UnSEALeD (6 Apr. 2004)
"NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service" UnSEALeD (original title)

A seal convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison. He claims to have discovered who really killed his wife, and wants revenge. To catch him, NCIS must reopen the case, to figure out who he's after

Director:

Peter Ellis

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
David McCallum	...	Dr. Donald Mallard
Tim Abell	...	P.O. Jack D. Curtin
Alicia Coppola	...	Lt. Cmdr. Faith Coleman
Sean Murray	...	Timothy McGee
Randy J. Goodwin	...	Diego Clare
Leon Russom	...	Mr. Donaldson
Barbara Tarbuck	...	Mrs. Donaldson
Al Sapienza	...	Commander Foley
Tim Kelleher	...	NCIS Special Agent Christopher Pacci
Roxana Zal	...	Marie Foley
Cody Estes	...	Kevin Curtin

Storyline

A couple is surprised at night by SEAL Petty Officer Jack D. Curtin who forces entry, wields a club and strips down in the woman's bedroom, but instead of raping her just runs off with the husband's clothes. Using a guard's fingerprint and digital identification card, Jack has cleverly escaped from Leavenworth military prison, where he is serving time after being convicted for the murder of his wife and the cable repair man he erroneously thought to be sleeping with that wife. Kate Todd stays with Jack's parents-in-law, who have custody of his adoring young son Kevin, but Jack was clever enough to get in first, passed McGee and after binding and gagging Kate, but leaves alone after some paternal quality time. The team realizes he may have been wrongly convicted, and is now on the trail of the real killer to take revenge. Indeed, helped by people involved in his trial, the team finds that Jack's late wife had a secret love life, possibly with another Afghanistan veteran.

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Plot Keywords:

underwear | undressing | boxer shorts | 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:

6 April 2004 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Network Television, Belisarius Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the scene with Tony interviewing Lt Cmdr Coleman they are using the conference room that appears in the series JAG.

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Goofs

In LCDR Coleman's ribbon rack she has the Southwest Asia Service Medal as her last ribbon. It would actually be the first ribbon in that row per regulations.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Vicki Spain: Rod, wake up!
Rod Spain: [half asleep] What?
Vicki Spain: I heard a noise.

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Connections

References Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (1999)

User Reviews

Lover wife but different killer?

So the escaped prisoner Curtain has figured out who his wife was sleeping with, and is seeking revenge. The wife of Curtain's Commander (Foley) turns out to be Curtain's wife's lover. But the cause of death in the two murders Curtain was convicted of (but claims he is innocent of) turns out to be from broken necks and not from the more obvious throat slits assumed at trial. This means a SEAL is the likely culprit. Some discussing this episode thought the plot had a goof in it by pointing to Commander Foley's wife as the killer. My take is the plot is typical NCIS--showing you evidence, giving you leads, letting you put the pieces together correctly. In this case, that means we ended up with Commander Foley being the revenge-taker on Curtain's wife for the affair with his wife, and the cable guy was an innocent bystander who was murdered as well to make it appear that the obvious jealous husband (Curtain) did the revengeful deed. This was a convoluted soap opera (wait, maybe to call a soap opera plot convoluted is already redundant), but a soap opera plot nonetheless.