Spiral 

Calllen's routine operation becomes anything but. Posing as a mailroom clerk in order to get close to a suspected arms dealer, he becomes a hostage when terrorists take over the office.

Director:

Larry Teng

Writers:

Shane Brennan (created by), Dave Kalstein

Stars:

Brian Glanney, Chris O'Donnell, Daniela Ruah

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Brian Glanney	...	John Combs
Chris O'Donnell	...	G. Callen
Daniela Ruah	...	Kensi Blye
Eric Christian Olsen	...	Marty Deeks
Barrett Foa	...	Eric Beale
Renée Felice Smith	...	Nell Jones
Miguel Ferrer	...	Owen Granger
Linda Hunt	...	Hetty Lange
LL Cool J	...	Sam Hanna
Ella Scott Lynch	...	Dr. Karen Ward
Patrick Gallagher	...	Don The Security Guard
Jordan Belfi	...	Tom Blanchard
Mia Serafino	...	Lisa Welsley
Ciarán McCarthy	...	Masked Tech Specialist
Liz Jenkins	...	Hostage Woman

Storyline

Callen and Sam are trying to prove that a businessman is selling arms to enemies of the US. Callen is undercover working in the mail room of the man's office. When the man catches Callen snooping, but before he could do anything, men with guns come in and take everyone hostage. The man tries to talk to them but they shoot him. Sam hears what happened but they jam all cell signals before he could hear anything more. He then calls Granger who sends Kensi and Deeks to help him. When they arrive they take out the guards and learn that they placed explosives that could level the building. Sam goes to help Callen while Kensi and Deeks joins the hostages to see how they can help them.

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Plot Keywords:

arms dealer | helicopter | rooftop | rooftop fight | hit on the head with a fire extinguisher | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Trivia

One of the gun men is large and wearing a face mask, so Deeks calls him Bane. As in the large masked villain from Batman.

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Goofs

While discussing the situation with Granger Hetty mentions the possibility of the White House "...scrambling F-35s to incinerate that virus with Hellfire missiles.". The Hellfire (AGM-114) missile cannot be fired from the F-35.

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 January 2015 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Shane Brennan Productions, CBS Television Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

43 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD