Need to Know (NCIS)
| "Need to Know" | |
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| Episode no. | Season 9 Episode 17 |
| Directed by | Michelle MacLaren |
| Written by | George Schenck & Frank Cardea |
| Original air date | February 28, 2012 |
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"Need to Know" is the 17th episode of the ninth season of the American police procedural drama NCIS, and the 203rd episode overall. It originally aired on CBS in the United States on February 28, 2012. The episode is written by George Schenck & Frank Cardea and directed by Michelle MacLaren, and was seen by 18.20 million viewers.
In the episode, a Chief Petty Officer is murdered right before Gibbs' eyes when he is about to reveal information connected to an international arms dealer.
When Chief Petty Officer Wiley is murdered before he can divulge information about infamous arms dealer Agah Bayar, Special agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs is immediately on the case. As he and his team investigate, they discover that Wiley sold top secret information about America's stealth communication network to Bayar. However, Gibbs is then approached by the DIA and ordered to halt the investigation. Gibbs then decides to pursue Bayar's mistress.
Meanwhile, the young and bumbling Probationary agent Ned Dorneget tries to butter up Gibbs in hopes of joining the team. Gibbs decides to send him and Special agent Timothy McGee to pick up the mistress, but it is revealed that she is an SVR agent, and quickly escapes custody. A disgruntled McGee accuses Dorneget of getting seduced by her, but Dorneget counters by admitting that he is gay. Gibbs and Director Leon Vance then deduce that the entire case was a DIA plot to leak faulty information to the Russians in order to sabotage their stealth communication research, using Wiley as the patsy. The plan began to go awry when Wiley was busted for drug possession and tried to talk to Gibbs forcing the Russians to kill him to save their operation. Bayar, who was aware of the plan, acted as the middleman while the SVR agent was the courier.
"Need to Know" is written by George Schenck & Frank Cardea and directed by Michelle MacLaren. Schenck and Cardea was given the task revisiting NCIS agent Ned Dorneget (Matt L. Jones), as the new "probie", by showrunner Gary Glasberg. Dorneget was introduced in the episode "Sins of the Father", which aired in November 2011. This is the first episode directed by MacLaren on NCIS, who has previously worked on shows like "Breaking Bad", together with Jones, "The X-Files" and "The Walking Dead".
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