Family First (episode)

Family First is the 24th episode of NCIS Season 13 and the 306th episode of the entire NCIS series.
This episode also marks the final regular appearance of Michael Weatherly as NCIS Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo Junior and the final appearance to date of Sarah Clarke as FBI Special Agent Tess Monroe.
==Synopsis==
In the aftermath of the attack on the David farmhouse that has resulted in the assumed death of former NCIS Special Agent Ziva David, greatly devastating the NCIS team, they continue working alongside their counterparts in the FBI and MI6 as they conduct an international manhunt for disgraced agent Trent Kort while Tony finds his life being turned upside down by an unexpected revelation.
==Prologue==
==Act One==
==Act Two==
==Act Three==
==Act Four==
==Act Five==
==Major Events==
*It's revealed that Ziva is presumed to have been killed in the mortar attack on the David farmstead. However, in the Season 16 episode She, Ziva is revealed to be still alive after Special Agent Eleanor Bishop finds a note in Ziva’s office which says that Ziva faked her death to protect Tony and Tali from Mira Sahar Azam who is putting Tony, Tali, and Ziva herself in grave danger. Throughout Season 17, Ziva is able to identify locate and eliminate Sahar (AKA Sarah, Phineas’s mother) thanks to the help of Gibbs, McGee, Vance, Ducky, Jimmy, Sloane, Bishop, Kasie, and Torres.
*Mossad Director Orli Elbaz later returns and reveals that after Ziva left NCIS, that she and Tony had a child together, a little girl named Tali.
*Fornell regains consciousness although it's revealed that he needs extensive therapy before he fully recovers from the injuries he sustained during the attack at Gibbs's house.
*The NCIS team along with FBI agent Tess Monroe later track down and subsequently kill disgraced CIA agent Trent Kort in a stand-off when Kort attempts to shoot MI6 officer Clayton Reeves.
*Tony later resigns from the NCIS team for good, giving up his position as Senior Field Agent of the team as he wants to devote his time to taking care of his daughter.
*With Tony's resignation, McGee is promoted to Senior Field Agent, becoming the second-in-command of the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
==Trivia==
*This is the second season finale episode, after the NCIS Season 11 finale episode Honor Thy Father (episode), not to end on a cliffhanger.
*At the time of release, this episode would become the highest rated NCIS episode on IMDb, with a rating of 9.2 stars, remaining like that for eight years. However, it was later surpassed by the NCIS Season 21 episode, The Stories We Leave Behind (episode), which received an IMDb rating of 9.7 stars.
==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. Later resigns from both the team and NCIS for good in the last few minutes of the episode to take care of his daughter, Tali.
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.
Donald Mallard 	David McCallum 	Chief Medical Examiner for the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
===Recurring Cast===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Anthony DiNozzo Senior	Robert Wagner 	Tony's father.
Tobias Fornell 	Joe Spano 	An FBI agent, currently wounded from an attack by Kort.
Trent Kort 	David Dayan Fisher	An agent with the CIA and the real killer who framed Jacob Scott.
Emily Fornell 	Juliette Angelo 	Tobias Fornell's daughter.
Jacob Scott 	Vince Nappo 	A disgraced British spy who was framed by Trent Kort.
Tess Monroe 	Sarah Clarke 	An agent with the FBI.
Clayton Reeves 	Duane Henry 	An officer with MI6.
Orli Elbaz 	Marina Sirtis 	Director of Mossad.
Grace Confalone 	Laura San Giacomo 	A therapist.
Katrina Griffin 	Mia Barron 	A Doctor.
Ziva David 	Cote de Pablo 	A former NCIS Special Agent and Mossad Liaison Officer to NCIS who was supposedly killed in the mortar attack. Appears in the episode via archive footage and flashbacks. Uncredited role.
Correspondent 	Salome Azizi 	Israeli Correspondent with ZNN.
===Guest Cast===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Harris Cobb 	William Duffy 	A head security officer.
Kohl 	Yorgos Karamihos 	An Interpol officer.
Tali David-DiNozzo	Emelia and Layla Golfieri	Tony and Ziva's daughter.
Edgar Polk 	Christopher Boyer 	Doctor.
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♦ Stop the Bleeding (episode) ♦ Personal Day (episode) ♦ Incognito (episode) ♦ Double Trouble (episode) ♦ Lockdown (episode) ♦ Viral (episode) ♦ 16 Years (episode) ♦ Saviors (episode) ♦ Day in Court (episode) ♦ Blood Brothers (episode) ♦ Spinning Wheel (episode) ♦ Sister City (Part 1) (episode) ♦ Déjà Vu (episode) ♦ Decompressed (episode) ♦ React (episode) ♦ Loose Cannons (episode) ♦ After Hours (episode) ♦ Scope (episode) ♦ Reasonable Doubts (episode) ♦ Charade (episode) ♦ Return to Sender (episode) ♦ Homefront (episode) ♦ Dead Letter (episode) ♦ Family First (episode)
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Category:NCIS Episodes written by Scott Williams
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