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Once a Hero

Season

Episode

4

8

First aired

14 November 2006

Written by

Shane Brennan

Directed by

Thomas J. Wright

Previous episode

Sandblast

Next episode

Twisted Sister

Once a Hero is the seventy-eighth episode of NCIS, and the eighth episode in Season Four.

SynopsisEdit

During a security conference, an honored Marine veteran falls to his death, prompting the conference to be shut down while the NCIS team investigate the circumstances surrounding his death. In the process of clearing the Marine's name, the team discover evidence that an illegal human trafficking group might be operating in the D.C. area.

PrologueEdit

Act OneEdit

Act TwoEdit

Act ThreeEdit

Act FourEdit

Major EventsEdit

Michelle Lee goes undercover for the first time.
It's revealed that Lee can also speak Chinese.

Background InformationEdit

TriviaEdit

The opening scene features archive news footage of then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, simulating the presence of this personage at the reception.
The opening scene in an 'upscale Washington hotel' was filmed at the hotel Embassy Suites Los Angeles - International Airport/North.
Luis Romero is played by late actor Francesco Quinn (son of the late Anthony Quinn). Francesco previously appeared in the Season 1 episode, One Shot, One Kill (episode) as Gunnery Sergeant Freddy Alvarez.

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	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 CastEdit

Name	Portrayed by	Role
Jeanne Benoit	Scottie Thompson	Tony's girlfriend.
James Palmer	Brian Dietzen	Ducky's assistant.
Michelle Lee	Liza Lapira	An NCIS Special Agent who was originally assigned to Gibbs's team. Now assigned to the NCIS Legal Department.

Guest CastEdit

Name	Portrayed by	Role
Davey Chen	Ming Lo	A Chinese national and businessman responsible for running an illegal prostutition involving underaged Chinese teenage girls.
Andy Nelson	Jonathan M. Woodward	Congressman Getz's assistant.
Frank Getz	Ned Schmidtke	A Congressman
Luis Romero	Francesco Quinn	A former Marine and a hotel janitor.
Marty Pearson	Michael Gilden	Abby's boyfriend.
Maria (Once a Hero)	Laura P. Vega	A maid.
Brian Wright	Michael M. Foster	Victim. Uncredited role.
Donald Rumsfeld	Himself	Archive footage. Uncredited.

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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