Cadence (episode)

Cadence is the fourteenth episode of NCIS Season 12 and the 272nd episode of the entire NCIS series.
==Synopsis==
A Marine who was also a member of the Remington Military Academy, prompting the NCIS team to investigate. As this happens, DiNozzo finds himself remembering his day as a young teenage student at the Academy while Bishop and her husband, Jake, invite Gibbs and the team for a special dinner.
==Prologue==
At a lone forest with owls even hooting in the background, leaves are heard rustling.
It then shows a bloodstain being left behind in the snow as someone drags a bag along the ground.
The man then grunts, turning the bag before it reveals that an African-American man was inside the bag with the other man lying on the ground, dead, his lifeless eyes staring up at the sky.
On his hand lies a class ring from an Academy.
It closes up on the hand as time begins to pass.
The camera pulls over again as sirens are heard wailing in the background with a man yelling, "Hey! Over here!" and as a SUV, presumably the park police arrives, the unknown man rushes forward, stating that he's the guy who called.
It then cuts of a shot of the man talking to the police while the body lies there, untouched.
==Act One==
==Act Two==
==Act Three==
==Act Four==
==Act Five==
==Trivia==
*This is the last episode of the entire NCIS series to be written by Christopher Silber as Silber left the NCIS writing team and subsequently joined the NCIS: New Orleans writing team, serving as a writer, producer and showrunner. Following NCIS: New Orleans's cancellation with the final episode airing in May 2021, Silber then joined NCIS: Hawaii as a co-creator, writer and executive producer, remaining there until the show ended in May 2024.
==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 Junior	Michael Weatherly 	Senior Special Agent and second-in-command of the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
Timothy McGee 	Sean Murray (actor)	Special Agent of the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
Abigail Sciuto 	Pauley Perrette 	Chief Forensic Specialist for the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
James Palmer 	Brian Dietzen 	Assistant Medical Examiner for the NCIS Major Case Response Team. Despite being credited, Dietzen does not appear in this episode.
Eleanor Bishop 	Emily Wickersham 	NCIS Probationary Agent.
Leon Vance 	Rocky Carroll 	Director of NCIS. Despite being credited, Carroll does not appear in this episode.
Donald Mallard 	David McCallum 	Chief Medical Examiner for the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
===Recurring Cast===
Name 	Portrayed by	Role
Jake Malloy	Jamie Bamber	NSA Agent and Ellie Bishop's husband.
===Guest Cast===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Gerald Tanner 	Steve Harris (actor) 	A man who appears in the episode.
Travis Phelps 	Brendan Patrick Connor	AKA "Piggy".
Frederick Cantor 	Lennie Loftin 	Mentor of the murder victim.
Lucas Craig 	Robert Adamson (actor)	Senior Cadet.
Mark Golan 	Cameron Jebo 	Cadet.
John Wallis 	Justin Wilson 	The main murder victim. Uncredited role.
Christine Saunders	Courtney Akbar 	Uncredited role.
Cadet in PTS 	David Briner 	Uncredited role.
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♦ Twenty Klicks (episode) ♦ Kill the Messenger (episode) ♦ So It Goes (episode) ♦ Choke Hold (episode) ♦ The San Dominick (episode) ♦ Parental Guidance Suggested (episode) ♦ The Searchers (episode) ♦ Semper Fortis (episode) ♦ Grounded (episode) ♦ House Rules (episode) ♦ Check (episode) ♦ The Enemy Within (episode) ♦ We Build, We Fight (episode) ♦ Cadence (episode) ♦ Cabin Fever (episode) ♦ Blast from the Past (episode) ♦ The Artful Dodger (episode) ♦ Status Update (episode) ♦ Patience (episode) ♦ No Good Deed (episode) ♦ Lost in Translation (episode) ♦ Troll (episode) ♦ The Lost Boys (episode) ♦ Neverland (episode)
Category:NCIS Episodes
Category:NCIS Season 12 Episodes
Category:NCIS Episodes written by Christopher Silber
Category:NCIS Episodes directed by Tony Wharmby
Category:NCIS Episodes featuring Jake Malloy