Lucita Monreal
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|5|13}}
|ProdCode = 1124
|ShortSummary = As the team hunts escapees from Navy vessel which served as a classified detention site for indicted terrorists, Gibbs returns home after learning of the death of his father, Jackson, due to a stroke. The episode serves as a tribute to Jackson Gibbs' actor Ralph Waite, who died in February of 2014.
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Ratings
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" rowspan="3" | Episode
! scope="col" colspan="4" | Ratings |
|---|
| scope="col" rowspan="2"| Original airdate
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Viewers ! scope="col" colspan="2"| Rank |
| scope="col"| Night
! scope="col"| Week |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot"
| September 24, 2013 | 1 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | "Past, Present, and Future"
| October 1, 2013 | 1 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | "Under the Radar"
| October 8, 2013 | 1 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | "Anonymous Was a Woman"
| October 15, 2013 | 1 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | "Once a Crook"
| October 22, 2013 | 1 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | "Oil & Water"
| October 29, 2013 | 1 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | "Better Angels"
| November 5, 2013 | 1 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | "Alibi"
| November 12, 2013 | 1 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | "Gut Check"
| November 19, 2013 | 1 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | "Devil's Triad"
| December 10, 2013 | 1 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | "Homesick"
| December 17, 2013 | 1 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | "Kill Chain"
| January 7, 2014 | 1 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | "Double Back"
| January 14, 2014 | 1 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | "Monsters and Men"
| February 4, 2014 | 1 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | "Bulletproof"
| February 25, 2014 | 1 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | "Dressed to Kill"
| March 4, 2014 | 1 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | "Rock and a Hard Place"
| March 18, 2014 | 1 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | "Crescent City (Part I)"
| March 25, 2014 | 1 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | "Crescent City (Part II)"
| April 1, 2014 | 1 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | "Page Not Found"
| April 8, 2014 | 1 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | "Alleged"
| April 15, 2014 | 1 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | "Shooter"
| April 29, 2014 | 1 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | "The Admiral's Daughter"
| May 6, 2014 | 1 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | "Honor Thy Father"
| May 13, 2014 | 1 |
References
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External links
{{Wikiquote|NCIS (season 11)}}
- {{IMDb episodes|0364845||season 11}}
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Category:2013 American television seasons