NCIS: Dead and Unburied

The NCIS team is called to investigate when a real estate agent finds the body of a missing Lance Corporal is found in a vacant house. At the scene of the crime, Gibbs and the team discover that the Lance Corporal was buried in the backyard and then exhumed. After determining his identity, they learn the Marine, who was deployed to Iraq but never showed up for duty, had two fiances. Abby uses her technical knowledge to run DNA samples from the two women and soil from the grave while Ducky uses his newly obtained Masters in forensic psychology to help NCIS implicate the killer.

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Episode Info

Episode number: 4x5
Production Number: 405
Airdate: Tuesday October 17th, 2006

Director: Colin Bucksey
Writer: Nell Scovell

Alternate Airdates:

Sweden	Jan 15, 2007
AU (Ten)	Feb 20, 2007
BE (VT4)	Mar 18, 2007
NL (SBS 6)	Apr 11, 2007
UK (five)	May 08, 2007

Guest Stars

Brian Dietzen As Jimmy Palmer Recurring	Derek Webster As Marine Capt. Stengel Recurring
Liza Lapira As NCIS Agent Michelle Lee Recurring	Stephanie Mello As NCIS Tech Cynthia Sumner Recurring
Elisa Donovan As Rebecca Kemp	Matt Winston As Rick Carvell
Rachel Boston As Siri Albert	Rebecca Wisocky As Jody Carvell
Tom Kiesche As Bob Whitehead

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
Lauren Holly As Director Jenny Shepard

Recap

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Episode Quotes

(Discussing carpeting qualities at a crime scene)
Ducky: Personally, I prefer a good shag.
(Everyone turns and look at him)
Ducky: From a criminal investigative standpoint.

(Gibbs smiles when Tony walks into room)
Tony: You look happy to see me, Boss.
(Gibbs takes the coffee that Tony is holding)
Tony: Oh, it's the coffee.

Gibbs: (to McGee) Find out where he was buried.
Ducky: It won't be far, McGee. Had the trip been longer, some bits would have fallen off.

Gibbs: I'm more interested in why someone did this, Doctor.
Ducky: Well, then I'll have to research the predatory, manipulative, grandiose nature of this behavior. But my first impression is that we're dealing with a complete loon.
Tony: That masters in psych is starting to pay off, Ducky.

Ziva: When was the last time you were here?
Carvell: Yesterday morning, for a showing.
Ziva: And everything was normal?
Carvell: There was no rotting corpse in the living room, if that's what you mean.

Abby: You shaved your mustache! I liked you with a little hair on your face.
Gibbs: I still got my eyebrows.

Abby: I had this friend once, that used to display roadkill in his living room.

Ziva: Tony just put his hand in another man's pocket, and it made him very happy.

(Tony and McGee stand shirtless before her)
Ziva: Wow, it's just like Chippendales...without the bow ties or muscles.

Tony: You interrogated her and didn't pickup that she had sex with Finn.
Ziva: It was an interview not an interrogation, and excuse me if my brain didn't go to the sex place.
Tony: Mine would.
Ziva: I'm sure that's why you have a leg up on other investigators.
Tony: See, you said "leg up." I instantly went to the sex place.

(Ziva bumps into Gibbs on the way into the elevator)
Ziva: Gibbs, I screwed up.
Gibbs: Yeah, you almost spilled my coffee.

Ziva: (to Gibbs) You wouldn't be getting soft?
(Gibbs smiles)
Ziva: Of course not, you shaved your mustache.