Swan Song

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Swan Song, is the twenty-third episode in Season Eight of NCIS, and the 185^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

Synopsis

After evidence comes to light suggesting that the "Port to Port" killer has infiltrated the Navy Yard after the body of an NCIS Special Agent is found, NCIS is placed on high alert. However, Gibbs and the team soon suffer a personal and devastating tragedy when a close, personal friend becomes the killer's latest victim.

Prologue

Act One

Act Two

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Act Three

Act Four

Act Five

Cast

Series Regulars

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

Recurring Cast

Name	Portrayed by	Role
James Palmer	Brian Dietzen	Assistant Medical Examiner
Michael Franks	Muse Watson	Former Supervisory Agent, NCIS who dies after being stabbed while fighting the Port-to-Port Killer.
Special Agent Trent Kort	David Dayan Fisher	Special Agent, CIA. It's revealed that it was his eye that was sent to Tony and Ziva at the end of "Two-Faced".
Erica Jane Barrett	Sarah Jane Morris	Special Agent in Charge of a team formerly based in Rota, Spain. She is later taken hostage by the Port-to-Port Killer.
Simon Cade	Matt Willig	NCIS Special Agent attached to Barrett's MCRT previously stationed in Rota. Is shot and gravely wounded by the Port-to-Port Killer.
Gayne Levin	Alimi Ballard	NCIS Special Agent attached to Barrett's MCRT previously stationed in Rota. Dies at the hands of the infamous Port-to-Port Killer.

Other Cast

Name	Portrayed by	Role
Lieutenant Jonas Cobb, USN	Kerr Smith	United States Navy, he was recruited by the CIA and trained as an assassin. But the training caused his mind to snap and as such, he became a brutal, unforgiving mass murderer known as the Port to Port serial killer.

Major Events

• As a result of the murder of Special Agent Earl Stark, Gibbs calls Michael Franks and request William Decker's "insurance policy."
• Franks arrives in D.C with the insurance policy he got during Judgment Day Part 2 (episode).
• Later that night, Franks, having gone outside for a cigarette gets into a fight with Cobb, the Port-to-Port Killer.
• Cobb stabs Franks and takes his sidearm before fleeing the scene.
• As a result of the stab wound, Franks dies instantly with Gibbs later finding his remains.
• The team are left devastated by Franks's death and struggle to come to terms with the event.
• It's revealed that the eyeball Ziva and Tony received in Two-Faced (episode) belongs to Trent Kort.
• Lieutenant Jonas Cobb, a former Navy Officer is revealed to be the P2P Killer.
• EJ, Cade and Lavin head to capture Cobb, only for Gibbs and Vance to discover too late that it's a trap Cobb arranged.
• During the attempt, Cobb shoots both Cade and Lavin while later incapacitating Barrett who becomes his hostage.

Trivia

• This is the third time it has rained or there has been a storm in the NCIS universe, the first two times being Kill Ari Part 1 (episode) and Hiatus Part 1 (episode).

v - e - d NCIS Season Eight
Spider and the Fly ♦ Worst Nightmare ♦ Short Fuse ♦ Royals and Loyals ♦ Dead Air ♦ Cracked ♦ Broken Arrow ♦ Enemies Foreign ♦ Enemies Domestic ♦ False Witness ♦ Ships in the Night ♦ Recruited ♦ Freedom ♦ A Man Walks into a Bar ♦ Defiance ♦ Kill Screen ♦ One Last Score ♦ Out of the Frying Pan ♦ Tell-All ♦ Two-Faced ♦ Dead Reflection ♦ Baltimore ♦ Swan Song ♦ Pyramid