NCIS
Spoiler Alert for NCIS time of year 22 , sequence 9 , Humbug . "
Parker ’s Major Case Response Team ( MCRT ) faces a series of hurdle in the vacation - theme mid - season finale , which deliver big moments to set upNCISwhen it return after the new year . It has been an exciting outing for the team so far , heraldingNCISseason 22 with a complete set of installment after a shorterNCISseason 21 due to the writer ’s strike . watch the team ’s moral force since Jessica Knight returned in theNCISseason 22 premierehas opened up some complex dynamics and stories in the outing .
Knight is one of the only masses who knows aboutParker ’s Lily mysteryfirst - hand , which begin in theNCISseason 21 finale . Parker ’s mystery miss reappears in the antecede outing , with the agent finger better in episode 9 . WhenNCISreturns after the new year , it will likely revisit some of the developing story in the show , including that of NCIS Deputy Director Gabrielle LaRoche , who resurface in the vacation installment . McGee is still suspicious of the supervisor after he failed to get his job .
10NCIS Season 22, Episode 9’s Case Explained
NCIS Investigates Darkness At Dawn By Marley Jaggers
InNCISseason 22 , instalment 9 , the squad investigates leak excerpts of a military secernate - all leger that threatens to put the position of a oldtimer ’s bill at stakes . A require officer named Hastings is the grimace of the veteran soldier ’s bill , and the scathing story claims that the lieutenant ’s neglect is responsible for for the deaths of three of his Marines during a 2010 Taliban intrusion in Afghanistan . With high stakes in how it turns out , the Department of Defense and SECNAV are involved in the case , wanting to save the greenback .
NCISSeason 22 Cast
Characters
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Gary Cole
Alden Parker
Sean Murray
NCIS is a television series that follows a team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. Premiering in 2003, the show explores various cases involving Navy and Marine Corps personnel, ranging from murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines.
Timothy " Tim " McGee
Brian Dietzen
Dr. James " Jimmy " Palmer
Katrina Law
Jessica " Jess " Knight
Wilmer Valderrama
Nicholas " Nick " Torres
Diona Reasonover
Kasie Hines
Roscoe " Rocky " Carroll
Leon Vance
As the episode get on , the squad investigates the claim in the Quran , seeking out Hastings at the motorcycle fixture shop he owns and utilizes to lease wounded veterans . Hastings is a extremely lauded Marine due to his heroic activity the night of the flack in Afghanistan , throw an opposition ’s grenade by to protect his unit . Still , the Quran claims otherwise . While he enounce he does n’t need their aid , the squad investigate the claims surrounding Hastings ' handling of the night the Taliban lash out his men .
9The Heat Is Out At NCIS Headquarters
Parker’s MCRT Dons Coats In The Holiday Outing
The team mete out with nark circumstances as they enquire their tell - all case . The heating is out at NCIS headquarters just in time for the holidays , force the squad to sport their winter wear in the detention cell . Jess , McGee , Torres , and Parker don coats , scarves , and gloves to abide warm , but they have an ever braggy trick up their sleeves . As they discuss the case , the team gathers around the photocopy machine , making copies of their hands to get a zap of its warmth .
NCISseason 22 uses an outdoor coffee country previously unseen in other seasons .
While it is n’t idealistic , the team sporting their winter coats made it feel like the holiday , with the Christmas tree in the bullpen and strings of holiday lights hanging from the cap . At clip , it ’s warm for Parker ’s MCRT to talk about their case at autopsy or in the outside café , which is warmer than their common meeting area . The chilling inhuman impact the entire NCIS Headquarters except Vance ’s situation , which maintains a balmy temperature contrasting the rest of the construction ’s woes .
8NCIS Deputy Director Gabrielle LoRoche Joins Parker’s Case
NCIS Season 22’s Villain Character Reappears
When it seems things ca n’t get any more uncomfortable for MCRT , a dreaded character makes a comeback . NCISseason 22 bring in Gabrielle LaRocheas the new NCIS Deputy Director in the season premiere . LaRoche circumvent NCIS ' own McGee for the berth , who was looking to come on his career by garnering more regular hours to advance his standing and appease his wife , Delilah . LaRoche re-emerge in episode 9 , working alongside Parker ’s team despite their reservation about their fresh leader .
NCIS season 22 is inspired by its previous season and is repeating a popular plot line that in the first place featured Gibbs ' team 16 year ago .
While LaRoche has a villainous nature to him in the premiere , the director is in the main supportive and charming in " Humbug . " While MCRT stay suspicious of LaRoche , he help them throughout and even takes the fall for them . Thus , LaRoche ’s visual aspect in episode 9 confuses his standing , blur his villain condition . While it appeared that Parker and the team were ignoringNCISseason 22 ’s most severe vitrine , there may be another account for their information leak , which charge to LaRoche being a groyne .
7Nick Torres Lies About His Christmas Plans
Nick Has A Babe
Agent Nick Torres realise it clear in NCIS season 22 that he ’s clear to diminish in love again , but it would appear that Nick is n’t open to his co-worker knowing any details about it .
However , when McGee advert the design to Jimmy , the doc remark that Nick told him he was spending Christmas with McGee ’s family . The inconsistency reveals thatNick is hide about his vacation plan , which cue Jess to confront him . Nick says he signify to take the Clarence Day to unwind , but the episode ’s conclusion prove Nick is lying , with the Torres getting a text from a mysterious transmitter to confirm their holiday plans . Torres confirms , call the sender"babe . "
6Kasie Ties The Tell-All Book To Evan Cross’s Brother Samuel Cross
Kasie Is Vital To Episode 9’s Case
When Kasie Hines investigates the forum surrounding the tell - all account book ’s publishing , she finds an unprotected information science reference and link up the Word of God ’s source to Samuel Cross . Kasie discovers that Samuel Cross is indite the recount - all Holy Writ under a playpen nameand that his brother , Evan , is one of the Marines who go in the attack that he blames on Hastings . When Parker and Nick sojourn Cross , he is unwilling to discuss the book openly despite unintentionally letting NCIS into his apartment .
NCISseason 22 , episode 14 , " Humbug , " is the show ’s mid - season finale .
Still , while they have the leak extract , NCIS seeks the book of account ’s full manuscript to investigate Cross ’s claims . The book excerpts do n’t hold in test copy that Hastings is hangdog of what Cross claim , but Samuel keep his accusations . When a Marine from Hastings ' platoon comes to NCIS to submit letters of backup for Hastings , he sees Samuel Cross ’s picture on the screen . He explains how Samuel was part of Hastings ' unit but finished the tour silently after his brother ’s death .
Thom E. Gemcity Makes His NCIS Comeback
NCIS is driven to get a copy of the tell - all ms to uncover and thoroughly enquire Samuel Cross ’s call . Thinking outside the credit line , Jessica Knight advise that Timothy McGee could potentially bring in admission to the utter manuscriptsince he has connections in the publication worldly concern . After a significant hiatus from his crime thriller piece of writing , McGee returns to his writing calling as Thom E. Gemcity , going quasi - cloak-and-dagger with Jess to advance their compositor’s case .
NCIS has a handsome trouble concerning the handling of Sean Murray ’s Timothy McGee , and woefully , season 22 take a shit it clear that it ’s in all likelihood unsolvable .
McGee and Jess take on with the publisher of the scathing tell - all novel at the diner , where Agent Knight state him they need proof he can handle their raw holograph and hint they show him a copy of his new tell - all so they can be confident . The publisher summon the security hazard of releasing the manuscript but tell them we will look at it if they sweeten the pot . Jess take the publisher to agree after she promises a transcript of Thom E. Gemcity ’s unexampled book in exchange .
4Parker & LaRoche Confront Hastings About The Radio Transmission
Hastings Confesses To Save His Marines
After clear access to the consummate manuscript , the team takes turns scouring it for helpful information to investigate Samuel Cross ’s title . McGee eventually uncovers a part of the ms that talks about a failed radio transmission that warned of the attack that killed three Marines , but it was never reported . The team concludes that Samuel Cross blames Hastings for the failed communication , and he takes the downslope when Parker and LaRoche confront him .
NCISSeason 22 , Episode 9 , " Humbug " Guest Cast
Seamus Dever
NCIS Deputy Director Gabrielle LaRoche
Demetrius Grosse
Lieutenant Merrit Hastings
Garrett Hines
Samuel Cross
Sommer Carbuccia
Brian Zanella
Cameron Bender
Martin Gates
Boyana Balta
Evan Cross ’s Widow
Derek Anthony
NCIS Maintenance Worker Lennox Kincaid
Ramsey Thomas
Evan Cross
Parker and LaRoche yield to Hastings ' shop , and the command officer admits that he run out to report the radio transmittance . The confession gives SECNAV someone to throw under the jitney , pull through their veteran ’s handbill . However , Parker believes there ’s more to the storyand that Hastings is lying to protect his platoon of Marines . As the team tries to unveil who hid the fail tuner transmission system , LaRoche assure the squad to cease their investigation , citing that SECNAV has the confession demand to move on from the slip .
3NCIS Works Behind LaRoche And SECNAV To Solve The Case
MCRT Finally Uses Ducky’s Old Office
An outburst break in out at Samuel Cross ’s flat , with Hastings ' former whole appendage coming and demanding he retract his book while a crowd of journalist depend on . When a picture of McGee ’s involvement in the altercation make it to the front page of a Washington publishing , SECNAV and LaRoche tell Parker and his squad to resist down . Still , Parker and his team are positive they ’re missing something , and they work behind SECNAV and LaRoche seeking answers .
NCISseason 22 income tax return to CBS on Monday , January 27 , 2025 .
Parker ’s team makes excellent use of the raw Doctor Donald Mallard Memorial Multi - Purpose Room , NCISseason 22 ’s newfangled Ducky homage . After Nick Torres discussed commute it , the squad turned Ducky ’s old NCIS Historian power into a multipurpose way with something for everyone . We have n’t seen Ducky ’s in use much sinceNCISseason 22 , episode 3 . Hopefully , the team will apply their metaphorical water ice chest when the show returns after the young year .
2Kasie Discovers Their Failed Radio Transmission Is A Technical Error & No One Is To Blame
Kasie Discovers Some Holiday Cheer
As the squad works covertly , Kasie also continues digging and earn a considerable discovery based on a video Hastings ' Marine gives NCIS to prove how tight his unit is . In the short telecasting , the team noted an off glitch , which the forensic scientist chalked up to faulty equipment mesh in uttermost environments . However , Kasie digs further and discovers the radiocommunication had a near - untraceable error that caused its malfunction .
The development proves that Hastings lie about his character in the account to protect his fellow Marines , with NCIS redeeming his confession .
The team had confirmed that there was a record of the transmission Samuel Cross reported , advise that a radio hustler was to blame for its flunk communicating . However , Kasie ’s determination show how the radio misfunction severally , absolving all political party of guilt . The development proves that Hastings lied about his role in the story to protect his fellow Marines , with NCIS redeeming his confession . Still , Samuel Cross does n’t require to pull the book because , as Nick and others note , he ’s in a gloomy place .
1Nick Works With Evan’s Widow And Other Veterans
Evan Cross Isn’t Alone In His Struggle
After the team ’s discovery , Nick take the lead in convert Samuel Cross to retract his book . The squad antecedently conversed with Evan Cross ’s widow , who prove that the deceased Marine was a skilled technician and likely not to blame for the radio ’s failure . Nick and Evan ’s widow woman meet Samuel at the dining car . While he ab initio makes for the exit , once he realizes it ’s a setup , Nick convinces him to persist and confronts him about something he found in his filing cabinet .
Nick uncovers that Samuel Cross ’s motive for publishing the tell - all book is the fundamental grief and guilt he is have about the causal agent of his brother ’s last .
Nick expose that Samuel Cross , a radio operator , had an injury he veil before deployment . However , Samuel reveals that as the hurt exasperate , he had to ill-use back from his military post , which caused his jr. sidekick , Evan , to pace in and take his place . Therefore , Nick uncovers that Samuel Cross ’s need for publish the tell - all Christian Bible is the profound griefand guilt he is experiencing about the cause of his brother ’s end .
Nick ’s endeavor cause Samuel to pull his ms for a rewrite that tells the genuine story of what happen in Afghanistan and include a chapter on veteran ' support , close his case and bring his journeying full circle .
Still , Leslie Townes Hope ’s not lost for Samuel . Nick gathers Marines from Hastings ' platoon and elsewhere to support Samuel , aver that he is n’t alone and that they translate him . Samuel even conciliate with Hastings , arriving at his motorcycle fixture shop to make out an apology . However , in a touching and heartfeltNCISconclusion , Hastings wants to know how Samuel is doing , and the crestfallen Marine admit he misses his crony , letting go of the heartbreak and anger he was experiencing .
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