Life Before His Eyes (7 Feb. 2012)
"NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service" Life Before His Eyes (original title)

Ghosts from Gibb's past make him ponder how different his and many other lives would have been without his career switch to NCIS. This mood was triggered by a desperate aftermath to the ... See full summary »

Director:

Tony Wharmby

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
Brian Dietzen	...	Jimmy Palmer
Ralph Waite	...	Jackson Gibbs
Muse Watson	...	Mike Franks
Michael O'Neill	...	Former NCIS Special Agent Riley McCallister
Darby Stanchfield	...	Shannon Gibbs
Rudolf Martin	...	Ari Haswari
Mackenzie Astin	...	Michael Rose
Clare Carey	...	Ann Gibbs

Storyline

Ghosts from Gibb's past make him ponder how different his and many other lives would have been without his career switch to NCIS. This mood was triggered by a desperate aftermath to the team's latest case. Aboard a ship, a naval officer and a contractor were shot. The weapon traces to financially stressed analyst Michael Rose, whose model son Steven's college fund was in great danger.

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Plot Keywords:

contraband | adolescent | father son relationship

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 February 2012 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Belisarius Productions, CBS Television Studios

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

Gibbs gives McAlister a quarter to play a song on the jukebox. He punches in E-7. E-7 is the enlisted rank of Gunnery Sergeant that Gibbs held as a Marine.

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Goofs

In the diner scene when Gibbs is being served by his mother she motions to fill his coffee cup. The cup is already visibly full and through she makes the motions of pouring she does not tilt the pot enough for the coffee to come out.

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Soundtracks

"Come Back"
Written and Performed by My Name Is You

User Reviews

200

This is one of my favorite series. The character build-up has been slow at times, but steady. I've dreaded the lose of some of them, as they seem to become family. Kate was one of those.

This episode has one of my favorite characters, Mike Franks, in a returning role. His was perhaps the best semi-regular.

The show is really about the epilogue of a current case that plays in flashbacks through this episode. As a milestone for the series, thus the "200" subject line, it ranks as one of the best. What did amaze me was that I missed the first airing. I'm quite glad I caught it as a re-run.

Most poignant was the sequence with Gibbs and his wife.