Sandblast (episode)
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First aired
7 November 2006
Written by
Robert Palm
Directed by
Dennis Smith
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Sandblast is the seventy-seventh episode of NCIS, and the seventh episode in Season Four. This episode also marks the debut appearance of Army CID Lt. Colonel Hollis Mann and Tony's DiNozzo girlfriend, Dr. Jeanne Benoit.
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Synopsis
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A Marine Colonel dies in an explosion at a military golf course, prompting the NCIS team to investigate with the help of an Army CID team led by Lt. Hollis Mann to find who is responsible. Meanwhile, the victim's son is hellbent on dropping out of college and signing up to the Marines to avenge his father, forcing Tony to try and talk the youngster out of making a big mistake.
Prologue
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Act One
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Act Two
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Act Three
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Major Events
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- Lieutenant Colonel Hollis Mann, Jeanne Benoit and Mahmoun Sharif are all introduced for the first time.
- McGee gets infected with poison ivy again.
- Abby reveals that she can lip-read.
Trivia
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- First (of two) appearances of Mahmoun Sharif.
- Mann says that Army CID did a profile on Gibbs for her. This profile presumably includes information on Gibbs's first marriage and the deaths of his first wife and daughter, since later in the episode Mann mentions Gibbs's four marriages. However, this is inconsistent with the earlier scene in Gibbs's basement, when Gibbs says he has been divorced three times and Mann responds "only three?" and appears not to recognize Kelly's name on Gibbs's boat. Moreover, in the later episode Ex-File (episode), she appears ignorant of Gibbs's first marriage.
- This is the second time McGee has been infected with poison ivy, the first being in the Season 2 episode, Caught on Tape (episode).
Cast
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Series Regulars
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| Name | Portrayed by | Role |
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| 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
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| Name | Portrayed by | Role |
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| Jeanne Benoit | Scottie Thompson | Tony's girlfriend. |
| Hollis Mann | Susanna Thompson | Army CID. |
| Mamoun Sharif | Enzo Cilenti | A terrorist. |
Guest Cast
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| Name | Portrayed by | Role |
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| Josh Cooper | Blake Bashoff | Victim's son. |
| Fredrick Cooper | David Fabrizio | Victim. |
| Abraham Moussalah | Arnell Powell | A courier for the bomb that Sharif originally planned to use. |
| Army EOD Team | Shane Wood | Uncredited role. |
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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 |
