Why does ducky call gibbs jethro

He grabs her phone to see if she was trying to call the accomplice who actually made the payments to LeMere. Remember when I apologized to dead Jen's husband last week for suspecting him of being involved in her murder the week before?

I should've trusted my gut! He's the person Eberhard tried to call, and NCIS arrests him thanks to Marcie's bravery in setting up a meeting with him. The man owned land in Naktok Bay, and Eberhard offered to pay him millions for it if he'd get the opposition out of the way. He hired LeMere, and when Jen found out, her name went on the list. The arrests put a stop to the mine, and Gibbs takes satisfaction in making such a meaningful difference to an entire community's way of life.

He then orders McGee to arrest him. So many people handcuffing Gibbs tonight! But Parker cuts Gibbs loose. He was already uneasy about his boss's attitude, and an old FBI colleague convinced him that Gibbs doesn't belong behind bars.

Refusing to testify about Gibbs' vehicle theft costs him his badge by the end of the episode, but it's the right thing to do. Even before Parker said it, we all knew that the colleague he'd talked to was Fornell. Ditto Palmer; I'd have loved to see the empathetic Jimmy saying goodbye to the man who'd played such a large role in his life. We do see Gibbs visit Libby's father, who's preparing a potlatch ceremony to honor his daughter's life.

Side note: How great to see Native characters, Native actors, and Native traditions included in this episode! Tunu offers Gibbs a Springfield rifle as part of the potlatch tradition of giving away personal wealth, and Gibbs returns Libby's watch to Tunu. Her father's proud that she was able to stop the mine even after her death, and he takes comfort that she'll lives on in nature, and in him.

Cut to Gibbs and McGee fly fishing. Gibbs encourages McGee to find his own rhythm, focusing on progress, not perfection. They're clearly not talking about fishing, and it's a lovely passing of the torch. Gibbs reminisces about fishing with his father, although it's tinged with regret that he didn't take more chances to do it.

Then he breaks the news to McGee that he's not going back with him. He's still not sure what he's looking for, but Alaska's brought him a sense of peace he hasn't felt since Shannon and Kelly died. Next, Gibbs tries to make the audience cry a little more by telling McGee, "I could not have hoped for anyone better to watch my back for the past 18 years than you, Tim. So McGee flies home alone, and Gibbs stays in the water, casting his line with a smile on his face.

Save FB Tweet More. Further examination and investigation revealed the man to be Maurice Zucado, a man who has ties to both Gibbs and Ducky. Forty years previously, a much younger Gibbs Sean Harmon was in D. His assailant, Ringo Zucado, was then involved in a car accident, although he was a dead man running anyway due to multiple stabbings.

Who happened to run into him? It was a young Ducky Adam Campbell himself, who was still learning how to drive American roads. Having basically saved Gibbs, who was trapped in the trunk of the car, the two went out for drinks that turned into multiple days of getting to know one another. It turns out Gibbs was also nursing a broken heart, having broken up with his girlfriend, Shannon, over the phone.

Apparently the man stole something from him and he believed Gibbs and Ducky knew more than what they were saying. We learn that Ducky was the one who encouraged Gibbs not to give up on love because of the fear of leaving Shannon. Of course, at the time, Ducky had no idea what would actually transpire.

He felt, inaccurately, that Gibbs blames him for what would happen later on. Gibbs pointed out Ducky was the one that allowed him to have the time he had with his family.

Another development in their relationship is we discover the house Gibbs lives in actually belonged to Ducky. Having been unable to catch Zucado for so many years, Gibbs wanted to do all he could to put the man behind bars. Once they unearth a witness that died before testifying against Zucado in a bribery case, Jimmy was able to determine his time of death did not match up with the break-in by Maurice Zucado.

He was apparently looking for something important that was left in the building. He had been at the NIS building back in , acting as a painter and watching the events unfold. While there, he worked a series of cases under the guidance of the Medical Examiner, Dr. Walter Magnus. Ducky at the crime scene. Ducky is a rather short man in his late seventies, early eighties with short brown hair and blue eyes. As NCIS's Medical Examiner, Ducky is skilled at performing autopsies on the many victims that he examines with his findings often determining if the victim died of natural causes or if they were murdered.

Ducky also has a Psychological degree, enabling him to perform and create psychological profiles to determine the mindset of the suspects that the NCIS team are currently after which has often come in handy. Ducky's specialty is performing autopsies with his results often helping the NCIS team pursue other lines of investigation with Ducky himself often determining if the death of a United States Marine Corps or Navy officer was natural or murder. Having earned a Masters Degree in psychological profiling, Ducky is now capable of creating profiles in which will describe the suspect that the main NCIS team are searching for.

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