Baltimore (NCIS)
| "Baltimore" | |
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| Episode no. | Season 8 Episode 22 |
| Directed by | Terrence O'Hara |
| Written by | Steven D. Binder |
| Original air date | May 3, 2011 |
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"Baltimore" is the 22nd episode in the eighth season, and the 184th overall episode, of the American crime drama television series NCIS. It first aired on CBS in the United States on May 3, 2011. The episode is written by Steven Binder and directed by Terrence O'Hara, and was seen by 17.87 million viewers.
In the episode, Special agent Anthony DiNozzo must dig into his past as a cop at Baltimore Police Department when his old partner is murdered. Also, the episode visits the first moment between Gibbs and DiNozzo, and how DiNozzo joins NCIS.
After sending the NCIS team a message in the form of the eye in "Two-Faced" - revealed to belong to a person whose identity is classified - the Port to Port Killer seems to have struck with another victim: Danny Price (Scott Grimes), formerly DiNozzo's partner in the Baltimore P.D. homicide squad. Believing that the Port to Port Killer may have a connection to DiNozzo, the team begins to concentrate on his time in Baltimore. Inconsistencies in the autopsy reports lead them to suspect there is a copycat killer on the loose, and it is eventually revealed by a mistake made by Palmer in a report sent out to law enforcement agencies that it was what gave the copycat killer the necessary knowledge to replicate the Port to Port Killer with near-perfect accuracy. Because of Palmer's mistake, NCIS is able to catch a would-be copycat before he can kill, as well as find Price's murderer - DiNozzo's former captain in Baltimore. Price was involved in a money laundering business. Price realized that his former captain was a killer working for the money launderer.
The episode is intercut with flashbacks showing DiNozzo and Price during their time as partners at Baltimore P.D. and DiNozzo's first meeting with Gibbs in which DiNozzo arrested Gibbs while he was working undercover on a money laundering case. DiNozzo joins NCIS after finding himself unable to work with Price in the Baltimore PD, but unwilling to expose his former partner.
The episode is written by Steven D. Binder and directed by Terrence O'Hara. Executive producer Gary Glasberg wanted to include and explain many little moments from NCIS' past. "So many little origin moments are sort of touched on, from Tony's wardrobe to the head slap. And it's fun, because there's nothing blatant about it. It's all very well structured and built into the mystery. And as you're going through the story, you find yourself going 'Wait a minute, they just explained one thing'. That was our goal, to come up with an origin story that presented all this information in as natural a way as possible — and sets up what Tony's and Gibbs' dynamic would be for the next decade".
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