Sturgeon Season (episode)

Sturgeon Season is the 1st episode of NCIS Season 18 and the 399th episode of the entire NCIS series. 
==Synopsis==
As Gibbs and Fornell attempt to track down the leader of a drug ring who supplied drugs to Fornell's daughter, the rest of the NCIS team deals with the case of a missing cadaver from the NCIS autopsy room.
==Prologue==
==Act One==
==Act Two==
==Act Three==
==Act Four==
==Act Five==
==Major Events==
*Gibbs ends up sniping McGee in the leg and arm in March 2020 at the beginning of the episode for reasons unclear outside of it involving tailing a jet.
*Flashing back to November 2019, Tobias and Gibbs were trying to illicitly track down the leader of the drug ring that nearly killed the former's daughter, with Tobias still struggling with his emotions regarding her near overdose, although Tobias ultimately was forced to go his separate ways from Gibbs.
*Tobias eventually tracked down the middleman to an alley, only to find him dead, and also uncovered a medallion from his person after contacting Gibbs and the police (the latter anonymously), intending to investigate a potential lead that he estimated will take him about two weeks.
*A cadaver for a deceased, slightly insane former officer was stolen from the morgue, with it eventually being revealed that Agent Tyler was forced to steal the cadaver due to her daughter being abducted and held hostage.
**Palmer ended up narrowly surviving a car bomb shortly after the concert recital from Musical Chairs (episode).
==Trivia==
*The title of the episode is a reference to the official reason for Gibbs's abrupt departure during the events of Musical Chairs (episode).
==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.
Donald Mallard 	David McCallum 	NCIS Historian. Despite being credited, McCallum doesn't appear in this episode.
===Recurring Cast===
Name 	Portrayed by	Role
Tobias Fornell	Joe Spano 	Former FBI agent who is now a private investigator.
===Guest Cast===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Veronica "Ronnie" Tyler	Victoria Platt 	NCIS Special Agent.
Jasmine Tyler 	Sade Devine  	NCIS Special Agent Veronica Tyler's daughter.
Mary Tyler 	Shirley Jordan 	NCIS Special Agent Veronica Tyler's mother.
Arda Dogan 	Brian Stepanek 	A.K.A. Karl Chunk and Homeless Guy, he is a former Turkish soldier and kidnapper.
Gila Shaw 	Wendy Worthington	
Milo 	Carlos Acuna  	Guard.
Joyce 	Grace Powell 	
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♦ Sturgeon Season (episode) ♦ Everything Starts Somewhere (episode) ♦ Blood and Treasure (episode) ♦ Sunburn (episode) ♦ Head of the Snake (NCIS episode) ♦ 1mm (episode) ♦ The First Day (episode) ♦ True Believer (episode) ♦ Winter Chill (episode) ♦ Watchdog (episode) ♦ Gut Punch (episode) ♦ Sangre (episode) ♦ Misconduct (episode) ♦ Unseen Improvements (episode) ♦ Blown Away (episode) ♦ Rule 91 (episode)
Category:NCIS Episodes
Category:NCIS Season 18 Episodes
Category:NCIS Season Premiere Episodes
Category:NCIS Episodes written by Scott Williams
Category:NCIS Episodes directed by Michael Zinberg
Category:NCIS Episodes featuring Tobias Fornell