In a Nutshell 

As the NCIS team investigates the death of a Navy officer murdered the same way as his parents a decade ago, they stumble across a storage container filled with dollhouses that display recreations of murder scenes.

Director:

Michael Zinberg

Writers:

Donald P. Bellisario (created by), Don McGill (created by)

Stars:

Mark Harmon, Sean Murray, Wilmer Valderrama

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Mark Harmon	...	Leroy Jethro Gibbs
Sean Murray	...	Timothy McGee
Wilmer Valderrama	...	Nick Torres
Emily Wickersham	...	Ellie Bishop
Maria Bello	...	Jack Sloane
Brian Dietzen	...	Jimmy Palmer
Diona Reasonover	...	Kasie Hines
Rocky Carroll	...	Leon Vance
David McCallum	...	Donald Mallard
Gary Hudson	...	Detective John Fioscher
Abby Carter	...	Claire O'Donnell
Paul Johansson	...	Porter Brandt
Logan Pepper	...	Dylan
Damien Leake	...	Henry Bennett
Victoria Barnes	...	Whitley

Storyline

The NCIS team investigates the death of a Navy Petty Officer murdered the same way as his parents a decade ago. They stumble across a storage container filled with dollhouses that display recreations of murder scenes. Also, the team agrees to clean out their living spaces, but some have a harder time saying goodbye to their possessions than others.

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Plot Keywords:

running over a dead body | reference to harvard university | reference to dartmouth university | action figure | reference to atari | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is Mark Harmon's 400th episode playing Leroy Jethro Gibbs. The character debuted in JAG: Ice Queen (2003) and JAG: Meltdown (2003), a two-part episode of JAG (1995). This is the 394th episode of NCIS (2003) (note that NCIS: Judgment Day (2008) and NCIS: Judgment Day: Part 2 (2008) aired as one two hour episode on the same night). Harmon played Gibbs in four NCIS: New Orleans (2014) episodes: NCIS: New Orleans: Breaking Brig (2014), NCIS: New Orleans: Sister City: Part II (2016), NCIS: New Orleans: Pandora's Box: Part II (2017), and NCIS: New Orleans: See You Soon (2018).

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Quotes

Whitley: What just happened?
Dylan: I think you killed Bambi.

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Connections

References Bambi (1942)

User Reviews

Not bad

Starts off with a couple of idiot kids being utterly irresponsible in their driving running over someone. Naturally, their first instinct is not to call the police, but to record their reactions to post on social media so they can use that as a stepping stone to get into a college. From there we go into a series of murder investigations. All the usual plus a few more red herrings. This is not a great episode, but it isn't a terrible one.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 March 2020 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Belisarius Productions, CBS Television Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

41 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD