Into the Light (episode)

Into the Light is the 2nd episode of NCIS Season 17 and the 380th episode of the entire NCIS series.
==Synopsis==
With their lives in danger, Gibbs and Ziva's rogue investigation takes an unexpected turn when a possible terrorist plot is revealed.
==Prologue==
==Act One==
==Act Two==
==Act Three==
==Act Four==
==Act Five==
==Major Events==
*Ziva is reunited with Gibbs, Jimmy, Leon, Ducky and McGee and meets Bishop, Sloane, Kasie, and Torres for the first time.
*Ziva is revealed to have secretly kept watch over her daughter, but has kept her distance.
*Ziva was revealed to have been in Paraguay during Gibbs and McGee's captivity and attempted to breach them out.
*Ziva is revealed to be aware of Nick's romantic feelings for Ellie and encourages him to confess how he feels about her.
*It's revealed that Ziva's brother Ari was also a member of Sahar's terrorist group, but when he was killed, their group was captured and tortured for years in a POW camp and seek revenge against Ziva since they see her responsible since she killed Ari.
*Sahar tried to convince Ziva to help them, by getting their money and in return Ziva would get her freedom. However, Ziva was playing her the whole time and alerted Interpol, anticipating in part that Sahar would not keep her end of the bargain.
*Sahar and her men are killed in a suicide-by-cop situation while the rest of her organization is arrested.
*Gibbs admitted that he was unwilling to hold on to false hopes that she survived, and thus why he didn't bother to search out for her just in case she truly was dead.
*Ziva called DiNozzo to reveal her survival, as her official last act while in hiding via Gibbs' cell phone.
==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.
===Recurring Cast===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Ziva David 	Cote de Pablo	Former NCIS Agent.
Sahar (imposter)	Mouzam Makkar	
===Guest Cast===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Martin Freydano 	William O'Leary 	Chief.
Dwight Colton 	Darri Ingolfsson	
Andrews 	Rich Hutchman 	Deputy.
Barney 	Teddy Lane Jr. 	Deputy.
McCormick 	Paul Gregory 	Senator.
Ortega 	Cherie Jimenez 	Senator.
Mother (Into the Light)	Erin Flannery 	Uncredited role.
Suicide Bomber 1 	Mark Krenik 	Uncredited role.
  v - [ e] - dNCIS Season 17
♦ Out of the Darkness (episode) ♦ Into the Light (episode) ♦ Going Mobile (episode) ♦ Someone Else's Shoes (episode) ♦ Wide Awake (episode) ♦ Institutionalized (episode) ♦ No Vacancy (episode) ♦ Musical Chairs (episode) ♦ IRL (episode) ♦ The North Pole (episode) ♦ In The Wind (episode) ♦ Flight Plan (episode) ♦ Sound Off (episode) ♦ On Fire (episode) ♦ Lonely Hearts (episode) ♦ Ephemera (episode) ♦ In a Nutshell (episode) ♦ Schooled (episode) ♦ Blarney (episode) ♦ The Arizona (episode)
Category:NCIS Episodes
Category:NCIS Season 17 Episodes
Category:NCIS Episodes written by Steven D. Binder
Category:NCIS Episodes directed by Tony Wharmby
Category:NCIS Episodes featuring Ziva David