At NCIS headquarters, Ducky provides Gibbs his results of the check-ups of all the IAEA personnel. He notes that one person had traces of ferric ferrocyanide, the chromophore in Prussian Blue, indicating that one of the staff was taking the substance to protect against radiation poisoning. Ducky pointed out the guilty party on a computer screen and referred to the party as her. After some harrowing minutes, Gibbs and McGee go to the IAEA and apprehend the secretary Holly Stegman, who had poisoned him to scare him from going to Uzbekistan where he was to conduct an inspection that would have found them not in compliance. The episode closes with Sanders still alive and sharing a tender moment with Ziva. Perhaps, finally, Ziva will find love.
“Dead Man Walking” is an above average episode of NCIS. While not a disappointment, it did not carry the momentum established by the recent ”Friends and Lovers” and ”Blow Back”. The next episode, “Skeletons,” promises the return of Army Lt. Col. Hollis Mann, who will undoubtedly heat things up for (and with) Gibbs.
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