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Michael "Mike" Franks was an NCIS Supervisory Special Agent.
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Career Information
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Mike Franks was the head of an NIS (soon-to-be NCIS) Major Case Response Team that included Gibbs. Before joining NIS it is revealed in a flashback during the episode "Hiatus" that Franks had served in the Vietnam War. Special Agent Franks resigned from NCIS in 1996 because of disagreements over the handling of the investigation of the Khobar Towers bombing, especially that all Clinton did was "toss a couple of cruise missiles" at terrorist camps. After his retirement, Franks relocated to Mexico. Franks still on occasion provided unofficial assistance to NCIS as illustrated by his assistance in the "Hiatus," "Faking It," "Iceman," "Judgment Day," "Deliverance," "Outlaws and Inlaws," "Rule Fifty-One," and "Spider and the Fly" story arcs.
Mike assisted Gibbs during his investigation into the death of Private First Class Emelio Salazar as chronicled in episode 6.15 "Deliverance". In Episode 7.6, "Outlaws and In-Laws", Franks is attacked at his Mexican home by two mercenaries hired by his daughter-in-law's mother, an Iraqi matriarch who has disowned . The mercenaries are killed, and in order to clear his name, Franks deposits their bodies on the "Kelly", the wooden sailboat that Gibbs gave Franks' granddaughter, who is also Gibbs' goddaughter and sets them afloat, hoping that the Navy will find the boat and that NCIS will begin to help him solve the mystery of why the mercenaries were after him.
Gibbs discovers that Leyla was the one who originally shot the mercenaries, in order to protect Franks and her daughter, but Franks shot the bodies again to make it appear that he shot them, and not Leyla. It is considered self-defense, and Gibbs, Franks and Leyla's mother together to begin to resolve their differences.
In "Swan Song" Franks is killed by The Port to Port Killer, Lt. Jonas Cobb.
Personal InformationEdit
It is revealed in Pyramid that Franks was dying of an unnamed illness associated with his lungs; most likely cancer.
Also in Pyramid, Franks was given a proper burial with the Three Volley Salute. Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs was a pall-bearer. It is shown that Gibbs either decorated the casket with wooden adornments, or made the entire casket himself rather than buying it. One question that is so far left unanswered is, "Why did Gibbs ask Franks to come to DC?"
Family InformationEdit
Mike Franks was married, but was separated from his wife who is deceased having died many years ago. When they separated after six months of marriage, Mike was unaware that his wife was pregnant with their son. Many years later Mike's son, now Corporal Liam Michael O'Neill, traced his whereabouts and located him in Mexico. Two years later Liam was murdered by smugglers, while attempting to bring his Iraqi fiancée and their child to the United States. Mike rescued Liam's fiancée and his grandchild from the smugglers. The fiancée, Leyla, and his granddaughter, Amira, live with Franks in Mexico. Leyla shoots and kills two mercenaries, who were sent by her mother to bring her back to Iraq, but Franks protects her by claiming responsibility for their deaths (Episode 7.6), and her mother ends up visiting Leyla, Amira and Franks in Mexico.
As Season 7 drew to a close, Mike's beach home was attacked by men belonging to the Reynosa Cartel and Col. Merton Bell with Bell himself personally leading the assault. But Jason Paul Dean who was secretly working for the Cartel and had formed a friendship of some sort with the leader Paloma Reynosa realized that Bell was going to kill Franks, something that both he and Paloma were unwilling to let happen. Dean took matters into his own hands by murdering Bell with Bell's remains later being decapitated although it could be presumed that Cartel members did this in on Paloma's orders. In the gunfight, Franks fled to safety but lost his right index finger which Dean successfully obtained. He also decided to disguise Bell's remains as those of Franks while keeping the fact that Franks had escaped a secret for the time being.
A few days later, Gibbs arrived at the area and Dean knocked him unconscious before bringing him to Reynosa. In the meantime, Franks who had escaped would later head to D.C to help Gibbs, the team, Vance and also Jackson Gibbs destroy the Reynosa Cartel once and for all.
Franks was killed by Lt. Jonas Cobb (The "Port to Port" Killer) at the end of the 8th season right outside Gibbs' house, in the episode "Swan Song". He arrived in D.C. after Gibbs called him to assist in the hunt for the P2P killer. One stormy night, while stepping outside Gibbs' home to smoke a cigarette, he "sensed" the killer lurking outside and challenged him for a fight. The P2P killer had his scalpel in his hand and stabbed Franks, after Franks managed to shoot him in the leg at least once. Gibbs heard the shots and ran outside only to find Franks on the ground in the rain.
Relationship with GibbsEdit
Franks and Gibbs had a close relationship as demonstrated by the following examples: First, Agent Franks met Gunnery Sergeant LJ Gibbs when Gibbs accosted him in his NIS office demanding information on the killer of Gibb's wife and daughter. Franks retired to the men's room leaving a file on his desk containing the identity and location of the killer (from the Reynosa gang) of the killer of Shannon and Kelly. After which, of course, Gibbs exacted revenge. Second, Franks brought Gibbs into NIS. Subsequently, Franks called Gibbs "Probie," which, as Gibbs pointed out to McGee, was a sign of affection and respect. Third, when Mike's mortally injured son was removed from life support and allowed to die, only Gibbs was present at the hospital with Mike Franks and Gibbs was present at the bar to help slay the killers of the men who shot Mike's son. Fourth, when Gibbs was severely injured as the result of an explosion Mike Franks assisted in the efforts to help Gibbs's recovery. Fifth, when Gibbs decided to retire from NCIS albeit temporarily, he lived with Mike Franks at Franks' house in Mexico. Last, he came out of retirement to help Jenny shield and protect Gibbs in "Judgment Day," and after Jenny's murder Mike helped Gibbs to avenge William Decker and Jenny's death. It is plausible to assert that Mike views Gibbs like a second son.
Gibbs is haunted by memories of Franks after he finds Franks dead outside his own house in the Season 8 episode "Swan Song". Gibbs and the rest of his team are devastated by the situation and try to piece together the events that took place up to his death during hunt to find the P2P killer. The events hit home for the NCIS team. It is seen at the end of "Pyramid", that Gibbs was the one who built Mike's coffin.
Relationship with DiNozzoEdit
Franks had at times questioned DiNozzo's abilities as an Agent, for example when Tony was tasked with guarding Franks and Franks made a thinly veiled comment about his relative inexperience saying he had seen his hands, as noted in "Faking It."
Eventually Franks came to respect DiNozzo for his courage and gained a measure of confidence in his abilities.
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