A Man Walks into a Bar (episode)
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A Man Walks into a Bar
First aired
8 February 2011
Written by
Gary Glasberg
Directed by
James Whitmore, Jr.
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A Man Walks into a Bar, is the fourteenth episode in Season Eight of NCIS, and the 176th of the series as a whole.
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Synopsis
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While investigating the murder of a Naval Commander, the team undergo mandatory psychological evaluations with the sessions revealing personal issues within the team as well as a connection to an past incident that changed the team forever.
PrologueEdit
Act OneEdit
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Act ThreeEdit
Act FourEdit
Act FiveEdit
CastEdit
Series RegularsEdit
| Name | Portrayed by | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Leroy Jethro Gibbs | Mark Harmon | Special Agent in charge of the Major Case Response Team, NCIS. |
| Anthony DiNozzo | Michael Weatherly | Senior Special Agent, MCRT, NCIS. |
| Ziva David | Cote de Pablo | Junior Special Agent, MCRT, NCIS. |
| Timothy McGee | Sean Murray | Special Agent, MCRT, NCIS. |
| Abigail Sciuto | Pauley Perrette | Chief Forensic Specialist, NCIS. |
| Donald Mallard | David McCallum | Chief Medical Examiner, NCIS. |
| Leon Vance | Rocky Carroll | Director of NCIS. |
Other CastEdit
| Name | Portrayed by | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Rachel Cranston | Wendy Makkena | Psychologist conducting evaluations of the team, and Caitlin Todd's older sister. |
| Special Agent Caitlin Todd | Sasha Alexander | NCIS Special Agent and also Dr. Cranston's younger sister. Once part of the Secret Service Presidential Protection Detail, she later joined the NCIS team up and began her career which lasted up for a year and a half. However, it all ended in tragedy when in the last few seconds of the Season 2 finale, Twilight (episode), she died after being shot in the head by an old enemy of the team. It is revealed in the DVD commentary for this episode that Sasha Alexander came back to use her current voice during the phone call with her sister. |
| Captain Thomas Lind, USN | Scott Lawrence | A Captain on board the ship. |
| Admiral Wayne Hargrove, USN | Robert Newman (actor) | A man who appears in the episode. |
| Nancy Hargrove | Kim Johnston Ulrich | Wayne Hargrove's wife. |
| Ensign David Howard, USN | Brian Skala | A man who appears in the episode. |
| Petty Officer Rena Oliver, USN | Alexandra Barreto | A woman who appears in the episode. |
| Seaman Marcus Leonard, USN | Dustin Seavey | A man who appears in the episode. |
| Navy Information Systems Technician Victor Davies, USN | Andrew Pattison | A man who appears in the episode. |
| Min Ho Kwon | Matt Yang King | A man who appears in the episode. |
Major EventsEdit
- The team undergo psychological evaluations.
- It's revealed that Tony's mother died when he was eight years old.
- The doctor performing the evaluations, Dr. Rachel Cranston is later revealed to be the older sister of their former colleague and friend, Caitlin Todd who died in the Season 2 finale, Twilight (episode).
TriviaEdit
- This episode features clips from (in order of appearance) the episodes Aliyah (episode), Silver War (episode), Legend Part 2 (episode), Kill Ari Part 1 (episode), See No Evil (episode), Singled Out (episode), Hometown Hero (episode), Reveille (episode), Cloak (episode), Enemies Domestic (episode), An Eye for an Eye (episode), SWAK (episode), Yankee White (episode), Twilight (episode), Recruited (episode), Rule Fifty-one (episode), Truth or Consequences (episode) and Kill Ari Part 2 (episode). Among the clips used is also a lost scene that never aired, where Kate and Tony are talking on the rooftop which is taken from the Season 2 episode, An Eye for an Eye (episode).
- Guest star Scott Lawrence previously played the role of Cmdr. Sturgis Turner on JAG, NCIS's parent series.
- In the background of the last scene where Kate is talking to her sister on the phone, McGee can be seen sitting down at a computer and Tony is looking out of a window. This is from the season one episode, Dead Man Talking (episode), where the three of them are on a stakeout. In the same episode, she receives a call from a "Dwayne" and answers it in the same way, showing McGee and Tony in the background.
| v - e - d NCIS Season Eight |
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| Spider and the Fly ♦ Worst Nightmare ♦ Short Fuse ♦ Royals and Loyals ♦ Dead Air ♦ Cracked ♦ Broken Arrow ♦ Enemies Foreign ♦ Enemies Domestic ♦ False Witness ♦ Ships in the Night ♦ Recruited ♦ Freedom ♦ A Man Walks into a Bar ♦ Defiance ♦ Kill Screen ♦ One Last Score ♦ Out of the Frying Pan ♦ Tell-All ♦ Two-Faced ♦ Dead Reflection ♦ Baltimore ♦ Swan Song ♦ Pyramid |
