It is a Friday night and Shepard calls all hands on deck to the NCIS headquarters (most of whom are doing shooters at a local bar). Only NCIS Medical Examiner Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard (David McCallum) and Mossad Agent-on-Loan-to-NCIS Ziva David (Cote de Pablo) remain. Ziva attempts to call DiNozzo, whose phone is off as he is being assaulted by Kerry. The pair’s conversation is vague regarding Ziva’s true feelings for DiNozzo. She tells Ducky she has a “not so good feeling.”
At headquarters, Shepard brings in the scotch bottle and glass for NCIS Forensics Specialist Abby Sciuto (Pauley Perrette) to identify the finger prints, which ultimately belong to Shepard’s ostensibly dead father, recorded as a suicide as discovered by Special Agent Tim McGee (Sean Murray) and Gibbs. Gibbs orders McGee to hack the CIA database to discover who is interested in NCIS and discovers it is a military arms section, linking the investigation once again to Le Grenouille.
The episode ends with DiNozzo and Benoit exiting the hospital for a limousine. Benoit says it is her secret. Benoit opens the back door, addresses the occupant in French, DiNozzo takes the far seat and is kissed on both cheeks and welcomed to the family by Benoit’s father, Rene Benoit — Le Grenouille.
Nothing would please me more than if I could froth over the NCIS season closer, “Angel of Death.” But I cannot. I am more than interested in what the writers have in store for next season, but this season’s final episode was ill-conceived and at the very least should have been a two-parter sans the three junkies. NCIS blogs have long speculated that the DiNozzo-Benoit relationship was an undercover gig for DiNozzo. If it is, then NCIS is not paying him enough, because he has acted convincingly with Benoit. Touted as an episode to reveal all of the agent’s “deepest” secrets, “Angel of Death” falls woefully short. Not with a bang, but a whimper.
“Angel of Death,” concludes the 2006-2007 season.
Article comments
1 - CLS
As far as I can tell, the only reason the junkies were there was so that, at some point in the near future, Jeanne can think back and wonder how it was that her boyfriend, "Professor DiNardo" was so adept with a gun and so quick to handle a situation that would have been outside the skillset of most college profs. Maybe?
2 - matt
maybe tony was the one being sucked in by the dr.???
3 - C. Michael Bailey
Good thought on both points. The writers have at least left things mirky enough that we do not know who is getting dupted, Tony or Jeanne.