Housekeeping (NCIS)
| "Housekeeping" | |
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| Episode no. | Season 9 Episode 12 |
| Directed by | Terrence O'Hara |
| Written by | Scott Williams |
| Original air date | January 3, 2012 |
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"Housekeeping" is the 12th episode of the ninth season of the American crime drama television series NCIS, and the 198th episode overall. It originally aired on CBS in the United States on January 3, 2012. The episode is written by Scott Williams and directed by Terrence O’Hara, and was seen by 19.81 million viewers.
The episode continues the plot between EJ Barrett, Casey Stratton and Tony DiNozzo, last seen in "Nature of the Beast".
The investigation of a Navy Commander's murder leads the team to E.J. Barrett to reopen their investigation into Agent Stratton. While Tony has to contend with the bitter feelings about E.J. leaving him in the earlier ambush, Ziva is frustrated herself as she has not heard from Ray in weeks. The team learns that Stratton is still after Agent Barrett. They reveal to the ONI Director that they know he is in league with Stratton, who is actually a rogue black ops agent named Cole. They trick the Director into filtering false information to Cole, who then kills the Director to tie up loose ends. Using E.J. as bait, the team manages to arrest Cole. With the threat to her life now over, E.J. decides to return to her family, but not before urging Tony to try to pursue a relationship with Ziva. Afterwards, Tony takes E.J's advice and asks Ziva out, but at that moment Ray finally calls Ziva.
"Housekeeping" was written by Scott Williams and directed by Terrence O’Hara. The main story of the episode is the return of EJ Barrett and FBI agent Stratton, last seen in the season premier "Nature of the Beast". According to executive producer Gary Glasberg, "Stratton intends to finish what he started and influence some unexpected lives in the process, including Gibbs". The writer of the episode, Scott Williams, said in his blogpost that fans of NCIS especially had three questions regarding the continuing plot in the episode: "Where did EJ go? Who was that Stratton guy? And why is his boss Latham selling those microchips to the highest bidder?". Together with this, he stated that "one of the unexpected opportunities the episode provided in the writing process was a chance to deal with what many of you fans refer to as "Tiva". Getting to understand the relationship between Tony and Ziva was great fun".
Three characters are recurring in the episode: Sarah Jane Morris as NCIS Special Agent E. J. Barrett, Scott Wolf as FBI Agent Casey Stratton and Matt Craven as Secretary of the Navy Clayton Jarvis.
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