Nature of the Beast

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Nature of the Beast, is the season premiere and first episode in Season Nine of NCIS, and the 187^th of the series as a whole.

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

After months of working with the new SECNAV on a top-secret undercover assignment, Tony DiNozzo is left with an injured arm and no memory of what happened beforehand. In addition, DiNozzo has the blood of a fellow NCIS Special Agent on his hands. It now falls to Gibbs and the Major Case Response Team to piece together what really happened with help from Doctor Rachel Cranston.

PrologueEdit

Act OneEdit

Act TwoEdit

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.
Abigail Sciuto	Pauley Perrette	Chief Forensic Specialist, NCIS.
Timothy McGee	Sean Murray	Special Agent, MCRT, NCIS.
Leon Vance	Rocky Carroll	Director of NCIS.
Donald Mallard	David McCallum	Chief Medical Examiner, NCIS.

Recurring CastEdit

Name	Portrayed by	Role
James Palmer	Brian Dietzen	Assistant Medical Examiner.
Erica Jane Barrett	Sarah Jane Morris	Special Agent in Charge of a team formerly based in Rota, Spain. Wounded by Casey Stratton.
Simon Cade	Matt Willig	NCIS Special Agent. SecNav Jarvis believed him to be a traitor and who was the target of DiNozzo's assignment. Unfortunately, Cade was killed by Casey Stratton who intended to frame DiNozzo for the crime.
Gayne Levin	Alimi Ballard	NCIS Special Agent attached to Barrett's MCRT previously stationed in Rota. Shot and killed by Jonas Cobb.
Dr. Rachel Cranston	Wendy Makkena	NCIS Psychologist and the older sister of the deceased NCIS Special Agent Kate Todd.
Secretary of the Navy Clayton Jarvis	Matt Craven	Secretary of the Navy.

Other CastEdit

Name	Portrayed by	Role
Special Agent Casey Stratton	Scott Wolf	Federal Bureau of Investigation agent who is revealed to be an impostor and agent of Sean Latham. Real name is later revealed to be Jonathan Cole.
Captain Felix Wright, USN	Bryan Friday	Naval Officer and the murder victim.
Sean Latham	Philip Casnoff	Head of a corporation involved with the Phantom 8 Group.

Major EventsEdit

• It is revealed that Special Agent Simon Cade is the one Anthony DiNozzo is tasked with going after. In addition, it was revealed that Cade had in fact been framed with leaking the microchips.
• While in a stand-off, Cade and Special Agent Erica Jane Barrett are attacked by a mysterious figure.
• The gunfight ends with Barrett being hit in her stomach, DiNozzo hit in the shoulder and Cade dies instantly from his injuries.
• Stratton dumps Cade's body in the Potomac and attempts to frame DiNozzo for the crime.
• As a result of his gunshot wound, Tony suffers memory loss, forcing Gibbs to call in Rachel Cranston to help Tony deal with his psychological trauma.
• It is revealed that the technology that Agent Barrett took from Gayne Levin is a microchip that can unlock doors around the world and was given an order to sell it.
• Captain Felix Wright is revealed to be the one who Barrett was supposed to give the microchip to.
• The MCRT figure out DiNozzo's mission when the Autopsy cameras detect EJ Barrett taking the microchip off Levin's arm.
• Rule no. 36: "If you feel like you're being played, you probably are."
• It's revealed that Ziva's status as a Probationary Agent has ended and that she is now a fully-fledged Special Agent.

TriviaEdit

• Along with having a Starring credit, Mark Harmon is now also billed as Executive Producer, a promotion from his Producer status in the previous seasons.

v - e - d NCIS Season Nine
Nature of the Beast ♦ Restless ♦ The Penelope Papers ♦ Enemy on the Hill ♦ Safe Harbor ♦ Thirst ♦ Devil's Triangle ♦ Engaged Part 1 ♦ Engaged Part 2 ♦ Sins of the Father ♦ Newborn King ♦ Housekeeping ♦ A Desperate Man ♦ Life Before His Eyes ♦ Secrets ♦ Psych Out ♦ Need to Know ♦ The Tell ♦ The Good Son ♦ The Missionary Position ♦ Rekindled ♦ Playing with Fire ♦ Up in Smoke ♦ Till Death Do Us Part