Legend 

Gibbs and company start looking into the murder of a Marine. Gibbs and McGee go to Los Angeles for a joint gig with the NCIS Office of Special Projects in LA due to a suspected link. The investigation continues on both coasts. [Continued.]

Director:

Tony Wharmby

Writers:

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

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	...	Donald Mallard
Chris O'Donnell	...	G. Callen
Louise Lombard	...	Lara Macy
Peter Cambor	...	Nate Getz
Daniela Ruah	...	Kensi Blye
Brian Avers	...	Mike Renko
Merik Tadros	...	Michael Rivkin
Barrett Foa	...	Eric Beale
Michael Peter Bolus	...	Max Talia

Storyline

In Arlington, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, DC, Gibbs and company start investigating the slow, painful, tortured death of a Marine, Pfc. Nick Chandler, who had just returned from Kuwait and arrived from Los Angeles. Ziva receives phone calls and a visit by a man named Michael. Vance sends Gibbs to coordinate a joint gig with the NCIS Office of Special Projects in LA due to a suspected link between two cases; Gibbs takes McGee with him. The agent in charge of the OSP is Lara Macy, who has a past history with Gibbs. Gibbs and McGee check in, then Gibbs meets Callen, an old friend; the OSP bunch confirm the link, involving a weapons dealer named Liam; McGoo loves the toys at the OSP office. Tony and Ziva, back in Washington, conduct a field interview of the two brothers who killed Nick. Gibbs and the OSP gang attend a party with fireworks. Michael, Ziva's visitor, meets Callen, posing as Liam, in LA. [To be continued.]

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Plot Keywords:

crossover | arms trade | contraband | bomb | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 April 2009 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Ocean Front Walk & Dudley Ave, Venice Beach, Venice, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Belisarius Productions, CBS Paramount Network Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

43 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo Dolby Digital (Dolby 5.1)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16 : 9

Did You Know?

Trivia

This episode and its follow up, NCIS: Legend (2009) serve as a two part pilot for the spin-off series NCIS: Los Angeles (2009). Just as the two-part episode sequence JAG: Ice Queen (2003) and JAG: Meltdown (2003) were the pilot for NCIS (2003).

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Goofs

Callen speaks Russian to convince a woman from St. Petersburg that he is a Russian mafioso, but his Russian has a very thick American accent.

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Quotes

Operational Psychologist Nate Getz: It's called a legend. It's a word coined by the Stasi, the East German Secret Police during the cold war. Now their idea was to create a cover so deep it could stand up to any scrutiny: passports, documents, work papers, even family histories. And none of it true. All a... a legend.

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Connections

Spoofs Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969)

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Soundtracks

Even Now
Written by Christopher Carrabba
Performed by Dashboard Confessional

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