Love Thy Neighbor (episode)

Love Thy Neighbor is the 2nd episode of NCIS Season 16 and the 356th episode of the entire NCIS series.
==Synopsis==
After a Navy Lieutenant is found murdered in his hot tub, the team interviews several families in the victim's peculiar neighborhood with the team soon discovering that there's a serial killer operating in the neighborhood while Torres faces the consequences after a night out with Palmer ends with the two of them being arrested.
==Prologue==
==Act One== 
==Act Two==
==Act Three==
==Act Four==
==Act Five==
==Major Events==
*Torres is revealed to have kept Reeves's sunglasses after his death.
==Trivia==
*Ducky and Palmer both referenced the events of The Meat Puzzle (episode) and Royals and Loyals (episode).
*Although this is the first episode to show Palmer being arrested onscreen, he had earlier implied in the episode Being Bad (episode) that he had been arrested before then during his youth.
*The episode appears to take details from the case of Dennis Rader, a.k.a. "The BTK Killer". Rader killed ten people in Kansas before going dormant, eventually starting a family. When Rader was ready to commit another murder, he was arrested and convicted.
==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.
Nicholas Torres 	Wilmer Valderrama	Special Agent for the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
Eleanor Bishop 	Emily Wickersham 	Special Agent for the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
Jacqueline Sloane 	Maria Bello 	NCIS Forensic Psychologist.
James Palmer 	Brian Dietzen 	Medical Examiner for the Major Case Response Team.
Kasie Hines 	Diona Reasonover 	NCIS Forensic Specialist; Abby's replacement.
Leon Vance 	Rocky Carroll 	Director of NCIS.
Donald Mallard 	David McCallum 	Chief Medical Examiner for the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
===Guest Cast===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Dan Reynolds 	Ben Bodé 	
Kenna Reynolds 	Lise Simms 	Serial killer known as "The Dentist".
Loni Braddish 	Robin McDonald 	
Gary Clifford 	Ralph Cole, Jr.	
Lewis Dacey 	David Pressman 	
Sheila Mooney 	Ellie Araiza 	
Edgar Fitz 	Mann Alfonso 	
David (Love Thy Neighbor)	Don Brunner II 	
Brendan 	Cory Tucker 	
Myrna 	Eliza Shin 	
Jonny (Love Thy Neighbor)	Nick Alvarez 	
Mitch (Love Thy Neighbor)	Zac Pullam 	
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♦ Destiny's Child (episode) ♦ Love Thy Neighbor (episode) ♦ Boom (episode) ♦ Third Wheel (episode) ♦ Fragments (episode) ♦ Beneath The Surface (episode) ♦ A Thousand Words (episode) ♦ Friendly Fire (NCIS episode) ♦ Tailing Angie (episode) ♦ What Child is This? (episode) ♦ Toil and Trouble (episode) ♦ The Last Link (episode) ♦ She (episode) ♦ Once Upon a Tim (episode) ♦ Crossing The Line (episode) ♦ Bears and Cubs (episode) ♦ Silent Service (NCIS episode) ♦ Mona Lisa (episode) ♦ Perennial (episode) ♦ Hail & Farewell (episode) ♦ Judge, Jury... (episode) ♦ ...and Executioner (episode) ♦ Lost Time (episode) ♦ Daughters (episode)
Category:NCIS Episodes
Category:NCIS Season 16 Episodes
Category:NCIS Episodes written by Scott Williams
Category:NCIS Episodes directed by Terrence O'Hara