Enemies Domestic 

An attack has killed one and left Vance with serious injuries; Gibbs takes charge by Vance's order. Eli reveals details about an operation 22 years old. Gibbs and the gang put the pieces together. The bad guy emerges, and justice prevails.

Director:

Mark Horowitz

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
Michael O'Neill	...	Former NCIS Special Agent Riley McCallister
Catherine Dent	...	Whitney Sharp
T.J. Ramini	...	Mossad Officer Malachi Ben-Gidon
Sarai Givaty	...	Mossad Officer Liat Tuvia
Oren Dayan	...	Karif Yasin
Eric Ramey	...	Dr. Nolan Cooper (as Eric James Ramey)
Michael Nouri	...	Mossad Director Eli David
Stan Ivar	...	Former NCIS Special Agent Ben Robinson

Storyline

An attack on the safe house has killed one person and left Vance with serious injuries; Eli has disappeared; Gibbs takes charge by Vance's order; Gibbs moves the conference to the Navy Yard; the gang protect and investigate. Vance recalls old memories while in a hospital. Gibbs concludes that the Palestinian extremists had nothing to do with the attack. Ziva and Liat get into a chick fight in a synagogue, then Ziva takes Eli to the NCIS, then Gibbs and Eli meet in the chat room, where Eli reveals details about an operation 22 years before. Gibbs visits Vance at his hospital, and they make plans; later Vance receives another visitor, who encounters a medical problem of his own. Eli and Ziva exchange a goodbye, and the Mossad people return to their homeland.

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Plot Keywords:

year 1991 | 1990s | amsterdam | north holland | netherlands | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Trivia

This and its predecessor, "NCIS: Enemies Foreign (2010)", are references to the oath taken by members of the military to defend the Constitution. "The West Wing: Enemies Foreign and Domestic (2002)" was the first of four episodes of The West Wing (1999) in which Mark Harmon appeared, and it was his commanding performance as a Secret Service agent that led to Harmon's casting on "NCIS".

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Goofs

In the scene where young Leon is standing on the bridge in Amsterdam, you see a stock video of Amsterdam played in front of him, then when the camera is facing the front of the bridge, in the 2 shot with the other agency guy standing next to him, the background is everything but Amsterdam, it is a studio background based on Venice. The style of the building reveals the most, it doesn't fit the style of the actual Amsterdam stock footage, which you see when the camera is Point of View from Leon, over the Water.

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Quotes

Special Agent Jethro Gibbs: Rule number 9.
[Gibbs pulls out a knife]
NCIS Director Leon Vance: How the Hell did you get that past security?
Special Agent Jethro Gibbs: [Gibbs puts the knife on Leon's table. Then whispers] Never go anywhere without a knife.

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Connections

References The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

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Soundtracks

Miz Dream Detective
(uncredited)
Written by Richard Wolf and Brian Wayy

User Reviews

Shadows and Dust

After the previous episode ended in a surprising twist *almost* equal to the legendary one at the end of season two finale "Twilight", the follow-up has some big boots to fill. Fortunately, the makers of NCIS have enough experience to be wise enough to have spared a few tricks for this episode to surpass the previous one.

In the first one, Catherine Dent of The Shield fame was just another guest star. Here, her character is a significant element of the plot. Yes, they use her character as a means to play a familiar card played in so many shows, but this is one of the times playing that card is actually relevant to the *bigger* plot, and it also rewards long-time viewers by filling in some mysteries that have been lingering for *years*. What is even more fantastic is that somehow they manage to tie it all into character development as well, deepening *multiple* characters instead of serving us yet another frustrating reference to the "One Night in Paris" between Tony and Ziva.

Speaking of Ziva, these two episodes have served her character well, fearlessly dealing with the rather uncomfortable relationship between her and her father. Cote de Pablo gets it all: to act, to kick ass and to look disarmingly beautiful.

Ziva is not the only winner here. The character of Director Vance is finally fully realized as a three-dimensional human being instead of just butting heads repeatedly with Gibbs or remaining vaguely cryptic. Now he is interesting.

If there is one complaint, it is that Abby is left sidelined. Even Ducky gets more exposure than her! However, in the end, this is a magnificent 9/10 episode - one of the best, but not quite a full 10/10 best of the best.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 November 2010 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Belisarius Productions, CBS Television Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

44 min 60 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD