Greetings of the season!
Lets recap the finalNCISepisode of the year.
Their lieutenant highlights the moral of Dickens story: All of mankind is our business.
‘NCIS’ star Wilmer Valderrama as NCIS Special Agent Nicholas “Nick” Torres.Credit:Robert Voets/CBS
Then gunfire tears through the night.
With the buildings heat broken, making copies of their hands is the only way to stay warm.
By all accounts, McGee has made his peace with LaRoche getting the deputy director job.
Gary Cole, Sean Murray, and Wilmer Valderrama in ‘NCIS’.Robert Voets/CBS
(Who knows that off the top of their head?)
Then theyre called into Vances (Rocky Carroll) office.
Attacking a wounded vet at Christmas?
Katrina Law, Gary Cole, and Wilmer Valderrama in ‘NCIS’.Robert Voets/CBS
Who wrote this book, the Grinch?
Yeah, the teams as excited about that as you’re able to imagine.
That last ones from Torres, despite Knight trying to wave him off.
Sean Murray, Katrina Law, Wilmer Valderrama, and Gary Cole behind the scenes of ‘NCIS’.Robert Voets/CBS
Warn a woman before you go full stern daddy.
(The look on Jess face tells me she agrees.)
LaRoche puts away his ever-present mint container and says hell simply observe, like Jane Goodall with gorillas.
Nobody else is amused by this comparison.
Palmer reports nothing suspicious about the attack at Sangin: standard Taliban weaponry, no signs of friendly fire.
So Parker heads to Hastings custom bike shop with LaRoche in tow to ask some questions.
And Brian should know: Hes the man Hastings dragged to safety.
He ended up losing a leg, but not his life, in the attack.
And he now works at the shop alongside the other vets that Hastings employs.
They also learn that Torres told Palmer he was doing Christmas with the McGees.
So whats the real story?
(Were all politely ignoring Palmer saying he didnt understand any of those words, right?
So the book is personal, not a smear campaign.
He and Parker head to the outdoor coffee patio, which is snowy and decorated for the holidays.
He insists that he just wants to spend it alone.
Then they turn to the footage, which is glitchy but still captures Hastings laughing with the Cross brothers.
Gates is so thrilled with this development that he tries to order a round of martinis.
The radio operator who died was, of course, Evan.
At least, thats what hes learned by keeping his ears open on the job.
Evans widow, Em (Boyana Balta), became a grief counselor after her husbands death.
A strange look crosses Torres' face, and he quietly asks if Sams an alcoholic.
Afterward, Knight checks that hes okay.
His response Old ghosts has her joking that he and Parker couldcompare notes.
At this point, Vance shuts it all down and says JAGs taking over.
And naturally, thats the end of it.
The team all head home for plum pudding and eggnog JK, no they dont.
But it wasnt a new injury.
Sam hid it to deploy, unaware that it would get too bad to ignore.
If he hadn’t lied, his brother would still be alive.
But hey, at least the heats been fixed!
Mr. Kincaid wishes everyone a merry Christmas on his way out the door.
Guys, was… was Mr. Kincaid the Ghost of Christmas Present?
A Clarance-style guardian angel?
Or, ya know, maybe just a helpful repair person.
But his former lieutenant cuts him off, saying, Its not about me.
Sams face crumples, and when he says he misses his brother, Hastings folds him into a hug.
