Judgment Day (NCIS)

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“Judgment Day[1]”
NCIS episode
Episode no.	Season 5 Episode 18
Written by	Steven D. Binder, David North
Directed by	Thomas J. Wright
Guest stars	Brian Dietzen - Jimmy Palmer Muse Watson - Mike Franks Rocky Carroll - Leon Vance
Production no.	113
Original airdate	May 20, 2008
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"Judgment Day" is the 113^th episode and fifth season finale of the drama television series NCIS.

[edit] Summary

Tony and Ziva are assigned protection detail. Their mission is to chaperone Director Shepard as she attends the Los Angeles funeral of retired NCIS Special Agent William Decker. The autopsy says heart attack, but at the funeral, Jenny discovers that it was actually a murder when she overhears a mysterious man asking for a “Mr. Oshimaida.” Oshimaida was a code word she and William had used during an operation in Europe years ago, which would signal that their cover was blown. Not knowing where else to turn for help, she asks agent Mike Franks to come up from Mexico. Franks is hesitant to help, until he finds out that Gibbs is next. Jenny dismisses her protection detail to work with Franks, giving Tony and Ziva a chance to have a night in Hollywood, but the fun is cut short when Tony and Ziva find the director's rental car abandoned near a murder scene. With the Director acting suspicious, McGee and Abby work with Tony and Ziva via the internet and cell phone, trying to track her down before Gibbs finds out she is missing.^[1]

[edit] Ending

In the two-part season five finale, the NCIS team loses one of its own; Director (Jenny) Shepard is killed in a shootout.

Following the funeral, the Assistant Director of NCIS invites Tony, Ziva, Tim, and Gibbs to his office. He ostensibly reassigns Tony to the USS Ronald Reagan, Ziva back to Mossad, and Tim to the cybercrimes unit. The episode ends with the new Director giving Gibbs three "Confidential" folders and telling him "Meet your new team...".

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