Up in Smoke (NCIS)
| "Up in Smoke" | |
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| Episode no. | Season 9 Episode 23 |
| Directed by | James Whitmore, Jr. |
| Written by | Steven D. Binder |
| Original air date | May 8, 2012 |
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"Up in Smoke" is the 23rd episode of the ninth season of the American police procedural drama NCIS, and the 209th episode overall. It aired on CBS in the United States on May 8, 2012. The episode is written by Steven D. Binder and directed by James Whitmore, Jr., and was seen by 18.20 million viewers.
When a bug is found in Probationary Agent Ned Dorneget's tooth, the team goes full force in the effort to arrest Harper Dearing. The team receives multiple suspects, one of which is Dorneget's dentist, which ends up leading to an MTAC call from Dearing himself. He reveals the reason he is doing this is Gibbs' fault. The team discovers that Dearing's son was a Navy sailor who was killed by a manufacturing defect that could have easily been avoided, and that his plans are to take revenge on the Navy by exploiting similar weaknesses. Since Gibbs was in charge of the case, Dr Samantha Ryan surmises that Dearing has cast Gibbs as his nemesis. The team pursues a lead from information provided by Ryan that Dearing might be manufacturing defective Navy artillery rounds. However, the plot turns out to be a wild goose chase concocted by Dearing, which leads Gibbs to wonder whether Dr Ryan is really on their side or not. After receiving a text from Dearing, Gibbs calls DiNozzo and finds out from DiNozzo and Ziva that Director Vance has gone missing.
"Up in Smoke" is written by Steven D. Binder and directed by James Whitmore, Jr. Richard Schiff is introduced as the character of Harper Dearing, who since last episode was NCIS' most wanted fugitive. First revealed in the episode "Playing with Fire", Dearing is haunted by the loss of his son, who died in a terrorist bombing some years ago. According to Executive producer Gary Glasberg, Schiff is joining NCIS for a multi-episode storyline. "This arc is something that we’ve been talking about for a while," Glasberg says of Dearing's terrorist plot which started in the episode "Rekindled".
Brian Dietzen (as Jimmy Palmer), Jamie Lee Curtis (as Dr. Samantha Ryan) and Matt L. Jones (as NCIS Probationary Agent Ned Dorneget) continued their recurring roles on NCIS.
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