Leap of Faith is the ninety-ninth episode of NCIS and the fifth in Season Five.

Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Prologue 3 Act One 4 Act Two 5 Act Three 6 Act Four 7 Act Five 8 Cast 8.1 Series Regulars 8.2 Recurring Cast 8.3 Other Cast 9 Major Events 10 Trivia

SynopsisEdit

A Navy Lieutenant who worked at the Pentagon as an intelligence officer tries to kill himself by threatening to jump off a high building. Gibbs tries to intervene but the case is upgraded to murder when someone shoots the Lieutenant, sending the man falling to his death. Now, the team must capture his killer who may be responsible for jeopardizing many counter-intel operations. In the meantime, DiNozzo believes that Abby might be leaving NCIS, having considered a job in the private sector..

PrologueEdit

Act OneEdit

Act TwoEdit

Act ThreeEdit

Act FourEdit

Act FiveEdit

Cast Edit

Series RegularsEdit

Name	Portrayed by	Role
Leroy Jethro Gibbs	Mark Harmon	Special Agent In Charge, NCIS Major Crimes Response Team ("MCRT").
Anthony DiNozzo	Michael Weatherly	Senior Special Agent, NCIS MCRT.
Ziva David	Cote de Pablo	Mossad Liaison Officer, NCIS.
Abigail Sciuto	Pauley Perrette	Forensic Specialist, NCIS.
Timothy McGee	Sean Murray	Junior Special Agent, NCIS.
Jennifer Shepard	Lauren Holly	Director, NCIS.
Donald Mallard	David McCallum	Chief Medical Examiner, NCIS.

Recurring CastEdit

Name	Portrayed by	Role
James Palmer	Brian Dietzen	Ducky's assistant.
Nikki Jardine	Susan Kelechi Watson	An Intel Analyst for NCIS.

Other CastEdit

Name	Portrayed by	Role
Roger Walsh	Titus Welliver	Michael Arnett's C.O.
Neil Fleming	Robin Thomas	Michael Arnett's psychiatrist.
Dana Arnett	Alaina Huffman	The victim's wife and murderer who is also a spy for the Syrians.
Michael Arnett	Adam Huss	The victim.
Hugh Benson	John Vickery	An Inspector for Interpol.
Jake (Leap of Faith)	Mark Matkevich	A man who appears in the episode.
Ashley (Leap of Faith)	Deanna Russo	A woman who appears in the episode.
Frank Thompson	Edward Conna	A Sergeant with Metro Police.
Roberta Wells	Kimberly Atkinson	An NCIS Special Agent.

Major EventsEdit

• NCIS Intel Analyst Nikki Jardine is introduced for the first time and it's shown that she suffers from OCD- (Obsessive Complusive Disorder).
• McGee is revealed to be afraid of heights.
• McGee reveals that he went to a psychiatrist once when he was younger.
• Gibbs's Rule 15 is: Always work as a team.
• Abby reveals that she gets three or four job offers a year but has never considered any of them.

TriviaEdit

• When Arnett fell from the roof, Gibbs grabbed at his hand, and moments later the scene ended with an image of Gibbs's face. His shirt is clean, but when he is back on the ground, some of Arnett's blood is on the collar of his white t-shirt.
• The number for Gibbs' cellphone is listed as +1-202-345-6905.
• When McGee is investigating the doctor who wrote the prescription for Phenelzine, the name on the pill bottle reads "FLEMING, NEIL M.D.", but when McGee types the name into the computer, it says "Dr. Neil Flemming" (with two M's).
• When McGee is checking on Dr Flemming, the computer screen says, "AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL USE ONLY. VIOLATERS WILL BE PROSECUTED". The word "violators" is misspelled.
• When Abby reads the fortune cookie, she says: "Welcome an invitation to change your financial future." What is actually printed on it is this: "Welcome an invitation that will change your financial future."
• Starting from this episode, the 3 second teaser being shown at the beginning is NOT for the end scene before the intro (like in past episodes) but it's actually for the scene after the intro leading into the first commercial break.
• Jardine not shaking hands and eventually bumping fists with Tony is an allusion to comedian Howie Mandel who has OCD and doesn't shake hands but bumps fists.

• McGee's sports-styled watch makes another appearance.

v - e - dNCIS Season Five
Bury Your Dead ♦ Family ♦ Ex-File ♦ Identity Crisis ♦ Leap of Faith ♦ Chimera ♦ Requiem ♦ Designated Target ♦ Lost and Found ♦ Corporal Punishment ♦ Tribes ♦ Stakeout ♦ Dog Tags ♦ Internal Affairs ♦ In the Zone ♦ Recoil ♦ About Face ♦ Judgment Day Part 1 ♦ Judgment Day Part 2