A Thousand Yards (episode)

A Thousand Yards is the seventh episode of NCIS Season 21 and the 464th episode of the entire NCIS series.
It is also the 1,000th episode of the entire NCIS franchise.
==Synopsis==
While at his wife's graveside, Vance is shot and wounded, sending the NCIS team on a race to find out who's responsible with the team soon discovering it's connected to a case that retired NCIS Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs worked on twenty years ago as Vance tries to mend fences with his estranged son, Jared.
==Major Events==
*With Vance hospitalized, McGee becomes Acting Director.
*It's revealed that Jackie Vance died on January 11, 2013.
*It's also revealed that Curtis Hubley wants to become a probie, presumably an NCIS field agent.
==Trivia==
* Flashbacks to the first season episodes Yankee White and Hung Out to Dry, the second season episode SWAK, the fifth season episode Requiem, the seventh season episode Truth or Consequences, the eleventh season episode Crescent City Part 1, the fourteenth season episode Keep Going, the sixteenth season episode She and the twentieth season episode A Family Matter occur in this episode. Some flashbacks to episodes in NCIS Los Angeles, NCIS New Orleans, NCIS: Hawaii and NCIS: Sydney also occur.
* References to the first season episode Yankee White, the tenth season episode Shabbat Shalom and the season premiere are made in this episode.
* Fornell calls McGee “Chucky”, which is what his ex-wife Diane Sterling used to call McGee.
* Donald Mallard, Abigail Sciuto, Jenny Shepherd, Alexandra Quinn and Clayton Reeves are the only former main cast members not to be acknowledged in any form.
* This is one of the few times McGee is acting director.
* The footage of Gibbs is from Yankee White, Hung Out to Dry, Truth or Consequences, Requiem, and Crescent City Part 1.
* This is the first time McGee says the name of one of the Naval bases he lived on as a kid.
* The case has a connection to the first-ever NCIS episode, given the significance of the occasion.
* This is the first appearance of Jared since Homesick in season 11.
* McGee makes reference to Gibbs' rule #39, which states that there is no such thing as coincidence.
* Vanessa Lachey (Jane Tennant) and Daniela Ruah (Kensi Blye) are credited as Special Guest Stars.
* McGee says that Kate was his partner, when in reality, she was DiNozzo’s partner.
==Cast==
===Series Regulars===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Timothy McGee 	Sean Murray 	Senior Agent for the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
Nicholas Torres	Wilmer Valderrama	Special Agent for the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
James Palmer 	Brian Dietzen 	Chief Medical Examiner for the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
Kasie Hines 	Diona Reasonover 	NCIS Forensic Specialist.
Jessica Knight 	Katrina Law 	NCIS Special Agent.
Leon Vance 	Rocky Carroll 	NCIS Director.
Alden Parker 	Gary Cole 	Special Agent in Charge of the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
===Recurring Cast===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Kensi Blye 	Daniela Ruah 	NCIS Special Agent with the Office of Special Projects.
Jane Tennant 	Vanessa Lachey 	Special Agent in Charge of the NCIS: Hawaii team.
Curtis Hubley 	J. Claude Deering	NCIS Tech Operator.
Tobias Fornell	Joe Spano 	Former FBI Special Agent.
Jared Vance 	Spence Moore II 	NCIS Director Vance's son.
===Archive Cast===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role 	Notes
Leroy Jethro Gibbs 	Mark Harmon 	Former NCIS Supervisory Special Agent. 	Archive Footage
Anthony DiNozzo Junior	Michael Weatherly 	Former NCIS Special Agent. 	Archive Footage
Caitlin Todd 	Sasha Alexander 	Former NCIS Special Agent. 	Archive Footage/Photograph
Ziva David 	Cote de Pablo 	Former NCIS Special Agent. 	Archive Footage
Eleanor Bishop 	Emily Wickersham 	Former NCIS Special Agent. 	Archive Footage
Jacqueline Sloane 	Maria Bello 	Former Psychologist / NCIS Special Agent. 	Archive Footage
Thomas Morrow 	Alan Dale 	Former Director of NCIS. 	Photograph
G. Callen 	Chris O’Donnell 	NCIS Special Agent and the leader of the Office of Special Projects field team.	Archive Footage
Sam Hanna 	LL Cool J 	Former Navy Seal turned NCIS Special Agent with the Office of Special Projects.	Archive Footage
Dwayne Cassius Pride 	Scott Bakula 	NCIS Special Agent in Charge of the NCIS field office in New Orleans. 	Archive Footage
Ernie Malik 	Jason Antoon 	Computer specialist for the NCIS Pearl Team. 	Archive Footage
Michelle Mackey 	Olivia Swan 	NCIS Special Agent for the NCIS Sydney Team. 	Archive Footage
Jim Dempsey 	Todd Lasance 	NCIS Special Agent for the NCIS Sydney Team. 	Archive Footage
Leonard Rish 	Robert Bagnell 	Reporter and terrorist. 	Archive Footage
Billy Fuentes 	Austin Marques 	Marine Sergeant Larry Fuentes's young son. 	Archive Footage
Emma Ingham 	Kelsey Oldershaw 	A nurse and a Lieutenant. 	Archive Footage
Ryan Smith 	Spencer Treat Clarke	Attempted jumper saved by Jimmy Palmer. 	Archive Footage
Morgan Burke 	Tess Harrison 	Lily Burke’s Mother. 	Archive Footage
Lily Burke 	Sunnie Pelant 	A young girl who is the daughter of Morgan Burke. 	Archive Footage
Ben Ramsey 	Max Deacon 	Lily Burke’s Father. 	Archive Footage
===Guest Cast===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Fletcher Voss 	T.J. Thyne 	
Lindsey Wexler 	Shelby Flannery 	A woman who is later revealed to be the daughter of Leonard Rish.
William Baer, Jr.	Jeremy John Wells	A Secret Service Agent.
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♦ Algún Día (episode) ♦ The Stories We Leave Behind (episode) ♦ Lifeline (NCIS episode) ♦ Left Unsaid (episode) ♦ The Plan (episode) ♦ Strange Invaders (episode) ♦ A Thousand Yards (episode) ♦ Heartless (episode) ♦ Prime Cut (episode) ♦ Reef Madness (episode)
Category:NCIS Episodes
Category:NCIS Season 21 Episodes
Category:NCIS Episodes written by Christopher J. Waild
Category:NCIS Episodes directed by Diana C. Valentine
Category:NCIS Episodes featuring Tobias Fornell
Category:NCIS Episodes featuring Jared Vance