Ducky’s part of a secret society, and Abby faces a crisis of confidence.
Lets just get it out of the way: Lucille Bluth hit on Gibbs tonight.
The cold case in question starts with the body of retired Lt. Cdr.
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As soon as Ducky hears the victims name, he recuses himself.
I know far more about this mans murder than I care to admit, he says.
Judith sizes up Gibbs and pegs him as the quiet, brooding pop in.
You have a very commanding voice, Special Agent Gibbs.
Oh boy, Bishop mutters.
In fact, he just happens to have a paperback in his desk for her to sign.
And guess which forensic scientist performed the test and testified at his trial?
You got it: Abby Sciuto.
Abbys devastated to hear that she may have sent an innocent man to prison.
Can you imagine if I messed up, what that really means?
It means that innocent people went to jail because of me, because of my mistakes.
Gibbs hugs her and promises theyll make it right.
They find one bullet buried in a tree, and DiNozzo suffers a wicked splinter injury digging it out.
But Abby determines it has no human DNA on it, so she sends them back.
Also, Tony gets another splinter.
Its the worst thing natures done to him since the poison oak incident last week.
Man, nature must hate him.
You want to help me?
Let me hug my daughter.
This glass, this phone…
I havent held her hand in 16 years.
I just want my baby back, he says.
Lyle hilariously (and accurately?)
describes Gibbs house as one of those fake ones they used to nuke in the desert.
Back at NCIS, Ducky yells at the Sherlocks, bad cop to Gibbs good one.
Afterward, Lyle starts free associating that you get tree sap off with peanut butter.
With todays technology, Abbys able to determine that the hair from the 1999 crime scene doesnt match Michaels.
Naturally, shes horrified.
Ah, but theyre also going to use DNA to right this wrong.
Oh, I so hope they circle back to this plot some day.
More crying, on screen and at home.
