The Curse (28 Oct. 2003)
"NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service" The Curse (original title)

The mummified remains of a sailor is found by a hunter. The sailor had been accused of stealing millions of dollars, but the money was never found. NCIS investigates to determine who really stole the money.

Director:

Terrence O'Hara

Writers:

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

Stars:

Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Mark Harmon	...	Leroy Jethro Gibbs
Sasha Alexander	...	Agent Caitlin Todd
Michael Weatherly	...	Anthony DiNozzo
Pauley Perrette	...	Abby Sciuto
David McCallum	...	Dr. Donald Mallard
David Ramsey	...	Special Agent Richard Owens
Melora Hardin	...	Former Petty Officer Erin Toner
Jim Pirri	...	Former Ensign Randy Wiles
Lauren Bowles	...	Mary Wiles
Robert Pine	...	Golfer Ben
Tommy Hinkley	...	Deer Hunter
Bill Birch	...	State Trooper Dan Lynch
Jonathan Wade-Drahos	...	Lt. Greg Pallini (as Jonathan Wade Drahos)

Storyline

The naturally mummified corps of USNavy Lieutenant Mark Schilz is found by a hunter in an aircraft escape pod. He was dispersing officer of a Navy ship, and dishonorably discharged -bad news for widow and orphaned daughter- years ago as presumed thief of millions of dollars, which however were never found. The NCSI team soon determines from forensics, records and interviews that Schilz was not the thief, but a stooge who was murdered with a golf club and then dumped in the pod, but why precisely and by whom? The suspects include his assistant Randy Wiles, who married his widow Mary but left the Navy, his clerk Erin Toner and the Tomcat pilot Martinez.

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Plot Keywords:

washington d.c.

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 October 2003 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

CBS Paramount Network Television, Belisarius Productions, CBS Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

Gibbs states the EISENHOWER is 1049 feet long, when in reality it is 1092 feet in length.

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Quotes

Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo: You want to give me the names of the Tomcat crew
Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Safe to assume one was Lt. Schilz.
Agent Caitlin 'Kate' Todd: Why ride in a pod when you have a seat in the cockpit.
Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo: Pilot was Lt Commander Farnsworth
Agent Caitlin 'Kate' Todd: Good news Commander it took 10 years but we located your luggage.

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Connections

References Bounce (2000)

User Reviews

Great episode - really let the humor fly

This was an outstanding episode in which the humor of the individual characters really started to come out - the very feature that differentiates this show from most other procedural shows - the true character formation. This episode was heavy on the military references

• from the TFOA (things falling off aircraft) reports to the naming

conventions of ships in the navy - which the show departs from in season 2 according to producer Bellisario. This episode also introduces the fact that Gibbs doesn't feel the need to include NCIS agents in his investigation unless they are a part of HIS team. This is one of those qualities of Gibb's leadership that is fun to set his character apart but seems to be the nature of all of the procedural shows on television today.