Ready or Not is the 9th episode of NCIS Season 15 and also the 339th episode of the entire NCIS series.
Synopsis
The team find their respective Thanksgiving plans being put on hold while they track an elusive international arms dealer in D.C. who recently murdered an MI5 officer who was Sloane's close friend while Abby races Delilah to the hospital when her labor starts three weeks early.
Prologue
Act One
Sloane and Gibbs at the crime scene.
Act Two
Act Three
Act Four
Act Five
Major Events
- McGee's twins are born during the hospital crisis and are named Morgan McGee and John McGee II, Morgan after Morgan Cade, the security guard McGee befriended and who died in the line of duty and John after McGee's own father.
Cast
Series Regulars
| Name | Portrayed by | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Leroy Jethro Gibbs | Mark Harmon | Special Agent in charge of the NCIS Major Case Response Team. |
| Abigail Sciuto | Pauley Perrette | Chief Forensic Specialist for the NCIS Major Case Response Team. |
| Timothy McGee | Sean Murray | Senior Special Agent and second-in-command of the NCIS Major Case Response Team. |
| Nicholas Torres | Wilmer Valderrama | Special Agent for the NCIS Major Case Response Team. |
| Eleanor Bishop | Emily Wickersham | Special Agent for the NCIS Major Case Response Team. |
| James Palmer | Brian Dietzen | Assistant Medical Examiner for the NCIS Major Case Response Team. |
| Leon Vance | Rocky Carroll | Director of NCIS. Despite being credited, Carroll does not appear in this episode. |
| Jacqueline Sloane | Maria Bello | NCIS Special Agent. |
| Donald Mallard | David McCallum | Chief Medical Examiner for the NCIS Major Case Response Team. |
| Clayton Reeves | Duane Henry | Interagency Liaison between MI6 and NCIS. |
Recurring Cast
| Name | Portrayed by | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Delilah Fielding | Margo Harshman | McGee's wife. |
Guest Cast
| Name | Portrayed by | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Morgan Cade | Dan Lauria | Emergency Room Guard. |
| Andre Yorka | Henri Lubatti | Former solider of Serbian Army and international arms dealer. |
| George Barbado | Brian Kimmet | Hotel Security Official. |
| Felicia Serena | Christine Horn | Doctor. |
| Wilton Buck | Al Cornel | Metro P.D. Lieutenant. |
| Nicole | Sarah Butler | Andre Yorka's accomplice. |
| Warren Cole | Andy Cohen | Doctor. |
| Viktor Lopuchin | Rob Locke | Former Russian mob member and food delivery man. |
| Nigel Ford | Max Bird-Rindell | MI5 Officer. |
| Nurse (Ready or Not) | Flor De Maria Chahua | Uncredited role. |
| Clerk (Ready or Not) | Donald Li | Uncredited role. |
| Hospital Patient | Gin Blanton | Uncredited role. |
| International Dignitary | Warren Dycus | Uncredited role. |
| ER Patient | Sabina Nogic | Uncredited role. |