Status Update is the eighteenth episode of NCIS Season 12 and also the 276th episode of the entire NCIS series.
Synopsis
NCIS investigate when the body of a woman who is later revealed to be a criminal is discovered in the garage of a home of a Gunnery Sergeant with the United States Marine Corps with the NCIS team soon discovering that a possible connection to a terrorist group that the Department of Defense have been tracking, bringing the team back into contact with Delilah Fielding, McGee's girlfriend.
Prologue
As "Kari Kimmel— Best Day" plays on the stereo, a lone SUV enters the garage.
The driver, Mallory Bleeker then shuts down the engine altogether and gets out, grabbing her belongings.
As she does that, her cell phone rings.
Frustrated, Bleeker then dumps her jacket onto the seat before answering the phone.
She tells the caller that she's got everything they needed and that she'll know what she has for them, soon enough.
Behind her, a lone man sneaks into the garage, unnoticed.
Bleeker states that's exactly what the guy at the hardware store asked and that they're both chauvinist pigs, implying that the caller she's talking to is a man.
She then tells the other guy that she guarantees that she's better with power tools than any other man.
Bleeker then drops the keys.
As she bends down to pick them, the same mysterious man edges closer.
Bleeker then remarks that that's gross and that's not what she meant, although it does prove her pig thesis.
As she says this, she slams the door shut, preparing to enter the house.
Bleeker then hits a few buttons with the garage door shutting.
As the same man approaches her, Bleeker states that they can discuss the finer points of sexism later and that's what she said before Bleeker hangs up.
It then cuts to a shot of the house with the door as Bleeker's screams are heard through the neighborhood as the mysterious man in the garage finds her and kills her.
Act One
Gibbs after learning from Marine Gunnery Sergeant Holt Perkins that the body found in Perkins's garage isn't that of his wife.
Act Two
Act Three
Act Four
Act Five
Major Events
- It's revealed that Delilah has returned from her assignment in Dubai.
- McGee and Delilah share their first official kiss and profess their love to each other.
Cast
Series Regulars
| Name | Portrayed by | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Leroy Jethro Gibbs | Mark Harmon | Special Agent in charge of the NCIS Major Case Response Team. |
| Anthony DiNozzo Junior | Michael Weatherly | Senior Special Agent and second-in-command of the NCIS Major Case Response Team. |
| Timothy McGee | Sean Murray (actor) | Special Agent of the NCIS Major Case Response Team. |
| Abigail Sciuto | Pauley Perrette | Chief Forensic Specialist for the NCIS Major Case Response Team. |
| James Palmer | Brian Dietzen | Assistant Medical Examiner for the NCIS Major Case Response Team. Despite being credited, Dietzen does not appear in this episode. |
| Eleanor Bishop | Emily Wickersham | NCIS Probationary Agent. |
| Leon Vance | Rocky Carroll | Director of NCIS. |
| Donald Mallard | David McCallum | Chief Medical Examiner for the NCIS Major Case Response Team. |
Recurring Cast
| Name | Portrayed by | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Tina Larsen | Ellen Hollman | NCIS Special Agent who previously appeared in the Season 3 episode, Family Secret (episode). |
| Delilah Fielding | Margo Harshman | Timothy McGee's girlfriend who was left permanently paralyzed and ultimately confined to a wheelchair after a drone attack. |
Other Cast
| Name | Portrayed by | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Rafi Ali | Scott Speiser | HSI Special Agent and Delilah Fielding's supervisor/boss. |
| Omer Malik | Jay Ali | A terrorist. |
| Holt Perkins | Lane Garrison | Marine Gunnery Sergeant and the husband of Leandra Perkins. |
| Leandra Perkins | Yaani King | Gunnery Sergeant Holt Perkins's wife. |
| John Dorn | Chris Bert | A man who appears in the episode. |
| Voight Hex | Jed Rees | A man who appears in the episode. |
| Mallory Bleeker | Michelle Pascarella | The main murder victim. |
| Scott Bleeker | Simon Rex | Mallory Bleeker's brother. |
| Homeland Security Agent 1 | Chad Bennett | An agent with Homeland Security. |
| Homeland Security Agent 2 | Bryan Boone | An agent with Homeland Security. |
| Homeland Security Agent 3 | Charles Remley | An agent with Homeland Security. |