Dead Letter (episode)

Dead Letter is the 23rd episode of NCIS Season 13 and the 305th episode of the entire NCIS series.
This episode also marks the first appearance of future MI6/NCIS liaison officer Clayton Reeves.
==Synopsis==
In the aftermath of the attack that has left one of the NCIS team's allies badly wounded, the NCIS team redouble their efforts to track down disgraced British spy Jacob Scott, who's seeking revenge against NCIS. Assistance comes from both the FBI and MI6 in the form of two new agents, but everything is not what it appears to be.
==Prologue==
==Act One==
==Act Two==
==Act Three==
==Act Four==
==Act Five==
==Major Events==
*FBI agent Tess Monroe and MI6 officer Clayton Reeves are both introduced for the first time with the two assisting NCIS with the case.
*Trent Kort returns and it's revealed that he has been fitted with a glass eye to replace the one he lost during his fight against Lieutenant Jonas Cobb, the Port-to-Port killer.
*Fornell remains in a coma and badly wounded with Gibbs stepping in and becoming the executor of the will after it's revealed that Fornell had made a "Do Not Resuscitate" clause following the murder of his ex-wife, Diane Sterling.
*The team soon discover that Jacob Scott is in fact innocent and that Kort is the one who framed Scott while leaking nuclear intelligence to the Russians. Kort was also responsible for killing NCIS Agent Kevin Dresser and former NCIS Director Thomas Morrow, then killing retired MI6 agent Jessica Terdei and wounding Fornell in Gibbs' house, framing Scott again.
*It's also revealed that Kort is no longer a CIA agent, having been fired from the agency in the previous year.
*The team are later left stunned after discovering that a farmhouse Eli David had owned has been burnt down, presumably destroying files that Eli had collected regarding Kort's actions while leaving the fate unknown of Eli's daughter, Ziva David, a former Mossad Officer and former NCIS Special Agent.
==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.
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
Tobias Fornell	Joe Spano 	An agent with the FBI.
Emily Fornell 	Juliette Angelo 	Fornell's teenage daughter.
Trent Kort 	David Dayan Fisher	An agent with the CIA.
Jacob Scott 	Vince Nappo 	A disgraced British spy seeking revenge against NCIS.
Jessica Terdei	Sandra Nelson 	Former Head of MI6.
===Guest Cast===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Tess Monroe 	Sarah Clarke 	An agent with the FBI.
Clayton Reeves 	Duane Henry 	An officer with MI6.
Allen Kane 	Damian O'Hare 	A former agent with NCIS.
Katrina Griffin 	Mia Barron 	A Doctor.
Angela Dresser 	Adria Tennor 	Ex-wife of former NCIS Agent Kevin Dresser.
Misha Rose 	Taja V. Simpson	A woman who appears in the episode.
Paramedic (Dead Letter) 	Kamal Jones 	A man who appears in the episode.
Correspondent 	Salome Azizi 	Reporter. Uncredited role.
Squadroom Agent (Dead Letter)	Karen Mandel 	A woman who appears in the episode. Uncredited role.
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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)
Category:NCIS Episodes
Category:NCIS Season 13 Episodes
Category:NCIS Episodes written by Steven D. Binder
Category:NCIS Episodes directed by James Whitmore, Jr.
Category:NCIS Episodes featuring Tobias Fornell
Category:NCIS Episodes featuring Emily Fornell
Category:NCIS Episodes featuring Trent Kort
Category:NCIS Episodes featuring Jacob Scott