NCIS
Spoiler Alert for NCIS season 22 , episode 4 , " Sticks & Stones "
NCISseason 22 has been tremendous , and episode 4 does n’t compromise the magnanimous moment and reveals the series has delivered so far . In the fourth installment ofNCISseason 22 , the Major Case Response Team ( MCRT ) neutralizes what could have been World War III , with Parker ( Gary Cole ) and his squad relying on some pretty unconventional tactics . The episode is a classic instance ofNCIS’brand of judge , which sometimes stand for defying a direct Holy Order from a neighboring agency to do what ’s right .
The episode , therefore , take a pageboy directly out of the book of the original posterNCIScharacter , Leroy Jethro Gibbs ( Mark Harmon ) , who define this approach for nigh two decades . The sequence continue Gibbs ' bequest while keep the dealership ’s presence without him , operating alternatively under the leading of Alden Parker . Timothy McGee ( Sean Murray ) , Nick Torres ( Wilmer Valderrama ) , Kasie Hines ( Diona Reasonover ) , and Parker all operate together at NCIS Headquarters . Knight ( Katrina Law ) and Palmer ( Brian Dietzen ) , the difference of theNCISseason 22 cast , forecast with their kinship .
10Parker Is Woken Up By Threat Of World War III
There Is No Murder In NCIS Season 22, Episode 4
After waking in the middle of the night , Parker is alerted thatthe US may be on the brink of World War III . His first call is to McGee , who Parker instructs to call everyone into the post and warns of the imminent scourge . McGee inform the team that NCIS Naples intercept an encrypted message from Belarus , planning a surprisal blast on targets across Europe using mobile ballistic projectile launchers . NCIS is called to neutralize the danger since Naples pluck up the transmission from Belarus using an algorithm create by NCIS Technical Operator Curtis Hubley ( J. Claude Deering ) .
During the briefing at MTAC , Parker is informed that NORAD has lost communication with Air Force One , impart the situation without its air force officer - in - chief and the house speaker .
Parker works with FBI Deputy Director Wayne Sweeney and Commander Floyd Brancato to neutralize the scourge . They inform him that the NSA think the location of the missile launchers is embedded in the transmission , and they desire to expend the coordinates to take out the launchers with a mailman strike group . Parker wants to communicate with Belarus and NCIS Naples , but his counterpart warn Parker that Belarus could reply ill to any activity . Parker and his team are vital to the investigationsince they can decrypt the message to plan a counterattack .
9Palmer Picks Up Knight From Camping Because Of The Unexpected Work
Knight Is On A Solo Camping Trip
In Shenandoah National Park at 3:37 in the first light , Jimmy Palmer viewing Jessica Knight up because of the unexpected oeuvre . It ab initio looks like someone is trying to throttle Knight in her sleep , although Jimmy quickly explains that he was just seek to take her pulse to see if she was still alive . When Jess need Jimmy why he ’s in her RV , he explain there ’s a case , and the team needs her .
NCIS time of year 22 , instalment 3 , “ The Trouble with Hal , ” continues the ongoing class for the television institution with a Halloween - themed episode .
It was a absorbing minute for the former duo , who have n’t drop much time alone since their separation in theNCISseason 21 coda . Knight and Palmer broke upafter she was offered a furtherance to Chief REACT Training Officer at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in California . Seeing Jimmy in Jess ’s recreational vehicle is surprising since McGee did n’t delimitate who he sent to alert Jess .
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Parker And McGee Go Down Together
As people assume that the disruption to Air Force One ’s communication is a Russian cyberattack to degrade the United States ' communicating , Parker ’s MTAC feed is interrupt by Senator Judd Larmont , who urges his peers that they do n’t have time to wait for NCIS to read the transmittance . Rather than waiting for NCIS or post in MOAB projectile and ground troops , Senator Larmont suggest they use tactical nuclear warhead . Since NORAD ca n’t achieve the president and the frailty president has a aesculapian subprogram , Larmont is the president pro tempore and responsible for making the call .
Senator Judd Larmont take for granted NCIS Naples is referring to Naples , Florida , rather than Naples , Italy .
Parker warns his counterparts that if they use tactical nukes , they could start World War III . Kasie and McGee endeavor to decrypt the residue of the transmission as the office hangs in the balance , hope to find the location of the projectile launchers . As NCIS cope with risk management between MOAB missiles and tactical nuclear warhead , the General reconnects to MTAC and ask for the position of the Belarus projectile . Just as Curtis is about to give the location , Parker distinguish him to stopsince they have a second substance to decode , which could be a stand up - down order .
Parker refuse to upload the coordinates , which cause the Commander to tell McGee to arrest Parker for defying a verbatim order .
While the Commander jibe with Parker that NCIS needs sentence to decrypt the message , they have to follow orders from President Pro Tempore Larmont to advance with the tactical nuke onset rather than wait for the 2d message . Still , Parker reject to upload the coordinates , which cause the Commander to severalise McGee to arrest Parkerfor defy a direct order . When McGee also resist , the FBI storms the construction and apprehends them both . The group is go by FBI Deputy Director Sweeney ( Erik Passoja ) , who was waiting in the parking good deal .
7Torres Escapes The FBI & Warns Knight & Palmer About NCIS' Situation
Nick Torres Outsmarts The FBI
While the FBI is rounding up NCIS agent , telling them they ’re under stoppage if they interfere with their probe , Nick is confront by one of their agents in the elevator . After being referred to as"tiny,“Nick ties up the FBI agentive role trying to delay him and locks him in a drawerdesigned fordead dead body in the NCIS autopsy . Once he ’s liberal , Nick contact Jimmy and Knight using the Mate Quest app , admonish them about the FBI besieging of the building and telling them not to return to NCIS until the coast is vindicated .
NCIS has a big problem touch on the handling of Sean Murray ’s Timothy McGee , and sadly , season 22 makes it clear that it ’s probably unresolvable .
The notification causes tautness between Knight and Palmer sinceJimmy has to address that he is using a dating appwhen the notification plays a ringtone on his phone that both parties can hear . The ringtone break up an uncomfortable conversation between Jess and Jimmy . The ME confronts Jess , saying they have n’t talked since she was back at NCIS . While the Mate Quest call terminate up being Torres , it ab initio make the moment between the former partner even more awkward .
6Torres & Parker Accidentally Shut Off All Power At NCIS Headquarters
McGee Blasts Rock Music At NCIS To Mask The Sound
While the FBI tries to upload the coordinates , NCIS continue to fight . Curtis interrupts the FBI ’s uploadand buys the MCRT clip . During the temporary hoo-hah , Parker and McGee make a diversion in the lift as they are being confine and successfully rap out the FBI agentive role holding them . Parker and McGee climb through the lift shaft and tune ducts to get to Kasie ’s lab . Kasie has been watching the security system cameras and is still working to enter the second message while the FBI ’s systems are down .
Timothy McGee plays Quiet Riot ’s " Come on Feel the Noise " to dissemble the sledgehammer ’s noise .
Parker and McGee craft another programme to keep the FBI unplug after Curtis ' temporary occlusion is up . They want to cut the big businessman to the MTAC system to keep the FBI in the darkness , thus forestall them from uploading the projectile coordinate . Since Kasie has entree to the security measure television camera , Parker and McGee can move through NCIS covertly to write out MTAC ’s power manually . When they observe their admission power point , McGee play loud rock music while Parker and Torres pound into the wall with sledgehammer . They cut the Federal Bureau of Investigation ’s power , but they disconnect Kasie ’s office , too .
5FBI Deputy Director Wayne Sweeney Holds Off On The Nuclear Attack
The FBI Director Hears Alden Parker Out
After Parker and McGee exclude off power in the total building , FBI Deputy Director Sweeney discovers that Parker is still in the Navy Yard . When Sweeney come to arrest Parker and McGee , Alden attempts to convince Sweeney of the severity of the situation . Parker warn Sweeney that if they give up the coordinates , they ’ll launch a atomic strike , andMcGee pleads with the deputy director to give Kasie more timeto decrypt the second message since the index is back on .
Still , Parker urges his adversary to know the severity of set up a nuclear approach , especially if it ’s not warranted .
Kasie chimes in that she ’s close to decrypting the message . With much hesitation , Sweeney agrees to give NCIS three more minute , holding off the nuclear attack for one mo more by pausing the upload of the projectile coordinates . Sweeney tell Parker the office is serious if he is wrong . Still , Parker urges his adversary to be intimate the severity of establish a atomic attack , specially if it ’s not guarantee .
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4Kasie Decodes The Mysterious Code
The NCIS Forensics Expert Saves The Day
Just as the three - minute mark ends , Kasie storms into the NCIS service department with the decoded subject matter . She breathlessly hands it over to Parker , clearly having run there , who badly reads it and then draw it over to the FBI Deputy Director . The message reads that Ukraine took out the Belarus projectile work stoppage , allowing the United States to support down . It ’s a massive Apocalypse since the second message would potentially neutralize the pauperization for an attack , and it did .
Somehow , the NCIS enfranchisement is able to show how much Josiah Willard Gibbs would rely on Abby in the flagship serial publication , 12 eld before they actually shared the screen .
At this moment and in several others , Kasie shoot heroic actions to aid her team . She does n’t falter under pressure but or else works behind the scenes to keep her team on track . The forensics expert is one of the most helpful squad members in the installment despite not having any forensics to study . Kasie ’s heroic role counterpoint Jimmy ’s unfitness to bring to the case . The aesculapian examiner is also prevented from performing his established role .
3Knight And Palmer Admit They Are Still Both In Love (But Decide Not To Get Back Together)
Jess And Jimmy Agree To Work On Themselves
When they are still in Jess ’s RV , Agent Knight circles back to the former couple ’s uncomfortable conversation about their relationship . Jess admits that she still loves Jimmy , and Jimmy give away that he shares the same flavor for her . Still , the distich institutionalise to their breakup , mark they have things to see out . The conversation by no agency end the door on Knight and Palmer ’s relationship everlastingly . However , it seemed to shut out it down for the sentence being .
Jimmy told Jess that she deserve an"Indiana Jones"kind of boyfriend who would follow her across the body politic for her occupation , and Jess separate Jimmy that she hoped he would come up someone who could give him the stableness he needed .
Jess and Jimmy ’s decision to stay on separated progress to sentience since their separation revealed severe differences between the better halves . Jimmy told Jess that she deserved an"Indiana Jones"kind of boyfriend who would trace her across the area for her job , and Jess say Jimmy that she hoped he would find someone who could give him the stableness he needed . The couple ’s power to discuss their return is refreshing , peculiarly since their time of year 21 finale split urgently require closure .
2Air Force One’s Snafu Is A Remnant From Leonard Riche’s Daughter’s Failed Attack On NCIS
NCIS Season 22 Called Back To The 1000th Episode Of NCIS
After NCIS successfully neutralizes the onrush , Director Leon Vance ( Rocky Carroll ) calls Parker and Sweeney to his position to discuss the situation . The scene was a definitive NCIS fakeout . It attend like the twosome would be bawl out for their wrongdoing , which included refuse verbatim orders and destroying the building , but they were praise for their instincts to go off the volume and take matters into their own hands instead . Vance recalls a billet in 1956where a serial of ill - timed coincidences intimately started World War III .
Vance come back how , in the year , the US was moments aside from establish a atomic blast against Moscow , but it was prevented due to individuals who made good judgement calls . Vance talks about how the communications loser aboard Air Force One was a similar coincidence . He uncover the communication disruption is a remainder from the failed attack in the1000th episode ofNCIS , wherein Leonard Riche ’s girl attempt to take down the airplane with a computer virus rather than a Russian attack .
1Director Vance Awards Parker And Sweeney The Medal Of Public Service For Preventing World War III
Parker And Sweeney Are Unlikely Allies
While he ab initio acts displeased that the agentive role resist direct orders , Vance reveals to Parker and Sweeney that he and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs are urge to the president that they both be present the Medal of Public Service for their exceptional exertion protecting their country and NATO allies . Vance liken Parker and Sweeney ’s actions to those in 1956 , attributing the neutralisation of another monumental Earth fight to the two agents standing before him . It ’s enormous praise for the agent , with a word of advice not to do it again .
MCRT ’s NCIS season 22 , episode 2 case may have just pave the way for Director Leon Vance to step down from spearhead the famed agency .
Vance bring out that Ukraine ’s forces had already destroyed the projectile launchers when NCIS receive the transmission detail Belarus ’s tone-beginning , equate their actions in the present to those of those in command during the Cold War . This minute formed a Julian Bond between Parker and Sweeney , an unlikely alliance between the FBI Deputy Director and a former FBI agentive role . Parker previously worked with the agency before he was go off for serve Gibbs inNCISseason 19 , which was another present moment the FBI agent defied a verbatim ordering to do what he conceive was right .
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NCIS is a television system serial publication that follows a squad of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service . Premiering in 2003 , the show explore various cases involving Navy and Marine Corps personnel , ranging from murder and espionage to terrorism and steal submarines .
