The Searchers (episode)

The Searchers is the seventh episode of NCIS Season 12 and the 265th episode of the entire NCIS series.
==Synopsis==
After investigating the murder of a retired Master Sergeant, the NCIS team uncovers a fraudulent charity that preys on those searching for missing military personnel but when the main suspect flees to Vietnam, Gibbs and DiNozzo head to Vietnam in pursuit. As this happens, Bishop agonizes over the results of her probation evaluation while Tony contemplates adopting a stray cat that followed him home.
==Prologue==
Oscar and Zak enter a area with Oscar stating that it's dark and that he can't see.
Zak tells Oscar to move over before he produces a flashlight, switching it almost immediately.
As they head into the garage, Oscar wonders if Zak's crazy and that Old Man Hawkins sees the light through the garage, he'll call the cops and they'll have records.
Zak just wonders how the man is going to see a light through the wall and besides does Oscar know how many video games one coin from the treasure chest can buy?
As Zak examines another area, Oscar just stands there, terrified.
It then shows that Oscar has been staring at a gas mask.
"Whoa, war stuff", Zak whispers.
As he reaches for the helmet, Oscar tells Zak that not to touch it as he could get lice.
With the helmet on, Zak then intimidates machine fire but stops upon seeing something that has him hopping off the chair.
"What is that?", Oscar wonders.
Zak then flashes his light over and it's shown that a man is lying on the ground, dead.
"He kills people", Zak whispers.
Oscar states that that's him: Old Man Hawkins.
It then cuts to Zak who looks stunned.
==Act One==
==Act Two==
==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 Junior	Michael Weatherly	Senior Special Agent and second-in-command of the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
Timothy McGee 	Sean Murray 	Special Agent of the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
Abigail Sciuto 	Pauley Perrette 	Chief Forensic Specialist for the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
James Palmer 	Brian Dietzen 	Assistant Medical Examiner for the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
Eleanor Bishop 	Emily Wickersham 	NCIS Probationary Agent.
Leon Vance 	Rocky Carroll 	Director of NCIS. Despite being credited, Carroll does not appear in this episode.
Donald Mallard 	David McCallum 	Chief Medical Examiner for the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
===Guest Cast===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
George Hawkins 	Bart McCarthy 	Retired Marine Master Sergeant and the main murder victim.
Maya Leland 	Nikki DeLoach 	Army Lieutenant Colonel.
Todd Price 	Aaron Abrams 	A man who appears in the episode.
Henry Caldwell 	Keith Robinson (actor)	A man who appears in the episode.
Ky Van Tu 	Long Nguyen 	A man who appears in the episode.
Alice Kent Staley	Tembi Locke 	A woman who appears in the episode.
Greta Staley 	Kyla-Drew 	Alice Kent Staley's daughter.
Oscar 	Connor Kalopsis 	A young boy who appears in the episode.
Zak 	Tyree Brown 	A young boy who appears in the episode.
  v—[ e]—dNCIS Season 12
♦ Twenty Klicks (episode) ♦ Kill the Messenger (episode) ♦ So It Goes (episode) ♦ Choke Hold (episode) ♦ The San Dominick (episode) ♦ Parental Guidance Suggested (episode) ♦ The Searchers (episode) ♦ Semper Fortis (episode) ♦ Grounded (episode) ♦ House Rules (episode) ♦ Check (episode) ♦ The Enemy Within (episode) ♦ We Build, We Fight (episode) ♦ Cadence (episode) ♦ Cabin Fever (episode) ♦ Blast from the Past (episode) ♦ The Artful Dodger (episode) ♦ Status Update (episode) ♦ Patience (episode) ♦ No Good Deed (episode) ♦ Lost in Translation (episode) ♦ Troll (episode) ♦ The Lost Boys (episode) ♦ Neverland (episode)
Category:NCIS Episodes
Category:NCIS Season 12 Episodes
Category:NCIS Episodes written by Gina Lucita Monreal
Category:NCIS Episodes directed by Tony Wharmby