The North Pole (episode)

The North Pole is the 10th episode of NCIS Season 17 and the 388th episode of the entire NCIS series.
==Synopsis==
Gibbs and the team assist Ziva with "the one thing" she said she would need to take care of before returning to her family.
==Prologue==
==Act One==
==Act Two==
==Act Three==
==Act Four==
==Act Five==
==Major Events==
*Ziva returns and reveals that after Tony resigned from NCIS, he tracked her down, the two reuniting in Cairo, Egypt.
*It's also revealed that Ziva and Tony's daughter Tali hates band-aids.
*Sarah, Gibbs's neighbor is revealed to be the real "Mira Sahar Azam". 
*Adam Eschel reunites with Ziva and Gibbs although he later dies from his injuries.
*Before capturing and torturing Ziva, Sahar informs her that after she is dead, she will track down and kill both Tali and Tony.
*Gibbs later kills Sahar by shooting her in the head, ending the threat she posed to Ziva while avenging all those she murdered.
==Cast==
===Series Regulars===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Leroy Jethro Gibbs	Mark Harmon 	Special Agent in charge of the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
Timothy McGee 	Sean Murray 	Senior Special Agent and second-in-command of the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
Eleanor Bishop 	Emily Wickersham 	Special Agent for the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
Nicholas Torres 	Wilmer Valderrama	Special Agent for the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
Jacqueline Sloane 	Maria Bello 	NCIS Forensic Psychologist.
James Palmer 	Brian Dietzen 	Chief Medical Examiner for the Major Case Response Team.
Kasie Hines 	Diona Reasonover 	NCIS Forensic Specialist.
Leon Vance 	Rocky Carroll 	Director of NCIS. Despite being credited, Carroll doesn't appear in this episode.
Donald Mallard 	David McCallum 	NCIS Historian. Despite being credited, McCallum doesn't appear in this episode.
===Recurring Cast===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Ziva David 	Cote de Pablo 	Former NCIS Special Agent.
Adam Eshel 	Damon Dayoub 	Officer with Shin Bet who was undercover as a mole in Mira Sahar Azam's terrorist group.
Odette Malone 	Elayn J. Taylor	A former CIA operative and trainer.
Mira Sahar Azam	Louise Barnes 	Gibbs's neighbor and the real Mira Sahar Azamt who had been posing as "Sarah".
Phineas 	Jack Fisher 	Gibbs's neighbor and the son of Mira Sahar Azamt (AKA "Sarah").
===Guest Cast===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Victor Mir 	Usman Ally 	Information broker.
Joe (The North Pole) 	Jeremy Batiste 	Security Guard.
Russell (The North Pole)	Sam Asghari 	Security Guard.
Supervisor 	Tatiana Turan 	
Agent (The North Pole) 	Brunson K Delves	
Gabriel Cross 	Tom McComas 	Uncredited role.
  v - [ e] - dNCIS Season 17
♦ Out of the Darkness (episode) ♦ Into the Light (episode) ♦ Going Mobile (episode) ♦ Someone Else's Shoes (episode) ♦ Wide Awake (episode) ♦ Institutionalized (episode) ♦ No Vacancy (episode) ♦ Musical Chairs (episode) ♦ IRL (episode) ♦ The North Pole (episode) ♦ In The Wind (episode) ♦ Flight Plan (episode) ♦ Sound Off (episode) ♦ On Fire (episode) ♦ Lonely Hearts (episode) ♦ Ephemera (episode) ♦ In a Nutshell (episode) ♦ Schooled (episode) ♦ Blarney (episode) ♦ The Arizona (episode)
Category:NCIS Episodes
Category:NCIS Season 17 Episodes
Category:NCIS Christmas Episodes
Category:NCIS Episodes written by Gina Lucita Monreal
Category:NCIS Episodes directed by James Whitmore, Jr.
Category:NCIS Episodes featuring Ziva David
Category:NCIS Episodes featuring Adam Eshel