Freedom (episode)

Freedom is the thirteenth episode in NCIS Season 8 and the 175th episode of the entire NCIS series.
==Synopsis==
The NCIS team investigate when a Marine is found dead in his backyard and discover that the victim's wife is hiding a dark secret.
==Prologue==
A lone dog barks.
Kyle Severin remarks that she is one hot dog-walker.
Lauren Donnelly isn't impressed, telling Kyle that if he does that again, she'll kill him.
It's shown that Lauren is busy handling two dogs while Kyle films it with Kyle remarking that Lauren loves it and she knows it.
Lauren remarks that if it shows up on Facebook, they're done.
"Ooh", Kyle states. "So serious".
As the dogs continue barking, the two reach the porch of the house with the big dog scratching at the door with Lauren saying, "You see? Even they're annoyed".
Kyle remarks that her dog walking job is cutting into his breakfast time.
Lauren tells him to hold on one second and that she needs to get Odie first.
The two then hear barking.
Seconds later, Odie the dog springs into view.
Lauren gives the leads of the two dogs to Kyle while ordering the two dogs to stay.
She then pets Odie, wondering how he got out.
She then glances at Odie's chest, Lauren telling Kyle to look with Kyle realizing that it's blood and maybe Odie is hurt.
Lauren wonders if Odie's okay while wondering what happened.
Odie, however runs off again, still barking.
Lauren tells Kyle that they should follow him.
With that, the two follow Odie, leaving the other two dogs behind.
They then reach the back of the house with Odie frantically trying to tell them something while Lauren wonders what is it. She asks Kyle what Odie's doing.
"I don't know", Kyle says.
The two then follow Odie where it's shown that the dog is looking at a body of a man who lies dead in the bushes.
"Oh my God", Lauren breathes. "Mr. Wooten".
It then cuts to Kyle and Lauren who look stunned with Kyle hugging Lauren.
==Act One==
==Act Two==
In the bullpen, Tony states that police are canvassing the National Capital Region but so far, nothing.
Gibbs wants to know if the family's been contacted.
"No-one's seen them", Tony replies.
Ziva announces that she spoke to Gunnery Sergeant Wooten's C.O. who stated that she didn't request leave or liberty.
Gibbs wants to know their backgrounds.
Tony remarks that he guesses that true love isn't dead after all before revealing that Travis and Georgia Wooten were high school sweethearts who joined the Marine Corps in 2000 and that they got married two years later.
Ziva then states that Sergeant Wooten was in Afghanistan, stationed at Camp Leatherneck in Helmand Providence.
==Act Three==
==Act Four==
==Act Five==
==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. Despite being credited, Carroll does not appear in this episode.
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
Georgia Wooten 	Christina Cox 	Victim's wife who was being beaten up by her husband and a Gunnery Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps.
Jacob Wooten 	Aidan Sussman 	The Wooten's young son.
Travis Wooten 	Daniel McCullar 	Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps, husband of Georgia Wooten and father of Jacob Wooten. Uncredited role.
Len Feeney 	Thomas Calabro 	Bar owner and Travis Wooten's murderer.
Jancey Gilroy 	Olivia Taylor Dudley	Marine Sergeant Travis Wooten's girlfriend.
Michael Strickland 	Aaron D. Spears 	Gunnery Sergeant Georgia Wooten's superior officer and a Major in the United States Marine Corps.
Lauren Donnelly 	Tiya Sircar 	A dog walker who discovers Sergeant Wooten's body.
Kyle Severin 	Matthew Florida 	A dog walker who discovers Sergeant Wooten's body.
Nick Miller 	Aramis Knight 	A young boy.
Indian Head Dress Club Girl	Brittany Beaudry 	Uncredited role.
  v—[ e]—dNCIS Season 8
♦ Spider and the Fly (episode) ♦ Worst Nightmare (episode) ♦ Short Fuse (episode) ♦ Royals and Loyals (episode) ♦ Dead Air (episode) ♦ Cracked (episode) ♦ Broken Arrow (episode) ♦ Enemies Foreign (episode) ♦ Enemies Domestic (episode) ♦ False Witness (episode) ♦ Ships in the Night (episode) ♦ Recruited (episode) ♦ Freedom (episode) ♦ A Man Walks into a Bar (episode) ♦ Defiance (episode) ♦ Kill Screen (episode) ♦ One Last Score (episode) ♦ Out of the Frying Pan (episode) ♦ Tell-All (episode) ♦ Two-Faced (episode) ♦ Dead Reflection (episode) ♦ Baltimore (episode) ♦ Swan Song (episode) ♦ Pyramid (episode)
Category:NCIS Episodes
Category:NCIS Season 8 Episodes
Category:NCIS Episodes written by Nicole Mirante-Matthews
Category:NCIS Episodes directed by Craig Ross, Jr.
Category:NCIS Episodes featuring James Palmer