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NCIS Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
23 Episodes 2004 - 2005
With the inauguration of its second season, the popular procedural streamlines its series title, forsaking the cumbersome Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service for the more succinct NCIS. Joining series regulars Mark Harmon (Leroy Jethro Gibbs), Shana Alexander (Kate Todd), Michael Weatherly (Tony DiNozzo), Pauley Perrette (Abby Sciuto) and David McCallum ("Ducky" Mallard) is former guest actor Sean Murray as MIT-educated lab tech Tim McGee, who is invited to join the NCI team by head man Gibbs himself. Amidst such story elements as kidnappings, serial killers, serial rapists, crop circles, mob hits, transsexuals, disembodied eyeballs and bikini contests, the second season permits the viewer to learn just a tiny bit more about the clouded past lives of Leroy Jethro Gibbs and Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard; we also meet for the first time Ducky's 96-year-old mother, played by Nina Foch. And, given the world climate, it isn't surprising that this season's episodes would make numerous pointed references to the Iraq War and the general unrest in the Middle East. The devastating season finale "Twilight" marks the return of the team's most formidable adversary, double agent and terrorist Ari (Rudolf Martin), who among other acts of villainy cold-bloodedly murders one of NCIS' most popular leading characters.
Episode 1
See No Evil
Tue, Sep 28, 2004 60 mins
The team tries to help a Navy captain (David Keith) working for the Pentagon, whose wife and blind daughter are being held hostage by a man demanding $2 million in ransom. Sandy: Abigail Breslin. Julie: Ely Pouget. Kyle Grayson: William Mapother. McGee: Sean Murray.
Episode 2
The Good Wives Club
Tue, Oct 5, 2004 60 mins
The team investigates the semi-mummified corpse of a woman chained in an underground room at an abandoned military base, and deduces that the perpetrator is probably repeating the crime with another victim. PO Barbara Swain: Betsy Brandt. Lt. Evans: Matt Carmody. PO Marshall: Tara Buck.
Episode 3
Vanished
Tue, Oct 12, 2004 60 mins
A Marine helicopter is found abandoned in a crop circle on a farm, and the two pilots, who were out on a proficiency flight, can't be located. Ritt Everett: Timothy Bottoms. Sheriff Thompson: Tom Bower. Lt. Col. Curtis Teague: Robert Rusler. Kate: Sasha Alexander.
Episode 4
Lt. Jane Doe
Tue, Oct 19, 2004 60 mins
Two seamen (Chris Heuisler, Donnie Jeffcoat) stumble upon the body of a female Navy lieutenant, and, in the absence of an ID, Gibbs' team races to find her identity. Cdr. Reynolds: Kent Faulcon. PO Cynthia Cluxton: Amy Sloan.
Episode 5
The Bone Yard
Tue, Oct 26, 2004 60 mins
The accidental death of a civilian at a military demolition site leads to the discovery of more bodies and the conclusion that the area could be the dumping ground of a serial killer. Vic Gera: Michael Guarnera. Cpl. Stinson: Laird Macintosh. Agent Fornell: Joe Spano.
Episode 6
Terminal Leave
Tue, Nov 16, 2004 60 mins
A Navy aviator (Mary Page Keller) is nearly killed when her car explodes, and the FBI, suspecting terrorism, takes over, asking Gibbs' team to protect the woman and her family. David Shields: Sean O'Bryan. Jennifer Shields: Amanda Fuller. Willy: David Henrie.
Episode 7
Call of Silence
Tue, Nov 23, 2004 60 mins
Charles Durning guest stars as a World War II Medal of Honor recipient who turns himself in to Gibbs, claiming that he murdered his best friend on Iwo Jima nearly 60 years ago. Faith Coleman: Alicia Coppola. Superintendent: Hugh Holub. Tony: Michael Weatherly.
Episode 8
Heart Break
Tue, Nov 30, 2004 60 mins
Gibbs' team is summoned when a Navy commander who had a successful open-heart operation bursts into flames while recovering. Cdr. Janice Byers: Stacy Edwards. Paula Cassidy: Jessica Steen. McGee: Sean Murray.
Episode 9
Forced Entry
Tue, Dec 7, 2004 60 mins
A marine's wife (Megan Ward) living on a military base shoots an intruder who attempted to rape her, and Gibbs' team uncovers a mysterious connection between the woman and her assailant. Jeremy: Neil Hopkins. Kate: Sasha Alexander. Tony: Michael Weatherly. Abby: Pauley Perrette.
Episode 10
Chained
Tue, Dec 14, 2004 60 mins
Tony poses as a prisoner in an undercover operation, and is chained to a thief (Frank Whaley) he helped to escape in an effort to locate stolen Iraqi antiquities. Deputy Secretary of State Anna Elliott: Annie Corley. Tony: Michael Weatherly.
Episode 11
Black Water
Tue, Jan 11, 2005 60 mins
A famous private investigator (Mike Starr) sticks his nose into Gibb's case involving the discovery of the body of a Navy officer who vanished in 2002, and whose family is offering a reward for answers regarding his death. Cindy Ames: Gina St. John. Sheriff Lester: Mark Damon Espinoza. Kate: Sasha Alexander.
Episode 12
Doppelganger
Tue, Jan 18, 2005 60 mins
The team is baffled by the disappearance of a Navy officer and the presence of clues that could suggest foul play. But Kate is more puzzled by an investigating detective (John Doman) and his team who are identical in character to Gibbs, Tony and McGee. Det. Monteleone: Chad Willett. Det. Miller: Will Burke.
Episode 13
The Meat Puzzle
Tue, Feb 8, 2005 60 mins
Three dissected bodies are found in cannisters and Ducky realizes that there's a link between the bodies and an old murder trial that required his expert testimony. Vanessa Mallard: Nina Foch. Vincent Hanlan: Morgan Weisser. Jonathan Hanlan: Pat Healy.
Episode 14
Witness
Tue, Feb 15, 2005 60 mins
A woman (Danica McKellar) claims she witnessed the murder of a sailor in the apartment across from hers, but there's no evidence to prove it happened. Still, McGee has a gut instinct that she's telling the truth. McGee: Sean Murray. Kate: Sasha Alexander.
Episode 15
Caught on Tape
Tue, Feb 22, 2005 60 mins
A marine is found dead at the bottom of a cliff during a camping trip with his wife and best friend.
Episode 16
Pop Life
Tue, Mar 1, 2005 60 mins
A man wakes up in bed with a dead petty officer and claims that she was not the woman he came home with, despite the fact that he was drunk at the time.
Episode 17
An Eye for an Eye
Tue, Mar 22, 2005 60 mins
The team investigates when a petty officer is sent a package containing perfectly preserved eyeballs.
Episode 18
Bikini Wax
Tue, Mar 29, 2005 60 mins
A Navy petty officer is found murdered at a bikini contest in which she planned to participate, and the team suspects a recently released convict (Jon Sklaroff) who had been sending her letters. Lisa Kerr: Tamara Craig Thomas. Kevin Holt: Lochlyn Munro.
Episode 19
Conspiracy Theory
Tue, Apr 12, 2005 60 mins
A petty officer (Hilary Salvatore) with psychological problems claims monsters are after her, and Gibbs' gut tells him she's in real trouble, especially when his investigation is stonewalled by the FBI. Lt. Col. Allan Witten: Dean McDermott. Catherine Reynolds: Brigid Brannagh. Capt. Vetter: Dan Ziskie.
Episode 20
Red Cell
Tue, Apr 26, 2005 60 mins
The team investigates the murder of a marine at a college where he was in the ROTC program, and they find the crime is connected to a mysterious group on campus called Red Cell. Chief Bello: Matt DeCaro. Donny Potter: Billy Aaron Brown. Sarah: Troian Bellisario.
Episode 21
Hometown Hero
Tue, May 3, 2005 60 mins
The skeletal remains of a woman are found in the storage locker of a soldier who was killed in Iraq and is being recommended for a posthumous Silver Star, but evidence suggests he may be the woman's killer. Emmy Poole: Anne Judson-Yager. Chief Whalen: Shashawnee Hall. Billy Krieg: Zack Ward.
Episode 22
SWAK
Tue, May 10, 2005 60 mins
Tony opens a letter containing white powder in the squad room, and while he and Kate spend time in biohazard isolation, Gibbs and McGee try to find out who sent it and possibly save the lives of the two agents. Cdr. Brad Pitt: Steven Eckholdt. Hanna Lowell: Mariette Hartley. Lt. Ingham: Kelsey Oldershaw.
Episode 23
Twilight
Tue, May 24, 2005 60 mins
The investigation into the murders of two Navy officers leads to the discovery that the killings are part of a bigger plan---which includes the assassination of Gibbs. And Gibbs' nemesis the terrorist Ari (Rudolf Martin) could be the mastermind. Tom Morrow: Alan Dale. Lt. Westfall: Shane Conrad. Lt. Janssen: Ryan Culver.
