Episode Title: "A Weak Link"
Original Air Date: 05/18/2004
When a Navy SEAL dies during a routine exercise in preparation for a highly classified mission, the NCIS team thinks they have a fluke accident on their hands. But when Abby runs a test on the SEAL?s faulty equipment, Gibbs and his team are faced with what they think is a murder investigation.
Adam Baldwin ("Firefly") and Doug Savant ("Melrose Place") guest star.
Writer: Jack Bernstein
Director: Alan Levi
Air Date: 05/18/04Synopsis: A Navy SEAL is found dead under mysterious circumstances on the eve of a top secret mission.
Gibbs and his team believe the accidental death of a Navy SEAL, during a routine exercise, was murder.
Cast: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette, David McCallum, Sean Murray, Tom R. Hughes, Adam Baldwin, Ryan Culver, Johnny Sneed, Ross Gibby, Matt Battaglia, Robert Joseph, Julie Benz, Doug Savant, Kathryn Gordon.
Director(s): Alan Levi.
Producer(s): Donald P. Bellisario.
Writer(s): Jack Bernstein.
Air Date: 10/26/04 (TUESDAY)
Time Slot: 9:00 PM-10:00 PM EST on CBS
Episode Title: "A Weak Link"GIBBS AND HIS TEAM INVESTIGATE THE MURDER OF A NAVY SEAL, ON A REBROADCAST OF "NCIS," ON A SPECIAL TIME, TUESDAY, OCT. 26 AT 9:00 PM
Adam Baldwin ("Firefly") and Doug Savant ("Melrose Place") Guest Star
"A Weak Link" -- Gibbs and his team are called in to investigate the apparent murder of a Navy SEAL, on a rebroadcast of NCIS, on a special time, Tuesday, Oct. 26 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Alan Levi directed the episode from a script by Jack Bernstein. (Originally broadcast 5/18/04)
Adam Baldwin ("Firefly") guest stars as the SEAL?s commanding officer and Doug Savant ("Melrose Place") guest stars as the SEAL?s priest and close friend.
When a Navy SEAL dies during a routine exercise in preparation for a highly classified mission, the NCIS team thinks they have a fluke accident on their hands. But when Abby runs a test on the SEAL?s faulty equipment, Gibbs and his team are faced with what they think is a murder investigation.
NCIS Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Mark Harmon NCIS Special Agent Caitlin Todd: Sasha Alexander NCIS Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo: Michael Weatherly Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard: David McCallum Abby Sciuto: Pauley Perrette NCIS Agent Timothy McGee: Sean Murray Lt. Johnson: Tom R. Hughes Cmdr. Rainer: Adam Baldwin MP: Ryan Culver CIA Agent Randy Kramer: Johnny Sneed P.O. Vengal: Ross Gibby P.O. Porcaro: Matt Battaglia Lt. Cmdr. Folsom: Robert Joseph Denise Johnson: Julie Benz Larry Clannon: Doug Savant Young Pregnant Woman: Kathryn Gordon
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NAVY
N C I S
Naval Criminal Investigative Service
Mark Harmon [Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs]
Sasha Alexander [Special Agent Caitlin Todd]
Michael Weatherly [Special Agent Tony DiNozzo]
Pauley Perrette [Forensics Specialist Abby Sciuto]
And
David McCallum [Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard]
Created By
Donald P. Bellisario
&
Don McGill
"A Weak Link"
Guest Starring
Adam Baldwin [Cmdr. Rainer]
Julie Benz [Mrs. Denise Johnson]
Sean Murray [Agent Tim McGee]
Doug Savant [Father Larry Clannon]
Johnny Sneed [CIA Agent Kramer]
Matt Battaglia [P.O. Porcaro]
Ross Gibby [P.O. Vengal]
Robert Joseph [Lt. Cmdr. Folsom]
Brian Dietzen [Jimmy Palmer, Asst. M.E.]
[Tom R. Hughes Lt. Rick Johnson, r.i.p. [uncr]]
Score by Joseph Conlan
Edited by Gregory Gontz
Production Designer Robert J. Bacon
Director of Photography William Webb
Producer Thomas L. Moran
Producer David Bellisario
Producer Avery C. Drewe
Producer Mark R. Schilz
Consulting Producers George Schenck
& Frank Cardea
Consulting Producers Jack Bernstein
Coordinating Producer Julie B. Watson
Co-Executive Producer Mark Horowitz
Co-Executive Producer Gil Grant
Co-Executive Producer Chas. Floyd Johnson
Written by Jack Bernstein
Directed by Alan J. Levi
Executive Producer
Donald P. Bellisario
Associate Producer Joshua Rexon
Co-Starring
Kathryn Gordon Young Pregnant Woman
Casting by Susan Bluestein, C.S.A.
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