Doesn’t it feel like we were just getting settled into this season ofNCIS?
Then the group stumbles over an unexpected stop on the tour: three plastic-wrapped bodies.
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(The current occupant tookKnight’s father’s jobafter she turned it down.)
She’s clearly tempted, so Vance gives her until the end of the day to think about it.
Incidentally, tonight marks the 11th appearance of this intrepid ZNN reporter, whos been around since season one.
The NCIS season 21 finale.Robert Voets/CBS
Congrats on the steady employment in an uncertain media landscape, Guy!
Palmer (Brian Dietzen) arrives frazzled, having had a rough parenting-a-teenager morning.
Before they all scatter to look into each victim, Jimmy stops Jess.
Rocky Carroll as Leon Vance and Katrina Law as Jessica Knight on NCIS.Robert Voets/CBS
First he confirms that she at least hadnt applied for the REACT jobrecently.
(She hadn’t; it was just after the death of her team three years ago.)
And then he unloads on her.
He lost Breena, Gibbs, Ducky, and now apparently his sweet-natured daughter.
Although Knight insists they can make long distance work, Palmer’s done.
Take the job," he tells her.
“This is for the best.
The good news: Knight and Parker collect the evidence, a broken unisex watch.
The bad news: someone’s on the ship with them and manages to escape, locking them inside.
The cherry-on-top-this-crapola-sundae news: Parker’s pinned under a piece of equipment that fell on him during the pursuit.
And oh yeah, hehatesships.
Back on land, McGee and Torres visit the late Tommy Mackins wife, Molly (Gabriella Piazza).
Then he winces and says, I just gave you motive, didnt I?
Lucky for Sammy, his alibi checks out.
Horrified, he immediately tries to call her, but it goes to voicemail.
He rambles out an apologetic message that ends with, This is Jimmy!
and then makes Kasie call to see if shell pick up.
(She doesnt, of course, because shes trapped inside a solid steel deathtrap.)
Torres almost immediately contradicts Kasies advice by praising Palmer for taking control of his relationship.
But Jimmys relieved smile falls when Torres adds that he’s proud of him, right or wrong.
Wait, what do you mean, right or wrong?
On the ship, Knights frustrated, Parkers trapped, and theyre both scared.
It works, but it also takes the pressure off Parker’s leg, which starts bleeding cut artery-style.
Knight swiftly wraps her belt around it, but Parker’s already turning an alarming shade of clammy white.
Terse message received, Alden!
So theres one clue linking two victims.
Then Kasie locates Knights car, which is parked in front of Sammys house.
Did I just implicate myself again?
Sammy asks after a beat.
The petition starts here to bring Sloppy Joe Sammy back next season!
he dazedly asks, and Knight decides its time to swim for help.
None of us signed up for little ghost girls.
Before I can say, Hey, like Shelley Winters inThe Poseidon Adventure!
Parker says, Hey, like Shelley Winters inThe Poseidon Adventure!
albeit with less pep in his step because hes bleeding out on a dirty metal floor.
Great, Parker lies.
Their disapproving mom responds by telling him to mind the rope.
Lacey immediately starts angling for a deal, mentioning that he went back to the ship for his watch.
And thats when everyone realizes where Knight and Parker are.
They realize it just in time too.
Parkers not breathing, so McGee holds Knight while Kasie and Palmer work to resuscitate him.
Also, justice for Edgar and his bathroom habits; Lacey dosed his coffee with laxatives.
Parker wakes up to make aWizard of Ozjoke as his coworkers peer nervously down at him.
Knight, who hopefully understood that reference, lingers to ask about Lily.
Parker claims not to remember anything, then thanks her.
Any time, Gene Hackman, she says.
She slips out of his room, and Jimmy folds her into a hug and apologizes for his meltdown.
When she tells him that he actually had a good point, he replies, “Did I?
like a man who knows that all of his points were, in fact, wrong.
Then Vance pulls Knight away for her decision on the job offer.
She glances at Parker, asleep in hospital bed.
At Torres and McGee and Kasie, watching from the end of the hall.
At Jimmy, tense and frowning and braced for impact.
Hell yeah, sir, she says, turning back to Vance.
