Friends And Lovers is the eighty-fifth episode of NCIS, and the fifteenth episode in Season Four.

Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Prologue 3 Act One 4 Act Two 5 Act Three 6 Act Four 7 Major Events 8 Cast 8.1 Regulars Cast 8.2 Recurring Cast 8.3 Other Cast

Synopsis

The body of a sailor is discovered in an abandoned restaurant. NCIS believe that the sailor might be the victim of a serial killer, only to discover that there's more to the victim than meets the eye...

Prologue

Act One

Act Two

Act Three

Act Four

Major Events

• Ziva begins teaching her NCIS colleagues how to throw a knife.
• It's revealed that McGee hates maggots.
• Following the case, Metro Detective John Carson dies from injuries sustained in the gunfight between himself, DiNozzo and the owner of the nightclub, Scott Pell.
• It's revealed (to the audience) that Detective Carson was in fact Jeanne Benoit's estranged boyfriend.

Cast

Regulars Cast

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	Mossad Liaison to the NCIS.
Abigail Sciuto	Pauley Perrette	Chief Forensic Specialist, NCIS.
Timothy McGee	Sean Murray	Junior Special Agent, MCRT, NCIS.
Jennifer Shepard	Lauren Holly	Director of NCIS.
Donald Mallard	David McCallum	Chief Medical Examiner, NCIS.

Recurring Cast

Name	Portrayed by	Role
James Palmer	Brian Dietzen	Ducky's assistant.
Jeanne Benoit	Scottie Thompson	Tony's girlfriend.
Michelle Lee	Liza Lapira	Legal employee.
Cynthia Summer	Stephanie Mello	Jenny's secretary.

Other Cast

Name	Portrayed by	Role
John Carson	J.R. Cacia	A Metro Police Department detective.
J.D Morris	Michael Whaley	Carson's partner.
Lisa Delgado	Sandra Hess	A prostitute/escort.
David Cross	Brady Smith (actor)	A man who appears in the episode.
Frank Holtz	Dean Chekvala	A junkie Metro Police bring to NCIS.
Scott Pell	Jonno Roberts	A businessman and owner of One Club. Kills Lisa Delgado by breaking her neck before he dies after being shot by Tony DiNozzo and John Carson.
Mary Elizabeth Donahue	Debbie Campbell	David Cross's girlfriend.
Matt Barrows	Daz Crawford	A doorman at the One Club.
Bouncer (Friends and Lovers)	Roy Hausmann	Uncredited role.
Evan Davidson	Patrick T. Johns	Victim. Uncredited role.

v - e - dNCIS Season Four
Shalom ♦ Escaped ♦ Singled Out ♦ Faking It ♦ Dead and Unburied ♦ Witch Hunt ♦ Sandblast ♦ Once a Hero ♦ Twisted Sister ♦ Smoked ♦ Driven ♦ Suspicion ♦ Sharif Returns ♦ Blowback ♦ Friends and Lovers ♦ Dead Man Walking ♦ Skeletons ♦ Iceman ♦ Grace Period ♦ Cover Story ♦ Brothers in Arms ♦ In the Dark ♦ Trojan Horse ♦ Angel of Death