Blood in the Water (episode)

Blood in the Water is the first episode of NCIS Season 19 and the 415th episode of the entire NCIS series.
==Synopsis==
As the NCIS team search for Gibbs after wreckage from his boat is discovered, they find out he was tracking a serial killer with journalist Marcie Warren who wrote an exposé on him.
==Prologue==
==Act One==
==Act Two==
==Act Three==
==Act Four==
==Act Five==
==Major Events==
*Knight meets Gibbs for the first time.
==Trivia==
*Despite being credited, David McCallum doesn't appear in this episode.
*This is also the first NCIS episode to have Katrina Law (Jessica Knight) in the opening credits and to have Rocky Carroll and David McCallum sharing the "With" credit.
==Cast==
===Series Regulars===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Leroy Jethro Gibbs	Mark Harmon 	Ex Special Agent Assigned to NCIS Major Case Response team. (Indefinitely Suspended)
Timothy McGee 	Sean Murray 	Senior Agent for the NCIS Major Case Response Team. Currently in charge.
Nicholas Torres 	Wilmer Valderrama	Special Agent for the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
Jessica Knight 	Katrina Law 	NCIS Special Agent.
James Palmer 	Brian Dietzen 	Chief Medical Examiner for the Major Case Response Team.
Kasie Hines 	Diona Reasonover 	NCIS Forensic Specialist.
Donald Mallard 	David McCallum 	NCIS Historian. Despite being credited, McCallum doesn't appear in this episode.
Leon Vance 	Rocky Carroll 	NCIS Director.
===Recurring Cast===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Marcie Warren 	Pam Dawber 	Journalist.
Eleanor Bishop	Emily Wickersham	Former NCIS Special Agent. Archive footage. Uncredited role.
===Guest Cast===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Thelma McKeever 	Katherine Cortez 	Virgil McKeever's wife.
Virgil McKeever 	Dave Florek 	Thelma McKeever's husband.
Randall Sledge 	Travis Hammer 	County Deputy who is in fact an imposter.
Regina Unger 	Terryn Westbrook 	County Deputy.
Marta Jimenez 	Yenniffer Behrens	
Lonny 	Derek Chariton 	
Sandy (Blood in the Water)	Allie Davis 	
Brent Hollister 	Colin Land 	NCIS Special Agent.
  v—[ e]—d NCIS Season 19
♦ Blood in the Water (episode) ♦ Nearly Departed (episode) ♦ Road to Nowhere (episode) ♦ Great Wide Open (episode) ♦ Face the Strange (episode) ♦ False Start (episode) ♦ Docked (episode) ♦ Peacekeeper (episode) ♦ Collective Memory (episode) ♦ Pledge of Allegiance (episode) ♦ All Hands (episode) ♦ Fight or Flight (episode) ♦ The Helpers (episode) ♦ First Steps (episode) ♦ Thick As Thieves (episode) ♦ The Wake (episode) ♦ Starting Over (episode) ♦ Last Dance (episode) ♦ The Brat Pack (episode) ♦ All or Nothing (episode) ♦ Birds of a Feather (episode)
Category:NCIS Episodes
Category:NCIS Season 19 Episodes
Category:NCIS Season Premiere Episodes
Category:NCIS Episodes written by Christopher J. Waild
Category:NCIS Episodes directed by Michael Zinberg