Under Covers 

Tony and Ziva go undercover and under the covers as assassins, a married couple, who recently died, but who apparently have a contract to execute at the Marine Corps birthday ball in Washington. The NCIS gang figure it out and work it out.

Director:

Aaron Lipstadt

Writers:

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

Stars:

Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly, Cote de Pablo

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Mark Harmon	...	Leroy Jethro Gibbs
Michael Weatherly	...	Anthony DiNozzo
Cote de Pablo	...	Ziva David
Pauley Perrette	...	Abby Sciuto
Sean Murray	...	Timothy McGee
David McCallum	...	Donald Mallard
Phillip Rhys	...	Agent Yussif
Michelle Krusiec	...	Agent Maya
Michael Bellisario	...	Charles 'Chip' Sterling
Brian Dietzen	...	Jimmy Palmer
Eric Steinberg	...	Marcos Siazon
Joe Spano	...	T.C. Fornell
Lauren Holly	...	Jenny Shepard
Matt Kaminsky	...	Henry Spivey (as Matthew Kaminsky)
Sonny Surowiec	...	C.K. Cord

Storyline

Tony and Ziva become personally and intensely engaged in their next assignment, an undercover one partly under the covers. The Marine Corps CID in Kuwait has found incriminating documents among the personal effects of two Canadian assassins who died in a car wreck. The documents suggest a plan for the killers to target one or more high officials at the annual Marine Corps birthday ball in Washington, DC, so the NCIS investigates. Gibbs and McGee find that two bad guys are good guys, then Gibbs and Fornell again discuss a problem in their usual conference room. Abby and Chip provide much data, then the team figure out everything and extract Tony and Ziva. Gibbs celebrates his birthday alone.

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Plot Keywords:

assassin | sex | elevator | stakeout | blood | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 November 2005 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Belisarius Productions, CBS Paramount Network Television

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (Dolby 5.1)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

4:3

Did You Know?

Trivia

The actor, Philip Rhys, who plays the undercover CIA agent, also plays Proto Zoa on the Disney Channel zombie "Zenon: The Girl of the 21st Century"

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Goofs

Dr. Mallard is seen about to leave for the USMC Birthday party with the Director. There is a short shot of his display of medals. Although the shot is very brief, it appears that he wears a couple of British campaign 'Stars' - issued only for the Second World War, making 'Ducky' a minimum of 80 years old.

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Quotes

Tony DiNozzo: The Raniers obviously stole something they want, you're going to give it to them.
Ziva David: We don't have it!
Tony DiNozzo: You're going to tell them it's in our hotel room and offer to show them. McGee should be waiting there with backup.
Ziva David: Good plan, except for one minor drawback.
Tony DiNozzo: What?
Ziva David: When I leave, they'll most likely put a bullet through your head.
Tony DiNozzo: Oh... well, I didn't say it was a perfect plan.

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Crazy Credits

After the freeze frame to end the episode, SEMPER FI to Marines Everywhere appears, then they roll the credits.

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Soundtracks

Deplorable Scene
(uncredited)
Written by Dominic Kelly
Performed by Dominic Kelly
Courtesy of Addax Music Company

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