Red Cell (26 Apr. 2005)
"NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service" Red Cell (original title)

A hacker interferes in the investigation of a mysterious campus group that may have led to the murder of a soldier.

Director:

Dennis Smith

Writers:

Donald P. Bellisario (creator), Don McGill (creator),

Stars:

Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Mark Harmon	...	Leroy Jethro Gibbs
Sasha Alexander	...	Agent Caitlin Todd
Michael Weatherly	...	Anthony DiNozzo
Pauley Perrette	...	Abby Sciuto
Sean Murray	...	Timothy McGee
David McCallum	...	Dr. Donald Mallard
Jeff Wincott	...	Gunnery Sgt. Leeka (as Jeffrey Wincott)
Sherman Augustus	...	Marine Cpt. Daniel Lemay
Brian Dietzen	...	Jimmy Palmer
Matt DeCaro	...	Chief Daryl Bello
Jon Wellner	...	Simon Frankel
Judd Trichter	...	Hunter Huxley
Kaj-Erik Eriksen	...	Frank Smith
Billy Aaron Brown	...	Man in Mask / Donny Potter
Chase Ryan Jeffery	...	Kyle Zolin

Storyline

During a frat hell-week (bad record) task in undershorts on the Waverly University campus grounds, pledge and NROTC Frederick Pippin stumbles unto the badly bruised corps of USMC sergeant Joseph Aaron Turner, studying mathematics and physics on a midshipman scholarship, who apparently broke his neck falling down a hill, at examination from a preceding fight, and he had older bruises too, probably from torture. His encrypted e-mail contains a death notice for that day. Turner was an excellent student but had trouble with political science student Hunter Huxley's CAT-pee (anti war)-protesters. His mate petty officer midshipman Blake is also missing since the murder Friday, his room contains blood his type and a Saturday death threat. An extremely hard to trace hacker leads NCIS to the paint-ball club Red Cell both boys were in, and Blake, also killed by a broken neck, both had to face the expert killer...

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Plot Keywords:

dorm room | washington d.c. | hazing | briefs | public humiliation | 

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Release Date:

26 April 2005 (USA)

Filming Locations:

College of the Canyons - 26455 Rockwell Canyon Boulevard, Santa Clarita, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

CBS Paramount Network Television, Belisarius Productions

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

The Gunnery Sergeant refers to Midshipmen Blake and Turner as enlisted men, that they were the "only two enlisted men in the unit." Even though both of the mids he referred to were prior-enlisted, once you become a midshipmen, you are no longer considered to be enlisted. The Gunny would have said "only two prior-enlisted men in the unit."

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Quotes

[last lines]
Agent Caitlin 'Kate' Todd: Some how I don't remember college being quite like this.
Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo: Reminds me of time at Ohio State, we had this frat guy who...
Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs: [bloody and out of breath from a fight] The next person who mentions the Spring Break, or a frat party, or *College*... is fired! Are we clear?
Agent Caitlin 'Kate' Todd, Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo: Yes.

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Connections

References Fight Club (1999)

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Soundtracks

"I Don't Want to Know (If You Don't Want Me)"
(uncredited)
Written and Performed by The Donnas

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