False Start (episode)

False Start is the sixth episode of NCIS Season 19 and the 420th episode of the entire NCIS series.
==Synopsis==
NCIS investigates when a beloved Navy Commander who trained some of the top athletes in the country is murdered.
==Prologue==
==Act One==
==Act Two==
==Act Three==
==Act Four==
==Act Five==
== Trivia ==
*Despite being credited, Mark Harmon, David McCallum and Rocky Carroll do not appear in this episode. This is the first ever episode to not include a single main cast member from Season 1 of NCIS.
* Aside from the title sequence, this is the first episode to not refer to Leroy Jethro Gibbs in any form whatsoever.
==Cast==
===Series Regulars===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Leroy Jethro Gibbs	Mark Harmon 	Ex Special Agent Assigned to NCIS Major Case Response team. (credit only)
Timothy McGee 	Sean Murray 	Senior 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.
Jessica Knight 	Katrina Law 	NCIS Special Agent.
Donald Mallard 	David McCallum 	NCIS Historian. Despite being credited, McCallum doesn't appear in this episode.
Leon Vance 	Rocky Carroll 	NCIS Director. Despite being credited, Carroll doesn't appear in this episode.
Alden Parker 	Gary Cole 	Former FBI Special Agent who is the new NCIS Special Agent in Charge of the Major Case Response Team.
===Guest Cast===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Felix Cross 	Joshua Brockington	Navy Petty Officer Third Class.
Clark Anderson 	Randy J. Goodwin 	Navy Petty Officer First Class Jamie Anderson's father and the husband of Cindy Anderson.
Cindy Anderson 	Julie Pearl 	Clark Anderson's wife and Navy Petty Officer First Class Jamie Anderson's mother.
Kyle Seward 	Zeus Taylor 	Navy Petty Officer Third Class.
Astrid Fellowes	Kelly Stables 	
Groundskeeper 	Heather Olt 	
Field Agent 	César Alejandro 	
  v—[ e]—d NCIS Season 19
♦ Blood in the Water (episode) ♦ Nearly Departed (episode) ♦ Road to Nowhere (episode) ♦ Great Wide Open (episode) ♦ Face the Strange (episode) ♦ False Start (episode) ♦ Docked (episode) ♦ Peacekeeper (episode) ♦ Collective Memory (episode) ♦ Pledge of Allegiance (episode) ♦ All Hands (episode) ♦ Fight or Flight (episode) ♦ The Helpers (episode) ♦ First Steps (episode) ♦ Thick As Thieves (episode) ♦ The Wake (episode) ♦ Starting Over (episode) ♦ Last Dance (episode) ♦ The Brat Pack (episode) ♦ All or Nothing (episode) ♦ Birds of a Feather (episode)
Category:NCIS Episodes
Category:NCIS Season 19 Episodes
Category:NCIS Episodes written by Christopher J. Waild
Category:NCIS Episodes written by Katherine Beattie
Category:NCIS Episodes directed by James Whitmore, Jr.