NCIS - Royals & Loyals

Episode Guide & Season 8, Episode 4

When the body of an American officer is connected to a British Navy vessel, murder turns into an international incident on the next episode of NCIS.

The team is involved in an international incident as they investigate the murder of an American petty officer whos body was found aboard a British ship.
Airs: 10/12/10 Tuesday 8:00 PM on CBS

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From Donald P. Bellisario comes NCIS, a show bringing us the inner workings of the government agency that investigates all crimes involving Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position. From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, these special agents traverse the globe to investigate all crimes with Navy or Marine Corps ties.

Leading this team that operates outside of the military chain of command is Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon), a skilled investigator and interrogator who is smart, tough and willing to bend the rules to get the job done. Working under Gibbs is Special Agent Tony DiNozzo (Michael Weatherly), a former homicide detective who has instincts that can come only from working on the streets.

Joining them is Abby Sciuto (Pauley Perrette), a gifted forensics specialist whose dark wit matches her goth-style hair and clothes, and Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard (David McCallum), a medical examiner.

Through season one a new character has been introduced -- special agent Tim McGee (Sean Murray, "The Random Years") whose computer skills will be a very big part of the NCIS team.

Special Agent Caitlin "Kate" Todd (Sasha Alexander, "Dawson's Creek"), a former United States Secret Service agent, has brought her intelligence and gutsy personality to the team through first 2 seasons, until during her duty in season two finale, when she was murdered by a terrorist.

In season three, the NCIS team welcomed Mossad Agent Ziva David (Cote de Pablo), who took Kate's place in the team, and the NCIS team got a new director, Jenny Shepard (Lauren Holly). After Holly's departure at the end of Season 5, the position of the NCIS director was taken over by Leon Vance (Rocky Carroll).

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The NCIS team has to work with the FBI when they learn that a female bomb tech is linked to a murder.

Marine Sgt. Heather Dempsey (a member of the bomb squad) shoots and kills an intruder in her home. Tony is apparently being prepped to be the new face on the NCIS recruitment brochure, but then the team is called in to investigate the shooting. It seems like a simple home invasion robbery at first, and Heather claims she was alone in the house at the time. Tony discovers evidence that suggests a man was there at the same time. Heather's 911 call also includes a man talking in the background. Abby gets the intruder's gun to try to trace it, but the serial numbers have been filed off. Ducky notices that someone removed the intruder's fingerprints, making it next to impossible to figure out his identity.

During the investigation, a bomb threat is called in from the naval shipyard and Heather is called in to help. Ducky figures out that the man had a liver transplant, so Abby uses that information to try and ID the intruder. Meanwhile McGee is tracing all cell phone activity in the vicinity of Heather's house, and there's a single number he can't trace the owner of, because it belongs to the FBI. The team contacts Fornell.