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NCIS Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
23 Episodes 2003 - 2004
Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service is the official series title during the first season. Mark Harmon tops the cast as the rule-bending, intensely private Leroy Jethro Gibbs, the head of an elite NCI team specializing in solving baffling crimes related to US Navy personnel. Gibbs' cohorts include tough, outspoken Caitlin "Kate" Todd (Shana Alexander), former Baltimore homicide detective (and flagrant womanizer) Anthony "Tony" DiNozzo (Michael Weatherly), caffeine-addicted, goth-girl technogeek Abby Sciuto (Pauley Perrette), and all-knowing, long-winded chief lab technician Donald "Ducky" Mallard (David McCallum). The two-part pilot episode was filmed for the military-legal series JAG, and was not shown until several weeks after NCIS premiered with its debut episode "Yankee White." Its plot involving a mysterious death during a flight of Air Force One, "Yankee White" also introduces several recurring characters: Alan Dale as NCIS director Tom Morrow, Joe Spano as FBI agent Fornell and Pancho Demmings as Ducky's assistant Gerald Jackson.
Episode 1
Yankee White
Tue, Sep 23, 2003 60 mins
A Marine mysteriously drops dead aboard Air Force One and jurisdiction problems force Gibbs to share the investigation with a Secret Service agent (Sasha Alexander). George W. Bush: Steve Bridges. William Baer: Gerry Becker. T.C. Fornell: Joe Spano. Donald "Ducky" Mallard: David McCallum. Tony: Michael Weatherly.
Episode 2
Hung Out to Dry
Tue, Sep 30, 2003 60 mins
A Marine dies when his parachute fails and he crashes through a car during a training exercise, and Gibbs suspects he was murdered. Cpl. Dave Ramsey: Dave Power. Cpl. Dafelmair: Rick Pasqualone. Lt. Roberts: Patrick Labyorteaux. Capt. Faul: James MacDonald. Sgt. Nutt: Keith Diamond. Donald "Ducky" Mallard: David McCallum.
Episode 3
Sea Dog
Tue, Oct 7, 2003 60 mins
When the bodies of a Navy commander and two drug dealers wash up on the beach near each other, everyone, except Gibbs, believes the commander was involved in a drug deal. Dave: Chris Olivero. Sarah: Melissa Lee. Sgt. Linn: Mark Holton. "Ducky": David McCallum.
Episode 4
The Immortals
Tue, Oct 14, 2003 60 mins
A Navy seaman is found at the bottom of the ocean in his dress whites with a ceremonial sword around his waist, attached to weights. Lt. Cdr. Robbins: David Andriole. PO Ronald Zuger: Julian Bailey. Capt. Rivers: Mark Sivertsen.
Episode 5
The Curse
Tue, Oct 28, 2003 60 mins
A hunter discovers a cargo pod stuffed with the mummified body of a Naval officer who vanished in 1994 and was believed to have stolen money from his ship. Richard Owens: David Ramsey. Lt. Greg Pallini: Jonathan Wade-Drahos. Erin: Melora Hardin.
Episode 6
High Seas
Tue, Nov 4, 2003 60 mins
An NCIS agent (Joel Gretsch) who worked for Gibbs asks his help in the case of a seaman (Charlie Hofheimer) who tests positive for methamphetamines, but claims he never took the drug. PO Niles: Jonathan T. Floyd. Reyes: Carlos Gomez. PO Shrewe: Anson Scoville.
Episode 7
Sub Rosa
Tue, Nov 18, 2003 60 mins
The discovery of the body of a Navy submariner whose features are all but obliterated leads Gibbs to believe a terrorist has stolen the man's identity and is aboard a sub. Capt. Veitch: Ben Murphy. Agent Tim McGee: Sean Murray. PO Drew: David Monahan. Jeb: David O'Donnell.
Episode 8
Minimum Security
Tue, Nov 25, 2003 60 mins
A Navy translator dies mysteriously soon after returning to the U.S. from Guantanamo Bay, and the investigation takes the team to Cuba.
Episode 9
Marine Down
Tue, Dec 16, 2003 60 mins
Gibbs and his team investigate when a dead Marine's wife receives a call from someone claiming to be her husband. Gibbs: Mark Harmon. Kate: Sasha Alexander. Ducky: David McCallum. Tony: Michael Weatherly.
Episode 10
Left for Dead
Tue, Jan 6, 2004 60 mins
A woman (Sherilyn Fenn) digs herself out of a shallow grave and doesn't know who she is, but is convinced that a bomb is on board a Navy ship. Stephen Brauer: Derek de Lint. Dr. Joel Sanderson: Jim Rash. Tom Verne: Al Espinoza. Kate: Sasha Alexander.
Episode 11
Eye Spy
Tue, Jan 13, 2004 60 mins
A Naval officer hired by an outside agency to test a product for possible Navy use is murdered, and Gibbs finds that the case is cloaked in secrets and deceptions. Ducky: David McCallum. Kate: Sasha Alexander. Tony: Michael Weatherly. Gibbs: Mark Harmon.
Episode 12
My Other Left Foot
Tue, Feb 3, 2004 60 mins
The discovery of a leg with a Marine tattoo on the calf leads the team to a small town where they uncover a murder scheme involving deception and greed. Kate: Sasha Alexander. Tony: Michael Weatherly. Abby: Pauley Perrette. Gibbs: Mark Harmon.
Episode 13
One Shot, One Kill
Tue, Feb 10, 2004 60 mins
The team investigates the murder of a Marine recruitment officer, who was killed, as the team discovers, by a highly skilled sniper. Maj. Dougherty: Michael Gaston. Sgt. Aaron Barnes: Brad Hawkins. Sgt. Alvarez: Francesco Quinn. Kate: Sasha Alexander.
Episode 14
The Good Samaritan
Tue, Feb 17, 2004 60 mins
The team investigates the murder of a Naval officer who was shot as he tried to help a stranded motorist. Cdr. Green: Kate McNeil. Sheriff Duprey: Stephanie Hodge. Lt. Wallace: Sean McGowan. Laura Seeger: Heidi Dippold.
Episode 15
Enigma
Tue, Feb 24, 2004 60 mins
The FBI asks Gibbs to find his former Marine C.O., who they've accused of stealing money from a mission in Iraq. But Gibbs is convinced that the man who trained him is innocent. Kate: Sasha Alexander. Abby: Pauley Perrette. Ducky: David McCallum.
Episode 16
Bete Noire
Tue, Mar 2, 2004 60 mins
Ducky and Gerald are held hostage in the autopsy room of NCIS headquarters by an armed intruder (Rudolf Martin), whose purpose is unexplained. Ducky: David McCallum. Gerald: Pancho Demmings.
Episode 17
The Truth Is Out There
Tue, Mar 16, 2004 60 mins
Gibbs is frustrated by the mystery surrounding the discovery of a dead petty officer who was dressed after he died and stuffed in the ceiling of a nightclub. Abby: Pauley Perrette. Kate: Sasha Alexander. Tony: Michael Weatherly. Ducky: David McCallum.
Episode 18
Unsealed
Tue, Apr 6, 2004 60 mins
Gibbs and his team search for a former Navy SEAL who escaped from Leavenworth, where he was serving time for killing his wife and her lover. Kate: Sasha Alexander. Tony: Michael Weatherly. Abby: Pauley Perrette.
Episode 19
Dead Man Talking
Tue, Apr 27, 2004 60 mins
The team investigates the murder of one of their own, an NCIS agent who was working on a cold case when he was shot and nearly disemboweled. Kate: Sasha Alexander. Tony: Michael Weatherly. Ducky: David McCallum.
Episode 20
Missing
Tue, May 4, 2004 60 mins
The NCIS agents search for a missing marine, who unbeknownst to them, is being tortured in a cell by a mysterious captor. Tony: Michael Weatherly. Kate: Sasha Alexander. Gibbs: Mark Harmon.
Episode 21
Split Decision
Tue, May 11, 2004 60 mins
When a Marine is killed with a specialized military weapon, the agents investigate the illegal weapons market and find an undercover ATF agent (Bellamy Young) also working on the case, and Gibbs asks her to work with them to find the killer. SSgt. Washington: Laz Alonso. SSgt. Rafael: Sam Witwer.
Episode 22
The Weak Link
Tue, May 18, 2004 60 mins
Gibbs' team investigates the death of a SEAL during a training exercise, and come to suspect that it wasn't an accident, but a murder. Cdr. Rainer: Adam Baldwin. Larry Clannon: Doug Savant. CIA Agent Kramer: Johnny Sneed. Lt. Johnson: Tom R. Hughes. Agent McGee: Sean Murray.
Episode 23
Reveille
Tue, May 25, 2004 60 mins
Gibbs' obsession with finding the terrorist Ari (Rudolf Martin) reaches its zenith, and is timed perfectly, as Ari is training men for an attack on Marine One with President Bush and Prime Minister Sharon on board. Kate: Sasha Alexander. Abby: Pauley Perrette. Tony: Michael Weatherly.
