In the Dark (episode)

In the Dark is the twenty-second episode in NCIS Season 4 and the ninety-second of the entire NCIS series.
==Synopsis==
The assistant of a blind photographer gets a shock when she spots a dead Petty Officer in one of her boss's photographs with Gibbs and the team investigating, soon realizing that they're searching for the person responsible who not only killed the Petty Officer but also another man.
==Prologue==
Bryn Landers enters an apartment, carrying her handbag with one bag draped over her right arm as she holds two small containers in her left hand.
In the studio, photographer Jackson Scott hits a button and the music stops with Scott telling Landers that she's late.
As she reaches a table, dumping her belongings onto the table, Landers tells him that she's not.
Removing the photographs, Scott remarks that most civilized people at breakfast at 7am.
Outside, Landers hits a button that has her watch lighting up, revealing that the time is just after 7am.
Still holding the containers, she heads over to a small door on the wall, opens the door and then places the containers inside before telling Scott that she got him a wheat toast and a salad and that it's doctor's orders until he gets his cholesterol down. She also remarks that Vanity Fair called again and that they wanna know the photos of are...
She then opens the door and takes out something before closing the door again.
As she heads over to the main area of the apartment which is a studio, Landers examines the items which are revealed to be photographs.
Scott then emerges from his studio, eating.
Landers looks through the photos, smiling, remarking that they're really..
"Really what?", Scott wonders. "Boring? Stupid?".
It's then shown that Scott who's leaning against the wall, eating is in fact as he's relying on the wall for support.
He then asks Landers what's wrong.
Landers who's using a magnifying glass of some sort tells him that there's a man in this photo and that he's dead.
It then cuts to Landers who looks stunned at the discovery.
==Act One==
==Act Two==
==Act Three==
==Act Four==
In the morgue, Ducky is examining Peter Wong's body and states that the telltale inverted V combined with the hemorrhaging of the lips and eyelids, fractured cervical vertebrae which has DiNozzo pulling a face and that there are no drugs in his system and that there's only his DNA on the rope.
"Let me guess", DiNozzo states. "He hung himself".
Ducky agrees, stating that it would certainly appear that way.
==Major Events==
*It's revealed that Abby has quit drinking caffeine.
*It's also revealed that Palmer is a mild diabetic and must take insulin.
*Tony and Jeanne are considering moving in together.
==Trivia==
*When Ducky is preparing a jar, he is shown peeling off a label with his right hand and the roll in his left but in the very next scene when he finds the bra the peeled label is missing and the vial is back in his left hand.
==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 Liaison to the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
Abigail Sciuto 	Pauley Perrette 	Chief Forensic Specialist, NCIS.
Timothy McGee 	Sean Murray 	Junior Agent of the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
Jennifer Shepard 	Lauren Holly 	NCIS Director. Despite being credited, Holly does not appear in this episode.
Donald Mallard 	David McCallum 	Chief Medical Examiner, NCIS.
===Recurring Cast===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
James Palmer 	Brian Dietzen 	Ducky's assistant.
Jeanne Benoit	Scottie Thompson	Tony's girlfriend.
Hollis Mann 	Susanna Thompson	A Lt. Colonel with the Army CID and Gibbs's girlfriend.
===Guest Cast===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Jackson Scott	John Billingsley	A blind photographer.
Doug Jakobsen	Terry Bozeman 	Commander in the United States Navy.
Bryn Landers 	Katie Lowes 	Jackson Scott's assistant.
David Wong 	Roger Lim 	Uncredited role.
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♦ Shalom (episode) ♦ Escaped (episode) ♦ Singled Out (episode) ♦ Faking It (episode) ♦ Dead and Unburied (episode) ♦ Witch Hunt (episode) ♦ Sandblast (episode) ♦ Once a Hero (episode) ♦ Twisted Sister (episode) ♦ Smoked (episode) ♦ Driven (episode) ♦ Suspicion (episode) ♦ Sharif Returns (episode) ♦ Blowback (episode) ♦ Friends and Lovers (episode) ♦ Dead Man Walking (episode) ♦ Skeletons (episode) ♦ Iceman (episode) ♦ Grace Period (episode) ♦ Cover Story (episode) ♦ Brothers in Arms (episode) ♦ In the Dark (episode) ♦ Trojan Horse (episode) ♦ Angel of Death (episode)
Category:NCIS Episodes
Category:NCIS Season 4 Episodes
Category:NCIS Episodes written by Steven D. Binder
Category:NCIS Episodes directed by Thomas J. Wright
Category:NCIS Episodes featuring James Palmer
Category:NCIS Episodes featuring Jeanne Benoit
Category:NCIS Episodes featuring Hollis Mann