Flight Plan (episode)

Flight Plan is the 12th episode of NCIS Season 17 and the 390th episode of the entire NCIS series.
==Synopsis==
The NCIS team investigates an F-18 crash and the subsequent disappearance of the pilot who operated the aircraft while McGee reluctantly discusses a very personal decision with his teammates.
==Prologue==
==Act One==
==Act Two==
==Act Three==
==Act Four==
==Act Five==
==Major Events==
*McGee reveals he is planning on having a vasectomy.
*Vance reveals he has had 2 vasectomies and that his son was an accident.
==Trivia==
*This is also the first ever episode of the entire NCIS series to have been directed by Tawnia McKiernan who is known for occasionally directing episodes of the NCIS spin-off series, "NCIS: Los Angeles".
==Cast==
===Series Regulars===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Leroy Jethro Gibbs	Mark Harmon 	Special Agent in charge of the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
Timothy McGee 	Sean Murray 	Senior Special Agent and second-in-command of the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
Eleanor Bishop 	Emily Wickersham 	Special Agent for the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
Nicholas Torres 	Wilmer Valderrama	Special Agent for the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
Jacqueline Sloane 	Maria Bello 	NCIS Forensic Psychologist.
James Palmer 	Brian Dietzen 	Chief Medical Examiner for the Major Case Response Team.
Kasie Hines 	Diona Reasonover 	NCIS Forensic Specialist.
Leon Vance 	Rocky Carroll 	Director of NCIS
Donald Mallard 	David McCallum 	NCIS Historian. Despite being credited, McCallum doesn't appear in this episode.
===Recurring Cast===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Big Lou 	Phil Idrissi 	
Jennifer Leo	Megan Gallagher	Under Secretary of the Navy.
===Guest Cast===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Jack Briggs 	Patrick Duffy 	Retired Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy.
Marshall May 	Jonathan Chase 	Commander in the United States Navy.
Rebecca Weeks 	Lyndon Smith 	Lieutenant in the United States Navy.
Henry Nikolai 	Chris Gann 	Captain in the United States Navy.
Carmen Lorenzo 	Johnny Williams 	
Bobby Dale Douglas	Tom Ayers 	
Harper Logan 	Madeline Blake 	Lieutenant Junior Grade in the United States Navy.
Lonnie Franklin 	JB Tadena 	Officer, Navy Combat Information Center.
Amelia Garcia 	Jennifer Sun Bell	Air Traffic Controller in the United States Navy.
Bill Timmons 	Jeremy Denzlinger	Colonel, North Carolina Highway Patrol.
  v - [ e] - dNCIS Season 17
♦ Out of the Darkness (episode) ♦ Into the Light (episode) ♦ Going Mobile (episode) ♦ Someone Else's Shoes (episode) ♦ Wide Awake (episode) ♦ Institutionalized (episode) ♦ No Vacancy (episode) ♦ Musical Chairs (episode) ♦ IRL (episode) ♦ The North Pole (episode) ♦ In The Wind (episode) ♦ Flight Plan (episode) ♦ Sound Off (episode) ♦ On Fire (episode) ♦ Lonely Hearts (episode) ♦ Ephemera (episode) ♦ In a Nutshell (episode) ♦ Schooled (episode) ♦ Blarney (episode) ♦ The Arizona (episode)
Category:NCIS Episodes
Category:NCIS Season 17 Episodes
Category:NCIS Episodes written by Brendan Fehily
Category:NCIS Episodes directed by Tawnia McKiernan