Samantha Ryan

Dr. Samantha Ryan is the head of DOD PsyOps Division and who for a time was in a relationship with Leroy Jethro Gibbs, who at the time was an NCIS Special Agent in Charge of the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
==Biography==
===Pre-Series===
Born in an unknown State in the U.S., not much is known about Ryan's early life except for the fact that she married a man named Liam Dunham with the two having a son, Parker Ryan.
However, due to Liam's abusive and violent behavior, Ryan divorced him and began raising Parker herself instead. Liam was in prison for a while until he was released on a technicality in Till Death Do Us Part (episode). 
===NCIS Season 9===
She appears for the first time in Psych Out (episode) when she is connected to a case the NCIS team is working on, because the victim used to work for her. She goes far in protecting her division, an operation called Alborz and her job, even leaving a bug in Gibbs' basement. She eventually gives him a lead that makes the team able to find Dr. Banks killer, and she and Gibbs ends on good terms, even going out for breakfast together, after sharing a flirty phone call. 
She and PsyOps aids the team a few episode later in The Tell (episode) when the team are trying to find out who is trying to blackmail SECNAV Jarvis into making political decisions in regards to Navy investments. Gibbs and Samantha have a flirty tone throughout the episode. 
She is involved and helping Gibbs on many cases due to her unique insights and resources. They have started to date and she has been sleeping over at Gibbs' house. It is clear that they have started to care for one another, but Gibbs often does not trust her because of her job and link to classified operations. 
In the few last episodes she assists the NCIS and Gibbs on finding terrorist Harper Dearing. Finding important information for the team and profiling Dearing. This leads to her becoming a target of his and he gets her dangerous ex-husband released from prison on a technicality. Because of this she gets scared and feels treathend and goes into hiding. 
==Personality==
She has a strong personality that shows confident and wit. She is highly intelligent and uses this to her advantage both with her job and her personal life. Her love and care for her son is very apparent and it drives her. 
==Physical Appearance==
She is a white woman with short grey hair. She is of medium built and tall. 
Category:Americans in NCIS
Category:Recurring Characters in NCIS
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