Defiance (episode)

Defiance is the fifteenth episode in NCIS Season 8 and the 177th episode of the entire NCIS series.
==Synopsis==
A botched assassination attempt on the life of a Belgravian defense minister, the kidnapping of his daughter who is a college student in the United States and the death of a Marine leads to a very chaotic case for the NCIS team.
==Prologue==
As two firemen work on turning the water off, an NCIS Dodge Stratus sits there, abandoned.
In the background, NCIS Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo is examined by a medic while his colleague, NCIS Special Agent Timothy McGee stands there, arms crossed, lost in thought.
Not too far away from McGee is the team leader, Leroy Jethro Gibbs who's busy interviewing a Metro cop.
Seconds later, the water dies down.
An SUV then arrives, its siren blaring.
Out of the back door, NCIS Director Leon Vance emerges, slamming the doors, Vance very pissed off.
At the NCIS Major Case Response Team Truck, Probationary Agent Ziva David is busy getting the equipment together but stops upon seeing Vance.
At the ambulance, DiNozzo looks over.
As Vance arrives, Gibbs emerges.
Vance isn't thrilled, stating that the State Department is breathing down his neck and that he's due in MTAC in 15 minutes to brief the White House.
As this goes on, McGee stands there, his arms crossed while DiNozzo gets up and leaves the back of the ambulance, DiNozzo sporting a big cut in the left side of his forehead.
"Sir..", DiNozzo begins.
Vance tells DiNozzo to shut up.
DiNozzo simply stops talking and leaves as McGee looks on.
Vance then tells Ziva to put the equipment back in the truck and announces that this is an FBI crime scene now.
Looking at Gibbs, Vance states that if this isn't rectified in 48 hours, then he wants DiNozzo and McGee's badges on his desk before he storms off.
It then cuts to DiNozzo who sits in the back of the ambulance, holding a cloth to his head, his expression full of dismay.
==Act One==
==Act Two==
==Act Three==
Outside in the hall, Ziva's busy texting someone as she and McGee wait for Adriana to finish up.
==Act Four==
==Act Five==
==Major Events==
*NCIS holds its annual Blood Drive
*Abby confronts Tony over his refusal to donate to the Blood Bank and Tony reveals to her that ever since he was in the hospital during the Season 2 episode SWAK (episode), he has since developed a fear of needles.
==Trivia==
*This episode was dedicated to the memory of Julio Villamariona Garcia, a security guard that died during an accident on the set of the show.
*In real life, there is no such country in Europe called Belgravia although Belgravia is in fact a district in London.
==Cast==
===Series Regulars===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Leroy Jethro Gibbs	Mark Harmon 	Special Agent in charge of the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
Anthony DiNozzo 	Michael Weatherly 	Senior Agent and second-in-command of the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
Ziva David 	Cote de Pablo 	NCIS Probationary Agent and also a member of the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
Timothy McGee 	Sean Murray (actor)	Junior Special Agent of the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
Abigail Sciuto 	Pauley Perrette 	Chief Forensic Specialist of the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
Leon Vance 	Rocky Carroll 	Director of NCIS.
Donald Mallard 	David McCallum 	Chief Medical Examiner of the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
===Recurring Cast===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
James Palmer	Brian Dietzen	Assistant Medical Examiner.
===Guest Cast===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Donna Wolfson 	Lorraine Toussaint	Deputy Director of an unnamed Federal Agency
Adriana Gorgova	Elena Satine 	Andor Gorgova's daughter.
Andor Gorgova 	Ray Laska 	Belgravian Defense Minister and Adriana Gorgova's father.
Scott Oliver 	Randy Oglesby 	Army CID Officer and a Brigadier General responsible for overseeing Minister Gorgova's protection arrangements.
Carl Fleming 	Christopher Redman	Responsible for the assassination attempt on Adriana's father. Is later found dead in the boot of a car.
Judd Stern 	Nick Eversman 	Member of Adriana's study group and also the one holding her hostage at the time that NCIS broke into his apartment.
Joe Don Wynn 	Kevin Cahoon 	A man who appears in the episode.
Randy Stimson 	Dave Monahan 	A Regional Security Officer.
Young Man 	Teddy Saunders 	A man who appears in the episode.
Samantha 	Sarah Edwards 	A Nurse.
Hillary Clinton	Teresa Barnwell 	Uncredited role.
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Category:NCIS Episodes
Category:NCIS Season 8 Episodes
Category:NCIS Episodes written by George Schenck
Category:NCIS Episodes written by Frank Cardea
Category:NCIS Episodes directed by Dennis Smith
Category:NCIS Episodes featuring James Palmer