Special Guest Stars

Ralph Waite As Jackson Gibbs Recurring

Guest Stars

Brian Dietzen As Jimmy Palmer Recurring	Darby Stanchfield As Shannon Gibbs Recurring
Jeananne Goossen As Marine Private Joan Matteson Recurring	Joe Spano As Senior FBI Agent T.C. Fornell Recurring
Michael O'Neill As Former NCIS Special Agent Riley McCallister Recurring	Muse Watson As Mike Franks Recurring
Rudolf Martin As Ari Haswari Recurring	Sean Harmon As Young Gibbs Recurring
Tim Kelleher As NCIS Special Agent Christopher Pacci Recurring	Clare Carey (1) As Ann Gibbs
Connie Jackson As Elaine	Jeff Williams As Doctor
Jordan Garrett As Stephen Rose	MacKenzie Astin As Michael Rose
Sam Schuder As Kelly Gibbs	Thomas Rosales, Jr. As Pedro Hernandez

Main Cast

Mark Harmon As Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs	Michael Weatherly As Special Agent Anthony "Tony" Dinozzo
Cote de Pablo As Special Agent/Former Mossad Liaison Officer Ziva David	Sean Murray (1) As Special Agent Timothy "Tim" McGee
Pauley Perrette As Forensics Specialist Abby Sciuto	David McCallum As Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard
Rocky Carroll As Director Leon Vance

Recap

The scene opens with Gibbs driving to a diner. The lady at the counter informs him about an accident that took place. As they continued with their idle chatter; a man, whose face we don’t see, walks in and pulls out a gun at Gibbs and a fire is shot. Next shown is the condensation of Gibbs’ life, followed by hypnologic images of him seeing his dead father, his team, his late mentor Mike Franks in the diner. Mike and Gibbs are shown talking, where Mike questions Gibbs about the choices he made. Frank tells him that people want to give him a “closure”. They want to show him all the good he did. Ari (Ziva’s dead brother) walks in. Next is shown the previous day. 24 hours earlier, it's shown that while the federal agents are having their small talk about the changed computer angle; Gibbs arrives with the body of the week, a dead petty officer on the USS Gentry, which has been dry docked for weeks for repair. Onboard, they examine the body in the control room, and it is seen that she has a gun in her hand. ..

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• Creator	Donald P. Bellisario  |  Don McGill
• Executive Producer	Chas Floyd Johnson