First Steps (episode)

First Steps is the fourteenth episode of NCIS Season 19 and the 428th episode of the entire NCIS series.
==Synopsis==
As NCIS investigates the cause of death of a reservist Navy SEAL surgeon, they're forced to bring Vance's daughter, Kayla, who recently trained with NCIS, to help with a highly dangerous mission. However the case turns personal for Vance when Kayla is abducted, sending the team into a desperate race against time to find her before it's too late.
==Prologue==
==Act One==
==Act Two==
==Act Three==
==Act Four==
==Act Five==
==Major Events==
*Kayla, Vance's daughter, returns and it's revealed that she's become an official NCIS agent, having also graduated from FLETC.
== Trivia ==
* Despite being credited, neither Mark Harmon nor David McCallum appear in this episode.
==Cast==
===Series Regulars===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Leroy Jethro Gibbs	Mark Harmon 	Ex Special Agent Assigned to NCIS Major Case Response team. Credit only.
Timothy McGee 	Sean Murray 	Senior Agent for the NCIS Major Case Response Team. Second in-charge.
Nicholas Torres 	Wilmer Valderrama	Special Agent for the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
James Palmer 	Brian Dietzen 	Chief Medical Examiner for the Major Case Response Team.
Kasie Hines 	Diona Reasonover 	NCIS Forensic Specialist.
Jessica Knight 	Katrina Law 	NCIS Special Agent.
Donald Mallard 	David McCallum 	NCIS Historian. Despite being credited, McCallum doesn't appear in this episode.
Leon Vance 	Rocky Carroll 	NCIS Director.
Alden Parker 	Gary Cole 	Former FBI Special Agent who is the new NCIS Special Agent in Charge of the Major Case Response Team.
===Recurring Cast===
Name 	Portrayed by	Role
Kayla Vance	Naomi Grace 	NCIS Director Leon Vance's daughter who is now an official NCIS probationary agent.
===Guest Cast===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Pedro Rodriguez 	Antonio Jaramillo 	
Isaac (First Steps) 	Ronald Auguste 	
Tom Masuda 	Noshir Dalal 	Doctor.
Angela Novak 	Nita Mistry 	Doctor.
Gordon Roth (First Steps)	Jason Kravits 	Doctor.
Sierra Krueger 	Galadriel Stineman	Resident.
Smitty Hastings 	Jamie Harris 	
Henchman 1 (First Steps) 	Joe Corozo 	Henchman.
Jose Ortiz 	Frank Baroq 	AKA "el Santo". Uncredited role.
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♦ Blood in the Water (episode) ♦ Nearly Departed (episode) ♦ Road to Nowhere (episode) ♦ Great Wide Open (episode) ♦ Face the Strange (episode) ♦ False Start (episode) ♦ Docked (episode) ♦ Peacekeeper (episode) ♦ Collective Memory (episode) ♦ Pledge of Allegiance (episode) ♦ All Hands (episode) ♦ Fight or Flight (episode) ♦ The Helpers (episode) ♦ First Steps (episode) ♦ Thick As Thieves (episode) ♦ The Wake (episode) ♦ Starting Over (episode) ♦ Last Dance (episode) ♦ The Brat Pack (episode) ♦ All or Nothing (episode) ♦ Birds of a Feather (episode)
Category:NCIS Episodes
Category:NCIS Season 19 Episodes
Category:NCIS Episodes written by Yasemin Yilmaz
Category:NCIS Episodes directed by Michael Zinberg
Category:NCIS Episodes featuring Kayla Vance