Knockout (episode)

Knockout is the eighteenth episode in NCIS Season 6 as well as the 131st episode of the entire NCIS series.
==Synopsis==
When a friend of Vance's is murdered, Vance heads to Chicago with Ziva and McGee and begins his own investigation into the death, prompting Gibbs to dig into Vance's past where he soon discovers that all is not what it seems.
==Prologue==
In Chicago, as funky electronic music plays in the background, the camera closes in on a hotel.
A lift door then opens and two people get out with the camera focusing on an African-American woman, starting at her legs before it pans up to her cleavage.
As she turns around, Tara Kole who's removing her coat tells the man accompanying her to post up here while she takes care of business.
The Unnamed Security Guard silently nods, glancing around for any sign of danger.
Tara then heads into the hotel room where after closing the door, she sees a man standing on the balcony of the room while the shower is heard splashing in the background.
"Is that for me?", she wonders.
She then places her belongings down onto the bed and removes her skirt before heading into the bathroom.
In the room, the mysterious man grabs a pen and then scribbles something down onto a single card. He then heads over to the hotel door and peeks through the keyhole, seeing the security guard standing outside.
Outside, in the hall, the small card slips through the door.
The guard then leans down to pick up the note which reads "Bend over and read this note".
As the guard does just that, the hotel door opens and the man jams a syringe into the guard's backside which knocks the guard out.
Just as the guard topples over, a door opposite the hotel room opens and the guard's body is dragged by two people who are NCIS Special Agent Timothy McGee and NCIS/Mossad Liaison Officer Ziva David.
Once the guard's in the room, McGee slams the door shut.
Back in the hotel, Tara then turns around when she sees the mysterious man, causing her to say "Teek, is that you?".
The man tells Tara that she's got a decision to make.
It then cuts to show that the mysterious man is none other than NCIS Director Leon Vance who asks Tara if they walk out of here or does he have to carry her?
==Act One==
==Act Two==
In Chicago, as she and McGee walk down a corridor with Vance, Ziva remarks that there was no sign of foul play and Tyler Owens was last seen ten days ago at his place of business, the South Side Gym.
==Act Three==
==Act Four==
==Act Five==
==Major Events==
*Leon Vance's wife, Jackie, his son Jared and daughter Kayla Vance are introduced for the first time.
*It's revealed that Vance was once a boxer.
*Tony reveals he's been in a slump with women since he and Jeanne Benoit broke up.
== Cast ==
===Series Regulars===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Leroy Jethro Gibbs 	Mark Harmon 	NCIS Special Agent in charge of the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
Anthony DiNozzo Junior	Michael Weatherly 	Senior Special Agent and second-in-command of the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
Ziva David 	Cote de Pablo 	Mossad/NCIS Liaison Officer and a member of the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
Timothy McGee 	Sean Murray (actor)	Junior Special Agent of the NCIS Major Case Response team.
Abigail Sciuto 	Pauley Perrette 	Forensic Specialist associated with the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
Leon Vance 	Rocky Carroll 	Director of NCIS.
Donald Mallard 	David McCallum 	Chief Medical Examiner associated with the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
===Recurring Cast===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
James Palmer	Brian Dietzen	Assistant Medical Examiner.
===Guest Cast===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Jackie Vance 	Paula Newsome 	Director Vance's wife.
Jared Vance 	Khamani Griffin 	Director Vance's young son.
Kayla Vance 	China Anne McClain	Director Vance's young daughter.
Joe Banks 	Obba Babatundé 	Businessman and rival of Leon Vance.
Tara Kole 	Rochelle Aytes 	Wife of Joe Banks and a former girlfriend of Vance's.
Issac Curtis 	Lou Beatty Jr. 	A man who appears in the episode.
Tatum Dell 	Ray Campbell 	A man who appears in the episode.
Xavier Rios 	Oscar Torre 	A man who appears in the episode.
Campbell 	Amin Joseph 	A man who appears in the episode.
Spit 	Deprece Reddick 	A man who appears in the episode.
Unnamed Security Guard	Theo Breaux 	Joe Banks's security guard.
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♦ Last Man Standing (episode) ♦ Agent Afloat (episode) ♦ Capitol Offense (episode) ♦ Heartland (episode) ♦ Nine Lives (episode) ♦ Murder 2.0 (episode) ♦ Collateral Damage (episode) ♦ Cloak (episode) ♦ Dagger (episode) ♦ Road Kill (episode) ♦ Silent Night (episode) ♦ Caged (episode) ♦ Broken Bird (episode) ♦ Love and War (episode) ♦ Deliverance (episode) ♦ Bounce (episode) ♦ South by Southwest (episode) ♦ Knockout (episode) ♦ Hide and Seek (episode) ♦ Dead Reckoning (episode) ♦ Toxic (episode) ♦ Legend (Part 1) (episode) ♦ Legend (Part 2) (episode) ♦ Semper Fidelis (episode) ♦ Aliyah (episode)
Category:NCIS Episodes
Category:NCIS Season 6 Episodes
Category:NCIS Episodes written by Jesse Stern
Category:NCIS Episodes directed by Tony Wharmby
Category:NCIS Episodes featuring James Palmer
Category:NCIS Episodes featuring Jackie Vance