Dead Man Talking

The episode starts pretty dramatically, as it turns out the murder victim is someone all the main characters know and respect. While the obvious drama does get its place during the episode, there's still plenty of room left for the investigation itself, which follows a rather winding road and quite a few surprises, including a connection to an old NCIS case, which had been considered mostly solved up until now.

In light of some other reviewers bringing up claims as if this episode is offensive or stereotypical in nature, I must point out that while being a liberal, open-minded person, I don't share that view at all. As far as I was concerned, there was no shaming or discriminating of any kind - just a good, interesting plot unfolding.

In this episode they both misgender and dead-name a transgender woman, referring to her as a man several times. There is also a part where their lead "scientist" implies gender reassignment surgery is "wrong".

A few previously transphobic jokes in the series, but this whole episode left trans people at the butt of a joke. For a TV show written in 2004 this is ridiculous.

It was a shame that Pacci was killed. He seemed like a nice guy

I don't think this should of even been acceptable for 2004!! Just goes to show how transphobic the script writers were back then. Disgusting imo.