Terrible jokes aside, its a hand that turns up in a Paraguayan river that kick-starts the action tonight.
Determining why he was there falls on the NCIS team, interrupting Abbys plans for Delilahs baby shower.
(2) Bishop wants to use baby decorations from to-be-tossed evidence in a domestic dispute shooting.
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(3) Reeves tries to emasculate McGee for wanting to run all this past Delilah.
More body parts have washed up in Paraguay.
Shes surprised to hear that he went back to Paraguay.
Ducky and Palmer have the unhappy job of putting Deans body parts back together after his dismemberment-by-machete.
With no head, they cant use dental records, but an arm tattoo matches photos of Dean.
Clayton says going fishing was Dean and Hudsons code for Vegas, where they regularly racked up debt.
The Pentagon was hoping to follow the money and see who their buyers were, and when the R.A.C.
discovered the SEAL team, local villagers saved their lives and helped them escape.
When Clayton mentions that the R.A.C.
While no military satellites cover that part of the jungle, McGee suggest they use NOAA satellites.
Their contact is a total creeper who hits on Abby in a manner that defies both explanation and belief.
Thankfully, hes good with the satellite and locates the R.A.C.
compound, along with a lone figure, watching from the jungle.
The hand is Deans, and hes still alive.
Then Torres and Bishop have a Spanish-off to see whos better suited for the mission.
Bishop backs down when Torres points out that hell blend in better.
Honestly, this is a weird moment.
If the episode had ended with Torres dead, I could see Bishop being wracked with guilt.
I guess well see how it all shakes out in September, though.
Anyway, it leaves Bishop stateside to tell Deans wife that hes still alive.
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In Paraguay, Gibbs, McGee, and Torres roll into the village near the R.A.C.
(I wouldve assumed theyd both be better travelers than that.)
They split up and start asking the locals if theyve seen Dean.
Its not a happy village, in other words.
(Most of me escaped, he says with remarkably good humor, all things considered.)
The catch is that the helo only has a three-minute window, so timing will be crucial.
He promises to ensure all of his actions are defensible.
Boss, I appreciate that, McGee says, but dont forget, Im an NCIS special agent.
Total good dad material.
Unfortunately, the day shift arrives early, so they have to move up their plan.
They blow the trucks, and Dean races in to grab the boys as NCIS start shooting.
The rebels return fire with their huge, truck-mounted automatic weapons.
The helicopter lands, and they race toward it.
When one of the boys trips, McGee runs out to grab him as Gibbs provides cover.
Before it can depart, McGee leaps off to join Gibbs on the ground.
Aaaand fade to black.
Still, the whos hand is it, anyway?
twist and the powerful last image makes up for a rushed, choppy middle.
