Psych Out
| "Psych Out" | |
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| NCIS episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 9 Episode 16 |
| Directed by | Dennis Smith |
| Written by | Gary Glasberg & Reed Steiner |
| Original air date | February 21, 2012 |
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"Psych Out" is the 16th episode of the ninth season of the American police procedural drama NCIS, and the 202nd episode overall. It originally aired on CBS in the United States on February 21, 2012. The episode is written by Gary Glasberg & Reed Steiner and directed by Dennis Smith, and was seen by 19.29 million viewers.
In the episode, a Navy Reservist from Pentagon's Psy Ops division is shot during his own suicide, making Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon) work with a psychiatrist to solve the case.
Dr. Robert Banks, a prominent Navy psychologist, is found dead from an apparent suicide, and happens to be one of Dr. Cranston's patients. Cranston believes that Banks was murdered, and the team finds evidence that her suspicions are correct. They then begin investigating Banks' work as a psychological warfare agent. However, the Psy Ops Director, Dr. Samantha Ryan, is reluctant to give Gibbs any useful information. Believing that Ryan is hiding something, Gibbs reveals that he knows where her son goes to school, which is supposed to be classified information. Ryan then gives Gibbs the necessary clues to solve the case in return for him keeping her son's whereabouts a secret. The team finds out that the murder was perpetrated by his daughter, who wanted the money from his life insurance policy, and one of Banks' co-workers who she seduced into helping her.
Afterwards, Ryan calls Gibbs in the middle of the night, telling him that he has a special gift for making people feel safe, and asks him out for breakfast, to which he replies that he knows a diner that is open 24 hours.
"Psych Out" is written by Gary Glasberg & Reed Steiner and directed by Dennis Smith. The episode was originally planned to air in November 2011, but was later moved to February 2012. It's the first episode of a two-part arc between Gibbs and Ryan, the next aired on March 20, 2012.
In the aftermath of "Life Before His Eyes", "Gibbs has perhaps shed some of the guilt he carried over his wife's death, which may open him up to new relationships", according to Executive producer Gary Glasberg. Jamie Lee Curtis portrays psychiatrist Samantha Ryan in the episode, and her character "knows how to get inside people's heads and she knows how to spar with Gibbs", Glasberg told TV Guide. "She's willing to challenge him on a professional level, which will then carry over into other things. You can't keep [characters] alone forever!".
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