Engaged (Part 1) (episode)

Engaged Part 1 is the eighth episode in NCIS Season 9 and the 194th episode of the entire NCIS series.
==Synopsis==
The NCIS team investigate when a C-130 carrying the remains of three Marines who died fighting in Afghanistan crash lands into a field. As the team dig deeper to determine the cause of the crash, a shocking revelation soon emerges: one of the Marines whose body was supposed to have been on the plane may actually still be alive.
==Prologue==
A lone C-130 flies through the night sky.
Inside the main area are six coffins, all draped with the flag of the United States of America as two Marines sit opposite the coffins, guarding them.
Walker, an African-American Marine sits there, lost in thought.
He glances over at his companion, a fellow Marine who just sits there, preoccupied.
Walker then looks down at the coffins and gets up, heading over to the area.
The other Marine watches as Walker tucks the end of the flag into the coffin.
Seconds later, an explosion rips through the area, sending Walker to the ground and the other Marine hanging onto some ropes.
"Mayday, mayday", a man, presumably the pilot yells. "This plane is declaring an emergency. Partial engine failure".
Outside, the plane is descending at a rapid rate, its right wing already on fire.
"Walker!", the other Marine yells.
Outside, the left side of the plane explodes, flames consuming the left wing.
Inside, one of the coffins slides off course as both Marines lie in the corner, stunned.
It then cuts to Walker who yells to his companion that they're going down.
==Act One==
==Act Two==
==Act Three==
==Act Four==
==Act Five==
In MTAC, Gibbs is talking to Captain Quincy, obviously stunned that insurgents were on the inside and in the school.
Quincy isn't surprised but Gibbs remarks that NCIS was surprised before wondering if Quincy was planning on telling anyone.
==Major Events==
*It's revealed that there is a chapel on the Navy Yard.
==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 	Michael Weatherly 	Senior Special Agent of the NCIS Major Response Team.
Ziva David 	Cote de Pablo 	Junior Special Agent of the NCIS Major Response Team.
Abigail Sciuto 	Pauley Perrette 	Chief Forensic Specialist of the NCIS Major Response Team.
Timothy McGee 	Sean Murray (actor)	Special Agent of the NCIS Major Response Team.
Leon Vance 	Rocky Carroll 	Director of NCIS.
Donald Mallard 	David McCallum 	Chief Medical Examiner of the NCIS Major Response Team.
===Recurring Cast===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
James Palmer 	Brian Dietzen 	Assistant Medical Examiner.
Shannon Gibbs 	Darby Stanchfield	Gibbs' deceased wife. Seen through Gibbs' dream.
Clayton Jarvis	Matt Craven 	Secretary of the Navy.
===Guest Cast===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Charles T. Ellison 	John Finn 	Commandant and also a General of the Marine Corps.
Melanie Burke 	Jaime Ray Newman 	Naval Chaplain and a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy.
Craig Quincy 	LaMonica Garrett 	Lieutenant Gabriela Flores's commanding officer and a Captain in the United States Marine Corps.
Gabriela Flores 	Sofia Pernas 	A public affairs specialist and also a First Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps.
Joseph Flores 	Alex Fernandez (actor) 	Lieutenant Gabriela Flores's father.
Joan Matteson 	Jeananne Goossen 	A Private in the United States Marine Corps from Gibbs's days as a young Marine undergoing training in Camp Lejeune.
Marine Cadence Leader	Wade Harlan 	A Marine who appears in the episode.
Justin Fanniker 	Dylan Bruce 	The owner of Fanniker Construction and the multimillionaire boyfriend of Lieutenant Flores.
Emily Goodwin 	Samantha Sloyan 	A kindergarten teacher and a former Marine who served as a member of an Female Engagement Team.
Playground Girl 	Madison Marie Steinacker	Uncredited role.
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♦ Nature of the Beast (episode) ♦ Restless (episode) ♦ The Penelope Papers (episode) ♦ Enemy on the Hill (episode) ♦ Safe Harbor (episode) ♦ Thirst (episode) ♦ Devil's Triangle (episode) ♦ Engaged (Part 1) (episode) ♦ Engaged (Part 2) (episode) ♦ Sins of the Father (episode) ♦ Newborn King (episode) ♦ Housekeeping (episode) ♦ A Desperate Man (episode) ♦ Life Before His Eyes (episode) ♦ Secrets (episode) ♦ Psych Out (episode) ♦ Need to Know (episode) ♦ The Tell (episode) ♦ The Good Son (episode) ♦ The Missionary Position (episode) ♦ Rekindled (episode) ♦ Playing with Fire (episode) ♦ Up in Smoke (episode) ♦ Till Death Do Us Part (episode)
Category:NCIS Episodes
Category:NCIS Season 9 Episodes
Category:NCIS Episodes written by Gina Lucita Monreal
Category:NCIS Episodes directed by James Whitmore, Jr.
Category:NCIS Episodes featuring James Palmer
Category:NCIS Episodes featuring Clayton Jarvis