Out of the Frying Pan (episode)

Out of the Frying Pan is the eighteenth episode in NCIS Season 8 and the 180th episode of the entire NCIS series.
==Synopsis==
The NCIS team are tasked with investigating the murder behind a retired Marine Colonel with the prime suspect being the victim's teenage son but Gibbs soon finds himself questioning Vance's motives for giving the team the case.
==Prologue==
In a small area of D.C., as an automatic cleaning machine goes by, two members of the Parking Enforcement follow in a little car.
As they get out of the car, Riggs tells his partner, Bixby that they can tell a lot about a person by their car.
"So you've said. Many times", Bixby remarks.
Riggs states that the owners have one thing in common.
"You've ruined their day", Bixby says.
Riggs tells Bixby that they've all got an excuse and take this guy with Bixby protesting that the guy probably lives here and that he forgot to move his car before suggesting that they should knock on his door.
"And here I thought you had what it takes to do the job", Riggs remarks.
"And here I thought you had a soul", Bixby retorts.
Riggs states that he lost it a long time ago, hazard of the job and that otherwise, he'd start talking the insults personally.
As this happens, Bixby heads for the door.
"Meter maid. Rent-a-cop. Scooter pig", Riggs mutters.
Meanwhile, Bixby rings the doorbell but there's no response.
Riggs remarks that Bixby can't sympathize with those people, that they broke the law and for that, they must pay. He then places an envelope containing a fine onto the window of the car.
Bixby then looks in and sees the owner of the house lying dead on the floor.
He then mutters "Oh my God" and tells Riggs to call the police.
"I am the police", Riggs states.
"The real police!", Bixby snaps.
It then cuts to the inside of the house where the man is still there on the floor, dead with the murder weapon apparently an axe that has fresh blood on it.
==Act One==
==Act Two==
==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.
Donald Mallard 	David McCallum 	Chief Medical Examiner of the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
===Guest Cast===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Nick Peyton 	Cameron Monaghan	A teenager who is the son of Donna Peyton and retired Marine Colonel Yale Peyton.
Yale Peyton 	S.E. Perry 	The main murder victim and a friend of Vance's as well as a retired Colonel in the United States Marine Corps as well as the father of Nick Peyton and husband of Donna Peyton.
Donna Peyton 	Daphne Ashbrook 	Nick Peyton's mother and Yale Peyton's wife who is responsible for her husband's death.
Mark Stafford	Don McManus 	A man who is also the father of Megan Stafford.
Ellen Gracey 	Amy Landecker 	Nick Peyton's rehab psychiatrist and a Doctor.
Bixby 	Ron Morehouse 	Parking Enforcement Officer.
Riggs 	Gregg Daniel 	Parking Enforcement Officer.
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Category:NCIS Episodes
Category:NCIS Season 8 Episodes
Category:NCIS Episodes written by Leon Carroll, Jr.
Category:NCIS Episodes written by Reed Steiner
Category:NCIS Episodes written by Christopher J. Waild
Category:NCIS Episodes directed by Terrence O'Hara