Guilty Pleasure (6 Apr. 2010)
"NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service" Guilty Pleasure (original title)

When the team links the death of a Navy officer to a call-girl, they have to use the help of Holly Snow to help them find the culprit.

Director:

James Whitmore Jr.

Writers:

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

Stars:

Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly, Cote de Pablo

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Mark Harmon	...	Leroy Jethro Gibbs
Michael Weatherly	...	Anthony DiNozzo
Cote de Pablo	...	Ziva David
Pauley Perrette	...	Abby Sciuto
Sean Murray	...	Timothy McGee
Rocky Carroll	...	Leon Vance
David McCallum	...	Dr. Donald Mallard
Dina Meyer	...	Holly Snow
Adam Kaufman	...	Homicide Detective Philip McCadden
Jason London	...	Dwight Kasdan
Taylor Cole	...	Charlotte Cook
Jillian Bach	...	Emily Moss
Bruce Nozick	...	Harvey Grossman
Hayley Chase	...	Kimberly
Jeff Wolfe	...	Jake Moss

Storyline

In Norfolk, Emily's childless husband, USNavy lieutenant and PR manager Justin Moss, reporter of the US Navy Herald, is stabbed, fatally but still able to stagger down from the hills and be run over by a teenager clique's car. He had an interview meeting with prostitute Charlotte Cook, officially missing since 8 months. Justin met Cook repeatedly in a bar, each time withdrawing $1,000, without having sex. DiNozzo teams up with civilian homicide detective Philip McCadden, a fellow film buff, as their are three previous Norfolk murders with the same MO. Gibbs consults Cook's former DC madam, Holly Snow, and reinstates her so Tony can 'book' Cook trough her. The trap has surprising results.

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Plot Keywords:

beating | jealousy | bathrobe | serial killer | face slap | 

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 April 2010 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Belisarius Productions, CBS Television Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

Gibbs sets a cup of coffee down for Holly Snow, however the sound of the cup hitting the table is too high pitched for a full cup, either the cup was empty or the wrong foley was used. Similarly, the force with which the cup was set down in order to make that sound, would have caused coffee to splash out of the top of a full cup.

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Quotes

Special Agent Jethro Gibbs: [Holly Snow can't be located] I didn't chain her to my leg, Leon.
Leon Vance: Why not? Other men have paid money to do it.

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Connections

References Mad Max (1979)

User Reviews

For You

Guilty pleasure indeed. Dramatically speaking a light-weight episode, the emphasis being on humor. DiNozzo replacing McGee with McCadden - hilarious! Abby meeting Madame Snow - also hilarious. Snow showing interest in Gibbs when Allison is conveniently nowhere to be seen - the man is a woman magnet (one could hardly refer to Dina Meyer and Rena Sofer as "chicks")! All that is missing is a wrestling match between the two women.

The Tony - Ziva mystery has been ignored ever since #7.15 and that is becoming irritating now. Everything seems to be not-even-remotely-subtly contradicting the theory that they grew closer in Paris (in #7.13). If the whole thing is buried by the show-runners, why bother in the first place? Well, the season is not over yet... This one, however funny, is hardly stellar, just a solid, reliable, well-made 7/10. It is enough.