Stop the Bleeding (episode)

Stop the Bleeding is the premiere episode of NCIS Season 13 and the 283rd episode of the entire NCIS series.
==Synopsis==
In the aftermath of being shot in the previous episode, Gibbs finds himself fighting for his life and drifting between life and death as he's treated on board the medical ward of the Navy ship the U.S.S. Daniel Webster. DiNozzo and CIA officer Joanna Teague, who is the mother of deceased NCIS Special Agent Ned Dorneget, travel to Shanghai, China to take down the structure of the Calling once and for all, while everyone tries to come to terms with Gibbs being shot.
==Prologue==
==Act One==
==Act Two==
==Act Three==
==Act Four==
==Act Five==
==Major Events==
*It's revealed that four months have passed since the events in the NCIS Season 12 episode The Lost Boys (episode).
*Navy Doctor Cyril Taft is introduced for the first time.
*Rule 45 is revealed to be "Clean up your own mess".
==Trivia==
*Jon Cryer (Dr. Cyril Taft) is credited as a Special Guest Star.
*There is no U.S. Navy aircraft carrier named Daniel Webster. The U.S.S. Daniel Webster was a Lafayette-class ballistic missile submarine, commissioned in 1964 and decommissioned in 1990. To date, it is the only U.S. Navy vessel named after U.S. Senator Daniel Webster.
==Cast==
===Series Regulars===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Leroy Jethro Gibbs 	Mark Harmon 	Special Agent in charge of the NCIS Major Case Response Team. After being shot by a member associated with the international terrorist group, the Calling, Gibbs has surgery performed on him and is able to return to work although as a result of his near-death experience, he is confined to desk duty.
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 	Probationary Special Agent of the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
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
Luke Harris 	Daniel Zolghadri 	A young boy who is also a member of the Calling.
Michael Franks or Ghost Mike	Muse Watson 	Gibbs's dead mentor.
Joanna Teague 	Mimi Rogers 	Ned Dorneget's mother and a CIA officer.
Daniel Budd 	Giles Matthey 	The leader of the terrorist group known as the Calling who later dies after being shot by DiNozzo.
Kelly Gibbs 	Mila Brener 	Gibbs's deceased young daughter.
Guy Ross 	Kent Shocknek 	A reporter with ZNN.
Matthew Rousseau 	Adetokumboh M'Cormack	A terrorist associated with the Calling. Is later found dead in his cell.
Ned Dorneget 	Matt L. Jones 	NCIS Special Agent who was killed in an explosion in Cairo, Egypt. Archive footage/uncredited role.
Marco Sali 	Peter O'Meara 	Uncredited role.
===Guest Cast===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Cyril Taft 	Jon Cryer 	A Navy Doctor who helps treat Gibbs.
Joni Ryan 	Katie Roberts 	A Surgical Tech/Ensign in the Navy.
Errol Coyne 	David Andrews 	The U.S. Secretary of Defense.
Kenny Young 	Kenny Leu 	An officer with the CIA.
Fred Lewis 	Hector Hugo 	A Commander in the United States Navy.
Old Vendor 	Jim Lau 	A man who appears in the episode.
Navy Corpsman (Stop the Bleeding)	Donnabella Mortel	A Corpsman who appears in the episode.
Prison Guard (Stop the Bleeding) 	Joel Onesto 	Uncredited role.
  v—[ e]—dNCIS Season 13
♦ 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 Season Premiere Episodes
Category:NCIS Episodes written by Gary Glasberg
Category:NCIS Episodes written by Scott Williams
Category:NCIS Episodes directed by Tony Wharmby