page_title: Need to Know (NCIS)
section_title: Production
hierarchical_section_title: Need to Know (NCIS) / Production
caption_attribution_description: English: Source:https://www.flickr.com/photos/indieflickr/483288207/in/set-72157600174119110/ Description: British actor Tamer Hassan at the Gumball 3000 Rally in London 2007 Photo taken by John Griffiths.
context_page_description: "Need to Know" is the 17th episode of the ninth season of the American police procedural drama NCIS, and the 203rd episode overall. It originally aired on CBS in the United States on February 28, 2012. The episode is written by George Schenck & Frank Cardea and directed by Michelle MacLaren, and was seen by 18.20 million viewers.
  In the episode, a Chief Petty Officer is murdered right before Gibbs' eyes when he is about to reveal information connected to an international arms dealer.
context_section_description: "Need to Know" is written by George Schenck & Frank Cardea and directed by Michelle MacLaren. Schenck and Cardea was given the task revisiting NCIS agent Ned Dorneget (Matt L. Jones), as the new "probie", by showrunner Gary Glasberg. Dorneget was introduced in the episode "Sins of the Father", which aired in November 2011. This is the first episode directed by MacLaren on NCIS, who has previously worked on shows like "Breaking Bad", together with Jones, "The X-Files" and "The Walking Dead".
  The Arms Dealer in the episode, Agah Bayar (Tamer Hassan), has appeared in the episodes "Broken Arrow" and "Kill Screen", both from Season 8, and now returning to "[make] a great foil for Gibbs and the team".
caption: Tamer Hassan guest starred as Arms Dealer Agah Bayar.
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