Episode Title: "Once A Hero"
Original Air Date: 11/14/2006
Suspicious activity surrounds a decorated Marine veteran's death, leading the NCIS team to try to clear his name.
Cast: Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly, David McCallum, Pauley Perrette, Sean Murray, Cote de Pablo, Lauren Holly, Brian Dietzen, Liza LaPira, Scottie Thompson , Michael Gilden, Ming Lo, Jonathan Woodward, Francesco Quinn, Ned Schmidtke, Laura P. Vega.
Director(s): Tom Wright.
Producer(s): Donald Bellisario.
Writer(s): Shane Brennan.
Air Date: Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Time Slot: 8:00 PM-9:00 PM EST on CBS
Episode Title: (#408) "Once A Hero"THE NCIS TEAM WORKS TO CLEAR THE NAME OF A DECORATED MARINE VETERAN WHOSE DEATH IS SURROUNDED BY SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY, ON "NCIS," TUESDAY, NOV. 14
"Once A Hero" -- When suspicious activity surrounds the death of a decorated Marine veteran, the NCIS team works to clear his name, on NCIS, Tuesday, Nov. 14 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Tom Wright directed the episode from a script by Shane Brennan.
The NCIS team investigates when an honored Marine veteran falls to his death at a hotel. After quickly determining his death was not a suicide, the NCIS team discovers that the Marine was homeless but living at the hotel with the help of a maintenance man who was a fellow vet. But when compromising evidence is found in the Marine's room, Gibbs becomes determined to clear his name and prove his innocence.
SERIES REGULARS: NCIS Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Mark Harmon NCIS Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo: Michael Weatherly Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard: David McCallum Abby Sciuto: Pauley Perrette NCIS Special Agent Timothy McGee: Sean Murray Ziva David, Mossad Liaison: Cote de Pablo NCIS Director Jenny Shepard: Lauren Holly RECURRING CAST: Jimmy Palmer: Brian Dietzen NCIS Special Agent Michelle Lee: Liza Lapira Jeanne Benoit: Scottie Thompson GUEST CAST: Marty Pearson: Michael Gilden Davey Chen: Ming Lo Andy Nelson: Jonathan Woodward Luis Romero: Francesco Quinn Congressman Frank Getz: Ned Schmidtke Maria: Laura P. Vega
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N C I S
Naval Criminal Investigative Service
Mark Harmon [Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs]
Michael Weatherly [Special Agent Tony DiNozzo]
Cote de Pablo [Officer Ziva David, Mossad Liaison]
Pauley Perrette [Forensics Specialist Abby Sciuto]
Sean Murray [Agent Tim McGee]
Lauren Holly [N.C.I.S. Director Jenny Shepard]
And
David McCallum [Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard]
Co-Executive Producer
Chas. Floyd Johnson
Created By
Donald P. Bellisario
&
Don McGill
"Once A Hero"
Guest Starring
Liza Lapira [NCIS Agent Michelle Lee]
Scottie Thompson [Jeanne Benoit]
Ming Lo [Davey Chen]
Jonathan Woodward [Andy Nelson]
Brian Dietzen [Jimmy Palmer, Asst. M.E.]
Ned Schmidtke [Congressman Frank Getz]
Francesco Quinn [Luis Romero]
Michael Gilden [Marty Pearson]
Music by Brian Kirk
Edited by Roy C. Poole
Production Designer Robert J. Bacon
Director of Photography William Webb
Producer David Bellisario
Producer Avery C. Drewe
Producer Mark R. Schilz
Consulting Producer Shane Brennan
Consulting Producer Robert Palm
Consulting Producer Nell Scovell
Coordinating Producer Julie B. Watson
Co-Executive Producer Mark Horowitz
Co-Executive Producer John C. Kelley
Written by Shane Brennan
Directed by Thomas J. Wright
Executive Producer
Donald P. Bellisario
Co-Producer Joshua Rexon
Associate Producer Richie Owens
Executive Story Editor Steven D. Binder
Story Editor David J. North
Co-Starring
Laura P. Vega Maria
Casting by Susan Bluestein, C.S.A.
Unit Production Manager Mark R. Schilz
First Assistant Director Paul Snider
Second Assistant Director Robert Roda
Art Director Linda A. King
Set Decorator Lynn Wolverton-Parker
Property Master George Tuers
Production Sound Mixer Steve Bowerman
Hair Stylist Carla Dean
Make-up Artist Joe Hailey
Production Coordinator Sara Chaiken
Pre-Production Supervisor Susan Hollander
Stunt Coordinator Diamond Farnsworth
Special Effects Coordinator Larry Fuentes
Costume Supervisors Paul Dafelmair
Bruce Gareth Chen
Construction Coordinator Thom Schaefer
Transportation Coordinator Greg Nutt
Location Manager Peter Robarts
Script Supervisor Suzanne McRobert
Technical Advisors Leon Carroll, Jr.
Craig Harvey
Post Production Supervisor John Klump
Assistant Editor Lise Johnson
Post Production Coordinator Michael G.G. Kohl
Casting Associate Jason Kennedy
Researcher Joshua Lurie
Additional Music by Greg Burns
Jeff Burns
Theme by Maurice Jackson
Matt Hawkins
Neil Martin
Music Editor Stephen M. Rowe
Assistants to the
Executive Producers Patty Sachs
Debra Mayfield
Leslie Elias
Jessie Coleman-Troost
Production Supervisor David Schiller
Production Accountant Ted Martinez
Main Title Design Thomas Cobb Group
Casting Executive Sheila Guthrie, C.S.A.
Sound Supervisor Greg Schorer
Re-recording Mixers Rick Norman
Ross Davis
Video Post Production by Encore Hollywood
Film Lab Ascent Media Lab
Post Production Sound
Services by Todd-AO/Soundelux
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