Recoil (episode)

Recoil is the sixteenth episode in NCIS Season 5 and the 110th episode of the entire NCIS series.
==Synopsis==
Ziva's undercover assignment, which consists of her trailing a serial killer suspected of having killed five women while cutting off their fingers and preserving them as trophies, goes horribly wrong when the man she's tracking becomes suspicious of her, forcing Ziva into a life or death situation. As Ziva tries to come to terms with what she's done, the team soon realize that Hoffman might have a partner which leads them to search for the supposed copycat killer.
==Prologue==
As blood swirls down a bathroom sink, Andrew Hoffman is busy washing his hands and then he turns off the water before he touches a small area on his left cheek which has some blood on it.
He then grabs a towel and wipes the blood of his cheek.
As he heads over, his phone rings and as he grabs it, it pans to show a "United States Marine Corps" tattoo resting on his right arm just above his elbow.
He answers the phone, telling the person that he'll be right there before he hangs up.
Hoffman then leaves the bathroom and heads into the main living room while putting his shirt back on. He then grabs his jacket and leaves.
As he does that, it then shows a single young woman dressed in a bra and panties lying on some wrap on the floor, dead, her features displaying horror with numerous slashes across her chest while a knife lies opposite her.
Outside, Hoffman puts his jacket and then approaches a waiting car.
He gets in, acknowledging the driver.
It then cuts to show that the driver is none other than NCIS/Mossad Liaison Officer Ziva David who gives Hoffman a kiss before she starts the car.
==Act One==
As Ziva or Gina and Hoffman drive off together in the car, NCIS Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo Junior who's been waiting in a brown van remarks that Elvis has left the building.
In a single car, NCIS Special Agent Timothy McGee who's been monitoring the car's progress tells DiNozzo that they got it while Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs tells DiNozzo to get into Hoffman's home before Gibbs and McGee set off, trailing Ziva and Hoffman in an NCIS Dodge Stratus. 
==Act Two==
==Act Three==
==Act Four==
==Act Five==
==Trivia==
*Andrew Hoffman appears to be inspired by Carroll Cole, a serial killer of women he met at bars and strangled due to finding them unfaithful to their husbands, which reminded Cole of his own mother.
==Cast==
===Series Regulars===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Leroy Jethro Gibbs 	Mark Harmon 	NCIS 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.
Ziva David 	Cote de Pablo 	Mossad Liaison to NCIS and also a member of the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
Timothy McGee 	Sean Murray (actor)	NCIS Junior Special Agent and a member of the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
Abigail Sciuto 	Pauley Perrette 	Forensic Specialist, NCIS.
Jennifer Shepard 	Lauren Holly 	Director of NCIS. Credited but doesn't appear.
Donald Mallard 	David McCallum 	Chief Medical Examiner, NCIS.
===Recurring Cast===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
James Palmer	Brian Dietzen	Assistant Medical Examiner, NCIS.
===Guest Cast===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Michael Locke 	Steve Kazee 	Suspected to be a copycat killer or partner of Andy Hoffman but is later found completely innocent.
Steve Rosetti 	Nick Chinlund 	Metro Police Detective who works with NCIS on the case.
Kevin Massey 	Scott Holroyd 	A Petty Officer in the United States Navy, Massey is also a copycat killer responsible for the death of his own wife, Patricia Massey.
Andrew Hoffman 	Michael Hagerty	A serial killer whose MO involved drugging and killing women before cutting off their right index fingers.
Heidi 	Ella Thomas 	A bartender.
Newscaster (Recoil)	Mia Lee 	A woman who appears in the episode.
Devon Katz 	Austin Graves 	Michael Locke's ex-girlfriend. Uncredited role.
Julie Smight 	Kristin Johnson	Hoffman's fourth victim. Uncredited role.
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♦ Bury Your Dead (episode) ♦ Family (episode) ♦ Ex-File (episode) ♦ Identity Crisis (episode) ♦ Leap of Faith (episode) ♦ Chimera (episode) ♦ Requiem (episode) ♦ Designated Target (episode) ♦ Lost and Found (episode) ♦ Corporal Punishment (episode) ♦ Tribes (episode) ♦ Stakeout (episode) ♦ Dog Tags (episode) ♦ Internal Affairs (episode) ♦ In the Zone (episode) ♦ Recoil (episode) ♦ About Face (episode) ♦ Judgment Day Part 1 (episode) ♦ Judgment Day Part 2 (episode)
Category:NCIS Episodes
Category:NCIS Season 5 Episodes
Category:NCIS Episodes written by George Schenck
Category:NCIS Episodes written by Frank Cardea
Category:NCIS Episodes written by Dan E. Fesman
Category:NCIS Episodes directed by James Whitmore, Jr.
Category:NCIS Episodes featuring James Palmer