Gut Punch (episode)

Gut Punch is the 11th episode of NCIS Season 18 and the 409th episode of the entire NCIS series.
==Synopsis==
Vance assigns McGee, Torres and Bishop to COVID compliance duty at a foreign affairs summit where they soon discover a link to a murder case another NCIS team is investigating.
==Prologue==
==Act One==
==Act Two==
==Act Three==
==Act Four==
==Act Five==
==Major Events==
*Marcie Warren, a journalist, and Dale Sawyer, an NCIS Special Agent are both introduced for the first time.
==Cast==
===Series Regulars===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Leroy Jethro Gibbs	Mark Harmon 	Special Agent in charge of the NCIS Major Case Response Team. (suspended)
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.
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.
Donald Mallard 	David McCallum 	NCIS Historian. Despite being credited, McCallum doesn't appear in this episode.
===Recurring Cast===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Veronica "Ronnie" Tyler	Victoria Platt	NCIS Special Agent.
Elaine 	Connie Jackson	
===Guest Cast===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Marcie Warren 	Pam Dawber 	Investigative journalist.
Moses McClaine 	William Allen Young	U.S. Secretary of Defense.
Dale Sawyer 	Zane Holtz 	NCIS Special Agent.
Miles Thatcher 	Andrew Pifko 	
Nasser Al-Kamal 	Daniel Peera 	
Kendle Spotnitz 	Preston Butler III 	
Arthur 	Paolo Andino 	
Yemeni Foreign Affairs Minister	Kamel Haddad 	
Little Pinky 	Brick Jackson 	
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Category:NCIS Episodes
Category:NCIS Season 18 Episodes
Category:NCIS Episodes written by Christopher J. Waild
Category:NCIS Episodes directed by Rocky Carroll
Category:NCIS Episodes featuring Marcie Warren