DiNozzo and McGee gallop to the lab to find a brilliantly tattooed and platinum Marilyn Monroe a la The Seven-Year Itch. DiNozzo, for once, is speechless; McGee is in frozen apoplexy. Once recovered, McGee provides the fetching Abby with photos of the dead skeleton and Gibbs calls DiNozzo to let him know the authorities have a party participant who may have seen the kidnapped and kidnapper. Gibbs wants the photos to show the wife, Laurie Niles (Katie A. Keane), accompanied by her sister Rebecca Biddle (Cheryl White), for identification. It is during this period that the team discovers that Laurie and Erik Niles are estranged. The blood begins to pop.
Back at the crime scene, questioning the party goer, DiNozzo and McGee discover car tags from where the car allegedly containing the kidnapper and Sarah Niles ran over pumpkins whose pictures were bewitchingly transformed into a partial license plate number by the delectable Abby. The car was identified and then determined stolen. Gibbs and Ziva continue to search Laurie Niles' house when the kidnapper calls and demands his ransom. Gibbs questions Laurie Niles, who denies knowing the dead man, but does so while protesting too much.
Gibbs is suspicious that Laurie is hiding something and questions her more deeply with her sister outside the room. He questions why her husband has moved out of their house and she reveals that she had a fling with an old boyfriend shortly before their marriage and the paternity of her daughter Sarah was in doubt. Her husband Erik found out when the old boyfriend, Robert Miller (Scott Michael Campbell) showed up wanting a paternity test. The team locates Robert Miller and crashes his party in a major way. The car used in the kidnapping is parked outside of Miller’s house and things look very suspicious. Gibbs is notified and leaves Laurie Niles and her sister in the care of Ziva. Laurie and her sister retire to a bedroom and escape through a bedroom window. Boy, is Gibbs pissed.
Article comments
1 - Heidur
hello.
Could you tell me what Mary Matilyn Mouser's part in this episode was?
She plays Jethros daughter and I would love to know what the flashback was this time.
2 - C. Michael Bailey
Dear Heidur:
Mary Matilyn Mouser appeared very briefly at the end of the episode when Sarah Niles was being taken trick or treating in the NCIS office by Abby. Gibbs was not visible and Lauren Niles was asking Tony to thank him.
Gibbs was on the walk way to the Director's office watching Sarah interact with the staff and Mary Matilyn Mouser;s image was juxtaposed over Sarah Niles. The effect was compelling as we can expect more regarding Gibbs' family.
3 - Katie McNeill
Abby's costume was great.I just loved how McGee was drooling over her. I really enjoyed this episode, has to be one of my favorites.
I enjoyed the review!
4 - Joan Hunt
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