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Borderline is the third episode of NCIS: Los Angeles Season 2 and also the 27th episode of the entire NCIS: Los Angeles series.

Synopsis

When four Marines who are participating in a joint DEA-Marine task force are ambushed while patrolling an area in Mexico, the OSP team race against time to rescue the captured Marines and find out who is responsible for the entire operation.

Plot

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Deeks and Kensi at the crime scene.

Major Events

  • Nate returns from his assignment and his shooting skills are shown to have greatly improved.
  • It's revealed that a week has passed since the events of Human Traffic (episode).
  • It's also revealed that if an alias a member of the OSP field team has been using which has been either burned or compromised, presumably due to the fact that the agent in question has been exposed as a member of law enforcement, it will be written off and marked down as "NLV"- No Longer Viable with all information and belongings concerning the alias in question also placed into a box that is either destroyed or put into storage.
  • Nate leaves the team.

Trivia

  • The song Kensi is listening to at the beginning of the episode is Kaskade feat. Dragonette - Fire In Your New Shoes.

Cast

Series Regulars

Name Portrayed by Role
G. Callen Chris O'Donnell NCIS Special Agent and the leader of the Office of Special Projects field team.
Kensi Blye Daniela Ruah NCIS Special Agent with the Office of Special Projects.
Marty Deeks Eric Christian Olsen A Detective with the Los Angeles Police Department and also the LAPD/NCIS liaison.
Eric Beale Barrett Foa Tech Operator with the Office of Special Projects.
Henrietta Lange Linda Hunt Operations Manager with the Office of Special Projects.
Sam Hanna LL Cool J A former Navy SEAL-turned-NCIS Special Agent with the Office of Special Projects.

Recurring Cast

Name Portrayed by Role
Nate Getz Peter Cambor Operational Psychologist for the Office of Special Projects.

Guest Cast

Name Portrayed by Role
Donald Wexling Alan Ruck Businessman.
Allen Reed Billy Magnussen Corporal in the United States Marine Corps.
Orley Bruno Gunn Major in the United States Marine Corps.
Edward Mintoya Walter Fauntleroy Lance Corporal in the United States Marine Corps.
Liam Walker Zachary Stockdale Private First Class in the United States Marine Corps.
Shelly Hastings Ashanti Brown Lance Corporal in the United States Marine Corps.
Guillermo Torres Vincent Laresca AKA "Memo".
Jerry J Dusty Sorg AKA "JJ", he is an informant.
Quinn (Borderline) Graham Shiels
Thompson (Borderline) Mark Kubr
Memo Henchman Eddie J. Fernandez
Investigator Adrienne Rusk Uncredited role.
Webb Gunter Simon Uncredited role.
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