Face the Strange (episode)

Face the Strange is the fifth episode of NCIS Season 19 and the 419th episode of the entire NCIS series.
==Synopsis==
The NCIS team investigate when a Navy Petty Officer is found dead in a grave but matters are complicated when the body explodes before Jimmy can examine it while Parker has to decide what to do with his life in the aftermath of being fired from the FBI.
==Prologue==
==Act One==
==Act Two==
==Act Three==
==Act Four==
==Act Five==
==Major Events==
*Alden Parker becomes the new NCIS Special Agent in Charge of the Major Case Response Team, replacing Gibbs.
==Trivia==
*Despite being credited, Mark Harmon doesn't appear in this episode. This is the first ever episode that he's been absent and now means that there's no longer a single cast member to appear in every episode.
==Cast==
===Series Regulars===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Leroy Jethro Gibbs	Mark Harmon 	Former 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.
Leon Vance 	Rocky Carroll 	NCIS Director.
Alden Parker 	Gary Cole 	Former FBI Special Agent who becomes the new NCIS Special Agent in Charge of the Major Case Response Team.
===Recurring Cast===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Phillip Braxton	Rif Hutton 	General in the United States Marine Corps.
Jennifer Leo 	Megan Gallagher	Under Secretary of the Navy.
===Guest Cast===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Royman Beesbo 	Jared Gertner 	
Lillian Beck 	Eden Malyn 	
Helen 	Dennice Cisneros 	AKA "Disposal Technician".
Joe (Face the Strange) 	Freedom Bridgewater 	Sergeant.
Guard (Face the Strange)	Rob James 	
Clubby 	Christian Valderrama	
Uptown 	Aidan Merwarth 	
Street 	Najee Muhammad 	
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♦ 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 Steven D. Binder
Category:NCIS Episodes directed by Diana C. Valentine