Short Fuse (episode)

Short Fuse is the third episode in NCIS Season 8 and the 165th episode of the entire NCIS series.
==Synopsis==
NCIS investigate when a Marine Sergeant shoots dead an intruder who is later revealed to have been a hitman.
==Prologue==
In the bedroom, as he puts his shirt on, Gary Tolin remarks that he has a staff meeting on Thursday night that will probably go late.
As Joss Stones's "Every Time I Turn Around" plays in the background, Heather Dempsey emerges from the bathroom as Tolin asks her if she's free around ten.
"I don't think so, Gary", Heather replies.
Suddenly, the sound of a door rattling catches Gary and Heather's attention.
"What was that?", Gary wonders.
Heather then shuts off the speaker and remarks that someone's downstairs.
She then races over to her locker, revealing that she's a Marine due to the USMC tattoo on the inside of her right hand. She then produces a gun, examining it.
"What are you doing?", Gary wonders.
Heather simply cocks the gun before bracing herself.
Gary calls her name but Heather tells him to stay there.
Gary just finishes putting his trousers on.
Meanwhile, Heather heads down the stairs and spots the intruder, Heather telling him to hold it.
The intruder attempts to fire but Heather's too fast, firing back instantly.
With just one shot, the intruder falls to the ground, dead.
It then cuts to Heather who stands there, her face giving nothing away.
==Act One==
==Act Two==
In the bullpen, the team are discussing Sergeant Dempsey with Ziva stating that Dempsey grew up in Greenough, Montana.
Tony also informs them that Dempsey became a local celebrity when she filled a lawsuit against the board of education who wouldn't let her play high school football.
Ziva remarks that Dempsey did one year of junior college before enlisting in the Corps and that Dempsey did basic training at Paris Island.
==Act Three==
==Act Four==
==Act Five==
==Cast==
===Series Regulars===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Leroy Jethro Gibbs	Mark Harmon 	Special Agent in charge of the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
Anthony DiNozzo 	Michael Weatherly 	Senior Agent and second-in-command of the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
Ziva David 	Cote de Pablo 	NCIS Probationary Agent and also 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 	Chief Forensic Specialist of the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
Leon Vance 	Rocky Carroll 	Director of NCIS. Despite being credited, Carroll does not appear in this episode.
Donald Mallard 	David McCallum 	Chief Medical Examiner of the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
===Recurring Cast===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Tobias Fornell	Joe Spano 	Supervisory Agent, FBI.
James Palmer 	Brian Dietzen	NCIS Assistant Medical Examiner.
===Guest Cast===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Heather Dempsey 	Abby Brammell 	An explosive ordinance technician and also a Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps.
Judd Dempsey 	Zack Weinstein 	Heather Dempsey's brother who was left permanently paralyzed after getting caught in a shootout between two drug gangs.
Jason Kelly 	Larry Herron 	Master Gunnery Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps.
Larry Krone 	David Sullivan (actor)	NCIS Agent.
Ron Sands 	Benjamin King 	NCIS's Public Affairs Officer.
Kathy Tolin 	Jacqueline Hahn 	Gary Tolin's wife.
Gary Tolin 	Robert Curtis Brown 	Kathy Tolin's husband, Heather Dempsey's lover and the assistant director of the FBI.
Gene Abbott 	Lorenzo Callender 	The man responsible for shooting and paralyzing Heather Dempsey's brother, Judd.
Mary Roberts 	Rayna Tharani 	A woman who appears in the episode.
Naval Photographer 	Monica Ford 	Uncredited role.
Naval Photographer Assistant	Evan E. Yu 	Uncredited role.
Glover Reese 	Bill Blair 	Hitman. Uncredited role.
Physical Therapist 	Ori Kalmus 	Uncredited role.
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♦ Spider and the Fly (episode) ♦ Worst Nightmare (episode) ♦ Short Fuse (episode) ♦ Royals and Loyals (episode) ♦ Dead Air (episode) ♦ Cracked (episode) ♦ Broken Arrow (episode) ♦ Enemies Foreign (episode) ♦ Enemies Domestic (episode) ♦ False Witness (episode) ♦ Ships in the Night (episode) ♦ Recruited (episode) ♦ Freedom (episode) ♦ A Man Walks into a Bar (episode) ♦ Defiance (episode) ♦ Kill Screen (episode) ♦ One Last Score (episode) ♦ Out of the Frying Pan (episode) ♦ Tell-All (episode) ♦ Two-Faced (episode) ♦ Dead Reflection (episode) ♦ Baltimore (episode) ♦ Swan Song (episode) ♦ Pyramid (episode)
Category:NCIS Episodes
Category:NCIS Season 8 Episodes
Category:NCIS Episodes written by George Schenck
Category:NCIS Episodes written by Frank Cardea
Category:NCIS Episodes directed by Leslie Libman
Category:NCIS Episodes featuring Tobias Fornell
Category:NCIS Episodes featuring James Palmer